Erin Seaward-Hiatt

Instructor of English Literature, Film, and Composition

Professional Details

My full Curriculum Vitae is available here.

Education

PhD in English and the teaching of English (expected May 2024)
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

MA in English literature and creative writing (2017)
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

Graduate Certificate in women and gender studies (2016)
Utah State University
Logan, Utah

BA in English language (2010)
Minor in editing
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah

Courses Taught

ENGL 1101 Writing and Rhetoric I
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

ENGL 1010 Introduction to Academic Writing
Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah

ENGL 1010 Introduction to College Writing
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

ENGL 1126 Art of Film I
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

ENGL 2010 Intermediate Writing: Academic Writing and Research
Utah Valley University
Orem, Utah

ENGL 3352 Studies in World Literary Genres: Middle Eastern Women Writers
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah

Editorial Appointments

Editorial Assistant (1-year academic appointment)
Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts
Pocatello, Idaho
May 2020 to August 2021

Assistant Editor (1-year academic appointment)
Weber—The Contemporary West
Ogden, Utah
April 2015 to July 2016

Assistant Editor (semester academic appointment)
The Westerner
Silver City, New Mexico
Fall 2015 Issue

Books

Contributing Writer
”Dirty Girl” in Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions
Edited by Susan Tive and Cami Ostman
Seal Press
Berkeley, California

Presentations

“(De)Stability and Narrative Ecofeminisms in Louise Erdrich’s Tracks.” Accepted for presentation at the 56th Annual Western Literature Association Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 19–22, 2022. 

“Narrative Hearing in Karan Mahajan’s Association of Small Bombs: Toward a Fiction of Care.” Accepted for presentation at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, November 10–13, 2022.

“Colonizing Half the Sky: Mo Yan’s Frog through a Feminist Lens.” National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference, Montréal, Québec, November 11–13, 2016.

“Writing Subversion in the Modern Islamic State: Rajaa Alsanea’s Girls of Riyadh.” American Academy of Religion (AAR) Western Region, Tucson, Arizona, April 1–3, 2016.