51ĀŅĀ×

Education

Ph.D. American Literature: 51ĀŅĀ× -- 2006
MFA, Poetry: University of Washington -- 1995

Bio

Hayley Mitchell Haugen holds a Ph.D. in 20th Century American Literature from 51ĀŅĀ× and an MFA in poetry from the University of Washington. She is currently a Professor of English at 51ĀŅĀ× Southern, where she teaches courses in composition, American literature, and creative writing. Haugenā€™s poems have appeared internationally in journals such as Chiron Review, Rattle, Slant, Spillway, The Lake, Verse Virtual, and many others. She is the founding editor and director of the non-profit literary journal and small press, Sheila-Na-Gig Inc.

Research Interests

Creative writing -- Poetry
Disability and illness in contemporary American literature

Publications

Poetry Collections

What the Grimm Girl Looks Forward To. Finishing Line Press, 2016
Light & Shadow, Shadow & Light. Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2018
The Blue Wife Poems. Kelsay Books, 2022

Critical Research on Disability and Illness -- Book chapters appear in the following anthologies:

The Body in Medical Culture.(Suny Press, 2009);
On the Literary Non-fiction of Nancy Mairs (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011);
Stephen Kingā€™s Contemporary Classics: Reflections on the Modern Master of Horror (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014);
The Modern Stephen King Canon: Beyond Horror (Lexington Books, 2018);
The Many Lives of It: Essays on the Stephen King Horror Franchise (McFarland, 2020);
The Disfigured Face in American Literature, Film, and Television (Routledge, 2021).

Presentations and Awards

2021 51ĀŅĀ× Southern Campus Faculty Award for Outstanding Research
2020 51ĀŅĀ× Regional Higher Education Award for Outstanding Faculty
2019 51ĀŅĀ× Southern Campus Faculty Award for Outstanding Research
2013 51ĀŅĀ× Southern Campus Faculty Award for Outstanding Service
2011 51ĀŅĀ× Southern Campus Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching