Chad Davidson, Ph.D.
School of the Arts Director and Professor of English
678-839-4865
davidson@westga.edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 2236
Office Hours
TR 3:30-5:00 p.m., W 11:00-12:00 p.m., and by appointment
I direct the School of the Arts at the University of West Georgia, which involves overseeing a number of arts-based prizes and community projects, including the Other Night School, the Blackwell Prizes in Painting and Writing, the Wadsworth Piano Competition, the Vault Gallery and Vault Gallery Press, the Michael and Andrea Stone Visiting Artist Series, and the SOTA Reading Series.
As an English professor, my interests lie mostly in creative writing. I teach workshops in both poetry and nonfiction, and have published four collections of poems, most recently Unearth (Southern Illinois University Press, 2020). Along with my colleague Dr. Gregory Fraser, I have published two textbooks devoted to writing (both creative and critical). I have in the past few years, however, dedicated much more time to nonfiction. My collection of travel essays,Terra Cognita: Dispatches from an Over-Traveled Italy, was released in August of 2022, with Louisiana State University Press, and a second is nearing completion. I also teach classes in world literatures, the history of the English language, English grammar, and others.
Since 2013, I have directed UWG's Italy Program, which takes place in Spoleto, Italy, each summer. If you're interested in learning more about any of my classes, my writing, or the Italy Program, reach out.
- B.A., English, California State University at San Bernardino, 1993
- M.A., English, University of North Texas, 1997
- Ph.D., English, Binghamton University, 2003
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature)
- ENGL-3200 (Intermediate Creative Writing)
- ENGL-4210 (AdvCrtvWrtg-Poetry)
- ENGL-4300 (Studies In English Language)
- ENGL-4310 (Translation Theory)
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar)
- ENGL-4385 (Travel&Travail:GlobalCitz&Cult)
- ENGL-5210 (Adv Creative Wrtng-Poetry)
- ENGL-5300 (Studies in English Language)
- ENGL-5310 (Studies in Translation)
- ENGL-5385 (Travel&Travail:Citz&Cult)
Fall 2022 Sections
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (AdvCreative Writing:Travelogue) Section: 02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4385 (Travel&Travail:GlobalCitz&Cult) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5210 (AdvCreativeWriting:Travelogue) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5385 (Travel&Travail:Citz&Cult) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (Adv Creative Writ: Non Fiction) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5210 (Adv Creative Writi Non Fiction) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- ENGL-3200 (Intrmdt Creat Writ: Non-Fict) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- ENGL-3200 (Int.CreativeWrtng-CNF) Section: 04W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- ENGL-4300 (StudiesEnglishLanguage:Grammar) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5300 (StudiesEnglishLanguage:Grammar) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2020 Sections
- ENGL-3200 (Int.CreativeWrtng-CNF) Section: 03W
Fall 2019 Sections
- ENGL-3200 (IntCreativeWriting:CNF) Section: 05W
Summer 2019 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (AdvCrtiveWrtng:TheTravelogue) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5210 (AdvCrtiveWrtng:TheTravelogue) Section: 01S
Spring 2019 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (Adv Creative Writing: CNF) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5210 (Adv Creative Writing: CNF) Section: 01
Fall 2018 Sections
- ENGL-3200 (IntCreativeWriting:CNF) Section: 01W
Summer 2018 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (AdvCreativeWritingTravelogue) Section: 01S
- ENGL-4310 (Translation Theory) Section: 01S
Spring 2018 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (Adv Creative Writing: Poetry) Section: 03W
- ENGL-5210 (Adv Creative Writing: Poetry) Section: 03
Fall 2017 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (Adv.CreativeWriting:Poetry) Section: 02W
- ENGL-5210 (AdvCreativeWriting:Poetry) Section: 02
Summer 2017 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (Advanced Creative Writing) Section: 01S
- ENGL-4310 (Translation Theory) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5210 (Advanced Creative Writing) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5310 (Studies in Translation) Section: 01S
Fall 2016 Sections
- ENGL-4300 (Studies In English Language) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5300 (Studies in English Language) Section: 01
Summer 2016 Sections
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature) Section: 01S
- ENGL-3200 (Intermediate Creative Writing) Section: 01S
- ENGL-4210 (AdvCreatWrit:Travelogue) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5210 (AdvCreatWrit: Travelogue) Section: 01S
Spring 2016 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (AdvancedCreativeWriting-Poetry) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5210 (AdvancedCreativeWriting-Poetry) Section: 01
Fall 2015 Sections
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar) Section: 01W
Summer 2015 Sections
- ENGL-2110 (World Literature) Section: 01S
- ENGL-4210 (Adv Crtv Wrtng:Travelogue) Section: 01S
- ENGL-5210 (Adv Crtv Wrtng:Travelogue) Section: 01S
Spring 2015 Sections
- ENGL-4210 (AdvCrtvWrtg-Poetry) Section: 01W
- ENGL-5210 (Adv Creative Wrtng-Poetry) Section: 01
Terra Cognita: Dispatches from an Over-Traveled Italy [View Publication External Resource]
Unearth [View Publication External Resource]
From the Fire Hills [View Publication External Resource]
Analyze Anything: A Guide to Critical Reading and Writing [View Publication External Resource]
Writing Poetry: Creative and Critical Approaches [View Publication External Resource]
The Last Predicta [View Publication External Resource]
Consolation Miracle [View Publication External Resource]