Dr. Roger K. Green
175 South Ogden Street
Denver, CO 80209
United States
303.886.6021
rogerkgreen@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
Current Academic Appointments
Adjunct Professor, Denver College of Nursing, since June 19, 2023
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver, since March 2023
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, CU Succeed, CU Denver, since May 2023
Founder and Director for The Center of Critical & Cultural Theory, since 2022 (www.ccctheory.org)
Senior Consulting Editor and Cofounder, The New Polis, since 2018 (www.thenewpolis.com)
Past Appointments
Senior Lecturer in English, Metropolitan State University of Denver (2011-2023)
Adjunct Faculty, in Religious Studies, University of Denver (Spring 2022)
General Editor of The New Polis www.thenewpolis.com (2018-May 2021)
Adjunct Instructor, The Metropolitan State University of Denver (2003-2012)
Writing Instructor, University of Denver, University Writing Program (2009-2012)
Writing Center Consultant, University of Denver (2008-2011)
Adjunct Instructor, CU Denver, CU Succeed Program (2007)
Adjunct Instructor, Community College of Aurora (2007)
Adjunct Instructor, Community College of Denver (2003-2005)
Education
Second PhD, Religious Studies, University of Denver (2020)
Ayahuasca’s Religious Diaspora in the Wake of the Doctrine of Discovery (Dissertation)
First PhD, English Rhetoric and Theory, Rhetorical Theory and Religious Studies, University of Denver (2013)
Beware of Mad John: Psychedelic Aesthetics, Political Theology and Literature (Dissertation)
Certificate, Early Modern / Postmodern Political Theology, Cornell School of Criticism and Theory (2011)
MH: Master's in Humanities, Philosophy, English, Music, University of Colorado at Denver (2004)
Toward an Ethical Aesthetic: A Study of Emmanuel Levinas, Mid-twentieth-century Avant-garde Jazz, and Poetry (Thesis)
BA, English Literature, Anthropology, Metropolitan State College of Denver (2000)
Grant Awards:
Grant Recipient (Center for Critical & Cultural Theory):
$15,000 in 2022: Denver Arts and Venues Music Advancement Fund for The Songwriting of Ron Miles series to feature bandleaders of color engaging with the songwriting of Ron Miles. January-April 2023 at Dazzle Restaurant in Denver.
$7,900 in 2023: Denver Arts & Venues Grant to put on a public seminar, “Improvisation in the 21st Century” in 2024.
Editorial Manuscript Review Acknowledgments (Center for Critical & Cultural Theory):
The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future, Simon & Schuster. September 5, 2023. https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Roots-White-Supremacy-American/dp/166800951X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NW9Y7WXS88WE&keywords=Robert+P+jones&qid=1687397222&sprefix=robert+p+jones%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-1
Publications
Books
A Transatlantic Political Theology of Psychedelic Aesthetics: Enchanted Citizens. Palgrave-MacMillan / Springer (2019).
[In progress and co-authored with Tink Tinker (wazhazhe, Osage Nation)] American Indian Worldview and eurochristian Conquest. See chapter 1 published February 16, 2023 on The New Polis: https://thenewpolis.com/2023/02/16/eurochristian-or-what-are-we-going-to-do-with-white-people-revisited-tink-tinker-and-roger-green-part-1/
Book Chapters
“At Cross-Purposes: Conversion, Conscripted Compromise, and the Logic of eurochristian Religious Poetics.” In The Colonial Compromise: The Threat of the Gospel to the Indigenous Worldview, edited by Miguel De La Torre (Lexington Books, December, 2020).
“Falling Off the Phallus of Civilization: On Max Steiner’s Soundtrack to King Kong.” In The Science of Sci-Fi, edited by Vincent Piturro (May, 2021).
Newspaper / Popular Media
“Relating to Wrongs: Iliff School of Theology Dealing with Some Gruesome History.” Westword Magazine. April 24, 2022. https://www.westword.com/news/Lenape-Iliff-theology-tinker-eurochristian-13941396
Academic Journal Articles
“Undoing the Doctrine of Christian Discovery / Domination.” The New Polis Journal (Winter 2022).
“Neoliberalism and eurochristianity.” Religions – Special Issue on Neoliberalism and Religion. (August 2021).
“Benjamin, Method, and Weak Messianism.” The Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (October, 2020, special issue on Walter Benjamin).
