Doreen Thierauf, Ph.D.
Employment Type Faculty
Program/Department English, School of Humanities

Doreen Thierauf, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

General Education Program Coordinator
Assistant Director of the Teaching and Learning Center
Editor, Omnium: The Undergraduate Research Journal at NCWU


Education
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Teaching Interests
As a faculty member at North Carolina Wesleyan, I often have the chance to teach across traditional disciplinary boundaries, as I do in my course on 19th- through 21st-century British literature which focuses on the development of British national identity from the time of the abolition of slavery to the present. Moreover, I appreciate that NCWU maintains small class sizes so that students can forge long-lasting professional relationships with their instructors and peers. I not only enjoy mentoring English majors until they graduate—and sometimes beyond—but also working with them on projects and events for our chapter of the International English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, which invites our majors to make the fullest use of their studies. I’m also serving as editor of NCWU’s undergraduate research journal, Omnium, and have been a member of the Wesleyan Singers since 2019.

Research
My research interests include Victorian literature and culture, particularly 19th-century writings on gender, maternity, and violence. My scholarly work has appeared in Victorian StudiesVictorian Literature and Culture, Victorian Review, VictoriographiesOxford BibliographiesPedagogyThe Journal of Popular Culture, and in other venues.

Courses Taught

  • HUM 495H: Honors Seminar in Literary Studies
  • ENG 427: Senior Seminar
  • ENG 426: Gender Studies
  • ENG 424: African American Literature
  • ENG 423: Studies in Contemporary Literature
  • ENG 422: Studies in International Literature
  • ENG 313: British Literature after 1700
  • ENG 215: Studies in a Genre
  • ENG 214: Social Issues in Contemporary Literature
  • ENG 213: Black Literatures
  • ENG 206: British Literature II
  • ENG 202: World Literature II
  • ENG 115: Introduction to Literature
  • ENG 112: Writing II
  • ENG 111: Writing I
  • ENG 090: Basic Writing
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