Paul Jaussen is an Associate Professor of Literature and Department Chair in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication Department. Dr. Jaussen received his Ph.D. in English with a joint Ph.D. in Theory and Criticism from the University of Washington in 2010. His research focuses on poetry and poetics, literary theory and criticism, modernism, contemporary literature, and the relationship between literature and technology.

He is the author of The Art of Breaking Worlds: On Contemporary Poetry and Public Language (Northwestern University Press, 2027), Writing in Real Time: Emergent Poetics from Whitman to the Digital (Cambridge University Press, 2017) and co-editor of A Companion to American Poetry (Wiley Blackwell, 2022). His work has appeared in journals including New Literary History, Criticism, Comparative Literature, Chicago Review, and ASAP/J.

» Education

• Ph.D. in English and Theory and Criticism, University of Washington, 2010

» Research Interests

• Poetry and poetics
• Literary theory and criticism
• Modernism and contemporary literature
• Literature and technology

» Publications & Research

• Author, The Art of Breaking Worlds: On Contemporary Poetry and Public Language (Northwestern University Press, 2027)
• Author, Writing in Real Time: Emergent Poetics from Whitman to the Digital (Cambridge University Press, 2017)
• Co-editor, A Companion to American Poetry (Wiley-Blackwell, 2022)
• Publications in New Literary History, Criticism, Comparative Literature, Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Chicago Review, and ASAP/J

» Courses and Teaching

• World Literature
• Modern Poetry
• Literary Theory
• Literature and Technology

» Affiliations & Service

• Chair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Communication, Lawrence Technological University