“Fetishism and the Erasure of Indigeneity.” The Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (2019).
“Perennialism and Primitivism in Psychedelic Religions. Esthesis (2017) http://esthesis.org/perennialism-and-primitivism-in-psychedelic-religions-roger-green/
“Shamanism and Entheogens – Toward A Psychoanalysis of The New “Dream Time.” Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (2016) http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/10/24/shamanism-and-entheogens-toward-a-psychoanalysis-of-the-new-dream-time-roger-green/
“Avant-Garde Jazz and the Posthuman.” Esthesis (2016) http://esthesis.org/tag/roger-green/
“Force in Religious Thought: Carl Raschke and Victoria Kahn in Dialogue (in three parts).” Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (2016) http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/05/31/force-in-religious-thought-carl-raschke-and-victoria-kahn-in-dialogue-part-1/
“The Semiotics of the Unconscious in Gilles Deleuze and Roland Barthes (Parts 1 & 2).” Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (2016) http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/12/19/the-semiotics-of-the-unconscious-in-gilles-deleuze-and-roland-barthes-roger-green/
“Aldous Huxley the Political Theologian.” Aldous Huxley Annual, 14:1 (2015) https://www.uni-muenster.de/Anglistik/Huxley/ahs.html
“Archaic Revivals and Shamanism in a Liberal Global Imaginary” Psychedelic Press UK vol. IV (2015). http://psypressuk.com/2015/08/24/psychedelic-press-uk-journal-2015-volume-iv-is-out-now/
“Psychedelic Aesthetics and Political Ideology in Aldous Huxley’s ‘Island’” Psychedelic Press UK vol. III (2014). https://skywalker-terraincognita.blogspot.com/2014/09/psychedelic-press-uk-vol-3.html
Teaching - Courses Taught (courses in bold are ones I wrote and developed myself)
Introduction to Critical Theory, HON 2950
Introduction to Philosophy, PHIL 1012
Introduction to Ethics, PHIL 1020
Biomedical Ethics, PHIL 2070
Practical Logic, PHIL 2040
Philosophy of Race, PHIL 2004
Homer and the Critique of Western Civilization 2023
Mysticism and Psychedelics REL
Senior Experience / Literary Theory, ENG 4500
Hip Hop and Literature, ENG 39AA
Creative Non-Fiction Workshop, ENG 3524
Composition Studies: Theories and Practice, ENG 3510
Myth and Literature, ENG 3440
Essential Shakespeare, ENG 3350
International Film Online, ENG 2850
Songwriting, MUS 3240
Vampires on Film Online, ENG 2810
Art and Craft of Writing, ENG 2500
Introduction to Children’s Literature, ENG 2460
American Literature Beginning to Civil War, ENG 2210
Introduction to Literary Studies, ENG 2100
Introduction to Textual Studies, ENG 2000
Introduction to Fiction, ENG 1110
Introduction to Literature, ENG 1100
Introduction to Drama, ENG
Research, Analysis and Documentation
Composing Arguments ENG 1010
Stretch Composing Arguments, ENG 1008
Stretch Composing Arguments, ENG 1009
Psychedelic Aesthetics, Community Course
Invited Speaking Engagements
Fermi’s Paradox Panel Discussion. Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry. MSU Denver. April 12, 2023.
With Anne Waldman, “Psychedelics and a Critique of eurochristian Religion.” Chacruna.net Religion and Psychedelics Forum. April 22-24, 2022.
“Psychedelic Aesthetics and the Crises of Liberalism, a Postsecular Approach.” Critical Conversations Series. The New Polis February 17, 2022. https://thenewpolis.com/2022/02/01/critical-conversations-psychedelic-aesthetics-and-the-crises-of-liberalism-a-postsecular-approach-critical-conversations/
“Indigenous Worldview, Property and Extractivism in the Psychedelic Renaissance.” Chacruna.net, October 27, 2021. https://chacruna.net/indigenous_knowlege_property_extractivism_psychedelic_renaissance/
Maudsley Psychedelic Society’s Psychedelics and Psychotherapy Series, London. Roger’s Video Presentation: “Decolonization and Psychedelics” (April 2021).
