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S. Brook Corfman is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences. Their research intersects composition & rhetoric with trans studies, focusing on how forms and genres shape trans discourse and knowledge production. They hold a BA from Pomona College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Pitt, where they also taught composition, creative writing, and literature.
Corfman’s work explores trans writers’ manipulation of public discourse through their scholarship and creative writing. Their poetry collection My Daily Actions, or The Meteorites was a New York Times Best Poetry Book (2020), and their debut collection Luxury, Blue Lace won the 2018 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize. Their research includes studies on trans performance artist Cassils, trans-inclusive pedagogy, and autotheory in trans academic writing.
- Research Highlights:
- Analysis of trans rhetoric in institutional contexts
- First-year writing classroom reforms for trans inclusion
- 20th/21st-century trans writers’ discursive strategies
Awards include the Autumn House Prize (2018), a Publishers Weekly starred review (2020), and NYT recognition. Their teaching experience includes mentoring TAs and developing pedagogical frameworks at Pitt’s Writing Center.
