ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT:

2007 - Professor of English
University of South Florida, Tampa

1998 - 2007: Associate Professor of English
University of South Florida, Tampa

1993 - 1998: Assistant Professor of English
University of South Florida - St. Petersburg

1992-93 Assistant Instructor
Emory University

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. May 1993
Major fields: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century British Literature;
Certificate in Women's Studies
M.A., 1991

University of Rochester; Rochester, NY

B.A., summa cum laude, 1988
Highest Distinction in English
Major: English; Second Major: Women's Studies

PUBLICATIONS:

co-edited with Pat Rogers, Producing the Eighteenth-century Book: Writers and Publishers in England, 1650-1800 (forthcoming University of Delaware Press)

Teaching with the Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, Third Edition (New York: W. W. Norton) 2007.

Archimedes, Sondra, Elizabeth Fowler and Laura Runge, Instructor's Guide for the Norton Anthology of English Literature, Eighth Edition, (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006).

Editor, Texts from the Querelle 1641-1701 Volumes 3 & 4, in THE EARLY MODERN ENGLISH WOMAN: A facsimile library of essential works, 1500-1750, series editors Betty Travitsky and Anne Prescott (Ashgate, 2006).

Editor, Clara Reeve's The Old English Baron (1778) with Horace Walpole's Castle of Otranto (1764), with introduction, notes, inter-text essays, appendices; College Publishing, January 2002.

Gender and Language in British Literary Criticism, 1660-1790 (Cambridge University Press, Dec. 1997). Released in paperback (ISBN 13 978 0 521 02145 6) October 2005.

Articles:

"Teaching Eighteenth-Century women Writers" forthcoming Literature Compass.

“From Manuscript to Print and Back Again: Two Verse Miscellanies by Eighteenth-century Women” on Literary Manuscripts: 17th and 18th Century Literary Poetry from the Brotherton Library University of Leeds, Adam Matthew Publications, [http://www.literarymanuscriptsleeds.amponline.co.uk/index.aspx] launched September 2006. (Commissioned)

"Churls and Graybeards and Novels Written by a Lady: Gender in Eighteenth-Century Book Reviews" CW3 Journal (Corvey Women Writers 1796-1834 on the Web) Issue 1 (Summer 2004) http://www2.shu.ac.uk/corvey/cw3journal/issues/runge.html.

"Mary Robinson's Memoirs and the Anti-Adultery Campaign of the Late Eighteenth Century" Modern Philology 101.4 (May 2004): 563-586.

"Beauty and Gallantry: A Model of Polite Conversation Revisited" Eighteenth-Century Life 25 (Winter 2001):43-63.

"Gendered Strategies in the Criticism of Early Fiction," in Eighteenth-Century Studies 28.4 (Summer 1995): 363-378.

"'The Softness of Expression and the Smoothness of Measure': A Model of Gendered Decorum from Dryden's Criticism," Essays in Literature 20.2 (Fall 1993):197-212.

Book Chapters:

“Teaching /Oroonoko/ with Milton and Dryden; or, Behn’s Use of the Heroic” forthcoming in MLA Approaches to Teaching Oroonoko eds. Mary Ann O'Donnell and Cynthia Richards.

“Momentary Fame: Female Novelists in Eighteenth-Century Book Reviews” Blackwell’s The Eighteenth-Century Novel: Companion to Literature and Culture, eds. Paula Backscheider and Catherine Ingrassia (Blackwell Publishers) forthcoming 2005.

"Editions of Oroonoko, 1688-2000: A Historical Perspective," in Aphra Behn (1640-1689) : Le Modele Europeen , ed. Bernard Dhuicq (Entrevaux, France: Bilingua GA Editions, 2005): 142-153.

Reviews:

The Professionalization of Women Writers in Eighteenth-Century Britain, by Betty Schellenberg (Cambridge UP, 2005) for Letters in Canada 2005 in University of Toronto Quarterly, 76.1 (2007) 425-427.

Women’s Utopias of the Eighteenth Century by Alessa Johns (Urbana: U of Illinois P, 2003) Scriblerian 38.2 (Spring 2006): 321-323.

Men's Work: Gender, Class, and the Professionalization of Poetry, 1600-1784 by Linda Zionkowski (New York: Palgrave, 2001) Albion 34.2 (Summer 2002): 317-319.

