Matthew Hurwitz

Matthew Hurwitz, English

Lecturer, First Year Writing Program

Phone:

978-934-4059

Fax:

978-934-3097

Office:

O'Leary Library 462

Email:

Matthew_Hurwitz@uml.edu

Expertise

Rhetoric/Composition, First-Year Writing, 19th, 20th, & 21st Century British Literature, Travel Writing, British Empire & National Identity

Educational Background

B.A., M.A.T. University of New Hampshire

M.A. Arizona State University

Ph.D. University of New Hampshire

Biosketch

Matt Hurwitz teaches in the First Year Writing Program at UMass Lowell and has helped to organize the Spring 2012 Common Text Film Series as well as being involved in a number of other initiatives related to the teaching of writing. He is especially interested in connecting student writing to real world experiences. He recently presented a paper on Indo-Caribbean writer V. S. Naipaul at the Rocky Mountain MLA Conference and is currently working on research related to the representation of English national identity and empire in 1960s British travel fictions.