Tyler Christensen Professorial Lecturer CAS | CRGC | Critical Race Gender and Culture Studies
- Degrees
- B.S. Psychology
M.F.A. Creative Writing
Ph.D. American Literature & Culture - Bio
- K. Tyler Christensen holds a PhD in American Literature & Culture from the English Department at The George Washington University. The expanse of his doctoral work is concerned with storytelling that emerges after Stonewall and during the HIV/AIDS crisis. In 2014, he received an MFA in Creative Writing from American University. There, he is a Professorial Lecturer in the departments of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies and Literature. Creatively, his work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Maudlin House, and Big Lucks. He is the author of the chapbook, THAT BOY FROM IDAHO (Ghost City Press 2020).
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Teaching
Summer 2024
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WRT-100 College Writing
Fall 2024
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LIT-319 Imagined Bodies
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LIT-319 Imagined Bodies
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WGSS-240 Sexualities Studies
Spring 2025
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CRGC-360 Knowledge/Power: Theory/Method
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CRGC-360 Knowledge/Power: Theory/Method
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LIT-381 Topics in Cultural Studies
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WGSS-350 Interpreting Gender in Culture: New Queer Cinema