Dr. Tyler Gardner

Lecturer

 

Office: Bldg. 116-111
Phone: 805-756-7038
E-mail: tdgardne@calpoly.edu
 

 

 

 

Education 

Ph.D. English, University of Notre Dame 
M.A. English, University of Notre Dame 
M.A. Religion and Art, Graduate Theological Union 
B.A. English, Brigham Young University 

Teaching and Research Interests 

Writing Studies 
American Literature and Culture 
Postsecular Studies 
Literary Nonfiction 

Selected Publications 

“Introduction: Possibilities Beyond Critique” (with Sandra Gustafson), Religion and Literature 48.2 (published Fall 2017). 

Selected Conference Presentations 

“Rethinking the Read Ahead: Negotiating Agendas and Empowering Graduate Student Writers.” International Writing Centers Association Conference. Atlanta, GA, 10-13 October 2018. 

“Is Walden a Religious Text?” Transcendentalist Intersections: Literature, Philosophy, Religion. University of Heidelberg, 26-29 July 2018. 

“Beyond Goodness? Transcendent Decrees, the Immanent Frame, & American Literature.” Faith and Knowledge Conference. Harvard University, 24-25 February 2017. 

Fellowships, Awards and Grants 

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Notre Dame, 2018. 

Mellon Fellow in Religion, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/University of Notre Dame, 2013-2018. 

Professional Development Grant, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, 2018. 

Notabaert Professional Development Travel Grant, Institute for the Scholarship of Liberal Arts, 2016.

 

 

 


 

 

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