Brenna graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor's degree in 1977.
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Brennan received his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He then also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984, specializing in English.
From 1984 to 1985, Brennan worked there as a visiting assistant professor of English.
Career
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Since 1985, Brennan has taught at Indiana State University, first as an assistant professor of English, then as an associate, and since 1992, as a professor of English there.
Brennan received his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He then also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984, specializing in English.
From 1984 to 1985, Brennan worked there as a visiting assistant professor of English.
Since 1985, Brennan has taught at Indiana State University, first as an assistant professor of English, then as an associate, and since 1992, as a professor of English there.
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Matthew Cannon Brennan is an American English literature educator and poet. He holds the position of professor emeritus of English at the Indiana State University. He retired in 2017 and later moved to Columbus, Ohio. He has published five books of poetry, including The House with the Mansard Roof, which was a finalist for Best Books of Indiana in 2010. In addition, he has authored two chapbooks of poems and four works of criticism.
Background
Matthew Cannon Brennan was born on January 18, 1955, in Richmond Heights, Missouri, United States. He is the son of William J. and Suzanne (Simon) Brennan. With his three brothers--Timothy, a nonprofit C.F.O., Michael (deceased), an attorney, and Christopher, an artist and college professor--he attended Mary, Queen of Peace grade school and Saint Louis U. High.
Education
Brennan graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor's degree in 1977 and received his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He then also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984, specializing in English. As a senior in college he won election to Phi Beta Kappa and as a freshman lettered in varsity baseball. At Grinnell, he won an honorable mention in the Selden Whitcomb Poetry Contest, and at Minnesota he won three honorable mentions in the Academy of American Poets contests.
While writing his doctoral dissertation on Wordsworth, Turner, and Romantic Landscape Traditions, Brennan worked as an editor at Golle and Holmes Financial Learning, in Minnetonka, Minnesota, from 1982-1984. He started his teaching career working as a visiting assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota from 1984 to 1985, and since then he has taught at Indiana State University, first as an assistant professor of English, then as an associate, and since 1992, as a professor of English there. He also served as Acting Associate Director of Honors and as Director of Graduate Studies. He retired in May 2017.
Brennan is a member of the William Gilmore Simms Society.
Connections
Brennan was married Laura L. Fredendall from 1977 to 1987 when the couple decided to get divorced. Together they had one son, Daniel William, a safety director in Memphis. He then married Beverley Simms on May 21, 1994. They live in Columbus, Ohio.