M. Jeff Trower, BA, MA - PhD Student
I am a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where I earned a bachelor's degree in English, and I am a graduate of St. Edward's University (also in Austin), where I earned a master's degree in Liberal Arts, with emphases in English and Spanish. To be sure, both schools prepared me well for what UTMB promises to offer at the doctoral level. Professionally, I have been in higher education for more than 20 years, most recently working as Adjunct Professor of English at Austin Community College, where I taught freshman composition to high school juniors and seniors earning both high school and college credit. Not knowing what I was getting into when I first assumed the role of dual-credit instructor, I now see it as one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional career. Preparing young minds for the rigors of college and the challenges before them is what I do best. I lived in Austin for over 30 years before moving to Galveston to attend UTMB, but have also lived in Northern California, Colorado, and that gem of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, where I still have family. Research interests include literature and medicine, indigenous population healthcare narratives, medical apartheid, and climate migration and its attendant healthcare crises.