Dr. Kirstin Zona
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
My deepest intention is to wake myself and others into our capacity for collective thriving, a commitment I deem necessary if we are to create an equitable, compassionate, sustainable human existence on this planet.
Teaching Interests & Areas
I am currently teaching a large undergraduate lecture course called "Narratives of Potential," in which we explore what it means, via a wide variety of literary texts, to actualize one's potential as a human being in our current historical-cultural moment. This course draws upon the myriad research and teaching interests that I've been committed to over the years: poetry and poetics, literature, creative writing, literary theory, women's studies, sexuality and gender studies, ecocriticism, veganism, contemplative practice in higher education, pedagogies of liberation, and emergent strategy.
Research Interests & Areas
I am fascinated and compelled by the study of human potential, an avenue of inquiry that is inextricable from and begs consideration of the ecologies of which we're a part. It is impossible to pursue rigorous study of human potential without simultaneously looking at the ways we exist in relationship with non-human animals and the living earth. My current research project draws from a wide range of texts and expressive practices: poetry, theory, literature, philosophy, memoir, photography, drawing, and journals/letters/emails.
Ph D Poetry and Poetics
BA English
Finishing Line Press Open Book Competition
Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Poetry Prize
Residency and Fellowship
Mississippi Review Poetry Prize
Roque Bluff’s 7th Annual Poetry Festival
Marsh Hawk Press Book Prize
Georgetown Review Poetry Prize
Grants and Contracts
Performances and Exhibits
Kirstin Zona.
Borders Books and Music. - March 2010
Kirstin Zona.
Roque Bluffs 7th Annual Poetry Festival. - August 2011
Kirstin Zona.
Roque Bluffs Poetry Festival. - August 1 2010