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Dr. Kimberly Grey

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of English

Email: Kimberly.Grey@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Cincinnati, 2021
    Major: Comparative Literature
    Specialization: Creative Writing
    Dissertation: A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing: Essays (creative) "Death Images: Narrative Emergence of the Trauma Story in the Work of Roland Bathes (critical)
  • MFA, Adelphi University, 2009
    Major: Creative Writing
    Specialization: Poetry
    Dissertation: The Opposite of Light: Poems

Licensures and Certifications

  • Inclusive Teaching in Higher Education, Ohio Professional Development Consortium (Ohio State University). (2021 - Present).

Professional Memberships

  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs. (January 15, 2009 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ENGL 1310 - First Year Writing I, 1 course.
  • ENGL 3150 - Beginning Poetry Writing, 4 courses.
  • ENGL 3160 - Beginning Creative Nonfiction Writing, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 4120 - Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing, 2 courses.
  • ENGL 5162 - Creative Writing : Creative Nonfiction, 1 course.

Awards and Honors

  • Dean's Dissertation Fellowship, University of Cincinnati. (January 15, 2020).
  • Civitella Ranieri Fellowship, Civitella Ranieri Foundation. (September 15, 2016).
  • Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, Persea Books. (January 25, 2015).
  • Wallace Stegner Fellowship, Stanford University. (September 15, 2012).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Grey, K. (2023). A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing: Essays. New York, NY, Persea Books.
  • Grey, K. (2020). System for the Future of Feeling: Poems. New York, NY, Persea Books.
  • Grey, K. (2016). The Opposite of Light: Poems. (1st) 64. New York, NY, Persea Books.

    • Personal Essay

  • Grey, K. (2025). "ENGRAM". West Branch.
  • Grey, K. (2024). "The Situation and the Story". Blackbird.

    • Poem

  • Grey, K. (2024). "Investigation 3". Kenyon Review.
  • Grey, K. (2024). "Investigation 9". The Kenyon Review.
  • Grey, K. (2024). "These Structures of Desire". The Iowa Review.
  • Grey, K. (2024). "Investigation 15". The Kenyon Review. XLVI (2) 118. Gambier, OH, Kenyon College. https://kenyonreview.org/piece/investigation-15/
  • Grey, K. (2024). "Investigation 46". The Kenyon Review. XLVI (2) 120. Gambier, OH, Kenyon College. https://kenyonreview.org/piece/investigation-46/
  • Grey, K. (2024). Investigation 17. The Kenyon Review. XLVI (2) 110. Gambier, OH, Kenyon College. https://kenyonreview.org/contributor/kimberly-grey/
  • Grey, K. (2024). "Investigation 12". The Kenyon Review. XLVI (2) 117. Gamberi, Ohio, Kenyon College. https://kenyonreview.org/piece/investigation-12/
  • Grey, K. (2023). "Our Verb is Loved". Gulf Coast. N/A (N/A) 1. Houston, Texas, University of Houston. https://gulfcoastmag.org/stories/our-verb-is-loved,4579?

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Lecture and Reading, “Reimagining the Archive: Research in Creative Nonfiction Writing”, University of North Texas, Denton, TExas, United States of America. (2026 - 2026).
  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Craft Tlak, “Memory’s Matter: On Woolf’s ‘A Sketch of the Past’ & Writing Memoir”, Belmont University, Belmont University, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Craft Talk, “Methods and Practice in Hybrid Forms”: Craft Talk, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, United States of America. (2025 - 2025).
  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Craft Talk and Reading, “The Situation & The Story: The Ethics of Creative Nonfiction Writing”, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Reading and Craft Talk, Craft Talk and Reading, University of Colorado—Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Lecture

  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Lecture an Craft Talk, “Using Shklovsky’s Art of Technique to Defamiliarize Poetic Language, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Grey, K. (Author), “Defamiliarization and the Hermit Crab Essay”: Craft Talk, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Grey, K. (Panelist), AWP Conference, “Poetic Experiments: “Incorporating Play into Writing and Teaching”, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Seattle, Washington, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

    • Reading of Creative Work/Performance

  • Grey, K. (Author & Presenter), Craft talk and Reading, “Creative Research: Praxis and Imagination”, University of North Carolina—Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).

Media Contributions

    Internet

  • "Author Interview with Poet Spener Reece," . “A Conversation with poet Spencer Reece.”. (October 15, 2025).
  • "Author Interview," Ten Questions: An Interview. (December 9, 2024).
  • "Author Interview," “Letting Hybridity Happen: An Interview with Kimberly Grey”. (January 15, 2024).

Service

Public Service

  • Board Member, Pegasus Physican Writers at Stanford. Stanford, California. (2016 - Present).