Thought Pieces and Interviews
(these are monthly articles written for The New Polis since 2018, often shorter than journal articles)
“A Gloss On ‘Political Theology’ And The Psychedelic Nature of Recent Political Unrest.” The New Polis (2021) https://thenewpolis.com/2021/02/05/a-gloss-on-political-theology-and-the-psychedelic-nature-of-recent-political-unrest-roger-green/
“The Meaning Of January 6, 2021 – Editorial Response.” The New Polis (2021) https://thenewpolis.com/2021/01/11/editorial-response-to-january-6-2021-roger-green/
“Rhetorical Erasure, Indian Slavery, And The Doctrine Of Discovery, Part 2.” The New Polis (2021) https://thenewpolis.com/2020/12/28/rhetorical-erasure-indian-slavery-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery-part-2-roger-green/
“Rhetorical Erasure, Indian Slavery, And The Doctrine Of Discovery, Part 1.” The New Polis (2020) https://thenewpolis.com/2020/11/30/rhetorical-erasure-indian-slavery-and-the-doctrine-of-discovery-part-1-roger-green/
“An Introduction And Call For Submissions To The New Polis On The Doctrine of Discovery.” The New Polis (2020) https://thenewpolis.com/2020/11/09/an-introduction-and-call-for-submissions-to-the-new-polis-on-the-doctrine-of-discovery-roger-green/
“Literary Conversations 2 – Jennifer Denrow and Mathias Svalina.” The New Polis Interview (2020) https://thenewpolis.com/2020/08/25/literary-conversations-2-jennifer-denrow-and-mathias-svalina-roger-green/
“Literary Conversations 1 – Steven Dunn and Selah Saterstrom on the Novel, Tragedy And Sacrifice.” The New Polis Interview (2020) https://thenewpolis.com/2020/07/21/literary-conversations-1-steven-dunn-and-selah-saterstrom-on-the-novel-tragedy-and-sacrifice-roger-green/
“Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 2.” The New Polis (2020) https://thenewpolis.com/2020/08/03/re-enchanted-empire-part-2-roger-green/
“Re-enchanted Empire — The Figure Of Pan In Edwardian Fiction, Part 1.” The New Polis (2020)
https://thenewpolis.com/2020/06/29/re-enchanted-empire-the-figure-of-pan-in-edwardian-fiction-part-1-roger-green/
“Some Notes on Blanchot And Disaster.” The New Polis (2020)
https://thenewpolis.com/2020/05/27/some-notes-on-blanchot-and-disaster-roger-green/
“Indigenous Land-Grabbing In Brazil Amid COVID-19.” The New Polis (2020)
https://thenewpolis.com/2020/04/28/indigenous-land-grabbing-in-brazil-amid-covid-19-roger-green/
“Anne Waldman’s A Dark Flower For The End Times.” The New Polis (2020)
https://thenewpolis.com/2020/03/17/anne-waldmans-a-dark-flower-for-the-end-times-roger-green/
“Ayahuasca and Transnational Religious Poetics.” The New Polis (2020)
https://thenewpolis.com/2020/02/18/ayahuasca-and-transnational-religious-poetics-roger-green/
“Is Theological Education Becoming Post-Christian?” The New Polis (2020)
https://thenewpolis.com/2020/01/06/is-theological-education-becoming-post-christian-roger-green/
“The Dialectic of Enlightenment from a Postsecular Lens (in five parts).” The New Polis (2019) http://thenewpolis.com/2019/06/19/the-dialectic-of-enlightenment-from-a-postsecular-lens-part-1-roger-green/
“Amorous Agonism and the Allergy to Difference (in three parts).” The New Polis (2019) http://thenewpolis.com/2019/04/29/amorous-agonism-and-the-allergy-to-difference-roger-green/
“Text, Body, and the Ethics of Raymond Federman’s Spectator.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/12/22/text-body-and-the-ethics-of-raymond-federmans-spectator/
“The Pataphysics of Pharmakoi.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/11/30/the-pataphysics-of-pharmakoi/
“The Deep Framing by Totality.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/10/15/the-deep-framing-by-totality-roger-green/
“Nor on The Soles of Her Shoes? The King of Infinite Space.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/09/29/nor-on-the-soles-of-her-shoes-the-king-of-infinite-space-roger-green/
“Panoptical Time and Colonial Framing.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/08/15/panoptical-time-and-colonial-framing-roger-green/
“The Pharmakon and Ayahuasca Globalization.” The New Polis (2018)
http://thenewpolis.com/2018/07/23/the-pharmakon-and-ayahuasca-globalization-roger-green/
“On Neoliberalism and the Politics of Divination.” The New Polis (2018)
http://thenewpolis.com/2018/06/11/on-neoliberalism-and-the-politics-of-divination-an-interview-with-joshua-ramey/
“On Enduring Borders and The Erasure Of Indigeneity.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/03/27/on-enduring-borders-and-the-erasure-of-indigeneity-roger-green/
“Like Ghosts From An Enchanter Fleeing – Denver’s Divinatory Poetics.” The New Polis (2018) http://thenewpolis.com/2018/03/03/like-ghosts-from-an-enchanter-fleeing-denvers-divinatory-poetics-roger-green/
Invited Monthly Pieces at Editor’s Request
“Treating The Dead Sea Scrolls ‘Scientifically’ Betrays The Imperial Impulse In Secularism,” Political Theology Network (2018) https://politicaltheology.com/search/Dead+Sea+Scrolls/
