English Department
- Box 3000, Hesston, KS 67062
- 620-327-8330
- laele@hesston.edu
Office location: Kropf 110
Started at Hesston: Fall 2001
Faculty Profile
Education
- B.G.S., Wichita State University, 1996
- M.F.A., Wichita State University, 1999
Courses Taught
- Engl 125 College Writing I
- Engl 220 Creative Writing
- Engl 112 Introduction to Literature
- Hum 215 Introduction to Film
Pegagogical Philosophy
- My pedagogical philosophy is one of challenge, and through that inspiration. I seek to share my own excitement for my subject in the hopes some of my students will get infected, but I also want to show how universal writing can be, how any subject a student may be interested in can be explored through the written word as its history and theory, its controversies and experiments, its future and its present find their way into text.
Research interests
- Creative Writing, Literature, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Philosophy
Publications
- Co-Founder and editor of EastWesterly Review, an online journal of literary satire; contributing writer to Naked City, a free monthly arts and entertainment magazine in Wichita, Kan.; contributor to Troubles Swapped for Something Fresh (an anthology edited by Rupert Loydell); past contributor to Chelsea 81, Santa Barbara Review, New Orleans Review, Denver Quarterly, Writer’s Bloc, Mikrokosmos; past columnist for The Wichita City Paper; frequent contributor to the PostmodernVillage blog.
Professional affiliations
- American Association of University Professors
Personal interests/information
- Ecology, alternative fuels, hot-rod Volvos.
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