DR. JOSEPH OZIAS 

is an Assistant Professor of English at Central Methodist University. He earned his PhD in English, Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include Joseph Heller, Philip Roth, Jewish American Literature, humor, 20th Century American Literature, multiethnic literature, and film and media studies. His work on these subjects has recently been published, or is soon to be published, in Philip Roth Studies, MELUS, In Media Res, Women's Writing (Taylor & Francis) and The John Updike Review. He has received various awards, like the Judith Yaross Lee Publication Grant from the American Humor Studies Association, the John Updike Review Emerging Writers Prize and the Siegel/McDaniel Award from the Philip Roth Society. For nearly a decade he has been teaching courses such as World Literature, American Literature, Topics in Science Fiction, English Composition, Intermediate Composition, Introduction to Literature, Jews in American Film, and more. If you want to discuss his work, you can contact him via LinkedIn or email him directly.