Associate Professor of English
Department of English
Office: Humanities/Social Sciences (H/SS) 231
Office Phone: 478-471-5765 | Department Phone:
478-471-5793
Email:
Website: http://www.lauraethomason.com
Courses Teaching
ENGL 1101
ENGL 1102
ENGL 3106 Professional Communication
HUMN 4480 History of Print
Office Hours
MTWR 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at MSC; 9:00-9:30 a.m. at WRC; and by appointment
Education
Ph.D. in Eighteenth-Century British Literature, University of North Texas, October 2005.
M.A. in English Literature, University of North Texas, December 2001.
B.A. summa cum laude in English Education, The College of Santa Fe,
May 1995.
Research Interests
18th-century British literature
Women writers
Epistolarity and epistolary novels
Gender and sexuality
Marriage
Awards
NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers "Jane Austen and her Contemporaries," University of Missouri, 2012.
PCA/ACA Peter Rollins Travel Grant For Early-Career Faculty, 2009.
Presidential Prize, South Central Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, 2003.
Clubs / Professional Organizations
Faculty Advisor, Got Dance? Move It! (MGSC Dance Club)
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
Modern Language Association