Tim Parrish, M.F.A. is teaching your kids at Southern Connecticut State University
  • 5 years ago
Tim Parrish, M.F.A.
Professor of English, MFA
Southern Connecticut State University > English Department > Faculty > Tim Parrish
Fiction and Memoir Writing
http://www.southernct.edu/academics/schools/arts/departments/english/fullandparttimefaculty/parrish.html

Tim Parrish,​ i haven't read anything so sleazy, so tabloid, so thirsty or
cringeworthy since Ben Carson's memoir of delusional thug life. you
played this like a coward in order to keep your job and still get your
15 minutes.
Throwing stars?
Cut back on the narcissism and self-aggrandizement for us,
yourself, and bands you used to be in for a second--no one's ever heard them.

you had no business insinuating yourself into a project, which if not for your participation, would not have included you. You even sell out the co-founder like a snitch on this Facebook message.

it
seems that everything you do is motivated by your need to be
legitimized; from your racist upbringing for which you blame your parents, to your self-serving miraculous redemption, a
stunted dilemma between a rock 'n' roll footnote or tenure in academia and a hard place.

stick
with academia, at least until someone googles you and has your ass
booted out of University for disingenuous brags, disguised as journalism.
You may almost be
Dylann Roof yet​.

My friend and I could have been Dylann Roof. How do we get the poison of racism out of more American bloodstreams?
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/tim-parrish-hate-hold-article-1.2264643

Office: Engleman Hall D235
Phone: 203.392.6745

Email: parrisht1@southernct.edu
Education

MFA in Creative Writing, University of Alabama, 1991
Master's in Secondary Reading Education, Louisiana State University, 1982
Bachelor's in Secondary English Education, minor in math, LSU, 1981
About Professor Parrish

I grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and in 1994 made my way to Southern Connecticut State, where my colleagues and I have helped the university evolve into a top-notch, student-centered place of learning. Previously, I taught at LSU, Scotlandville Magnet High School, and the University of Alabama, and think of myself as a teacher who tries hard to meet my students where they are, push them to learn, and make class entertaining and rigorous simultaneously. One of my proudest accomplishments is helping found the first and only full-residence MFA in Creative Writing in Connecticut, and I'm proud to stay that our program has drawn outstanding students from twelve states. We base both our excellent undergraduate and graduate curricula on the idea of community, and I believe we have created a welcoming, smart, talented, ambitious community!

Selected Publications and Presentations

Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of a Christian Racist, A Memoir
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