Faculty Directory

Education

Ph.D.  English, Oklahoma State University, 2021

M.F.A.  Creative Writing, Virginia Tech, 2013

M.A.  English, Kansas State University, 2009

B.A.  American Studies with Creative Writing, University of Derby, 2006

Work Experience

2024-Present, Assistant Teaching Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute

Instructor, The Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD, 2021-2024

Honors and Awards

Ledig-Rowohlt Grant Fellowship, Switzerland, 2023

Kone Foundation Grant Fellowship, Finland, 2023

Irish Writers Centre: Evolution Programme, 2022-2023

BAU Foundation Grant Fellowship, France, 2022

Graduate Research Excellence Award (Highest dissertation in the College of Arts & Sciences) OSU, Spring 2021

OSU Foundation Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, OSU, 2019-2021

Select Publications

Books:

Linforth, Christopher. Very Short Lives. Washington DC: JackLeg Press. (2027).

Linforth, Christopher. Elenco. Trans. Davide de Lucca. Udine: Digressioni Editore. (2024).

Linforth, Christopher. The Distortions. Asheville: Orison Books. (2022).

Linforth, Christopher. Directory. Los Angeles: Otis Books. (2020)

Linforth, Christopher. When You Find Us We Will Be Gone. Beaumont: Lamar University Press. (2014).

Linforth, Christopher. (Editor). The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction. London: Anthem Press. (2011).

Journals

Linforth, Christopher. “The Visitors.” Nature (Nature Futures). 2025.

 Courses Taught (Recent 5 Years)

VY100 (Academic Writing I): Rhetorics of Creative Nonfiction

VY200 (Academic Writing II): Rhetorics of British Culture and Identity

ENGL1530J: Novel into Film

ENGR1000J: Introduction to Engineering