Alan
Tinkler, Ph.D.
Department of Education University
of
Vermont alan.tinkler@uvm.edu 802-656-1424
From a recent trip to Costa Rica:
After graduating from Bowdoin College, Alan Tinkler spent a couple of
years working as a commercial loan officer in Boston before venturing
to Papua New Guinea as a Peace Corps volunteer. While in the Pacific he
traveled to Australia; Indonesia, primarily Bali and Java; and
Singapore. Alan received an M.A. in English from Oklahoma State
University. While in Stillwater, he volunteered as a Big Brother with
Big Brothers Big Sisters. In addition to being a mentor, he served on
the board, including terms as treasurer, assistant vice president, and
president. Alan received his Ph.D. in English from the University of
Denver. His dissertation, Malaria
Journal, is a novel loosely based on his experiences in Papua
New Guinea. He is currently working on another novel, Unable to Manage the Silence. His
work has appeared in The Review of
Contemporary Fiction, Rain
Taxi, Beloit Fiction Journal,
Fiction International, and Post Road. He is a Senior Editor of
Conjunctions,
a
literary
journal
edited
by
Bradford
Morrow and published by Bard
College. His research interests include the rhizomatic relationship
between critical and creative thinking and the importance of narrative,
particularly as it relates to the identity of self and others.
