Assistant Professor of English
Book Review Editor, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment
Boise State University
1910 University Dr.
Boise, ID83725-1525
Office: Liberal Arts 233
Office Hours: By appointment
Office Phone: 426-2991
Email: thomashillard@boisestate.edu
Summer 2013 (2nd 5-week session):
English 394: Literature and Environment
Fall 2013
English 424: American Gothic Literature
Dr. Tom J. Hillard joined the faculty of the Department of English at Boise State University in 2007, where he teaches courses on early American literature, environmental literary studies, Western American literature, and the literary Gothic. He earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Arizona, an M.A. in Literature and the Environment from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a B.A. in English from Boise State University. His current research focuses on the intersections between fear, nature writing, and the literary Gothic in American literature and culture.
Dr. Hillard is a former Co-editor of the Boise State University Western Writers Series. He now serves as Book Review Editor for the Oxford University Press journal ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment.