Amy Kesegich, Ph.D.

EDUCATION 
•    Ph.D. in English, Case Western Reserve University, 2001 
•    Teaching Certificate in English, Cleveland State University, 1988 
•    M.A. in English, Bowling Green State University, 1987
•    B.A. in English, Baldwin Wallace University, 1985 Summa Cum Laude 

CERTIFICATIONS 
•    MT 205 (Moodle Training) 
•    BP 500 (Online Course Delivery Best Practices)
•    Safe Zone Training for LGBTQ+ Allies
•    Vector Training: Active Assailant Preparedness, Diversity and Inclusion, Conflict Management, Cybersecurity, Customer Service Overview, Title IX and Sexual Harassment, Clery Act Overview, FERPA

DISSERTATION 
“Pilgrim in Progress: The Works of Annie Dillard as Spiritual Autobiography” 

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS 
Composition, Science Fiction, Nature Writing, Epics, History of the English Language, Creative Writing (Poetry and Creative Nonfiction), British Literature, American Literature, African American literature, 20th-21st Century British & American Poetry, Women Writers, Pedagogy

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

Lake Erie College
•    2024-2025, Visiting Professor
Notre Dame College 

•    2023-2024, Professor
•    2017-2022, Associate Professor 
•    2009-2016, Assistant Professor 
•    2006-2009, Visiting Professor 
•    2001-2006, Adjunct instructor 

 

Courses Taught at Lake Erie College, 2024-2024:

•    EN 101 Principles of Composition and Research
•    EN 140 Principles of Critical Analysis
•    HON 270: Monsters in Literature
•    EN 302: American Literature from 1914
•    EN 221: Major American Authors
•    EN 343: Introduction to World Literature

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Courses Taught at Notre Dame College, 2001-2024:

•    EN 100 College Composition I
•    EN 101 College Composition II
•    EN 110 Advanced Composition & EN 110 online
•    EN 191: Special Topic: Introduction to Poetry
•    EN 225 Introduction to Literature
•    EN 281 The Short Story 
•    EN 291 Special Topic: Science Fiction
•    EN 291 Special Topic: Steampunk Literature
•    AR/EN 291 Special Topic: Artist’s Journal
•    EN 255 Introduction to World Literature: Epics & Poetry 
•    EN 256 Introduction to World Literature: Prose
•    EN 312 History of the English Language
•    EN 318 Creative Writing: Poetry
•    EN 320 Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction
•    EN 331 British Literature to 1700 
•    EN 332 British Literature 1700-1900 
•    EN 341 American Literature to 1900 & EN 341 online
•    EN 342 American Literature after 1900 
•    EN 343: Major African American Writers
•    EN 370 20th-21st Century British & American Poetry
•    EN 382: Women Writers (Honors Section)
•    EN 391: Special Topic: Martian Encounters
•    EN 391: Special Topic: Nature Writers
•    EN 463 Major Author: Robert Frost
•    EN 463 Major Author: Emily Dickinson

•    EN 480 Great Books
•    EN 482: English Studies

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Case Western Reserve University 
Graduate Assistant, 1989-1991, 2000 
Remedial and Advanced Composition

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Cleveland State University 
Instructor, 1989-1992 
Freshman Composition

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Cleveland Heights High School 
Tenth Grade English teacher, 1988
Literature and Composition

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Cuyahoga Community College-West 
Instructor, 1987 
Literature and Composition 

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Bowling Green State University 
Graduate Assistant, 1985-1987
Remedial and Advanced Composition
 
OTHER EMPLOYMENT 
Copy editor and proofreader, Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1998 
Private tutor, self-employed, 1993-1999 

PUBLICATIONS 

• Book, Some Complaints About Time, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press, 2026

• Poem, "The Blob, 1958: A Prequel" in Rawhead, 2025

• Poem, “Egret Among Geese,” in The Connecticut River Review, 2025

• Poem, “At Starbucks with Frankenstein’s Monster” in The Comstock Review, 2024

• Article, “Legacy of Persistence and Creativity” for Notre Dame College Centennial webpage https://www.notredamecollege.edu/legacystories/persistence-creativity/ 

• Poem, “Along Euclid Creek” published in Quarterly Newsletter of the South Euclid-Lyndhurst Historical Society and Museum  https://www.cityofsoutheuclid.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Musings202207vFinal.pdf , Summer 2022

• Poem, “Ode on An Orange,” Blue Mountain Review, 2020 

• Essay, “Seeking Peace in the War of the Worlds,” 2020 in 

• https://rawdatafalloutfromthecoronavirus.blogspot.com/2020/05/seeking-peace-in-war- of-worlds-kesegich.html 

• Poem, “Grendel’s Mother,” Penguin Review, 2011

• Poem, “Elegy for Our Old Car,” Heights Observer, 2010

• Poem, “Coventry Crosswalks,” Poetography, 2010

• Poems, “Brief Candle,” “The House Witch” and “Bullfrog on the Beach,” Rubbertop Review, 2009

• Poem, “Cicadas,” White Pelican Review, Spring 2007

• Essay, “Take Me As I Am,” The Plain Dealer’s Sunday Magazine, October 2, 2005

• Essay, “Some Thoughts on Mystical Experiences,” Friends Journal, January 2005

• Poem, “The Kickball Player,” California Quarterly, 2004

• Poem, “The Apple Orchard,” Frost Notes, 2004

• Poem, “Tea Ceremony,” Poetry Motel, 2004

• Poems, “The Praying Tree,” “Winter Walk,” “The Bead Shop,” and “To the Woman

• Buying This House,” Whiskey Island, 2001

• Poetry chapbook, Spare Change, Bits Press, Cleveland, Ohio, 1991

• Poem, “Mrs. Bradley’s Dilemma,” included in textbook Writing Poems, edited by 

• Robert Wallace, HarperCollins, 1991

• Poem, “The Big Man,” Extensions of UNC-Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1989 

