Welcome.
Paul E. Blom is a Teaching Fellow and doctoral student in English literature at UNC-Chapel Hill, a creative writer, copy editor, writing tutor and instructor as well as a published scholar, researcher, and presenter. His area of concentration is American literature from 1865 to the present and its intersections with health humanities and literary trauma studies.
About Me
My Teaching
Enter Teaching Philosophy here.
Read more about my teaching philosophy, experience, and methods.
My Research
20th-Century Am. Lit.
I explore the breadth of American literature from across the twentieth century. Most (but not all) of these texts contain content, contexts, or themes that overlap with my interest in health humanities and/or trauma studies. These texts include content related to healthcare, embodiment, military combat, violence, racial trauma, and gender-based trauma, topics which are vital for any discussion of twentieth-century American literature and which connect with my larger scholarly interests and goals…
Health Humanities
Because my primary literary interest concerns issues of embodiment, I focus on foundational texts in the field of health humanities alongside other related texts that explore issues of disability, pain, suffering, and empathy. These texts also concern the intersection of health with race, gender, and class, illuminating the complexities of health and embodiment as well as encompassing themes vital to any exploration of twentieth-century American literature…
Trauma Studies
One of my core questions is: What is at stake when we represent psychological trauma (the original traumatic event and its lingering repercussions for the perpetrator and survivor) in literature and other media? How do we depict and discuss these events and their effects (both immediate and lingering)? How do we depict and discuss the perpetrators and the survivors of such events? What are the ethical and political implications in these depictions?…
Read more about my research interests, dissertation, and publications.
My Service (and other info)
I’ve enjoyed several opportunities to get involved with my campus community and the surrounding community and to be of service to my field and profession.
Recent Posts and Projects
- SAMLA 2020This past fall, I had the privilege of presenting a paper at the 92nd annual conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), which was held virtually for the first time due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The theme of the conference was “Scandal! Literature and Provocation: Breaking Rules, Making Texts.” I presented aContinue reading “SAMLA 2020”
- ENGL 105: Writing at the Research University, Fall 2020This past fall, I taught two sections of ENGL 105: Writing at the Research University. Due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, both sections were taught as remote, synchronous courses. The students performed admirably and created important and historical work as they explored writing and research across a variety of disciplines, genres, and media (includingContinue reading “ENGL 105: Writing at the Research University, Fall 2020”
- Website LaunchI’m proud to be launching my new website here at https://pauleblom.wordpress.com/. Eventually, I plan to upgrade and purchase my own domain for this site, but for now, this url is my online hub where you can find out about my teaching, research, service, and background. You can also download my CV and a list ofContinue reading “Website Launch”
Explore the rest of this site or, for a quick overview of my work and experience, see my CV and References.
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Thanks for your time, consideration, and interest.
