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Lucy Alford is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Wake Forest University. Her research focuses on 20th-21st century American poetry, comparative poetics, and intersections between literature and the mind. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature (Stanford University, 2016) and a PhD in Modern Thought (University of Aberdeen, 2011), alongside advanced degrees from Aberdeen and the University of Virginia.
Her work examines poetry's role in shaping attention, perception, and ethical engagement. Her monograph *Forms of Poetic Attention* (Columbia UP, 2020) argues that poetry trains perceptual capacities through its formal structures. Current projects explore poetic form's relationship to human vital signs and ecological precarity. Alford is also a practicing poet, with works published in *Mantis*, *Literary Matters*, and other journals.
- Awards: Includes the Helen Tartar First Book Subvention Award, Geballe Dissertation Prize, and Ric Weiland Fellowship
- Courses Taught: ENG 150, ENG 385/685 on 20/21C American poetry
Her interdisciplinary research bridges literary analysis with philosophy, cognitive science, and environmental studies, emphasizing poetry's role in mediating contemporary crises of politics and ecology.
