Kalani Pattison
  • ENGL 104 Coordinator
  • Senior Lecturer

Biography

Dr. Kalani Pattison graduated from Baylor University with a PhD in English with a concentration in Religion and Literature. Her dissertation was on seventeenth-century British lyric poetry. She enjoys traveling both internationally and domestically. Currently, her research primarily focuses on religion, theology, and the British Church in English poetry, but she is interested in dabbling in a wide variety of fields, both related and unrelated. Dr. Pattison enjoys teaching both writing and literature courses.

Research Interests

  • Children’s Literature and Culture
  • Composition
  • Rhetoric and Discourse Studies
  • Postcolonial Literature
  • Lyric Poetry
  • Theory
  • Early Modern Women Writers
  • Young Adult Literature

 

Research Areas

  • Early Modern Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Religion
  • Literature
  • Culture
  • Technical Communications and Writing

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Baylor University, 2016
  • M.A., Point Loma Nazarene University, 2008