“The Recovery of Indigeneity in South America – Not All Political Theologies Are Christian Theologies.” Political Theology Network. https://politicaltheology.com/the-emergence-of-indigenity-in-south-america-not-all-political-theologies-are-christian-theologies-roger-green/
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“The Invisible Committee And ‘Insurrectionary’ Euro-Christianity – Thinking Beyond Liberal Modernist Subjectivity.” Political Theology Today (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/the-invisible-committee-and-insurrectionary-euro-christianity-thinking-beyond-liberal-modernist-subjectivity-roger-green/
“Fetishism, the Study of Religion, and The Colonial Imagination.” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/fetishism-the-study-of-religion-and-the-colonial-imagination-roger-green/
“DACA, Child Sacrifice, and Neoliberal Idolatry.” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/daca-child-sacrifice-and-neoliberal-idolatry-roger-green/
“What Does Mark Lilla Want? American Liberalism and The Legacy of White Supremacy.” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/what-does-mark-lilla-want-american-liberalism-and-the-legacy-of-white-supremacy-roger-green/
“Spirits of Blood and Breath – Contrasting Religious Perspectivism With Actual People’s Perspectives.” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/spirits-of-blood-and-breath-contrasting-religious-perspectivism-with-actual-peoples-perspectives-roger-green/
“Beyond the Secular And Enchanted Binary -The ‘Deep Stories’ Informing Contemporary Conservatism.” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/beyond-the-secular-and-enchanted-binary-the-deep-stories-informing-contemporary-conservatism-roger-green/
“Donald Trump’s Trips Abroad and America’s Refracted ‘Nervous System.’” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/donald-trumps-trips-abroad-and-americas-refracted-nervous-system-roger-green/
“Bombs and Moms – DuBois’ Challenge to America’s Racist and Militarist Legacy.” Political Theology Network (2017) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/bombs-and-moms-dubois-challenge-to-americas-racist-and-militarist-legacy-roger-green/
“What’s the Matter with California? The Left’s Capitulation to Neoliberalism.” Political Theology Network (2017) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/whats-the-matter-with-california-the-lefts-capitulation-to-neoliberalism-roger-green/
“Luis León And The Formation of a New Latino Political Spirituality.” Political Theology Network (2017) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/luis-leon-and-the-formation-of-a-new-latino-political-spirituality/
“Political Theology and ‘Religiography’ – On Shifting Liminalities.” Political Theology Network (2017) https://politicaltheology.com/political-theology-and-religiography-on-shifting-liminalities-roger-green/
“On the Insurrectionary Turn in Political Theology.” Political Theology Network (2017) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/on-the-insurrectionary-turn-in-political-theology-roger-green/
“Are Calls for “Sanctuaries” Well-Intentioned Masks for A Neoliberal Agenda?” Political Theology Network (2016) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/are-calls-for-sanctuaries-well-intentioned-masks-for-a-neoliberal-agenda-roger-green/
“Political Theology and Debt – Confronting the Capitalist Machine.” Political Theology Network (2016) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/political-theology-and-debt-confronting-the-capitalist-machine-roger-green/
“Dakota Pipeline Conflict Shows Political Theology Must Take Indigenous Spirituality Seriously.” Political Theology Network (2016) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/dakota-pipeline-conflict-shows-political-theology-must-take-indigenous-spirituality-seriously-roger-green/
“Court Decisions Over Psychedelic Tea for Native Americans Should Sensitize Us To The Question of What Is Meant By ‘Religion.’” Political Theology Network (2016) http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/court-decisions-over-psychedelic-tea-for-native-americans-should-sensitize-us-to-the-question-of-what-is-meant-by-religion-roger-green/
“Today’s Political Theological Vortex – Neither A God nor Digital Networking Can Save Us.” Political Theology Network (2016). http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/todays-political-theological-vortex-neither-a-god-nor-digital-networking-can-save-us-roger-green/
“Herbert Marcuse and the Endurance of the 1960s For Political Theology.” Political Theology Network (2016). http://www.politicaltheology.com/blog/herbert-marcuse-and-the-endurance-of-the-1960s-for-political-theology-roger-green/
Book Reviews
“Review – Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America.” Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (2016) http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2016/07/28/review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america/
“Carl Raschke’s Force of God Hammers Out A Political Theology of Insurrection/Resurrection for Our Times.” Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory (2016).
