Josh Roiland

Josh Roiland

Assistant Professor of English  ·  University of North Carolina Wilmington

Literary journalism studies  ·  American cultural history  ·  Urban studies

Department of English  ·  601 South College Road  ·  Wilmington, NC 28403  ·  roilandj@uncw.edu

EDUCATION

2011                        Ph.D., American Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

Dissertation: “Engaging the Public: A Political Theory of Literary Journalism”

2003                        M.A., English, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN

Thesis: “Slouching Towards Washington: Myth and Semiology in Joan Didion’s Nonfiction”

2001                        B.A., English and Honors, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Thesis: “A Beat Generation Fable: Queer Performance in On the Road and 1950s America”

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2020–present      Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of North Carolina Wilmington

2014–2018            Assistant Professor of Journalism and CLAS–Honors Preceptor, Department of Communication and Journalism and Honors College, University of Maine, Orono, ME

2012–2014            Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies and John W. Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

2010–2012            SAGES Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in English, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Articles

2026                        “The Last Hurrah: Irony and Absurdism in John Sack’s M.” Literary Journalism Studies 17, no. 1 (Spring 2026): 8–33.

2023                        “Teaching the 1898 Wilmington Massacre: Literary, Historical, and Archival Approaches.” North Carolina Literary Review Online (October 2023).

2015                        “By Any Other Name: The Case for ‘Literary Journalism.’” Literary Journalism Studies 7, no. 2 (Fall 2015): 60–89.

2013                        “‘Just People’ are Just People: Langston Hughes and the Populist Power of African American Literary Journalism.” Literary Journalism Studies 5, no. 2 (Fall 2013): 15–35.

Named Literary Journalism Studies Article of the Year, 2014

2013                        “The Fine Print: Uncovering the True Story of David Foster Wallace and the ‘Reality Boundary.’” Literary Journalism Studies 5, no. 2 (Fall 2013): 148–61.

Reprinted as “David Foster Wallace and the Nature of Fact,” Longreads, February 15, 2014; named one of Longreads’ ten most popular exclusives of 2014

2009                        “Getting Away From It All: The Literary Journalism of David Foster Wallace and Nietzsche’s Concept of Oblivion.” Literary Journalism Studies 1, no. 2 (Fall 2009): 89–105.

Book Chapters

2027                        “As If Captured in Battle: How Two Wilmington Newspapers Built a City and Wrote a Coup Before It Happened.” In Charting the Global: Urban Literary Journalism, edited by Roberta Maguire and William Dow. Palgrave, forthcoming 2027.

Accepted

2012                        “Getting Away From It All: The Literary Journalism of David Foster Wallace and Nietzsche’s Concept of Oblivion.” In The Legacy of David Foster Wallace, edited by Samuel Cohen and Lee Konstantinou, 25–52. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2012.

Peer-reviewed; revised and expanded from the 2009 article

Works in Progress

“Hidden in Plain Style: The Anti-Bomb Politics of John Hersey’s Hiroshima.” Accepted pending revisions, Literary Journalism Studies.

“Where the Sidewalk Begins: Shel Silverstein’s Origins in Literary Journalism.” In preparation for the Journal of Popular Culture.

Essays and Literary Journalism

2019                        “The Speaking Length.” Longreads, November 19, 2019.

2018                        “Something Like Springtime.” Popula, November 11, 2018.

Revised and expanded from the DownEast piece below

2018                        “Jonathan Richman Lays Low in the Midcoast.” DownEast, June 2018, 85–86.

2017                        “Derivative Sport: An Oral History of the Journalistic Legacy of David Foster Wallace.” Longreads, December 7, 2017.

Reprinted in Literary Journalism Studies 10, no. 1 (Spring 2018): 175–97

2017                        “It Was Like Nothing Else in My Life Up to Now.” In Haunted by Waters: The Future of Memory and the Red River Flood of 1997, edited by David Haeselin, 167–82. Grand Forks: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota, 2017.

Commissioned; reprinted in Longreads, May 15, 2017

2017                        “A Shot in the Arm.” Longreads, February 9, 2017.

