Margaret Ronda

Margaret Ronda is an Associate Professor of English at the University of California, Davis. Specializing in American poetry from the 19th century to the present, her work bridges poetic form with pressing ecological and social issues. She is the author of the critical book Remainders: American Poetry at Nature's End and two poetry collections, Personification and For Hunger. Ronda also serves as an associate editor for Contemporary Literature and has contributed extensively to scholarly journals.

• Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley
• MFA in Poetry, Indiana University

Her research interests focus on:

• Ecopoetics and environmental crisis representation
• Lyric poetry and capitalist temporalities
• Affect theory and material culture
• Georgic traditions in American literature
• Contemporary experimental poetry
• Intersections of poetry and social justice

Ronda's recent publications explore intersections of ecology, capitalism, and poetic form, with a particular emphasis on contemporary responses to environmental crisis and historical poetic traditions. Her scientific awards include:

• Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award (2024)
• College of Letters & Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award (2023)
• Dora Maar Fellowship (2022)
• Graduate Program Advising and Mentoring Award (2020)
• Hellman Fellowship (2015-2016)
• MLA William Riley Parker Prize (2013)

Her teaching and mentorship have been consistently recognized with multiple awards, including the Hellman Fellowship and ACLS New Faculty Fellowship during her early career. As an associate editor for Contemporary Literature, she contributes to shaping critical discourse in the field.