Publons Blind Peer Reviewer For
“COP and the Cloth: Quantitatively and Normatively Assessing Religious NGO Participation at the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.” Sci (March 2021).
"Mothers of the Movement: Evangelicalism and Religious Experience in Black Women’s Activism." Religions (February 2021).
Orellano, Anabel; Valor, Carmen; Chuvieco, Emilio. “The Influence of Religion on Sustainable Consumption: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda.” Sustainability (October 2020).
Andreassen, Bengt-Ove; Olsen, Torjer A. “'Sami Religion' in Sami Curricula in RE in the Norwegian School System: An Analysis of the Importance of Terms.” Religions (September 2020).
Paper Presentations
“White Supremacy and eurochristianity.” American Academy of Religions, Rocky Mountain Regional Conference, March 25, 2022.
“Ayahuasca and Transnational Religious Poetics.” Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Conference. New York (February 15-16, 2020).
“Employing Luis León’s Religious Poetics in the Ayahuasca Diaspora.” American Academy of Religion. San Diego (November 23-26, 2019).
“Is Theological Education Entering a Post-Christian Future?” Panel response on behalf of Tink Tinker. American Academy of Religion. San Diego (November 23-26, 2019).
“The Religious Poetics of Ayahuasca, Entheogens, and Neo-Colonization of ‘Experience.’" American Academy of Religion. Denver (November 17-20, 2018)
“Code-Meshing and the Stretch Course as Anti-Racist Pedagogy.” CCC’s Regional Conference. University of Denver (July 20-21, 2018)
http://duwriting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/4CDU-Program-final.pdf
“Response to Students’ Rights to their Own Language.” CCC’s Regional Conference. University of Denver (July 20-21, 2018)
http://duwriting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/4CDU-Program-final.pdf
“Fetishism and the Erasure of Indigeneity.” Speaking (or not Speaking) of God. University of Denver (October 6-7, 2017)
“Relation vs. Possession: Responding to the Divine.” Race and Religion Panel. Speaking (or not Speaking) of God. University of Denver (October 6-7, 2017)
“Denver's Divinatory Poetics: A Case Study of Anne Waldman, Eleni Sikelianos, and Selah Saterstrom,” The European Conference on Arts & Humanities. Brighton Beach, UK (July 12, 2017). https://ecah.iafor.org
“Entheogens, New Religious Movements, and Dogmatic Liberalism.” The European Conference on Ethics, Religion, & Philosophy. Brighton Beach, UK. (July 5, 2017). https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/143102/iafor-european-conference-ethics-religion-philosophy-2017
“Relation vs. Possession: Responding to the Divine.” Speaking (Or Not Speaking) of God. University of Denver (October 7, 2017) http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/2017/05/03/speaking-or-not-speaking-of-god-call-for-proposals2/
"Fetishism and the Erasure of Indigeneity," Speaking (Or Not Speaking) of God. University of Denver (October 6, 2017) http://www.globnext.net
"Entheogens, Dogmatic Liberalism, and the Difficulty Human Potential as Resistance." Global Center for Advanced Studies. Maribor, Slovenia (July 1, 2017) https://globalcenterforadvancedstudies.org/schedule2017/
“Non-Ordinary States, Entheogens, and the Unconscious." Reclaiming the Unconscious. University of Denver (October 21, 2016) http://jcrt.org/religioustheory/conferences-and-call-for-papers/
“The Ethical Problems of Liberal ‘Occulture,’ Entheogens, and Ayahuasca Tourism.” Society for the Study of Shamanism. San Rafael, California (September 5, 2016)
"Being Away with Yeats: Enchantment in The Celtic Twilight.” Waiting for Utopia: Ireland and the Idea of Utopia. University of Caen, Caen, France. (November 21, 2015) https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/62121
