Kent Wicker

Kent Wicker's academic interests include 1) issues of class, gender and region in American and post-colonial literatures; 2) narrative theory and the historical development of the novel; and 3) literary representation, realism, satire and fantasy.  He is also interested in embodiment, religious and intellectual history, and the history of everyday life.   With Donna Zapf, he created the GLS Core Course in interdisciplinary studies and now serves as assistant director of the GLS program.  He holds a BS in International Relations from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service and a PhD in English from Duke.  He has worked both inside and outside academia as a writer and editor, has served on the board of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, and led several workshop sessions at the annual convention.  Dr. Wicker lives with his wife near the Eno River, where he hikes, bikes and involuntarily feeds a growing herd of deer.