Jessica Laser, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature

Department

Literature

Areas of Expertise

20th Century Poetry
American Poetry
English and American Literature
Writing

Education

PhD, English, UC Berkeley, 2024
MFA, Poetry, Iowa Writers' Workshop, 2012
BA, Literary Arts, Brown University, 2009

Research and Publications

The Goner School (University of Iowa Press, 2024), finalist for the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize 

Planet Drill (Futurepoem Books, 2022)

Sergei Kuzmich from All Sides (Letter Machine Editions, 2019)

And here's a list of individual published poems

Mon, 3-4pm & Tues, 1-2pm