Pat Tyrer

Pat Tyrer is a Professor at the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages within the College of Fine Arts and Humanities at West Texas A&M University. She has been with the department since 2002 and serves as the Director of English Graduate Studies.

Education:

• B.A. in English, California State University, Fullerton (1991)
• M.A. in English, California State University, Fullerton (1993)
• Ph.D. in American Literature, Texas Tech University (1998)

Her research focuses on Creative Writing, the recovery of women writers in American literature from early to modern periods, third-wave feminism, film studies, and the impact of technology on pedagogy. She has authored scholarly works such as Evelyn Scott's Contribution to American Literary Modernism 1920-1940 and published two books of poetry.

Professional Affiliations:

• American Literature Association
• Modern Literature Association
• Society for the Study of Women Writers
• Southwest Popular and American Culture Association

As the Jenny Lind Porter Professor of English, Dr. Tyrer has contributed extensively to academic discourse in American modernism and creative writing pedagogy.