
Ryan Poll
Graduate Coordinator and English Advisor
In conjunction with serving as the Undergraduate English Advisor and Graduate Coordinator for Literature, I teach undergraduate and graduate courses in American literature and culture; ecological fiction and theory; and narratives of globalization.
Recent Publications
Poll, Ryan. 2012. Main Street and Empire: The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
---, 2012. “The Boss and the Workers: Bruce Springsteen as Blue Collar Icon.” Blue Collar Pop Culture: From NASCAR to the Jersey Shore. Edited by M. Keith Booker. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Northeastern Illinois University Department of English
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Lech Walesa Hall (LWH) 2011
Chicago, IL 60625