Dr. Jack Hutchens

Degrees

• PH.D. 2016 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• M.A.  2004 Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas
• B.A.  1996 Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

Research Interests

• Polish Language, Literature, and Culture
• Gender Studies
• Queer Theory
• Nationalism Studies
• Popular Culture

Courses Taught

• LITR 280 World Masterpieces: Eyewitness Literature of WWII
• LITR 280 World Masterpieces: Polish Short Stories 

Selected Publications

• “Julian Stryjkowski: Polish, Jewish, Queer,” Forthcoming in Canadian Slavonic Papers, Spring 2019.

• “Marian Pankowski: Rudolf’s Anti-Nationalist, Anti-Martyrological Project,” Toronto Slavic Quarterly 60, 2017.

• “Transgressions: Palimpsest and the Destruction of Gender and National Borders in Olga Tokarczuk's Dom Dzienny, Dom Nocny.” The Effect of Palimpsest. ed. Bożena Shallcross. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2011.

• “Translating the Queer Voice: Problems with Polish Translations of Ginsberg’s ‘America’ and ‘Message.’” Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 40.6, December 2007.