Major Todd Chapman
Director of Human Resources and
Instructor of English
Bio
Todd Chapman is from Colorado Springs and has spent his career operating nuclear missiles, creatively writing, and now teaching English at the Air Force Academy. His scholarly interests include poetry of any and every kind, contemporary rhetorical theory, and speculative fiction.
Education
BA (English), Brigham Young University, Utah, 2011
MFA (Creative Writing–Poetry), Sierra Nevada College, 2016
MA (Literary Studies), Penn State University, 2021
Professional Experience
2021-Present: Instructor of English, Air Force Academy, Clorado
2020-2021: Executive Officer, 595 C2G, Offutt AFB, New Mexico
2016-2020: Airborne Launch Control System Operator, Instructor, Evaluator, Flight Commander, 625 STOS, Offutt AFB, Nebraska
2011-2016: Minuteman III ICBM Operator, Instructor, Targeting QA, Targeting Flight Commander
Publications
“Review of Bruce Weigl’s Among Elms, In Ambush” War, Literature, and the Arts 34 (2022).