Nominated for a Pushcart Prize; named one of Longreads’ 25 most popular exclusives of 2017

Reprinted in Literature: The Human Experience, 13th ed. (Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2018)

Criticism and Public Scholarship

2015                        “Joan Didion’s Journey Through New Journalism and Personal Heartache.” Review of The Last Love Song: A Biography of Joan Didion, by Tracy Daugherty. Washington Post, August 28, 2015.

Commissioned

2015                        “Annotation Tuesday! (Back-to-School Edition): Josh Roiland and His ‘Literary Journalism in America’ Syllabus.” Nieman Storyboard, August 25, 2015.

2015                        “Spiritually Midwestern: What Middle America Meant to David Foster Wallace.” A24 Films, August 7, 2015.

Commissioned for the release of The End of the Tour

2013                        “Why’s This So Good? No. 87: Hunter S. Thompson and the Kentucky Derby.” Nieman Storyboard, November 12, 2013.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2022                        Discere Aude Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of North Carolina Wilmington

2017                        Pushcart Prize nomination, “A Shot in the Arm” (nominated by Longreads)

2017                        Best of 2017: 25 Most Popular Exclusives, Longreads, “A Shot in the Arm” (no. 20)

2014                        Article of the Year, Literary Journalism Studies, “‘Just People’ are Just People”

2014                        Best of 2014: 10 Most Popular Exclusives, Longreads, “David Foster Wallace and the Nature of Fact” (no. 9)

2012                        Inaugural President’s Panel, International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, “Reading True Stories: Undergraduate Experiences with Literary Journalism” (organizer)

2012                        Nominee, Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Case Western Reserve University

2001                        Starcher Award for Best Undergraduate Thesis, University of North Dakota

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

External

2016                        Maine Humanities Council Grant, $3,000

Pulitzer Week: campus residencies and public lectures by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists Amy Ellis Nutt, Kathleen Kingsbury, and Jim Sheeler

2015                        National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Fellowship, $2,100

“City of Print: New York and the Periodical Press” (declined)

2014                        Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $2,000

Research in the David Foster Wallace Archive

Internal

2026                        Research Grant, College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts, UNCW, $3,250

Travel to the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies conference, Nancy, France, to present “The Old House at Home: Twenty Years of Literary Journalism Scholarship”

2026                        Travel Grant, Office of International Programs, UNCW, $1,200

Travel to the same conference, Nancy, France

2022                        Summer Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, UNCW, $1,250

Completion of two article revisions

2022                        Travel Grant, Office of International Programs, UNCW, $1,200

International Association for Literary Journalism Studies conference, Santiago, Chile, to present “Eye of the Storm” (conference attended virtually)

2021                        1898 Legacies and Futures Curriculum Development Grant, UNCW, $4,000

Development of ENG 363, “1898: Writing and Recovering,” built around the Wilmington Daily Record

2021                        Friends of UNCW Grant, $750

Printing of the student newspaper produced in ENG 202: Introduction to Journalism

2020                        Course Development Grant, Center for Teaching Excellence, UNCW, $2,000

Redesign of fall 2020 courses for flexible teaching modalities during COVID-19

2017                        Bangor Savings Bank Faculty Development Fund, University of Maine, $2,000

Travel to the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies conference, Halifax, NS, to present two papers

2017                        UMaine Humanities Center, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Honors College, $1,700

Alan Miller Fund visit by Washington Post journalists Katie Mettler and Jessica Contrera

2017                        CLAS Conference Travel Grant, University of Maine, $600

International Conference on Narrative, Lexington, KY

2015                        CLAS Conference Travel Grant, University of Maine, $600

David Foster Wallace Conference, Normal, IL

2014                        UMaine Humanities Center Fellowship, $2,500

Research in the David Foster Wallace Archive, Harry Ransom Center

2014                        CLAS Pre-Tenure Faculty Research and Creative Activity Fellowship, University of Maine, course release

Preparation of an application for a 2015 Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University

2014                        Henkels Lecture Grant, University of Notre Dame, $5,000

Campus visit by John Jeremiah Sullivan, two-time National Magazine Award winner

2012                        Henkels Lecture Grant, University of Notre Dame, $2,065

Campus visit by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jim Sheeler

2012                        Large Teaching Grant, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, $9,140

Fifteen iPads for students in “Journalism and American Democracy” and “The Future of News”

2012                        Travel Grants, Case Western Reserve University: SAGES ($1,500), SOURCE ($1,000), and Baker-Nord Center ($1,000)

Undergraduate panel at the International Association for Literary Journalism Studies conference, Toronto

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2026                        “The Old House at Home: Twenty Years of Literary Journalism Scholarship.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Nancy, France, May 2026.

