Peter Kanelos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Peter Kanelos taught at Stanford and is now assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of San Diego, where he teaches courses in Shakespeare, drama and creative writing. Professor Kanelos has published creative work and reviews in Poetry, The Gingko Tree Review, Verse and other places. He has been the recipient of an Academy of American Poets award on two occasions and was named a Professor of the Year at the University of San Diego, 2004-2005. Dr. Kanelos has also served as the coordinator for the Lindsay J. Cropper Center for Creative Writing.
Education
Peter Kanelos earned his BA in Creative Writing from Northwestern University, his MA in Political Philosophy and Literature from Boston University, and his PhD in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago.
