Eric McHenry
Professor English
College of Arts and Sciences
- Contact
- Morgan HallRm 1131700 SW College AveTopeka, KS 66621-1117785.670.1400
- Degrees & Certifications
- Beloit College, Bachelor of Arts
- Boston University, Master of Arts
- Academic History
- Washburn University, 2009 - present.
- Teaching
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- EN 206 A, Beginning Poetry Writing
- EN 300 E, Advanced College Writing
- EN 300 F, Advanced College Writing
- EN 300 HN, Advanced College Writing
- Scholarly Interests/Activities
- Organizing readings and literary events, including Brooksfest: A Gwendolyn Brooks Centennial Celebration
- WTE mentoring
- Service Interests/Activities
CAS Strategic Planning Committee
Honors Advisory Board
Alma Mater Committee
- Career Accomplishments
- Three books of poetry: Odd Evening (2016), Mommy Daddy Evan Sage (2011), and Potscrubber Lullabies (2006)
- Editor of Peggy of the Flint Hills: A Memoir by Zula Bennington Greene, 2012
- Poet Laureate of Kansas, 2015-2017
- TLS Mick Imlah Poetry Prize (2nd place), 2017
- Theodore Roethke Prize, Poetry Northwest, 2011
- Kate Tufts Discovery Award, Claremont Graduate University, 2007
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