

Assistant Professor
Suffolk University
Department of English
41 Temple Street
Boston, MA 02114
Office: Fenton 330B
Telephone: 617-573-8271
Email: wbonikowski@suffolk.edu
Degrees
Ph.D. Cornell University, 2006
M.A. Cornell University, 2003
B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1995
Research Interests
Twentieth century British literature, modernism, literature and war, literary theory, psychoanalysis, trauma studies
Publications
Traces of War: Shell Shock, Death Drive, and Narrative after the First World War (book manuscript in progress).
“The Return of the Soldier Brings Death Home.” Modern Fiction Studies 51 (2005): 513-35.
“Writing the Face of the Other: Image, Text, and Ethics in Lacan, Levinas, and Rilke.” (a): a journal of culture and the unconscious 4.2 (2004): 41-57.
Short fiction has appeared in Denver Quarterly, elimae, First Intensity, LIT, and other journals.
Courses Taught
English 101: Freshman English I
English 102: Freshman English II
English 214: British Literature II
English 370: Fiction Workshop I
English 407: Literary Theory (Spring 2009)
English 425: British Writers of the 1920s