Department of English

Morgan DePue has worked in higher education since 2017, serving as a professional writing tutor and instructor of writing at community colleges and universities in North Carolina and West Virginia. Previously, she engaged in poetry outreach work across the NC Piedmont and foothills.

Teaching Interests:
First-year writing, writing in and of place, environmental writing, environmental literature and studies, second-year writing, Appalachian literature and writing, service learning, Indigenous literature. 

Education:
M.A., English with concentration in Ecocriticism and Cultural Studies, West Virginia University
B.S., Sustainable Development with concentration in Environmental Studies, Appalachian State University
RYT-200 Yoga Instructor
Service Learning Faculty Fellows, Fall 2023, Appalachian State University

Selected Publications and Conference Presentations:
"Bloodstream." Women Speak. Sheila-Na-Gig, 2025.
"Selections from 'Emblematic Appalachia: A Web of Overlooked Life in Appalachia,'" Appalachian Creative Nonfiction Panel. Appalachian Studies Association, 2024.
“Continuum: A River Prayer.” Pinesong Anthology. NC Poetry Society, 2017.
“Where I come from” & “Pyromania.” Scrawled Shadows: Guerilla Poets’ Anthology, 2014.
“Without Knowledge of Their Power.” Bloodshot Journal of Contemporary Poetry.  Amaranth Press, Spring 2013.
“For My Brother” & “Drive By.” The Best of MSR Reading Series 2013: Poetry Lincolnton. Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2013.
“Rainsoaked Redemption.” The Storm is Coming Anthology. Sleeping Cat Books, Winter 2012.
“I don't live here anymore.” The Best of MSR Reading Series 2011: Poetry Hickory. Main Street Rag Publishing Company, 2011.