Joshua Robbins

Joshua Robbins is the author of Praise Nothing (University of Arkansas Press, 2013), part of the Miller Williams Series in Poetry, and his recognitions include the James Wright Poetry Award, the New South Prize, selection for Best New Poets, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference. He received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from the University of Tennessee. His research interests include: the lyric poem as theodicy, literature and theology, trauma theory and trauma writing, creative writing pedagogy. Robbins is Associate Professor of English at the University of the Incarnate Word.

• PhD in English - University of Tennessee
• MFA in Creative Writing - University of Oregon
• BA in English - Whitworth University

• Associate Professor of English, University of the Incarnate Word (2017 - Present)
• Assistant Professor, University of the Incarnate Word (August, 2014 - 2017)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of English, University of the Incarnate Word (2013 - 2014)
• Lecturer, Department of English, University of Tennessee (2012 - 2013)
• Visiting Writer for: Whitworth University, Pepperdine University, SUNY Farmingdale, Nebraska Wesleyan University, and elsewhere

Recent poetry and nonfiction published (or forthcoming) in: Poetry Northwest, Open Plaza (Hispanic Theological Initiative), Houston Chronicle, Blackbird, New Madrid, 32 Poems, Image, Cortland Review, Ruminate, and elsewhere.

Recent papers and presentations include:

• To my silence, years long: A Tribute to Garrett Hongo. 2019 Associated Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Portland, Oregon.
• Walking a Fine Line: Politics, Poetry, and the Workshop in a Divided America. 2019 Associated Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Portland, Oregon.
• Can't, Shouldn't, Should: Ethics in the Poetry Workshop. 2018 Associated Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Tampa, Florida.
• Elizabeth Bishop and the Masters of Disaster. 2017 Gemini Ink Writers Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
• The Unbearable Too-Whiteness of Workshop. 2016 Associated Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Los Angeles, California.
• Easy A's and Epic Fails: Grading the Creative Writer. 2016 Associated Writers & Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Los Angeles, California.

Associate Writers and Writing Programs

• Historic home remodeling and restoration
• Running
• Chelsea FC

• Sr. Maria Goretti Zehr Award for Teaching Innovation (UIW)
• Amy Ryan Award (Whitworth University)
• Walter E. Dakin Fellowship from Sewanee Writers' Conference
• James Wright Poetry Award
• New South Prize
• Selection for Best New Poets
• Several Pushcart Prize nominations

• Poets & Writers in the Classroom Reading Series, Director
• Faculty Committee on Coronavirus
• CHASS Rank & Tenure Committee
• Core Curriculum Committee
• Grievance Committee
• Honors Council
• Health Humanities & Bio-Ethics Committee
• NEH Trauma Grant Fellow
• Quirk: UIW's Literary Arts Journal, Faculty Advisor
• Ettling Center for Cardinal Community Leaders, Faculty Advisor
• Several others

• The lyric poem as theodicy
• Literature and theology
• Trauma theory and trauma writing
• Creative writing pedagogy

• Poetry Writing
• Creative Nonfiction
• Trauma Writing
• Fiction Writing
• Introduction to Creative Writing
• Editing & Publishing
• Senior Seminar
• World Literature Studies
• Composition I & II