- EL 2233: Composition II: Environmental Literature
- EL 3500: Literature Across Culture I: Analysis
- EL 3510: Literature Across Cultures II: Theory
- EL 3560: Literatures of Europe Part I (Ancient – Renaissance)
- EL 3561: Literatures of Europe Part II (Enlightenment – Present)
- EL 3600: US Literature I (Beginnings – 1865)
- EL 3700: Survey of World Literature
- EL 3800: British Literature I (Beowulf – 1800)
- EL 3920: The Art of Poetry Writing
- EL 3950: Creative Nonfiction
- FY 1000: Ethics of Engagement (Honors)
- CL 2000: Community Learning (Honors)
- Stony Brook University, PhD in English
- SUNY Geneseo, BA in English and History
poetry & poetics; creative nonfiction; environmental humanities; local/natural history; phenomenology of place; pedagogies of care; contemplative studies; ecofeminism and environmental justice; experiential learning
Professor Curran’s academic writing has been published in The Emily Dickinson Journal, Radical Teacher, The Arrow, The Trumpeter, and in other edited volumes. Her creative work has appeared in over fifty different literary journals including The Southern Humanities Review, After the Art, About Place Journal, Tar River Poetry, Denver Quarterly, Literary Mama, Blueline, The Hopper, and Porcupine Literary. She has also published a novel, A Handful of Earth, and two chapbooks of poetry, Elegy & April and Double Stroller Dreams.
Professor Curran has received grants/honors for her writing from a number of organizations including the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, the Studios of Key West, and the Walt Whitman Birthplace. She is also a certified hatha yoga instructor and permaculture designer, two practices which inform her approach to education, sustainability, and community building.