Dr. Phillip Howerton

Details

Education

• PhD, Univ Of Missouri-Columbia (2011)
• MEd, Drury University (1999)
• BS, Drury University (1997)

Teaching

• ENG 100 – Fundamentals of Composition
• ENG 101 – Reading and Writing
• ENG 110 – Writing I
• ENG 184 – Sherlock Holmes: The Classic Cases
• ENG 197 – Publishing Internship
• ENG 197 – Advanced Publishing
• ENG 210 – Writing Across the Disciplines
• ENG 221 – Writing in the Professions
• ENG 232 – Ozarks Writers
• ENG 235 – Critical Approaches to Literature
• ENG 250 – American Literature I
• ENG 251 – American Literature II

Professional experience

• Missouri State University-West Plains, 2013-Present.
• North Arkansas College, English Instructor, 2006-2012.
• University of Missouri-Columbia, Graduate Instructor, 2001-2006.
• Central Methodist University, Adjunct Instructor, 2003-2005.
• Lebanon Human Resource Center, Social Studies Instructor, 2000-2001.
• State Fair Community College, Adjunct Instructor, 1999-2001.
• Ozarks Technical and Community College, Adjunct Instructor, 1999-2001.
• Lebanon Technology and Career Center, Adult Education Instructor, 1998-2000.

Research and professional interests

• American literature
• The literature and history of the Ozarks
• The writing and study of Poetry
• Mark Twain
• Henry David Thoreau
• Robert Frost

Other interests

Editorial Experience

• Owner and Managing Editor, Cornerpost Press Book Publishing, 2019-Present.
• Associate Editor, The Heartland Review, 2019-Present.
• General Editor, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies. 2017-Present.
• Co-Founder and Co-Editor. Cave Region Review. 2008-Present.
• Faculty Reviewer, LOGOS: A Journal of Undergraduate Research. 2017-2019.
• Associate Editor, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies. January 2013- 2017.
• Associate Book Review Editor. American Periodicals: A Journal of History and Criticism. August 2003-May 2004.
• Co-Author/Editor. The University of Missouri Composition Handbook. University of Missouri. 2002.
• Associate Editor. Center: A Journal of the Literary Arts. University of Missouri. 2002-2003.

Awards and honors

• Missouri Literary Award. Missouri Library Association. July 2019.
• Nominee, Distinguished Literary Achievement Award. Missouri Humanities Council. Spring 2019.
• Nominee, Missouri Poet Laureate, Spring 2019.
• Nominee, Student Government Faculty Mentor Award. Missouri State University-West Plains, Spring 2017.
• Grant Recipient, Missouri Humanities Council. Ozarks Studies Symposium, April 2016.
• Governor’s Excellence Award. Missouri State University-West Plains, 2016.
• Student Government Faculty Mentor Award. Missouri State University-West Plains, Spring 2015.