Department of English

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Rutgers University, Department of Literatures in English
M.Phil. Rutgers University, Department of English
M.A. Rutgers University, Department of English
A.B. Brown University, English and Semiotics (cum laude)

Dr. Girard teaches courses in American Literature, writing, and creative nonfiction. Her scholarly interests include contemporary American fiction and publishing, and the history of the book.

Courses

Eng121: Literature and Composition I
Eng123: Literature and Composition II
Eng241: Introduction to Fiction
Eng243: Introduction to Nonfiction Prose
Eng246: Introduction to US-Hispanic Literature
Wri481: Advanced Writing
Wri495: Writing Creative Nonfiction

Selected Publications

Editor, with R. Coleman, R. Brittenham, and S. Campbell, Making Sense: Essays in Art, Science and Culture. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2006. Freshman composition reader, instructor’s manual, and website. Second edition of Making Sense: Constructing Knowledge in the Arts and Sciences. 2002.

Editor, with Teresa Atkins. Mobile Memories. Mobile, AL: Factor Press, 2002.

“Standing at the Corner of Walk and Don’t Walk: Vintage Contemporaries, Bright Lights, Big City and the Problems of Betweenness.” American Literature. (March 1996).

Selected Presentations

“The Story of Jon and Oprah, or Guess Who’s Not Coming to Dinner?” University of South Alabama. Mobile, AL. 2003.

“Rick Bragg’s American Gothic: Or, Who’s Afraid of the Deep South?” Tricentennial Literary Weekend. Mobile, AL. 2002.

“Assuming the Position: Who reads the Reader?” Rethinking the Reader. CCCC. Minneapolis, MN. 2000.

Session Leader. Academic Professions. MLA. San Francisco, CA. 1998.

“Jury Duty, The Stranger, and the MLA: An Academic’s Season in Hell.” MLA. Toronto. 1997.

“The Waring Blender and the Nonconforming Body: A Reading of Thomas McGuane’s The Bushwhacked Piano.” Symposium on Contemporary American Fiction. Potsdam, NY. 1995.