Chris Jackson is happy to return as a second-year Graduate Student Associate with the TRC. He is a Ph.D. candidate in the English Department, where he is exploring the uses of British Romantic and modern American poetry in the conduct of life. He has taught a variety of courses at U.Va. and recently received the Class of 1985 Graduate Fellowship for Creative Teaching. In freer moments, Chris enjoys reading and reviewing contemporary fiction, playing with his two new kittens (Plum and Northwestern Greenie), and spending time with his wife.