"Re-enchanted Empire: The Figure of Pan in Edwardian Fiction.” Rocky Mountain MLA Conference. Santa Fe, NM. (October 8, 2015) http://rmmla.innoved.org/conferences/Conf15SantaFe/default.asp
“Archaic Revivals and Shamanism in the Liberal Global Imaginary” Telos / Paul Piccone Institute Conference. New York University (February 14, 2015)
“Maria Sabina and Psychedelic Enchantment: A Postsecular View.” RMMLA, Boise, ID. (October 9, 2014) http://rmmla.innoved.org/conferences/Conf14Boise/default.asp
“Defining the ‘Human’ in Human Rights Beyond Being-Toward-Death.” Telos / Paul Piccone Institute Conference. NYU, New York (February 16, 2014)
“Aldous Huxley the Political Theologian.” The Condemned Playground: Aldous Huxley and His Contemporaries Oxford University, Balliol College, Oxford, UK (September 4, 2013)
“Pacifism as Practical Mysticism in Aldous Huxley’s Eyeless in Gaza.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Vancouver, WA (October 2013)
“Caedmon’s “godcundre gife": The Poet as Channel for the Divine.” Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association, MSU Denver, Denver (April 2013)
“Psychedelic Citizenship and Re-enchantment: Affective Aesthetics as Political Instantiation.” Telos Press Conference, New York (February 15, 2013)
“Re-enchanted Citizenship: Psychedelic Aesthetics in Structural and Post-Structural Criticism." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Seattle University, Seattle. (October 2012)
“The Influence of Interpretations of ‘Soma’ from Greek and Indian Mythology in Twentieth-Century Psychedelic Literature.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. CU Boulder, Boulder. (October 2012)
“Psychedelic Aesthetics and Political Theology in Aldous Huxley’s Island.” Hawaii University International Humanities Conference. Hawaii University, Honolulu. (January 2012)
“Critical Receptions and Misrepresentation of the ‘New Music’ or ‘Avant-garde’ Jazz.” MSU Denver for the Interdepartmental Colloquium between English and African American Studies, Denver (October 2012)
“‘Sam Hit sy Sumor Sam Winter’: Considering King Alfred’s Inclusion of “The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan” in his Compendious History of the World." The Venerable Bede Society, Denver (April 2011)
Wyoming-Colorado Regional Writing Tutors Conference, "Playing the Changes: Collaborative Writing Consulting," UC Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs. (February 2009)
Panel Presentations
“Inclusive Excellence in the Composition Classroom.” Writing the Range. University of Denver (November 14, 2014). http://www.du.edu/writing/media/documents/writing-the-range-flier-2014.pdf
Faculty Workshops Given
“Inclusive Excellence in the Composition Classroom.” MSU Denver English Department, MSU Denver. (November 12, 2014)
“Teaching Stretch Composition at MSU Denver.” MSU Denver English Department (February 2014)
“Public Writing and Religious Diversity in the Classroom.” MSU Denver English Department, Denver (October 2013)
“The Essay vs. Essayistic: Multimodal Composition.” MSU Denver English Department, Denver (March 2012)
Faculty Development Attended
Workshop, "Workshop on Code-Meshing and Translingualism," MSU Denver English Department and MSU Equity Assistance Center, Denver, CO, USA. (December 4, 2014 - Present).
Workshop, "Writing Pedagogy, Curriculum Revision, and Curricular Diversity and Inclusion," MSU Denver English Department and MSU Equity Assistance Center, Denver, CO, USA. (December 5, 2014).
Workshop, "Vershawn Ashanti Young and Frankie Condon Visit," MSU Denver English Department and MSU Equity Assistance Center, Denver, CO, USA. (August 15, 2014).
Conference Attendance, "Engaging Learners: 21st Century Pedagogies," MSU Denver, Denver, CO, United States. (March 14, 2014).
Conference Attendance, "Conference on College Composition and Communication," NCTE, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (March 14, 2013 - March 16, 2013).
