Literature and Criticism Ph.D. Candidate

Email: swqr@iup.edu 

Blairsville, PA

Positions: 

• Works outside the program doing odd jobs from blue collar work to editing podcasts

Research Interests: 

• Appalachian Literature and Culture. 

Book Recommendations: 

• The Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

  • "If you want to understand rural living this book encapsulates it perfectly."

• The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien

  •  "I mean its great for world building and fiction in general."