2026                        “‘We Have Taken a City’: Literary Journalism and the Construction of Wilmington and Its Murderous Coup.” American Comparative Literature Association, Montreal, QC, February 2026.

2025                        “Where the Sidewalk Begins: Shel Silverstein’s Origins in Literary Journalism.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Poughkeepsie, NY, May 2025.

2023                        “The Year of Magical Thinking: 1898 and the Stories North Carolina Newspapers Told in Order to Kill.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Gdańsk, Poland (virtual), May 2023.

2022                        “Eye of the Storm: Centering the Narrative Journalism at the Heart of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Santiago, Chile (virtual), May 2022.

2017                        “Hidden in Plain Style: The Anti-Bomb Politics of John Hersey’s Hiroshima.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Halifax, NS, May 2017.

2017                        “The Last Hurrah: Irony and Absurdism in John Sack’s M.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Halifax, NS, May 2017.

2017                        “The Sound and the Fury: Discordant Themes in Rock and Roll Literary Journalism.” International Conference on Narrative, International Society for the Study of Narrative, Lexington, KY, March 2017.

2016                        “Honors and the Cult of Personality: Exploring the Ethics of Undergraduate Mentorship and Research” (panel). National Collegiate Honors Council, Seattle, WA, October 2016.

2016                        “The Forever War as Transnational Literary Journalism.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis, MN, August 2016.

2016                        “Journalists Without Borders: Comparative Coverage of the War on Terror,” with Lindsay Morton (Avondale College, Australia). American Comparative Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, March 2016.

2016                        “Very Recent History: The Lasting Legacy and Influence of David Foster Wallace’s Journalism.” Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York, NY, March 2016.

2015                        “A Trivial Pursuit? Exploring Creative Alternatives to the Paper Writing Process,” with Gwendolyn Walsh (undergraduate). National Collegiate Honors Council, Chicago, IL, November 2015.

2015                        “David Foster Wallace and the Art of Aversion: Digital Intimacy, Conversion Narratives, and His Literary Disciples” (panel). David Foster Wallace Conference, Normal, IL, May 2015.

2015                        “Derivative Sport: The Literary Legacy of David Foster Wallace.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Minneapolis, MN, May 2015.

2015                        “The Name Game: Ditching ‘Longform’ for ‘Literary Journalism.’” Joint Journalism and Communication History Conference, New York, NY, March 2015.

2014                        “Long in the Time of Short: The Rise of Digital Storytelling Platforms and Literary Journalism Curation.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Paris, France, May 2014.

Panel organizer, “Literary Journalism in the Digital Age”

2014                        “The Rest Is Silence: The Unexplored Nonfiction of David Foster Wallace.” David Foster Wallace Conference, Normal, IL, May 2014.

2014                        “The Things They Chronicled: Vietnam and the Narrative Heart of Literary Journalism.” American Comparative Literature Association, New York, NY, March 2014.

2013                        “Hidden in Plain Style: John Hersey and the Anti-Bomb Politics of Hiroshima.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, August 2013.

Panel organizer, “Taking the Marks Off: Literary Journalism and the Politics of Transparency” (three panels)

2013                        “More than a Place on the Map: The Political Geography of Joan Didion’s California.” American Comparative Literature Association, Toronto, ON, April 2013.

2012                        “Integrating iPads: Using Digital Media to Teach Journalism and American Democracy.” Digital Humanities Caucus, American Studies Association, San Juan, PR, November 2012.

2012                        “A Fourth Way to Tell the Story: Ethnography in Literary Journalism and Anthropology,” with Allison V. Schlosser. International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Toronto, ON, May 2012.

2012                        “Reading True Stories: Undergraduate Experiences with Literary Journalism.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Toronto, ON, May 2012.

Panel organizer; selected as the association’s inaugural President’s Panel

2011                        “The Elements of Literary Journalism: (Un)Conventional Characteristics and Their Contribution to Democratic Discourse.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Louis, MO, August 2011.

