Dave Nikityn

Dave Nikityn is a Lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), affiliated with the Writing Program within the College of Letters and Science. He teaches courses such as Writing 2 and Writing for Environmental Professions (107EP). His office is located in Girvetz Hall 1308.

Nikityn holds a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Southern Mississippi and an MFA from the University of Houston. His research interests span animal studies, environmentalism, ecocriticism, posthumanism, game studies, ethics/morality, and early American literature. His creative work has appeared in journals like Mississippi Review, Atticus Review, and Chicago Quarterly Review, with scholarly contributions forthcoming from the James Fenimore Cooper Society.

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