Jonathan Curley
Senior University Lecturer, Humanities & Social Sciences
409 Cullimore Hall (CULM)
About Me
Jon Curley is a poet, professor, and critic originally from New England. He has a particular passion for Newark's art and culture. Curley is also avidly interested in building creative community engagement on and off campus.
Education
Ph.D.
; New York University
;
; 2003
M.A. ; New York University ; ; 1998
B.A. ; Brown University ; ; 1995
M.A. ; New York University ; ; 1998
B.A. ; Brown University ; ; 1995
Office Hours
Tuesdays & Wednesdays 3-4 and By Appointment
Website
2025 Fall Courses
HSS 404 - LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES
HSS 404 - LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES - HONORS
LIT 355 - POETRY
HSS 404 - LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES - HONORS
LIT 355 - POETRY
Teaching Interests
20th Century World Poetry; Poetry Workshop Newark Art and Literature; Art and Politics; Irish and Northern Irish Literature
Past Courses
HSS 403: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE
HSS 403: LIT SEM:
HSS 403: LIT SEM: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE
HSS 403: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES
HSS 403: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES-HONORS
HSS 403: LIT SEM: SPIRITS, SPECTERS
HSS 403: LIT SEM: SPIRITS, SPECTERS: THE HAUNTED TEXT - HONORS
HSS 403: LIT SEM:MODERN IRISH DRAMA
HSS 403: LIT SEM:NEWARD NARRATIVES
HSS 403: LIT SEM:NEWARK NARRATIVES
HSS 404: HUMANITIES, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR
HSS 404: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES
HSS 404: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES - HONORS
HSS 410: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR
HUM 101: WRITING,SPEAKING, THINKING I
HUM 102: WRITING, SPEAKING, THINKING II
LIT 340: CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
LIT 355: POETRY
HSS 403: LIT SEM:
HSS 403: LIT SEM: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE
HSS 403: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES
HSS 403: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES-HONORS
HSS 403: LIT SEM: SPIRITS, SPECTERS
HSS 403: LIT SEM: SPIRITS, SPECTERS: THE HAUNTED TEXT - HONORS
HSS 403: LIT SEM:MODERN IRISH DRAMA
HSS 403: LIT SEM:NEWARD NARRATIVES
HSS 403: LIT SEM:NEWARK NARRATIVES
HSS 404: HUMANITIES, HISTORY AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR
HSS 404: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES
HSS 404: LIT SEM: NEWARK NARRATIVES: ART/CULTURE/SITE LITERACIES - HONORS
HSS 410: HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SENIOR SEMINAR
HUM 101: WRITING,SPEAKING, THINKING I
HUM 102: WRITING, SPEAKING, THINKING II
LIT 340: CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
LIT 355: POETRY
Research Interests
Contemporary American poetry and politics; aesthetics, politics, and culture; radical literature of the 20th and 21st centuries
Chapter
Burt J. Kimmelman, Jonathan R. Curley.
"“Interview with Michael Heller, [interview by Jon Curley and Burt Kimmelman]” The Poetics and Poetics of Michael Heller: A Nomad Memory, Jon Curley and Burt Kimmelman, co-eds., for. Intr, and annot. Madison, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press / New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015. 153-72.."
2015.