Panel organizer, “Literary Journalism: Telling Stories, Defining Citizenship” (two panels)

2011                        “African American Newspapers and Literary Journalism’s Populist Impulse.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, Columbia, SC, March 2011.

Panel organizer, “Observe and Interpret: Literary Journalism and the Politics of Reform”

2010                        “Rwanda, Genocide, and the Perils of Objectivity.” NonfictioNOW Conference, Iowa City, IA, November 2010.

2010                        “Engaging the Public: Toward a Political Theory of Literary Journalism.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, London, UK, May 2010.

2010                        “War Stories: Reading Narrative in John Sack’s M.” Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association, St. Louis, MO, March 2010.

2009                        “Or Does It Explode? Langston Hughes on the Racial Significance of the Spanish Civil War.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Chicago, IL, May 2009.

2009                        “Getting Away From It All: The Literary Journalism of David Foster Wallace and Nietzsche’s Concept of Oblivion.” American Comparative Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, March 2009.

2008                        “Reclaiming Authority: Salvador’s Disillusion with Official Sources and Solutions.” International Association for Literary Journalism Studies, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2008.

2006                        “Marketing Democracy: Merging the Public and Private in Postmodern Politics.” Mid-America American Studies Association, St. Louis, MO, April 2006.

2005                        “Emersonian Liberalism: Progressive Problems of Race and White Privilege.” Mid-America American Studies Association, Minneapolis, MN, April 2005.

INVITED LECTURES AND MEDIA

Invited Lectures

2022                        “History and Legacy of the 1898 Wilmington Massacre.” Department of English, University of North Carolina Wilmington, March 22, 2022.

2020                        “The Writing Life.” Department of English, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA (virtual), February 24, 2020.

2019                        “Personal Essays, Public Audiences.” Department of English, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA (virtual), November 6, 2019.

2019                        “Writing for Digital Environments” and “Writing, Editing, and Publishing Online.” Department of English, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, March 19–20, 2019.

2018                        “Global Voices in Literature: David Foster Wallace.” Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, NSW, Australia (virtual), October 15, 2018.

2017                        “The Importance of News Media Literacy.” Hutchinson Center, University of Maine, Belfast, ME, July 10, 2017.

2017                        “Fake News: Who Can You Trust?” Panelist, League of Women Voters Downeast, Ellsworth, ME, April 21, 2017.

2017                        “Keep Calm and Click On: Understanding the News Media in Turbulent Times.” University of Maine, Orono, ME, April 12, 2017.

2017                        “Fake News: Lecture and Panel Discussion.” Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME, March 28, 2017.

2016                        “Consider David Foster Wallace.” Avondale College of Higher Education, Cooranbong, NSW, Australia (virtual), October 20, 2016.

Media

2016                        Guest, “Fake News,” Maine Calling, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, December 9, 2016.

Guest Class Visits, UNCW

2025                        “Writing Process.” ENG 202: Introduction to Journalism, Prof. Nolan Heath, March 18, 2025.

2025                        “Newspapers of 1898.” ENG 509, Dr. Jennifer Lozano, February 16, 2025.

TEACHING

2020–present      University of North Carolina Wilmington · Department of English

Graduate

ENG 508                  Studies in Nonfiction: Journalism and American Democracy

ENG 508                  Studies in Nonfiction: Literary Journalism in America

ENG 510                  Theory and Practice of Cultural Studies: The Aesthetics of Cool

ENG 510                  Theory and Practice of Cultural Studies: Representations of Journalism in Film and Television

ENG 591                  Directed Independent Study: Nonfiction Grief Literature

ENG 591                  Directed Independent Study: Modernist Literature and Culture

ENG 591                  Directed Independent Study: The Decline of Local News in Wilmington, an Oral History

Undergraduate

ENG 101                  College Reading and Writing I

ENG 190                  Adventures in Literature: Understanding Bob Dylan (Spring 2027)

ENG 201                  College Reading and Writing II

ENG 202                  Introduction to Journalism

Students report, write, edit, and photograph a 10–12 page broadsheet newspaper; editions include The Tidal Times, Azalea Access, Dockside Daily, and Hawk’s Squawk

