Dr. Haley Larson

Associate Professor of English
Arts and Sciences
English, Critical Media Studies, Change Management, Poetry and Poetics, Creative Writing

Dr. Haley Larson serves as an associate professor of English in the School of Arts and Sciences at University of Massachusetts Global. Dr. Larson’s research interests include poetics, media cultures, and twentieth and twenty-first century art and literature. She has contributed to public digital humanities and education projects with the International Writing Program at University of Iowa and Fluxus Digital Collection, as well as local creative workshops and literary events.

Since her first teaching appointment at Colorado State University, Larson has taught undergraduate courses in creative writing, literature, rhetoric, composition, publishing, film, digital media, and design. As an educator, she is particularly invested in creative-critical practices, including their applications for interdisciplinary collaboration and problem-solving.

Larson’s poems and essays have appeared in La Petite Zine, Drunken Boat, Pasque Petals, Fourteen Hills, and other journals. Her film and video work has screened at Raindance Film Festival-London, Experimental Film Festival-Portland, Northwest Film Forum’s Cadence Video Poetry Festival, Denver STARZ Film Festival, and other spaces.

Education History

2020

Ph.D. in English
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dissertation: "Writing That Reads: Collage Poetics and Aesthetic Techniques as Media Literacies"

2012

M.F.A. in Creative Writing-Poetry
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Thesis: “(said I meant)”

2007

B.A. in Psychology, University Honors Program
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Minor: Music (vocal performance)

Scholar

2024

  • "Ancient Alphabets," Pasque Petals, vol. 98, no. 1, Spring 2024

2021

  • "Sounding Out Dada: Mina Loy and Reading Time," Popular Culture, Association National Conference

2018

  • "Troubled Report and Distorted Time: (De)Composition in Tracie Morris's 'Afrika,'", Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference
     
 

Professional Experience

2018 - 2024

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of English for New Media 
Dakota State University, Madison, SD
Taught undergraduate students and developed onsite and online courses in digital media, writing, film and literature, and publishing. Managed New Tricks art and literary magazine.

2016 - 2018

Graduate Instructor
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Developed and taught general education literature courses.

2015 - 2016

Research Assistant
International Writing Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Co-developed and produced Massive Open Online Courses in creative writing and literature for global students.

 

Education History

2020

Ph.D. in English
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dissertation: "Writing That Reads: Collage Poetics and Aesthetic Techniques as Media Literacies"

2012

M.F.A. in Creative Writing-Poetry
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Thesis: “(said I meant)”

2007

B.A. in Psychology, University Honors Program
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Minor: Music (vocal performance)

Scholar

2024

  • "Ancient Alphabets," Pasque Petals, vol. 98, no. 1, Spring 2024

2021

  • "Sounding Out Dada: Mina Loy and Reading Time," Popular Culture, Association National Conference

2018

  • "Troubled Report and Distorted Time: (De)Composition in Tracie Morris's 'Afrika,'", Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference
     
 

Professional Experience

2018 - 2024

Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of English for New Media 
Dakota State University, Madison, SD
Taught undergraduate students and developed onsite and online courses in digital media, writing, film and literature, and publishing. Managed New Tricks art and literary magazine.

2016 - 2018

Graduate Instructor
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Developed and taught general education literature courses.

2015 - 2016

Research Assistant
International Writing Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Co-developed and produced Massive Open Online Courses in creative writing and literature for global students.

 

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