Kevin Casper, Ph.D.
Professor of English
678-839-4157
kcasper@wes tga.edu
Boyd Building - Room 324
Office Hours
By Appointment via Microsoft Teams
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts, California State University Northridge, 2005
- MA, Master of Arts, California State University Northridge, 2008
- PhD, Doctor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, 2013
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I)
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II)
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing)
- ENGL-2180 (BluesPeople:FromGospelToHipHop)
- ENGL-3200 (Int.CreativeWrtng-Non-Fict)
- ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng)
- ENGL-4106 (StudiesinGenre:AmHumorLit&Film)
- ENGL-4210 (Adv-CW-Creative Nonfiction)
- ENGL-4304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines)
- ENGL-5106 (StudiesinGenre:AmHumorLit&Film)
- ENGL-5304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines)
- ENGL-6385 (Sem in Spec Topics: Teach Writ)
Spring 2025 Sections
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2180 (African-American Literature) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4210 (Adv-CW-Creative Nonfiction) Section: 03W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-6385 (SpecTopics:Teaching Writing) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- ENGL-2060 (Intro to Creative Writing) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3200 (In. CW: Cr. Nonfiction) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng) Section: 01W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E10 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: E13 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3200 (Int.Creat.Wrtg:CNF) Section: 02W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4106 (StudiesinGenre:AmHumorLit&Film) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5106 (StudiesinGenre:AmHumorLit&Film) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- ENGL-2180 (Af Amer Lit: Blues People) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3200 (Int.Creat.Wrtg:CNF) Section: 03W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng) Section: 1DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- ENGL-3200 (Int.CreativeWrtng-Non-Fict) Section: 04W external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-5304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-6385 (Sem in Spec Topics: Teach Writ) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II) Section: AB1 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng) Section: 3DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-4304 (Advncd Writing in Disciplines) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: AB1 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-1101 (English Composition I) Section: 113 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-2180 (BluesPeople:FromGospelToHipHop) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ENGL-3405 (Professional & Technical Wrtng) Section: 3DW external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Papoose (Forthcoming)
"Outer Sunset." Five Points 21.1 (2021):
"Outside Meaning and Inside Jokes: The Poems of David Kirby." Birmingham Poetry Review 48 (2021): 4-14.
"So I Don’t Even Know My Own Name?: Digital Vocality, Affirmative Laughter, and Posthuman Ethics in Soundboard Phony Phone Call." Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture. 26 Feb 2020. http://enculturation.net/digital_vocality. [View Publication External Resource]
"Stand-Up For Freshmen: The Risky Bets and High Rewards of Stand-Up Comedy in the Writing Classroom." New Writing. 13.3 (2016). [View Publication External Resource]
"I'm So Glad You're Fake!: Simulacra Slapstick and the Limits of the Real." Ephemera: Theory & Politics In Organization 15.3 (2015): 581-600. [View Publication (PDF)]
"I Didn't Do It, Man, I Only Said It: The Asignifying Force of The Lenny Bruce Performance Film." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 44.4 (2014): 343-362. [View Publication External Resource]