Authorship, Commerce, and Gender in Early Eighteenth-century England by Catherine Ingrassia, (Cambridge 1998), Modern Philology 99.4 (May 2002): 636-640.

Empowering the Feminine: The Narratives of Mary Robinson, Jane West, and Amelia Opie, 1796-1812 by Eleanor Ty, (University of Toronto Press, 1999) in "Letters in Canada 1999" University of Toronto Quarterly 70:1 (Winter2001/2001).

Satire and Sentiment, 1660-1830 by Claude Rawson, (Cambridge 1994) Albion 27.3 (Fall 19995): 499-501.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Eighteenth-Century Familiar Letter by Cynthia Lowenthal (U Georgia P, 1994) Albion 27.1 (Spring 1995): 133-34.

All Before Them: English Literature and the Wider World, Volume I 1660-1780 ed. John McVeagh (London and Atlantic Highlands, NJ: The Ashfield Press, 1990) Albion 24.2 (Summer 1992): 325.

Other:

"The Swan Song of Gallantry; or, What Women Don't Want" Inquiry (Faculty Research and Creative Scholarship at the University of South Florida) vol. 3, number 1, Spring 2000, page 3.

Bold Expression and Exquisite Sensibility: Gender in British Literary Criticism, 1660-1790. [Dissertation.] (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms Inc., 1993).

"Walls," co-authored with Adonis Ali Torres, in Integrated Thematic Units: A Middle/High School ESOL Curriculum Guide, ed. by Mary Lou McCloskey, prepared for the Bilingual/ESL Department of the San Francisco Unified School District, 1990.

PRESENTATIONS:

Conference Papers:

"Constructing Place in Oroonoko," Aphra Behn society Meeting, Lebanon, Tennessee, November 6, 2009

Roundtable on Future of Eighteenth-century Studies, participant, SAMLA, Atlanta, November 10, 2007.

“Women’s Response to Emerging Patterns of Enlightenment Gallantry in the 1690s,” ASECS, Atlanta, GA, March 23, 2007.

“Exploring the Commonplace: What Women Wrote in their Commonplace Books, c. 1740-1800" MLA Annual Convention, Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 2006. "Mediating Motherhood," scheduled for National Women's Studies Association annual meeting, Oakland, Oakland, June 2006, presented by proxyJune 2006.

“Eugenia’s Female Advocate and the Persian Shoo,” MLA annual convention, Washington, DC, December 29, 2005.

“Finding Eugenia: My Search for a Masked Female Author,” Aphra Behn Society, plenary panel, Daytona Beach, Oct. 28, 2005.

“Negotiating Rage: Female Novelists and the Book Reviews,” ASECS/ISECS, UCLA, Los Angeles, August 5, 2003.

“Churls and Graybeards and Novels Written by a Lady,” Women's Writing in Britain, 1660-1830, University of Southhampton and Chawton House Library, Winchester, England, July 17, 2003.

"Historical Perspective on Oroonoko Editions, 1688-2000" Colloque international en Sorbonne, 9 July 2003, Paris.

"Adultery and the Reiteration of Scandal" Annual Meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-century Studies, New Orleans, April 21, 2001.

"Burney and Gallantry," Annual Meeting of the Aphra Behn Society, Denver CO, October 2000

"None but the brave deserves the fair"; Or the Civilized Codes of Gallantry" with powerpoint presentation ASECS, Milwaukee, March 26, 1999

"Only the Brave Deserve the Fair"; or, the Campaigns of Gallantry in the Têtes-à- Têtes, 1769-1793" with powerpoint presentation, Annual Aphra Behn Society Meeting, Oct. 31, 1998, Daytona Beach

"The Gallant Male Body in Eighteenth-Century Fiction," Body Projects I Conference, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, September 18, 1997.

"Feminine Beauty and the Rhetoric of Gallantry in Burke, More and Wollstonecraft," American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies in Nashville, April 10, 1997.

"Can We Recuperate Beatrice Cenci?" a response to panel 3B "Prometheus Unplugged," the Third Annual National Graduate Student Conference on Romanticism at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 13, 1996.
Also posted on Prometheus UnPlugged: Romanticisms Past and Future, Virtual Conference, