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Bob Watts serves as Associate Professor in the English Department at Lehigh University, teaching core creative writing courses including Introduction to Writing Poetry (ENGL 142) and Advanced Poetry Writing (ENGL 342).
His educational foundation includes:
- PhD in Creative Writing (English), University of Missouri, Columbia, 2003
- MA in Creative Writing, North Carolina State University, 1990
Watts' creative scholarship centers on poetry and creative non-fiction, exploring American landscapes, familial memory, and philosophical dimensions of contemporary life through lyrical and narrative forms. His work consistently engages with physical and emotional terrains of the Midwest and urban environments.
Publications spanning 2003-2021 reveal thematic continuity in examining human relationships to place and time, with frequent appearances in elite journals like Poetry and The Paris Review. His output demonstrates evolution from early landscape-focused pieces to complex meditations on intergenerational connections.
His notable recognition includes:
- 2004 Stanzas Prize from David Robert Books for Past Providence
No information regarding graduate student advising or external research funding appears in available records. His teaching portfolio emphasizes workshop-based pedagogy in poetry composition without indication of laboratory or team-based research structures.
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