Department Service
Search Committee, English Department Chair, 2022
Curriculum Development: Songwriting and Hip Hop & Literature
Beyond Words: Academic Literacy Training (Fall 2018)
Course release for 8 open hours a week to provide assistance for students on academic literacy issues.
Search Committee, Music Department, 2018
Diversity Task Force, Attendee, Meeting, 16 hours per year (February 1, 2017 - July 1, 2017)
Our task force was called by the chair to track the progress of our department and initiate ways to keep on track with a recent external department review.
Climate Committee 24 hours per year (April 1, 2014 - February 25, 2015)
Stretch Composition Committee, Committee Member, 40 hours per year (Summer 2012 - Spring 2014)
Gateway to Completion (G2C) Committee 5 hours per year. (February 2014 - March 2014)
Reader / Judge for Writes of Spring, Faculty reader, 15 hours per year (Spring 2013)
Academic Literacy Development Program, Faculty Mentor, 5 hours per year (Fall 2011)
Academic Literacy Development Program, Faculty Mentor, 3 hours per year (Fall 2009)
Writing Assessment, 20 hours per year (Summer 2009)
University Service
Hiring Committee, Committee Member, 40 hours per year. (Spring 2018 - Summer 2018). https://www.msudenverjobs.com/hr/postings/10595
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Religion
American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers. (current) http://www.ascap.com
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English. (Fall 2012 - Spring 2014)
Selected Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits
Musical Arrangement, Guitar, and Recording Production for Make Yourself Happy by Eleni Sikelianos. Fast Speaking Music (2016) http://rogergreen.bandcamp.com/album/make-yourself-happy
Musical Arrangement, Guitar, and Recording Production for Untethered by Anne Waldman. Fast Speaking Music (2016) http://www.writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Waldman.php
Recorded and Performed Musical Accompaniment for Multimedia Presentation. Delphi 1927 by Eleni Sikelianos, Greece / Cambridge UK, Green, Roger K, Academic, International, Invited. (September 1, 2014 - March 9, 2015).
Guitarist and Co-producer. Best of The Czars by The Czars. Bella Union Records, London, UK. http://bellaunion.com
Guitarist for Mark Mothersbaugh's Myopia Opening, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (September 1, 2014 - October 30, 2014). http://www.mcadenver.org/index.php
Composer, Arranger, and Guitarist, Music for Nick Cave's “Heard.” Biennial of the Americas / Denver Art Museum / MCA Denver, Civic Center Park, Denver, CO (July 19, 2013)
Guitar accompaniment for Eleni Sikelianos Reading, Naropa Summer Writing Program, Boulder, CO, July 18, 2013).
Guitar accompaniment on "Blue Macdougal Street" by Anne Waldman with Roger Green, Fast Speaking Music / University of Denver (April 2013).
Musical Production, Arrangement, Guitar for All Princes, I by Esmé Patterson. Greater Than Collective (2012)
Composer, Arranger, Guitarist, Producer for The Impossibly Soundtrack to Laird Hunt’s The Impossibly. Denver (February 2012).
Musical Production, Arrangement, Guitar for Kill Our Friends by Joe Sampson. Fellow Creature Records 2011.
Composer, Conductor, Guitarist for Composition for Typewriters. Belmar Lab of Art and Ideas, Lakewood, CO (September 16, 2006).
Studio Albums
Goodbye: 20th Anniversary (The Czars, Bella Union, 2024)
Enter As You Leave (2022)
A Dark Flower for the End Times (with Anne Waldman, Meep Records, 2020)
Vampires on Sine Mountain (2018)
Make Yourself Happy (with Eleni Sikelianos, 2017)
Untethered (with Anne Waldman, Fast Speaking Music 2016)
Peril (2016)
Alive Hue (2014)
The Best of the Czars (The Czars, Bella Union, 2014)
The Impossibly Soundtrack (for Laird Hunt, 2012)
Harder to Tell (2011)
Meadows (Porlolo, 2007)
Clear Running Water (2007)
Blossom (guitarist for Ron Miles, Sterling Circle, 2006)
Sorry I Made You Cry (The Czars, Bella Union, 2005)
Roger Green (2005)
Goodbye (The Czars, Bella Union, 2004)
The Ugly People vs The Beautiful People (The Czars, Bella Union, 2001)
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