Jason Walker is a doctoral candidate in literature and Teaching Associate at UT Dallas, currently writing his dissertation and teaching Rhetoric. His research interests include American Literature Post 1945, Southern Literature, representations of masculinity, race, and religion in American Literature. He is a member of the Flannery O’Connor Society and has presented on society panels at The American Literature Association Conference and the Southcentral Modern Language Association Conference. Jason currently serves as President of the UT Dallas Arts & Humanities Association of Graduate Students and is a member of The International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta and The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.