Education

1986 Clemson University, B.A.
1988 Clemson University, M.A.
1995 University of South Carolina, Ph.D.
2002 University of North Carolina, Greensboro, M.F.A.

Courses Taught

Reading Locally and Globally
Intro to Creative Writing

Career Specialties

Dan Albergotti teaches creative writing and poetry writing, as well as occasional courses in British and world literature.

Professional and Community Activities

Dan Albergotti is the author of The Boatloads (BOA Editions, 2008), Millennial Teeth (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014), and Candy (LSU Press, 2024), as well as the chapbooks Of Air and Earth and Circa MMXX (Unicorn Press, 2019 and 2022). His poems have appeared widely in such journals as 32 Poems, The Cincinnati Review, Copper Nickel, Ecotone, The Southern Review, and The Virginia Quarterly Review. His work has also been included in The Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize, and other anthologies.

He has received fellowships from the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Sewanee Writers' Conference, the Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Amy Clampitt House.Mollmann has written about science fiction for popular venues such as the Tor.com blog, Unreality SF and Sense of Wonder (a science fiction textbook). He has also co-authored several works of Star Trek fiction.

Honors and Awards

Winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize (BOA Editions)
Winner of the Crab Orchard Series Open Competition (Southern Illinois University Press)
Two poems awarded a Pushcart Prize
One poem selected for Best American Poetry
Recipient of a six-month residency at the Amy Clampitt House (Fall 2000)