Lindsy Lawrence

Lindsy Lawrence
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith

I am honored to have been nominated for this role. Since my first conference as an early career faculty member, RSVP has been a welcoming and supportive community. I deeply value the work that we do together. I’ve been a member of RSVP since 2009. I have served the RSVP community as a member of the board since Fall 2020, and I served on the election bylaws review committee. I have also served on the 2022 Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize Committee, the 2021 Field Development Committee, and as a reader for the Van Arsdel prize. I am a Professor of English and Department Chair of English, Rhetoric and Writing, and Media Communication at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. My other administrative experience includes chairing the UAFS Policy and Procedures committee, Faculty Handbook committee, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programming committee. I have published work on Elizabeth Gaskell, serial poetry publication in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, and Neo-Victorian themes in contemporary television series such as Downton Abbey and Doctor Who. My recent publications include a 2022 essay on poetry in Belgravia and collaboration with undergraduate researchers. I am also Co-Director of the Periodical Poetry Index, periodicalpoetry.org.