{"id":63,"date":"2022-06-22T11:17:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/english\/?post_type=person&#038;p=63"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T15:30:40","slug":"dr-sean-heuston","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citadel.edu\/english\/faculty-staff\/dr-sean-heuston\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sean Heuston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dr-sean-heuston\">Dr. Sean Heuston<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dr. Tony N. Redd Distinguished Professor of English<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean Heuston has been teaching at The Citadel since 2002 and is a recipient of the James A. Grimsley Undergraduate Teaching Award (The Citadel&#8217;s college-wide teaching award). His teaching and research interests include film, Southern literature,&nbsp;modern poetry, and Irish literature.&nbsp;He earned a B.A. in English from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; an M.A. in English from Stanford University; and a Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heuston&#8217;s book&nbsp;<em>Modern Poetry and Ethnography: Yeats, Frost, Warren, Heaney, and the Poet as Anthropologist<\/em>&nbsp;was named a Choice Distinguished Academic Title, and he is currently editing&nbsp;<em>Approaches to Teaching the Poetry of Robert Frost<\/em>&nbsp;for the Modern Language Association Press. He has published scholarly articles in journals such as&nbsp;<em>College Teaching<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Journal of American Studies<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Mississippi Quarterly<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Studies in Popular Culture<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Film and History Annual<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Notes and Queries<\/em>. His work has led to interviews with media outlets such as&nbsp;<em>Newsweek<\/em>, Public Radio International, and the&nbsp;<em>Post &amp; Courier<\/em>&nbsp;(Charleston, S.C.).&nbsp;Heuston established The Citadel\u2019s Summer in London Program, directed the program for eighteen years, and has served as the faculty advisor to Bravo Company since 2002.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests:&nbsp;<\/strong>Film, Southern literature, Irish literature, and modern poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ph.D.<\/strong>&nbsp;(Vanderbilt University)<br><strong>M.A.<\/strong>&nbsp;(Stanford University)<br><strong>B.A.<\/strong>&nbsp;(California Polytechnic State University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Sean Heuston Dr. Tony N. Redd Distinguished Professor of English Sean Heuston has been teaching at The Citadel since 2002 and is a recipient of the James A. 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