W Scott Howard
W. Scott Howard received his PhD (1998) in English and Critical Theory from the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was a member of the Subtext Collective. At the University of Denver, he teaches in the Department of English & Literary Arts; and in the Emergent Digital Practices Program, the Critical Theory Program, the University Honors Program, and the DU-Iliff PhD Program. His teaching, research, and publications engage the fields of modern and postmodern American poetry; Renaissance...See more
W. Scott Howard received his PhD (1998) in English and Critical Theory from the University of Washington, Seattle, where he was a member of the Subtext Collective. At the University of Denver, he teaches in the Department of English & Literary Arts; and in the Emergent Digital Practices Program, the Critical Theory Program, the University Honors Program, and the DU-Iliff PhD Program. His teaching, research, and publications engage the fields of modern and postmodern American poetry; Renaissance and early modern literature & culture; poetics and historiography; literary & cultural theory; and digital humanities. Scott worked at Powell's Books (1990-1993) where he managed the Critical Theory section and the prism interdisciplinary discussion series, and co-managed (with Vanessa Renwick) the Small Press & Journals section and the dew.claw reading series. His literary arts interviews appeared in PLAZM magazine (1993-1997), one of which was noted in the documentary film, Helvetica (2007). Scott is the founding editor of Appositions: Studies in Renaissance / Early Modern Literature & Culture; and of Reconfigurations: A Journal for Poetics & Poetry / Literature & Culture. Scott's work has received support from the Modern Language Association; the Pew Charitable Trusts; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Beinecke Library, Yale University; and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Scott lives in Englewood, CO where he gardens, writes, and commutes year-round by bicycle, following what crow dost . At the University of Denver, he is professor of English & Literary Arts; and editor of Denver Quarterly. See less