Joseph Fletcher

Joseph Fletcher is a Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on the intersections of literature and natural philosophy in the long eighteenth century, with interests in British Literature (1660–1900), Creative Writing, Digital Humanities, and Science Writing. He also teaches in the North Carolina prison system and serves as Assistant Editor of the William Blake Archive.

• Education:
• PhD in English Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2016)
• MFA in Poetry, University of Massachusetts (2005)
• BA, University of Michigan (1999)

His publications include the scholarly monograph William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788–1795 (Anthem Press, 2021) and creative works like the poetry collection The Hatch (2018) and the forthcoming novella Jenny Haniver (2023). His work bridges literary analysis and interdisciplinary themes such as posthumanism and science writing.

He has authored multiple chapbooks and contributes to journals like jubilat, Octopus, and Slope. His teaching portfolio includes courses on poetry, fiction, and first-year writing.