I'm Creighton Brown (he/him), a former educator, researcher, and engagement leader, focusing on creating inclusive spaces and fostering reciprocal partnerships.

At Carleton College, I coached Fellows in the Center for Community and Civic Engagement, and at North Dakota State University, I coordinated Inclusion Initiatives and LGBTQ+ Programs. As an educator, I taught research, writing, and literature courses exploring social and environmental justice at the Universities of Kansas and North Dakota.

Previously, I served on the Board of Directors for Pride Collective in Fargo, North Dakota.

I live, write, and dog walk in Moorhead, Minnesota. 

Notable Consultations

Sanford Health’s Roger Maris Cancer Center. West Fargo Public Schools. Two Feathers Consulting. NDSU Counselor Education. NDSU Libraries. 

Workshops, Consultations, and Team-Building 

• Queer + Trans Allyship
• Equity Lens Analysis​
• Building Reciprocal Partnerships
• Collaborative Problem Solving

• Connecting Circles
• Community Conversations ​
• Community Engagement​
• Client Partnering​

Education

Doctoral Candidate, University of Kansas
English Literature with research in Life Writing, Postcolonialism, and Environmental Criticism ​

​Master of Arts, University of North Dakota
English Literature with research in Victorian Studies, Modernism, and Postcolonial Theory

Bachelor of Arts, Concordia College
Majors in English Literature and Spanish & Hispanic Culture

Publications

• “To Wit: Flash Interviews—Creighton Nicholas Brown,” Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Summer 2021
• "Reading Creative Nonfiction in the Age of Hillbilly Elegies: A Twitter Thread Essay," Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Spring 2018
• "On Common Books, Civic Engagement, and Claudia Rankine's Citizen," Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Fall 2017
• "Educational Archipelago: Alternative Knowledges and the Production of Docile Bodies in Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place and Marjane Satrapi's The Complete Persepolis," Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Spring 2017
• "My Favorite Essay to Teach: Jamaica Kincaid's A Small Place," Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Spring 2016
• "Afro-Latin@ Writers and Scholars: Edwidge Danticat," Project on the History of Black Writing, Fall 2014
• "The Hunger: The Power and Politics of a (Post)Colonial Cannibal," Diasporic Identities and Empire​, Fall 2013
• "Dracula's Colonized Tongue Speaks through Fanged Teeth," Journal of Dracula Studies, Spring 2013
• "​Remember, remember the Fifth of November: Annotated Bibliography for Democratic and Service Learning Pedagogies," Fall 2012