Public Profile
Writing rooted in Oklahoma, teaching rooted in decades of work.
Chuck Ladd is publicly listed as an adjunct instructor in English, Humanities, and Languages at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He is also the author of A Quiet Place in Oklahoma, a 2022 collection of free verse poetry.
Book
A Quiet Place in Oklahoma
Lulu describes the book as a collection of free verse poetry that seeks peace and simple pleasures in a turbulent world. The public listing credits Chuck Ladd as the author and identifies the book as poetry, published in English on June 15, 2022.
Public Note
Robin Sloan wrote that the collection is “deft, meditative, and, on certain pages, laugh-out-loud funny.”
Source: Robin Sloan’s public newsletter entry on the book.
Teaching
Longtime classroom work in Oklahoma and Texas
A public author bio states that Chuck Ladd has taught in the public schools of Oklahoma and Texas for more than forty-five years.
The same bio states that he has served for more than thirty years as an adjunct faculty member in the Southeastern Oklahoma State University English department.
It also describes him as a frequent presenter at literary workshops and a consultant for schools on college entrance testing.
Public retail metadata says he and his wife Charisse raised four children together and live in Durant, Oklahoma.
Campus Work
Theater and literary activity at Southeastern
Public pages from Southeastern Oklahoma State University yearbooks place Chuck Ladd in the university's drama and literary life in the early 1970s. A 1973 Savage yearbook page identifies him in productions of A Christmas Carol and Desire Under the Elms.
A 1974 Savage yearbook page identifies him as president of the College Players and notes that the group's revived "Poet's Thursday" gave students an open invitation to read and perform their own work.
Yearbook Record
The creation of Poet's Thursday has boosted the Players' morale as well as provided the students with an open invitation to read and perform their own works.
Source: 1974 Savage yearbook, College Players page.
Sources
What is verified, and what is not yet sourced
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University directory listing confirms Charles Ladd as an adjunct instructor in English, Humanities, and Languages.
- Lulu paperback listing confirms the title, publication date, ISBN, page count, and genre.
- Fishpond retail listing provides the public author bio used on this page.
- Robin Sloan’s newsletter includes a public note recommending the book.
- 1973 Savage yearbook page identifies Chuck Ladd in Southeastern drama department productions.
- 1974 Savage yearbook index and OCR excerpts identify Chuck Ladd as president of the College Players and mention Poet's Thursday.
Still unsourced
I did not find a public YouTube archive, public Facebook material, or a verifiable copy of Chuck Ladd’s valedictorian speech. Those items are intentionally omitted here until a real source is found.