Daniel Dissinger is a Full Professor in the Writing Program at the University of Southern California, poet, Kerouac scholar, podcaster, and writing coach. He hosts the award-winning podcast Writing Remix, as well as The Nostalgia Test Podcast, and facilitates workshops with Inspired Belonging. He earned his PhD and MA from Saint John’s University, and an MFA from The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University. Daniel’s poetry has been published in numerous journals, including the 2026 Altadena Poetry Review. His chapbook, tracing the shape, was published by Shadow Mountain Press.

Daniel co-created a global humanities podcaster network, The Humanities Podcast Network. Since 2021, he helped plan their annual international symposiums and was also the chair of the 2025 symposium “Podcasting & Power.” He is a contributing writer featured in the Palgrave Handbook of Humanities Podcasting (forthcoming), and an HPN workshop leader and co-facilitator.

During the inaugural 2026 Los Angeles Kerouac Festival at Typewriters Anonymous, Daniel gave the keynote talk “The Kerouac We Ignore,” which focuses on father-son relationships, masculinity, and Kerouac’s lifelong search for love of self. At the 2026 Undergraduate Writer’s Symposium at University of Southern California, Daniel presented “What I Learned After 6 Years of Podcasting.”

As the co-founder of Inspired Belonging, Daniel’s approach, inspiration, and passion comes from a deeply personal place. He wants to create community and space for people who, like him, are coping with challenging mental health journeys and the daily stigma that this struggle can bring upon a person’s mind, body, and spirit. Daniel believes in the power of writing and love-centered mindful practices to help nurture a shame-free culture for healing.