Advising and Teaching
Advising
I regularly advise dissertations and theses in all areas of nineteenth-century British literature and culture, but with particular attention to poetry, non-fiction, and religion/theology. I also encourage topics focusing on ecology, religion/theology, and poetry.
Doctoral Dissertations Currently Directing
Holly Spofford
Molly Lewis
Doctoral Dissertations Directed
Elizabeth Travers Parker (2021)
Caitlin Lawrence (2020)
Lindsay Fenton (2019)
Alicia McCartney (2019)
David Smith (2017)
Michael Milburn (2016)
Melinda Creech (2016)
DeAnn Barta Stuart (2016)
Masters Theses Directed
Stewart Riley (2019)
Elizabeth Travers Parker (2015)
Naomi Tober (2010)
Undergraduate Theses Directed
Caitlin Washburn (2012)
Courses Taught
ENG 2301: British Literature
ENG 3370: Religion and Literature (Poetry and Religion in 19th C. Britain)
ENG 3372: Oxford Christians
ENG 3378: Literature and Environmental Justice
ENG 4354: Romantic Poetry
ENG 4362: Victorian Poetry
ENG 5350: Early English Romantic Literature (Romanticism and Religion)
ENG 5352: Later English Romantic Literature (Alternative Redemptions)
ENG 5374: Topics in Literature (Reforming Christ’s Body in Victorian Poetry)
ENG 5361: Victorian Poetry
For International Nineteenth-Century Studies Summer Program (multi-site courses for grad students that include extended study trips to the United Kingdom, particularly the Lake District)
ENG 5374: Wordsworth, Poetry, and the Environment (Summer 2017)
ENG 5374: Dwelling Responsibly: Legacy of the English Lakes (Summer 2018)