Linda Mills Woolsey
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passion for language and stories has always been central for me and
that passion shapes my teaching. I love exploring broad sweeps of
literature in survey courses as well as focusing on a special
interest like “Jane Austen in Text and Film.” I relish the challenge
of teaching in two honors programs, “The Meaning of the West,” and
“East Meets West.” I am currently developing courses focusing on
Arthurian legends and on Romanticism and revolution.
As an undergraduate at Houghton, I majored in English, minored in history and Bible, did some acting, and edited the Lanthorn. My M.A. is from SUNY Binghamton where I studied Anglo-Saxon literature with Bernard Hupp�. At Drew University, I earned an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Nineteenth Century Studies. I am a member of Phi Beta Kappa, CCL, NAVSA and NASSR.
I am also a poet whose poems have appeared in places like The Cresset, The Sow’s Ear, and The Midwest Quarterly. I have published essays, short stories, and encyclopedia articles. Two of my essays on the ballad novels of Sharyn McCrumb are included in Kim Holloway’s From A Race of Storytellers. My current research focuses on women in the nineteenth century, with particular attention to the ways religious identity shapes intercultural encounter.
My husband (also a Houghton prof) and I have one daughter, who is working on an MA in folklore at Memorial University in Newfoundland. We enjoy hiking, canoeing, travel, and, of course, browsing in used book stores
