Title: Lecturer

Department: English

Office: Old Gym 103C
Phone: 322-4674
Email: alex.moody@vanderbilt.edu

Degrees

• M.F.A., Creative Writing - Fiction, Vanderbilt University
• B.A., English, The College of William & Mary

Research Area

• Short Fiction
• Contemporary Fiction
• Satire and Humor

Current Courses

• Fall 2010
• ENGL 104W-01, -02, -06
• "Humor in Fiction" - Prose Fiction: Forms and Techniques
• Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 10:00-12:00

Previous Positions

• Graduate Instructor, Fall 2009, ENGL-122 - Beginning Fiction Workshop
• Graduate Writing Consultant, Vanderbilt Writing Studio, August 2008 - April 2010

Professional Societies

• Association of Writers and Writing Programs

Professional Honors

• University Fellowship and Full Tuition Scholarship, Vanderbilt University

Publications

• "1983," Stymie, forthcoming
• “Paul Frankly’s Con­ver­sa­tion Menus, Inc.,” finalist, DIAGRAM 2011 Innovative Fiction Contest (DIAGRAM 11.3)
• "Beaufort, 1983-1984," Southern Humanities Review, forthcoming
• "After You," Johnny America, January 2011
• "The Key," Pisgah Review, Summer 2010
• "Shiny Happy Pirate," FRESH YARN, December 2009
• "The Harmonics of Bees," First Person Essays - A Prairie Home Companion, July 2008