Math Trafton

Math Trafton is a Professor of English at the Department of Humanities within the University of Alaska's Sitka Campus. He holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, an M.A. in Comparative Literature, an M.A. in English with a Creative Writing emphasis, a B.A. in English with Creative Writing, and a B.S. in Computer Science—all from the University of Colorado Boulder. He began teaching at UAS in 2013 after previous positions at the University of Colorado.

His research explores interdisciplinary topics including ghost literature (particularly American turn-of-the-century works), flash fiction, modern epistolary forms, feminist theory, avant-garde movements, and postcolonial narratives. His dissertation analyzed how shifts in literary haunting techniques prefigured transitions from Realism to Modernism.