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Dr. Kristi Seigel
Professor of English
Chair of Language, Literature and Communication Division
English Graduate Program Director
Teaching Interests: Nearly all periods of literature, literary theory, autobiography and memoir, composition
Scholarship:
- Authored five books (Women’s Autobiography, Theory, Criticism – 2001, three books for the College in Community program, and Special Needs Adoption Network: A Series on Adoption and Foster Care Issues (2001 – one of four authors).
- Edited, wrote introduction, and chapter for two books: Issues in Travel Writing: Empire, Spectacle, and Displacement (2002) and Gender, Genre, and Identity in Women’s Travel Writing (2004)
- Published 13 books as General Editor of book series: Travel Writing across the Disciplines (publication dates ranging from 2002 to 2009).
- Published first book as General Editor of new book series: Studies in Life Writing: Biography, Autobiography, Memoir (2010).
- Various peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals
Website: Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
Favorite book: Too many to list! My favorite authors include Samuel Beckett, Flannery O’Connor, Emily Dickinson, Shakespeare, and Vladimir Nabokov.
Graduate School: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: M.A. in Literature; Ph.D. in Modern Studies
At Mount Mary: I’ve been at Mount Mary College since 1992.
Favorite Spot at Mount Mary: Standing on the front lawn and looking up at the bell tower on Notre Dame Hall. My not-so-secret wish is to ring the bell.
Mount Mary Wisdom: Talk to and learn from the School Sisters of Notre Dame.