ENG 205                  Introduction to Literary and Cultural Studies: The 1898 Wilmington Massacre

ENG 302                  Journalism Workshop: Writing Literary Journalism

ENG 305                  Professional Review Writing: Theory and Practice of Criticism

ENG 306                  Essay Writing

ENG 362                  Studies in the Novel: Infinite Jest

ENG 363                  Studies in Nonfiction: 1898, Writing and Recovering

ENG 363                  Studies in Nonfiction: Literary Journalism in America

ENG 491                  Directed Independent Study: Recovering the History of Black Wilmington before 1898

 

2014–2018            University of Maine · Department of Communication and Journalism and Honors College

Graduate

CMJ 598                   Journalism and American Democracy

Undergraduate

CMJ 111                   Introduction to Journalism

CMJ 237                   Journalism Across Platforms

CMJ 351                   Multimedia Production

CMJ 391                   Literary Journalism in America (cross-listed as ENG 309)

HON 111–212      Civilizations I–IV (four-semester Honors College sequence)

HON 318                 Consider David Foster Wallace

 

2012–2014            University of Notre Dame · Department of American Studies and Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy

AMST 30178          Literary Journalism in America

AMST 30179          The Future of News

AMST 30188          Journalism and American Democracy

AMST 30189          The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture

JED 30103               Writing Literary Journalism

 

2010–2012            Case Western Reserve University · Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES)

USSY 287                Literary Journalism in America

 

Earlier Teaching

Saint Louis University · Graduate Instructor, American Studies

AMST 201                Introduction to American Studies

AMST 393                Journalism and American Democracy (cross-listed as POL 393)

Fontbonne University · Adjunct Instructor, English and American Studies

ACS 100                   Introduction to American Cultural Studies

ENG 101                  Writing About Experience and Identity

ENG 102                  Writing About Consumer Culture; Media and Culture; Health and Medicine

ENG 260                  American Literary Tradition: To Whitman

University of St. Thomas · Adjunct Instructor, English

ENG 111                  Critical Reading and Writing: Fiction and Nonfiction

ENG 112                  Critical Reading and Writing: Poetry and Drama

STUDENT MENTORING

Doctoral Dissertations, Outside Reader

2019                        Pascal Sigg, University of Zurich, “The Responders: The New Humanist Literary Journalism of the 21st Century”

2018                        Ryan Marnane, Salve Regina University, “Consider the Audio Book: Sound Studies and David Foster Wallace’s Literary Journalism”

Master’s Theses, Chair

2025                        Nolan Heath, M.A., University of North Carolina Wilmington, “Yesterday’s News: How the Loss of Local Journalism Brought Danger to Communities”

2016                        Kyle Hadyniak, M.A., University of Maine, “Historic Vacation: The Imagined Community of Obama’s Cuba Trip”

Master’s Theses, Committee Member

2023                        Chad Caswell, M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, “Get Him Talking”

2015                        Quang Ngo, M.A., University of Maine, “Heteronormativity and Representation of Gay Sexuality in HBO’s Looking”

Honors Theses, Advisor

2015                        Emily McNair, University of Maine, “Dropping the Gloves: Fighting for Varsity Status Under Title IX: The Rise of Women’s Ice Hockey at the University of Maine”

2014                        Danielle Walczak, University of Maine, “Forward Not Back: Young People’s Search for Community and Farming in Maine”

2014                        Kate Spies, University of Maine, “Coming To”

2014                        Patric Skigen, University of Maine, “Issue by Issue, State by State”

Honors Theses, Committee Member

2025                        Elora Pilhorn, Creative Writing, University of North Carolina Wilmington, “The Lake’s Way”

2017                        Katrina Lapham, University of Maine, “The Effect of Voice Gender and Spoken Messages in Augmented Interactions”

2017                        James Robe, University of Maine, “Fostering Scientific Discourse Through the Development of an Online Journal”

2016                        Taylor Cunningham, University of Maine, “Persuading the Secret: In Search of Maine’s Hermits”

2016                        Alan Bennett, University of Maine, “Extra! Extra! This Just Thin: Identifying and Evaluating Framing of Obesity-Related News Coverage in Maine”

