Office: Phelps Hall 6325
Email: derwin@ihc.ucsb.edu
Other Department Affiliations: Comparative Literature, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (Director)
Teaching and Academic Specialization
My research focuses on testimonial narrative as a tool for the social reintegration of people who have survived traumatic experiences. Recent work includes essays on moral injury and combat trauma. I also teach and write about the public humanities, including prison education.
Recent Publications
- “The Guilt of Warriors,” Guilt: A Force of Cultural Transformation, Katharina von Kellenbach and Matthias Buschmeier, eds., Oxford University Press, 2022;
- “The Agency of Guilt: Returning Warriors to our Communities,” KulturPoetik: Journal for Cultural Poetics, Matthias Buschmeier, ed., 2020; Special issue editor; Humanities in Prison, Humanities (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/Humanities_Prison), 2022