Bio

Degree

PhD in English (Literary Studies)

University of Denver

MA in English (Literature)

University of Colorado at Boulder

BA in English literature

University of Colorado, Boulder,

Published Works

• Hoge, W. C. (2025). . (). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2025). "Gothic Nightmares of Prehistory: How the Victorian Imagination Gave Birth to Dinosaurs as We Know Them" (Chapter One). (pp 238). Routledge.
• Hoge, W. C. (2022). The Dead Travel Fast: The Explosive Evolution of the International Film Vampire.. ,
• Hoge, W. C. (2024). . ,
• Hoge, W. C. (2022). Scholarly Book. (). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2022). The Dead Travel Fast: The Explosive Evolution of the International Film Vampire. Kendall Hunt, https://he.kendallhunt.com/
• Hoge, W. C. (2021). “Monstrous Life Finds a Way: Jurassic Park and Monstrosity”. (). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2020). “Don’t…Don’t Believe the Hype: Vampiric Evolution and What We Do in the Shadows.”. (). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2020). "Don't...Don't Believe the Hype! Vampiric Evolution in What We Do in the Shadows". (). McFarland & Company, Inc..
• Hoge, W. C. (2020). "Monstrous Life Finds a Way: Jurassic Park and Monstrosity". (pp 209-228). McFarland & Company, Inc..
• Hoge, W. C. (2015). “Phantom Priapusspuss: An Exploration of the Reflection and Distortion of the Phantom Dog Tradition in Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano”. (). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2014). Crawling Out of the Middle Ages: The Deep Literary Roots of the Vampires in Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend. (pp 1-13.). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2014). The Dodo in the Long Eighteenth Century: An Exploration of the Gray Ghost Outside of the English Sentimental Eye”. .
• Hoge, W. C. (2014). “Crawling Out of the Middle Ages: The Deep Literary Roots of the Vampires in Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend”. (). .
• Hoge, W. C. (2014). The Dodo in the Long Eighteenth Century: An Exploration of the Gray Ghost Outside of the English Sentimental Eye. University of Toronto Quarterly, 83(3), 687-704. .
• Hoge, W. C. (2013). contributing editor. Fountainhead Press,
• Hoge, W. C. (2013). Writing Guide for ENG 1008/1009 and ENG 190G. ,
• Hoge, W. C. (2011). “Whodology: Encountering "Doctor Who" Fan Fiction through the Portals of Play Studies and Ludology”. .
• Hoge, W. C. (2011). Whodology: Encountering "Doctor Who" Fan Fiction through the Portals of Play Studies and Ludology” . Transformative Works and Cultures (Textual Echoes, Cyber Echoes), 8(2). journal.transformativeworks.org.

Research Interests

Film Studies, Monster Studies, Folklore, Mythology, British literature (Victorian, as well as 17th and 18th centuries), early American literature (17th-19th centuries), popular culture studies, extinction, composition, rhetoric and pedagogical theory.

Teaching Interests

Literature (specifically Victorian literature and culture, British Literature, children's literature, mythologies, and horror/monster studies), film (especially international films, vampire films, and horror films), cultural studies, and folklore. My teaching philosophy is student-centric.

Office Hours

Mondays from 12:15-1:45 and 3:15-4:15, Tuesdays from 11:00-12:15, and Thursdays from 11:00-12:15