Christopher Matthews

Christopher Matthews is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Residential College, University of Michigan. His interdisciplinary work bridges poetry, fiction, and scholarship, with a focus on nineteenth-century literature. He holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College and a PhD from the University of Michigan.

• Education: MFA (Warren Wilson College), PhD (University of Michigan)
• Teaching roles: Creative Writing Tutorials, First-Year Seminar 'How the Dead Speak: Hauntings and Hauntedness', 'Reading Multicultural London, Inside & Out' (study abroad program)

His research and creative interests include:

• Lyrical and discursive poetry
• Storytelling and narrative theory
• Film studies
• Monsters, ghosts, and supernatural themes
• Intersectional studies in race, class, gender, and sexuality

Matthews’ creative work has been published in The Massachusetts Review, Indiana Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, and The Cortland Review. His scholarship appears in Nineteenth-Century Studies and Victorian Studies.

Awards and recognitions include:

• Three Pushcart Prize nominations
• Two features in Ted Kooser’s syndicated 'American Life in Poetry' project

He is actively engaged in teaching and creative practice, with recent courses emphasizing multicultural narratives and international perspectives through study abroad programs.