Dyan Neary

Dyan Neary headshot  Assistant Professor
  Main Hall 523
  DNeary@wcupa.edu

 

Education

  • PhD in Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Florida State University 
  • MFA in Creative Writing, Fiction, Florida State University 
  • BA in Journalism, New York University 

Interests

  • Literary Journalism  
  • Creative Nonfiction  
  • Investigative Reporting 
  • Prisons and Mass Incarceration  
  • Prison Education and Community Literacy  
  • Environmental and Public Health  
  • Documentary Film 
  • Composition Studies 

Selected Publications

Long-Form Journalism

Creative Nonfiction

  • David Graeber: 1961-2020,” The New York Review of Books, September 2020 
  • The Gladiator,” Roar Magazine, September 2020 
  • Reviving A Revolutionary,” NPR All Things Considered, July 2019  
  • The Trash Pickers,” NPR All Things Considered, May 2019 
  • “A Broken Universe,” NPR All Things Considered, April 2019 
  • “The Devil’s Son-in-Law,” NPR All Things Considered, June 2018 
  • “A Cheap Offer,” NPR All Things Considered, May 2018 
  • “Mourning Michael Shenker,” The New York Times, October 2010

Courses Taught

  • JRN 200: Intro to Journalism
  • JRN 212: Digital Journalism 
  • JRN 225: Newswriting
  • JRN 305: Intro to Documentary Journalism
  • JRN 335: News Media Ethics 
  • JRN 399: Longform Magazine Reporting
  • JRN 411: Journalism Practicum
  • WRT 120: Effective Writing
  • WRT 200: Critical Writing 
  • WRT 204: Critical Writing: Approaches to Popular Culture