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Daniel Dissinger

Associate Professor (Teaching) of Writing
Pronouns He / Him / His Email dissinge@usc.edu Office Phone (516) 644-7486

Biography

Daniel Dissinger is a member of the Writing Program at USC.  As a Kerouac and Beat studies scholar, he earned his PhD and MA from Saint John’s University, as well as an MFA from The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University.  Daniel’s dissertation examined the early, pre-On the Road novels of Jack Kerouac examining the reflective writing properties of the “Duluoz Legend” and Kerouac’s questions about masculine identity with regards to relationships between fathers and sons. 

His ten plus years of teaching in higher education brought...

Education

  • M.F.A. Writing and Poetics, Naropa University
  • M.A. Saint John’s University
  • Ph.D. English, Saint John’s University

  • Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

    • Lecturer, SUNY College at Old Westbury, 2015-2016
    • Adjunct Lecturer, CUNY York College, 2014-2015
    • Adjunct Instructor, SUNY Empire State College, 2014-2014
    • Adjunct Instructor, Saint John’s University, 2012-2015
    • Adjunct Instructor, SUNY College at Old Westbury, 2009-2015
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