A creative writing graduate student who reads voraciously across periods and genres, Ben approaches literature by teaching students to ask better questions of a text — why does Fitzgerald use that color, what's the effect of an unreliable narrator, how does a poem's line break change its meaning. His history training adds depth when it comes to understanding the social and political contexts that shape what authors write.

An avid reader who studied both biology and Spanish literature at Indiana University, Emily approaches literary analysis by teaching students to build arguments from the text outward — identifying how an author's use of imagery, structure, or point of view creates meaning. She's particularly effective at showing students how to move from "I noticed this" to a thesis that holds up under scrutiny.

Growing up with ADHD meant Owen never absorbed stories the way traditional classrooms expected — he learned to latch onto vivid details, unexpected character choices, and the emotional rhythm of a scene before worrying about chapter summaries. That instinct for noticing what's actually happening beneath the surface of a text is exactly what literary analysis demands. He teaches students to trust their own reactions to a passage and then trace those reactions back to specific choices the author made in language, pacing, or point of view.

Aleta's published historical work on Indiana Avenue's cultural legacy from 1915 to 2015 required deep literary analysis — interpreting primary texts, tracing themes across decades, and connecting individual voices to broader social movements. She brings that same close-reading discipline to poetry, novels, and drama, teaching students to build arguments from textual evidence rather than surface-level summaries.

Reading literature analytically means moving beyond plot summary to examine how an author's choices — diction, structure, point of view — create meaning on the page. Joubert approaches each text methodically, teaching students to trace motifs and build interpretive arguments grounded in textual evidence. His own love of books makes those close-reading conversations genuinely engaging rather than mechanical.

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Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different skills, and Bill approaches literature the way a lawyer approaches a case — by examining evidence in the text and building an argument from it. His background as a published author and avid reader gives him a practitioner's eye for narrative structure, symbolism, and authorial intent. Students learn to move from surface-level summaries to interpretive claims they can defend in essays and discussions.

Literary analysis is, at its core, an argument about meaning — why an author chose this metaphor, this structure, this ending. Thomas's graduate work in modern history trained him to read texts critically and build interpretive claims grounded in evidence, skills he now brings to poetry explication, novel analysis, and close reading across genres.

Reading a novel for class and actually analyzing it are two very different skills. Lauren, an avid reader herself, teaches students to dig into literary devices like symbolism, narrative structure, and point of view so they can build arguments about a text rather than just summarize it. Her writing background and love of books make her especially good at connecting close reading to stronger analytical essays.

Economics training at the graduate level means Jack spends his days reading dense, argument-driven texts and pulling apart how authors use evidence to support a thesis — skills that map directly onto literary analysis. He teaches students to dig into how a writer's choices in structure, tone, and recurring imagery build a specific interpretation, then organize those observations into essays that argue rather than summarize.

Reading literature well means learning to ask why an author made a particular choice — why Fitzgerald uses the green light, why Dostoevsky gives Raskolnikov a fever. John's philosophy training sharpens his approach to literary analysis, teaching students to build interpretive arguments grounded in textual evidence rather than surface-level summary.

A linguistics background sharpens the way Lauren reads literature — she's trained to notice how authors use syntax, diction, and narrative structure to build meaning beneath the surface. Whether it's close-reading a passage from Toni Morrison or unpacking symbolism in a Shakespeare sonnet, she teaches students to analyze texts like a writer would, not just summarize plot.