English and
Cultural Studies
The teaching and research provided through our department focus upon the critical interpretation, social and historical context, and creative expression of literature and culture. The department cultivates the understanding and skills critical to participation and success in a complex, multicultural and global world.
Faculty
Department Faculty
Matthew Neill Null
Lecturer, English and Cultural StudiesFaculty Suite G, Room 2105
mnull@bryant.edu
www.matthewneillnull.com
MFA, University of Iowa -- Iowa Writers' Workshop
BA, Washington & Lee University
BA, Washington & Lee University
Fiction Writing; Creative Nonfiction; the Novel; Family Narratives and Memoir; Short Fiction; Southern American Literature (Eudora Welty and William Faulkner); Literature in Translation; Environment and Place; Italian Literature; Central and Eastern European Literature; Latin-American Literature.
Creative Writing (Prose)
- Society of Fellows of the American Academy in Rome
- Phi Beta Kappa
- 2016, Joseph Brodsky Rome Prize Fellowship in Literature
- 2015, Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
- 2014, St. Botolph Club Emerging Artist Award
- 2012, Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award
- 2011, Fine Arts Work Center Writing Fellowship
- 2010, O. Henry Award
- 2010, Provost Postgraduate Fellowship in English
- 2009, Teaching-Writing Fellowship
Null, M. N., Allegheny Front: Stories, Sarabande, 2016.
Null, M. N., Honey from the Lion, Lookout Books, 2015.