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Evan Chaloupka, Ph.D., MA

Program Chair, Writing

evan.chaloupka@franklin.edu

Profile

Dr. Evan Chaloupka directs the Franklin University writing program. His research interest include writing studies, the rhetoric of health and medicine, and literature and medicine. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the Case Western Reserve University and a M.A. in English from the University of Akron. Dr. Chaloupka has taught courses in composition, technical writing, rhetoric, and literature at institutions ranging from Lakeland Community College to the University of Pennsylvania. His work has been published in Literature and Medicine, The Journal of Narrative Theory, and Disability & Society among other venues. 

Education

2018
Case Western Reserve University
Doctor of Philosophy, English
2012
University of Akron
Master of Arts, English
2010
The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
Bachelor of Arts - NSCH Verified, English

Work Experience

2020 - Present
Franklin University, Program Chair, Writing
2013 - Present
Case Western Reserve University, Instructor of Record, Cleveland, Ohio
2012 - Present
Bryant and Stratton College, Adjunct Instructor
2012 - 2013
Lake Erie College, Adjunct Instructor
2012 - 2013
Lakeland Community College, Adjunct Instructor
2012 - 2013
Ursuline College, Adjunct Instructor

Publications & Presentations

Chaloupka, E. (2017, Apr. 30). Cognitive Disability and Narrative in Of Mice and Men. Case Western Reserve University English Colloquium.
Chaloupka, E. (2017, Mar. 31). Recognizing and Reading Cognitive Disability in American Literary Naturalism. International Conference on Narrative, Lexington.
Chaloupka, E. (2016, Dec. 31). Demystifying the Archive: A Roundtable Discussion. Case Western Reserve University English Colloquium.
Chaloupka, E. (2015, Nov. 30). Making Lovely Nonsense Out of Everything: Individual Receptions of Eugenic Theories of Cognitive Disability. Midwest MLA Conference, Columbus, Ohio.
Chaloupka, E. (2015, Mar. 31). Images of Cognitive Disability and Restricted Reader Imagination in The Kallikak Family. College English Association Conference, Indianapolis.
Chaloupka, E. (2014, May. 31). How Many Colors Shall I Be Limited To?: The Textual Past, Present, and Future of The Sound and the Fury. English 689: Digital Humanities.
Chaloupka, E. (2013, Feb. 28). Illuminating Benjy and His Narrative with Autism and Objects: a Discussion of Methods. English 689: Digital Humanities.
Chaloupka, E. (2012, Mar. 31). That damn looney: Liberating Benjy and his Narrative with Autism and a Slipper. Northeast MLA Conference, Rochester.
Chaloupka, E. (2011, Mar. 31). Never Hit Me: Appearance and Correspondence in The Madhouse of Palermo. Pennsylvania College English Association Conference, Erie.

Professional Service

2016
Committee Member
Faculty Committee
(Cleveland, Ohio) End Date: 2016
2015
Committee Member
Executive Committee, Graduate Council of the Arts and Sciences
(Cleveland, Ohio) End Date: 2015
2015
Committee Member
Undergraduate Committee, Department of English
(Cleveland, Ohio) End Date: 2015
2015
Committee Member
Writer's House Subcommittee, Department of English
(Cleveland, Ohio) End Date: 2015
2014
Committee Member
Graduate Committee, Department of English
(Cleveland, Ohio) End Date: 2014
2013
Committee Member
Graduate Committee, Baker Nord Center for the Humanities
(Cleveland, Ohio) End Date: 2013
2012
Committee Member
Part-time Faculty Advocacy Committee
(Kirtland, Ohio) End Date: 2012
2011
Committee Member
English Portfolio Review Committee
(Painesville, Ohio) End Date: 2013