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Joshua Imken

Department of English

University of Kansas

1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Wescoe 3054

Lawrence, KS 66045-7590

Email:joshuaimken@ku.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Literature, University of Kansas, 2024-Present.

• M.A. English, Texas Tech University, 2023.

• M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2019.

• B.A. English Language and Literature Arts & History-Political Science, LeTourneau University, 2018.

Conference Papers and Presentations:

• “Truth, Justice, and Corn Nuts: Advertisements in Superman Comics” at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 2025. (Upcoming)

• Moderator at the Sturgeon Symposium, Lawrence, KS, October 24-25.

• “‘You’re the Man Now, Dog!’: Composition Pedagogies in the Movies” at the College English Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2024.

• “‘I Grew It!’: Silent Running, Anthropocentrism, and the Ecological Auteur” at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 2024.

• “Truth, Justice, and Corn Nuts: Commercialism in Superman Comics” at the Arts and Humanities Conference, Lubbock, TX, November 2023.

• “The Man of Tomorrow: Superman, Continuity, and Utopia” at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM, March 2023.

Honors/Awards:

• Benjamin Rude Memorial Scholarship, Texas Tech University, 2023.

• Social Sciences Scholarship, University of Chicago, 2018.

• Outstanding Senior in English, LeTourneau University, 2018.

• Outstanding Senior in History, LeTourneau University, 2018.

• Presidential Scholarship, LeTourneau University, 2015-2018.

• Arts and Sciences Scholarship, LeTourneau University, 2015-2018.

• Honor’s College Scholarship, LeTourneau University, 2015-2018.

Teaching Experience:

• Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, August 2024-Present.

• Math Tutor at Temple College, Temple, Texas, July 2022-August 2024.

• Tutor at Varsity Tutors. Austin, Texas, October 2019-July 2022.

• Writing Center Tutor at LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas, August 2017-May 2018.

Courses Taught:

• English 101, Two Sections, The University of Kansas, Fall 2024

• English 102, Two Sections, The University of Kansas, Spring 2025

Academic and Volunteer Service:

• Writer, Producer, and Performer in Hootenanny, LeTourneau University, 2016-2018, 2024.

• Fire Guard and Ticket Seller Volunteer at Doc Films, University of Chicago, 2018-2019.

• Student Senator, LeTourneau University, 2016-2018.

• President of Stage Right Drama Club, LeTourneau University, 2017-2018.

• New Student Orientation Volunteer, LeTourneau University, 2017.

• Over the Fence Volunteer, LeTourneau University, 2015-2017.

• Volunteer at Williamson County Regional Park, 2013-2015.

Professional Memberships:

• Sigma Tau Delta