Joel Brouwer

Professor Joel Brouwer is a faculty member in the Department of English at the University of Alabama. He specializes in Creative Writing, Literature, and Critical Theory, with additional expertise in Composition & Rhetoric, Linguistics/TESOL, and Digital Humanities. His research encompasses diverse literary periods including African-American, Early American, and British literature.

Education: MA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Syracuse University (1993); BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College (1990).

Research Interests: Brouwer’s work bridges creative writing and literary criticism, focusing on narrative structure, cultural history, and interdisciplinary approaches. His poetry explores themes of memory, ethics, and historical reimagining.

Publications: Author of four poetry collections (Off Message, And So, Centuries, Exactly What Happened) and multiple chapbooks. His poems and essays appear in journals like AGNI, The Paris Review, and Poetry. He has also contributed book reviews to the New York Times Book Review and Harvard Review.

Awards: Recipient of prestigious fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and others.

Teaching: Instructs graduate and undergraduate courses in creative writing and literary criticism. Active in the Strode Program and graduate faculty roles.