Chad Kebrdle

J. Chad Kebrdle is an Assistant Teaching Professor of English at Ball State University's Department of English, housed within the College of Sciences and Humanities. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Naropa University (2020), an MA in Liberal Studies from Indiana University Kokomo (2011), and a BS in English from Ball State University (1991).

• Education Highlights:
• MFA: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University (2020)
• MA: Indiana University Kokomo, focusing on rhetoric and teaching college writing (2011)
• BS: Ball State University (1991)

His research explores the rhetorical nature of music and creative writing. His poetry, inspired by Imagist poets like Robert Frost and Ezra Pound, emphasizes long mural-type works rooted in rural imagery. Courses taught include Rhetoric and Writing 103.

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