Department of English at Illinois State University

English Department Faculty and Staff


Amato

Joe Amato

Instructional Assistant Professor

Office Address: STV 422 B
Office Phone: (309) 438-7787
Office Hours: 3:20-4:20pm T/R, and by appointment. Virtual office hours are M-F 9:00am - 12:00pm
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Teaching Schedule:
TimeCourse NameCourse NumberSectionRoom NumberSyllabus LinkGrades
T R 12:35 - 13:50Introduction to Literary Genres ENG229.02STV 0223
T R 14:00 - 15:15Creative Writing Pedagogy ENG367.01STV 0229
T 17:30 - 20:20The Writing Seminar ENG396.01STV 0220
Teaching Interests:
Research Interests:

  • Poetry and poetics
  • Creative nonfiction
  • Fiction
  • Screenwriting
  • Creative writing pedagogy
     
Education:
Selected Publications:

Once an Engineer: A Song of the Salt City. SUNY, 2009.

Pain Plus Thyme. Factory School, 2008.

Industrial Poetics: Demo Tracks for a Mobile Culture. Iowa, 2006.

Under Virga. Chax, 2006.

Finger Exorcised. BlazeVOX, 2006.

Bookend: Anatomies of a Virtual Self. SUNY, 1997.

Symptoms of a Finer Age. Viet Nam Generation, 1994.

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