Michael Martin Shea

Michael Martin Shea is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, specializing in Hemispheric American poetics and cultural production. His research focuses on visionary practices in poetry across the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in response to neoliberalism. He holds a Fulbright Fellowship and has published extensively in translation studies and experimental writing.

• Affiliations: University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Primary), University of Pennsylvania (Teaching)
• Key Roles: Series Editor of Best American Experimental Writing, Co-convener of The Intensive (philosophy reading group), Coordinator of Poetry and Poetics Graduate Working Group

His research interests span experimental poetry, continental philosophy, spatial theory, and environmental humanities. He has authored seven chapbooks and translated Argentine poet Liliana Ponce’s works. Recent publications include Diario (Diary) (2018) and Fudekara (2022).

Awards include the Fulbright Fellowship to Argentina. His teaching spans English, Comparative Literature, and Romance Languages departments.