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Gabriel Scala

English & Humanities
Adjunct Faculty

Contact Information

Phone: --
Office: Online
E-mail: gscala@csc.edu

Education/Background

Ph.D. in English from the University of Mississippi, specialization in 19th & 20th c. American literature and Willa Cather
MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry from Bowling Green State University
BA in English with teacher certification from Methodist University

Teaching Areas

Modern and Contemporary American Lit
Biography and Autobiography
Major Authors: Willa Cather and William Faulkner
Creative Writing: Poetry and Creative Nonfiction
Trauma Theory

Professional Activities and Awards

Member of the Modern Language Association
Member of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Member of the Willa Cather Foundation Board of Governors
President of VOX Press, Incorporated
Founder and Poetry Editor of Valley Humanities Review

Research Interests and Published Works

Gabriel Scala has published two collections of poetry, Leaping from the Bottom Step (1997) and Twenty Questions for Robbie Dunkle (2004). Her critical biography of Willa Cather, Terribly Loud: Willa Cather's Response to Trauma, is an original and revisionist exploration of Cather's writing - part of which was published as an essay in Violence, The Arts and Willa Cather (2007). She has published numerous creative works including poetry, reviews and creative