Biography
- Raised outside of Blackfoot, Idaho
- Mission in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
- Taught 5 years at Kennesaw State University
- Taught 4 summers at International Summer School on the Americas near Graz, Austria
- Married to Marlene Hansen Esplin
- Father of 5 children
Research Interests
19th-20th Century US LiteratureInter-American Literary Studies
20th Century Spanish American Literature
Poe & Borges
Poe & Spanish America/Poe & the World
Translation Studies
Anthology Studies
Genetic Criticism and Manuscript Studies
Teaching Interests
19th-20th Century US LiteratureInter-American Literary Studies
Education
- Ph.D. in English, English , Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Michigan State University (2008)
- MA in English, English , Brigham Young University (2003)
- Ba. in English, English , Spanish, Brigham Young University (2000)
Honors and Awards
- Alcuin Teaching Award, Honors/Gen Ed, BYU (2022 - 2024)
- Citizenship Award, BYU Department of English (2023 - 2023)
- 1-Year Faculty Fellowship , BYU Humanities Center (2020 - 2021)
- J. Lasley Dameron Award, Poe Studies Association (2020 - 2020)
- James W Gargano Award, Poe Studies Association (2014 - 2014)