Adjunct Instructor of Writing and Composition
Benjamin Garrett, pictured above with his dog Rose, is a writer, publisher and teacher. He received his MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Arkansas with a focus on hybrid texts, publishing and pedagogy, and has been teaching in the English Program at Lansing Community College since the Spring of 2018.
As a writer, Benjamin explores multi-genre and cross-genre works in print and digital spaces. Benjamin has written one novel, 4 chapbooks of poetry and 20 years worth of zines and comics. Online, Benjamin’s works have been collected into a digital archive and he is currently focused on creating animated video essays.
As a publisher, Benjamin is a strong believer in the independent press and has been a managing editor with the Black Unicorn Press since its inception in 2005.
As a teacher, Benjamin has a whole lot to say about his pedagogical approach, and is very proud to teach Composition I and Composition II classes at Lansing Community College. His research focuses include multimodal writing, codemeshing, plagiarism and the academic limits of intellectual property law.
He can be reached at Lansing Community College through:
Lansing Community College
English Department
Arts & Sciences Building, Room 1106
419 North Washington Square
Lansing, MI 48933
Office Phone Number: (517) 483-1061
Or, most effectively, by email at: garretb7@lcc.edu