
Allen M. Loomis
Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric
Binghamton University
P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902
Email: aloomis1@binghamton.edu
Website: binghamton.edu/english
EDUCATION
2020 – Ph.D. English, Binghamton University
Area: Early Modern English Literature and Cultural Studies
2019-20 M.A. English, Loyola University Chicago,
2017-19 B.A. English, Loyola University Chicago,
Honors with distinction, magna cum laude
2015-17 A.A. English, Harold Washington College
High Honors, Great Books Scholar
RESEARCH
Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century British Literature & Drama, Shakespeare Studies, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, and the Spatial Humanities
TEACHING AND MENTORING
Assistant Instructor, Department of English, Binghamton University
2020 ENGL 245 – “Shakespeare” (Collaborated with Dr. David Sterling Brown)
Assistant Instructor, Department of English, Wright College
2019 ENGL 102 – “Composition II and Great Books” (Collaborated with Dr. Michael Petersen)
2019 ENGL 101 – “Composition I and Great Books” (Collaborated with Dr. Michael Petersen)
RESEARCH GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND ASSISTANTSHIPS
2020-21 Provost’s Doctoral Summer Fellowship, Department of English, Binghamton University
2020-21 Teaching Assistantship, Department of English, Binghamton University
2017 Research Assistant to Dr. Jonathan Helwink, Department of History, Wright College
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS
2018-19 Tau Sigma National Transfer Honor Society, Member
2018-19 Dean’s List, Loyola University
2017 Great Books Curriculum Award, Wright College
2017 The Matthew Arnold Award, Wright College
2017 Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Merit Scholarship
2017 Dean’s Transfer Merit Scholarship, Loyola University
2015-17 Dean’s List and Presidential Scholar, Wright College
PUBLICATIONS
2018 “Hamlet’s Existential Philosophy,” Symposium: A Journal of Research and Inquiry, 5th ed. Chicago, IL, Wright College, 2018
2017 Editor-in-Chief: Symposium: A Journal of Research and Inquiry, 4th ed. Chicago, IL, Wright College, 2017. http://symposiumjournal.org/
2017 “The Duchess of Malfi and the Horse-Leech Hero,” Symposium: A Journal of Research and Inquiry, 4th ed. Chicago, IL, Wright College, 2017
ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
Organizer on Conference Planning Committee
2020 “Resisting Identities: Possibilities of (Re)emergence,” Shifting Tides, Anxious Borders, Annual Graduate Conference, Supported by the Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric at Binghamton University.
Presentations
2017 “The Duchess of Malfi and the Horse-Leech Hero,” Student Research and Creative Scholarship Colloquium, Wright College, Chicago, IL, Apr 2017
2017 “Dean Moriarty the Tragic Hero in Jack Kerouac’s On The Road,” Great Books Intercollegiate Student Symposium, Harper College, Palatine, IL, Apr 2017
2016 “Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms,” 6th Annual Banned Book event, Wright College, Chicago, IL, Sep 2016.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Renaissance Society of America (RSA)
Shakespeare Association of America (SAA)
Modern Language Association
Great Books Symposium Journal Alumni Board