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Dr. Teresa Milbrodt

Assistant Professor

Location:
221 Miller Hall
Phone:
(540)375-2381

Degrees

  • PhD in English (emphases in Creative Writing and Disability Studies), University of Missouri
  • MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction), Bowling Green State University
  • MA in American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University

Research & Teaching Interests

  • I write speculative and realistic fiction and creative nonfiction.
  • My scholarly interests include disability humor, disability and sexuality, and creative practice in disability communities.

Books

  • Literary Book Publications Instances of Head-Switching. Shade Mountain Press, 2020.
  • Work Opportunities: Stories. Portage Press, 2018.
  • Larissa Takes Flight: Stories. Booth Books, 2014.
  • The Patron Saint of Unattractive People. Boxfire Press, 2013.
  • Bearded Women: Stories. ChiZine Publications. 2011.
  • Critical Book Publications Sexy Like Us: Disability, Humor, and Sexuality. University Press of Mississippi, 2022.

Publications

  • “Cyclops Notes” and “You May Mistake This for A Love Story.” In Between Spaces: An Anthology of Disabled Writers, edited by Rebecca Burke, Stillhouse Press, 2022, pp. 97-103, 211-227.
  • “Honoratus” and “Matchmaker.” The MacGuffin, vol. 38, no.1, 2022, pp. 56-7.
  • “Weighing Hearts.” Gargoyle, issue 75, 2022, pp. 356-9.
  • “The Interpreter.” NonBinary Review, issue 28, 2022, pp. 23-7.
  • “An Open Letter to Bakers.” Orion’s Belt, 2022, https://www.orions-belt.net/archives/an-open-letter-to-bakers.
  • “Tea and Owls.” Apparition Lit, issue 17, 2022, https://apparitionlit.com/tea-and-owls/.
  • “The Queen.” Flash Point Science Fiction, 11 Mar. 2022, https://flashpointsf.com/2022/03/11/the-queen/.
  • “Dragons.” Strange Horizons, 15 Nov. 2021, http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/dragons/.
  • “Empathy.” Andromeda Spaceways, vol. 17, no. 3, 2021, pp. 31-9.

Available as a Media resource for the following topics

  • Disability humor and sexuality
  • Creative writing
  • Speculative fiction
  • Crip lit (literature by people with disabilities)

Willing to speak to professional, social or civic groups on

  • Disability humor and sexuality
  • Creative writing
  • Speculative fiction
  • Crip lit (literature by people with disabilities)