I teach and direct the Writing Center at the University of Minnesota Crookston. As a generalist scholar-teacher, I have extensive experience teaching literature and writing courses (including but not limited to expository, creative, and professional writing) in various modalities.

Below, I provide links to recent publications. If you want to get in touch, please email matthewmorgenstern97@gmail.com.


Recent publications.


Forthcoming work.

  • Review of Strangelove Country in SSFTV (forthcoming).
  • Book chapter on ecohorror in King’s The Shining (co-written with Alex M. Anderson, University of Mississippi Press, 2027).

Current projects.

  • “Nature Writing as Public Genre” conference presentation at the 2027 Modern Language Association meeting in LA, CA.
  • Book project on recent anglophone nature writing and podcasting.
  • SoTL research on nature writing and student experience.