2015                        Shelby Hartin, University of Maine, “Ideologies of Empire: Dominant Narratives of Definitive Literature during King Leopold II’s Rule in the Congo”

2015                        Ty Bolte, University of Maine, “Vision Problems in Ecuador: Developing a Clinical Tool to Test Visual Acuity in Rural Populations”

2015                        Margaret Handelman, University of Notre Dame, “Headlines and Hashtags: The Story of Michael Brown and Ferguson”

2014                        Mike Vangel, University of Notre Dame, “Delta Sound: The Modern Search for Authentic Blues”

2014                        Sarah Cahalan, University of Notre Dame, “Everybody’s Serious but Me: Humor at Time and in the American Upper Class”

2013                        Ben Zelmer, University of Notre Dame, “Selling Mystique, Tradition, and Nostalgia in Big Time College Football”

2013                        Lauren Kelly, University of Notre Dame, “Media Darlings: Feminism and Female Murderers in the 1990s”

Student Groups Led

2022–present      Coordinator, Literary Journalism Student Reading Group, University of North Carolina Wilmington

2022–present      Coordinator, 1898 Wilmington Massacre Student Research Group, University of North Carolina Wilmington

2017–2018            Coordinator, Literary Journalism Reading Group, University of Maine

2012–2014            Coordinator, Literary Journalism Reading Group, University of Notre Dame

2010–2012            Coordinator, Literary Journalism Reading Group, Case Western Reserve University

SERVICE

To the Profession

2014–present      Advisory Board, Literary Journalism Studies

2014–2017            Research Chair, International Association for Literary Journalism Studies

2014–2015            Social Media Chair, International Association for Literary Journalism Studies

2012–2014            AEJMC Coordinating Committee Chair, International Association for Literary Journalism Studies

2009–2012            Founding Graduate Student Chair, International Association for Literary Journalism Studies

2010–present      Referee, Literary Journalism Studies

2021                        Referee, Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory

2018                        Referee, Recherches en Communication

2017                        Referee, Gastronomica

2014                        Referee, Journalism History

2016–2018            Board Member, Gannett House, Maine First Amendment Museum

2016                        Advisory Panel Member, National Endowment for the Humanities digitization grant to the Maine State Library for Historic Maine Newspapers (100,000 pages; Peggy Kane, PI)

University of North Carolina Wilmington

2026–present      Co-Chair, Buckner Lecture Committee, Department of English (member since 2024)

2026                        Designer and lead author, revision of the English Department’s journalism minor curriculum: ENG 302 retitled Advanced Reporting and made the minor’s second required English course; ENG 311 renamed Narrative Journalism; new ENG 329: Sports Journalism; revised minor requirements. Approved unanimously by the department.

2024–present      Steering Committee, Department of English

2020–2025            Graduate Committee, Department of English

2021–2022            Social Media Publicity and Promotion Coordinator, Department of English

Annual                    Department of English representative, Seahawk Saturday open house for prospective students

University of Maine

2015–2017            Event Coordinator, Alan Miller Fund for Excellence in Journalism (co-coordinator 2015–2016; coordinator 2017)

2014–2017            Curriculum Committee, Honors College

2015–2017            Writing Committee and Lecture Best Practices Committee, Honors College

2016–2017            Honors Council and Honors Associate Hiring Committee, Honors College

2016–2017            Course Coordinator, HON 211/212, Honors College (and HON 170, 2017)

2015                        Department Chair Review Committee, Department of Communication and Journalism

2014–2015            Journalism and Mass Communication Search Committee, Department of Communication and Journalism

University of Notre Dame and Saint Louis University

2012–2014            Faculty Advisor, American Studies Club, University of Notre Dame

2008–2009            Cofounder and Department Representative, Saint Louis University Humanities Forum

2008–2009            Graduate Student Liaison, Department of American Studies, Saint Louis University

2008                        Organizer and Moderator, Journalist Forum on Press and Democracy, Saint Louis University

Community

2022                        Volunteer Instructor, “Journalism and American Democracy,” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNCW

2017                        Volunteer Instructor, “Journalism and American Democracy,” Penobscot Valley Senior College, Bangor, ME

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

International Association for Literary Journalism Studies

American Comparative Literature Association