I am a scholar of British and French Romanticism. I teach and research the novel, poetry, and visual arts of the years 1785-1850. I pursue interdisciplinary and comparative approaches by exploring the intersection between literature and the visual arts and between English and French literature. I have studied the role landscape plays in Romantic literature. Further, I write on tourism, especially British travel to Italy and the Middle East during the 18th and 19th centuries. I have finished a book on the role that material culture--specifically things like diamonds, architectural ruins, statues, and hats play in conveying meaning in novels. I am also currently writing a book on the influence of the Syrian City Palmyra on 18th and 19th century British culture.
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British Romanticism, French Romanticism, Visual Arts, Critical Thinking, History, Interdisciplinarity, Travel Literature (to Italy, France, and to Middle Eastern countries), Narrative Theory, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Stael, Gender Studies, Feminism, Landscape Architecture, the novel, comparative studies
ENGL 1250 - Introduction to World Literature by Women
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
This course considers how literature represents gendered experiences across multiple countries and continents. Students will read fiction and poetry by women from South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, that address questions of sexuality, marriage, and family, politics, labor, and justice at the intersections of gender, race, and nation. Same as WGST 1250.
ENGL 1800 - American Ethnic Literatures
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Fall 2023
Students will learn how writings by African American, Native American and Indigenous, Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, Asian American, and/or Arab American authors are central to the US literary tradition. The class explores the significance of ethnic US literatures and cultures through short stories, novels, plays, films, and more.
ENGL 2102 - Literary Analysis
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2021
Students will build skills in careful, detailed reading and critical writing. Focusing on poetry, prose, and plays, the course cultivates an understanding of literary forms and genres and introduces techniques and vocabulary essential for the study of literature.
ENGL 2504 - Enlightenment and Modernity
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Spring 2021
Surveys key trends and works in literature after 1660, focusing on issues such as modernity; national or colonial identities; political, economic, social, technologic and scientific revolutions; and reading and media technologies. Students will be encouraged to read aloud, explore unfamiliar literary forms, and share their ideas and questions. Formerly ENGL 2512.
ENGL 3026 - Syntax, Citation, Analysis: Writing About Literature
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Fall 2023
Students hone their writing skills by closely analyzing the language in literary texts. The course will focus on the nuances of sentence structure and grammar, in order to help students become better writers and readers. Students will learn how to perform research in literary criticism and will write and revise a research paper, as well as a number of other short papers for different audiences. Students will learn and use citation methods within the discipline and will discuss the reasoning behind citational practice. Recommended prerequisite: completion of lower-division writing requirement.
ENGL 3164 - History and Literature of Georgian Britain
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Spring 2020
The Georgian era (1714-1811) was a period of staggering political, social, economic, intellectual, and artistic transformations. This course studies how literary and artistic works have shaped and responded to the tumultuous history of the eighteenth century, a period both modern and strange. Students learn how writers embraced politeness and Enlightenment values while relying on crude satires to make sense of disease outbreaks, financial bubbles and crashes, changes to marriage, industrialization, slavery, and the French Revolution.
ENGL 3267 - Women Writers
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Spring 2020 / Fall 2022
This course explores how women write about a range of issues, some explicitly gendered, such as desire, sexuality, marriage, and family, and others perhaps less so, such as politics, justice, race, and class. We�ll consider how women think about their craft, how they approach questions of art and beauty, and whether we should consider writing by women a separate category. Students will examine a range of literature by women, aiming to be inclusive and intersectional. Same as WGST 3267.
ENGL 3564 - Romantic Literature and its Revolutions
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Fall 2024
Filled with revolutions and reforms, the Romantic period (1770-1830) saw writing and thinking that shifted the world toward contemporary configurations we recognize. The American, Haitian and French Revolutions changed conceptions of liberty. Poetry and the novel transformed, and women writers gained critical attention. As plantations and factories expanded, writers considered the individual�s place in society and the natural world, changing gender expectations, and what it meant to be complicit in networks that included human bondage.
ENGL 3856 - Topics in Genre Studies
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Summer 2018
Studies special topics in genre studies; specially designed for English majors. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours for different topics.
ENGL 4039 - Capstone in Literary Studies
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Spring 2024
Topic varies by section, but all sections include small seminar discussions and focus on an individualized research project related to the topic. This course will draw on skills from previous courses in critical reading, thinking, and writing and will culminate in high-level discussions and in the final project. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023
Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.
ENGL 5029 - British Literature and Culture Before 1800
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Spring 2018
Introduces graduate level study of medieval and early modern writing through the long eighteenth century. Emphasizes a wide range of genres, forms, historical background, and secondary criticism. Cultivates research skills necessary for advanced graduate study. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
ENGL 5059 - British Literature and Culture After 1800
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2024
Introduces graduate level study of Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and/or Postmodern writing. Topics will vary. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
ENGL 5529 - Studies in Special Topics 1
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Fall 2020
Studies special topics that focus on a theme, genre, or theoretical issue not limited to a specific period or national tradition. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours.
WGST 1250 - Introduction to World Literature by Women
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Fall 2022
This course considers how literature represents gendered experiences across multiple countries and continents. Students will read fiction and poetry by women from South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, that address questions of sexuality, marriage, and family, politics, labor, and justice at the intersections of gender, race, and nation. Same as ENGL 1250.
WGST 3267 - Women Writers
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Fall 2022
This course explores how women write about a range of issues, some explicitly gendered, such as desire, sexuality, marriage, and family, and others perhaps less so, such as politics, justice, race, and class. We�ll consider how women think about their craft, how they approach questions of art and beauty, and whether we should consider writing by women a separate category. Students will examine a range of literature by women, aiming to be inclusive and intersectional. Same as ENGL 3267.
