Sandra Hutchins

Dr. Sandra Smith Hutchins is an Associate Professor of English with major teaching responsibilities in British literature, including Romanticism, and in Writing, including composition and creative writing. She received a PhD from Vanderbilt University in 1989 with focuses in 19th Century English literature and Renaissance drama. Research interests include: Daughter/father relationships (19th Century to Contemporary); social festivity in literature; other literary/cultural study; and teaching and pedagogy, especially the teaching of creative writing and methods of evaluating teaching. Dr. Hutchins is a writer--with publications in fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction--who has recently completed her first novel. She enjoys music (blues, jazz, classical, rock, country) and travel. An American/Australian citizen, she taught in Australian universities for five years, including directing a creative writing program at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne. She also serves as faculty sponsor for the Belmont Literary Journal.