Name:
Erin Hoover
Contact Information
Title:
Associate Professor
Department:
English
Email Address:
Phone:
Office:
Henderson Hall (HEND) 318A
About
Erin Hoover holds a Ph.D. from Florida State University and an M.F.A. from University of Oregon. She is the author of the poetry collections Barnburner (Elixir, 2018) and No Spare People (Black Lawrence, 2023). Her third poetry collection, Consent, is forthcoming from Black Lawrence in May 2027. Her poems have been anthologized in The Best American Poetry and Best New Poets, and featured by Ours Poetica. They have appeared in journals such as Cincinnati Review, Poetry Northwest, Shenandoah, and The Sun.
Dr. Hoover teaches courses in creative writing and literary editing, including the Iris Review course, among others. She advises the Certificate in Editing and Publishing offered at Tennessee Tech and coordinates writing prizes for the English Department.
Dr. Hoover's research interests include poetry writing, gender and 20th/21st century poetics, literary and professional editing, and issues of equity in publishing. In addition to teaching, she has worked as an editor, journalist, fundraiser, and public relations director.
In 2025, Dr. Hoover was the program chair for the Appalachian Studies Conference, when it was hosted at Tennessee Tech. Currently, she curates Sawmill Poetry, an in-person poetry reading series at Plenty Downtown Bookshop. She serves as the inaugural poet laureate of Cookeville, Tennessee, through December 31, 2027.