Sydney Tammarine joins the Davis & Elkins College faculty as Assistant Professor of English, Creative Writing. She brings along nearly a decade of teaching experience and writing consultancy.
Tammarine earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and Spanish from Otterbein University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2013. She went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Hollins University in 2018. During and following her post-graduate education, Tammarine instructed in multiple professorial roles on the topics of college preparation, composition and rhetoric, and multi-genre creative writing, among others.
“I am excited to join the Davis & Elkins College community,” says Tammarine. “In many ways, I feel like I am returning home: to the Appalachian Mountains and to a vibrant small college setting like the one where I discovered my own love of writing. I am so impressed by the creativity and energy of D&E’s students and faculty, and I look forward to writing and learning alongside them this fall.”
Similar to her excellence and abundance in teaching, Tammarine’s publications have been featured in such notable journals as Ploughshares and The Kenyon Review in 2020 and 2023, respectively. Her poetry translations chapbook Pavilion of the Names and Other Poems / Pabellón de los nombres y otros poemas is also of significant note. Tammarine has nearly a dozen additional works in relevant journals and through her future manuscripts.
“Professor Tammarine has extensive teaching experience, offering courses in Poetry, Creative Writing and Communication in colleges and universities from Virginia to New Mexico,” says Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Rob Phillips. “Her publications are equally diverse and include poetry translations, creative non-fiction pieces and two manuscripts in preparation.”
Tammarine holds ten separate awards and grants for her excellence as both student and teacher and has been invited to esteemed panels, workshops and readings since 2015. She has previously served at universities on various councils and committees, in mentorship roles, and as faculty sponsor.
