Assistant Professor of English
Ripon College
300 Seward Street
Ripon, WI 54971
(920) 748-8723

E-mail: SontagK@ripon.edu

Education

• M.F.A. in English, University of Iowa, The Writers' Workshop
• B.A., English, Boston University (with certification in secondary English)

Awards and Honors

• May Bumby Severy Award for excellence in teaching, Ripon College, 2005
• Second Prize winner, Literal Latte Food Verse Awards, 2002
• First Prize winner, Ronald H. Bayes Poetry Prize, Sandhills Review, 1995

Areas of Interest

• Creative writing
• Poetry
• Autobiography
• American Indian literature and film
• Story Cycles

Recent Publications

• Book: "After Confession: Poetry as Autobiography," co-edited with David Graham, Graywolf Press, 2001
  
• Poems and essays:
  
• "Mother May I: Writing With Love," "After Confession" (essay), 2001;
  reprinted in "Valparaiso Poetry Review," 2002
• Numerous poems published in a wide variety of anthologies and literary journals, 1988-present
• Various "Pedagogy Papers" for Associated Writing Programs Conferences (AWP)
  

Current Courses Taught

• Eng 110: Literature & Composition
• Eng 175: First-Year Studies (Examined Life; Prairie and Frontier)
• Eng 211: Creative Writing/Poetry
• Eng 213: Creative Writing/Fiction
• Eng 260: Topics in Cultural Identity (American Indian Literature & Film)
• Eng 312: Creative Writing Workshop
• Eng 340: Major Author (Louise Erdrich)
• Eng 402: English Teaching Methods
• Eng 500: Senior Portfolio
• Eng 541: Independent Study (Grammar; American Indian Literature & Film)