HONORS 
•    Finalist for St. Lawrence Book Award, 2024
•    Honorable Mention for Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Poetry Contest, 2024
•    Received Employee of the Month for March 2025 at Lake Erie College
•    Received Faculty of the Year Award, 2024, from Notre Dame College FESPYS
•    Received Distinguished Faculty Award, 2017, from Notre Dame College 
•    Received Outstanding Teaching Award, 2004, from Notre Dame College 
•    Received the 2004 NOCHE Award for Teaching Excellence
•    Recognized in Ohio Magazine, December 2004, Excellence in Education feature
•    Teaching Fellowships, Case Western Reserve University, 2000-2001 
•    Teaching Fellowships, Case Western Reserve University, 1989-1991
•    Teaching Fellowships, Bowling Green State University, 1985-1987
•    Certificate of Excellence in Student Teaching, Cleveland State University, 1988 
•    Ruby Redinger Scholarship in English, Baldwin Wallace University, 1985 
•    Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, Baldwin Wallace University, 1985 
•    Coxon Scholarship in English, Baldwin Wallace University, 1984 
•    Dayton C. Miller Honor Society, Baldwin Wallace University, 1984 

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 
•    Faculty Advisor for the Creative Writing Club at Lake Erie College
•    Faculty Advisor for the literary magazine of Lake Erie College, Lake Erie Echoes
•    Organized Faculty/Staff Career Workshop at Notre Dame College with director of Career Services at Notre Dame College, 2024
•    Gave professional development workshop presentation on AI with Director of Composition at Notre Dame College, 2023
•    Completed online teacher training courses MT 205 and BP 500, 2020 
•    Created New English Curriculum starting 2019-2020
•    Served as head of the English Department, 2013-2024
•    EPPC member, 2018-2020 
•    Faculty Secretary, 2010, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022  
•    Steering Committee Member, 2010, 2020-2021, and 2021-2022
•    FADC member, 2009-2012
•    Advisor to the Poetry Club at Notre Dame College, 2006-2013
•    Advisor to the Creative Writing Club at Notre Dame College, 2013-2020
•    Advisor to The Pivot, the literary magazine of Notre Dame College, 2006-2020
•    On committee to secure a Fenn Grant Award, “Leveraging a Liberal Arts Degree” which included meeting with members of the Cleveland Foundation, 2014-2015
•    Chair of three hiring committees for EN/CA faculty, 2014-2016
•    Participant in pre-law major creation for NDC-LCCC 2016
•    Synthesized assessment data for English major, 2013-present
•    Planned and organized with Career Services an “English Tea” event at which students learned about various career options for the EN/CA major, 2014
•    Judge for Poetry Out Loud Competition at the Lyceum at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
•    2010 chair of committee and presenter at Notre Dame College’s Humanities Week, 2010
•    Completed Online Teaching Certification at NDC, 2008
•    Co-coordinator of Notre Dame College’s Spring Arts Collaboration, 2008
•    Co-coordinator of Notre Dame College’s Moving Minds: The Verse & Vision Project Poetry Slam/Art exhibit, 2006 

 

CONFERENCES 
•    “Sick Systems: Orange Is the New Black Reconstructs Dante’s Inferno” presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association. Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2017
•    “Monster Poetry” presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association. Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2015 
•    Creative Writing Conference, “Breaking Genre” workshop participant at CWRU
•    Summer 2014 Morgan Paper Conservatory Workshop on Travel Journals participant
•    Travel Journal talk presented at Case Western Reserve University’s Kelvin Smith Library in celebration of Octavofest October 2013
•    "Martian Encounters: Pedagogical Challenges to Teaching Science Fiction to Undergraduates” presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture Association. Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 2012
•    “Information Fluency” conference participant in New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011
•    Co-presenter at M/MLA Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, 2007
•    Co-presenter at College English Association of Ohio conference, 2003
•    Guest author at Ohio Writers Celebration at Notre Dame College and Ursuline College, 2003 

 

POETRY READINGS 
•    Read poem, “Along Euclid Creek,” at South Euclid’s Community Center, October 2023, as part of a Euclid Creek history event
•    Read poems for South Euclid’s “Bexley Bash,” invited by poet laureate of South Euclid, August 2023 and August 2022
•    Read poems, with NDC students, as part of Second Sunday Poets Series at South Euclid-Lyndhurst library, September 2021
•    Read poem, “You May Have Been Told,” as Notre Dame College convocation speaker, August 2017 
•    Invited to write and present for “Ekphastacy” Poetry Reading at Heights Arts, 2015 
•    Read “Monster Poetry” for Notre Dame College Scholars’ week, 2015
•    Read as part of “Writers Group 8” at Macs Backs in Cleveland Heights, 2012 
•    Invited to read poetry at Heights Arts, 2010-2011
•    Invited to read at Nia Coffeehouse in Cleveland Heights, 2011
•    Invited to read at Barnes and Noble bookstore, 2011
•    Read “Grendel’s Mother” in “Fine Arts Gala” at Youngstown State University, 2011 
•    Read selected poems at “Poetry Back in the Woods” event at Shaker Heights Public Library, 2009 
•    Read selected poems as part of The Festival of the Arts at Notre Dame College Spring 2009 
•    Read selected poems at Notre Dame College’s Spring Arts Collaboration, 2008 
•    Read selected poems Notre Dame College’s “Moving Minds: The Verse & Vision Project” Poetry Slam/Art exhibit, 2006 

LANGUAGE 
Reading knowledge of French 
REFERENCES 
Available upon request