Leporati, Matthew: - Matthew Leporati is Associate Professor of English at the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City, where he serves as Writing Specialist. His research interests include British Romanticism, epic poetry, religion and literature, and mindfulness and writing pedagogy. His essays and reviews have appeared in Romanticism, Studies in Romanticism, The CEA Critic, The CEA Forum, Humanities, Modern Language Studies, and European Romantic Review. His chapter on teaching satire in the writing classroom appeared in Isn't It Ironic? Irony in Contemporary Popular Culture (2021). In 2022, Matthew won the Bege Bowers Prize for Best Essay in The CEA Forum for his essay on using William Blake to teach the interrelation of image and text in contemporary communication, including especially the use of emoji.