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Alexander Ruggeri

  • Lecturer, English and Media Studies
  • Ph.D. in English, Tufts University
  • M.A. in English and American Literature, New York University
  • B.A. in English Literature, Roger Williams University

Teaching Interests

Expository Writing, Multimodal Communications, Ancient Literature in Translation, Fantasy Literature and Film

Research Interests

British and American Modernism, Sound Studies, Fantasy Literature and Film, Genre Studies, Literary and Film Theory

Bio

Alexander Ruggeri teaches Critical Reading and Writing and Multimodal Communications. He studies a range of literatures from ancient epics to modernist novels. He enjoys philology, table top role playing games, archery, baking bread, and traditional Greek dance.

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Book Chapters

  • Ruggeri, A. (2019). "'By ear, he sd.': Open Listening with Charles Olson and John Cage" Staying Open: Charles Olson's Sources and Influences. Wilmington, DE: Vernon Press

    • Conference Proceedings

  • Ruggeri, A. (2026). ““T.S. Eliot’s Poetics of Silence”” America Literature Association Boston, MA
  • Ruggeri, A. (2026). ““Against “greekism”: Charles Olson’s Hellenism and the Poetics of the Polis”” American Literature Association Boston, MA
  • Ruggeri, A. (2026). ““Cinematic Ideology: Audio-Visual Ruptures in Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now”” Northeast Modern Language Association Pittsburg, PA
  • Ruggeri, A. (2026). ““By ear he sd.”:  Olson, Musicality, and the Auditory Dimensions of Form” American Literature Association Boston, MA

    • Service

    Service: Department

  • Committee Member for Curriculum Committee - Present
  • Committee Member for Writing and Communications Committee - Present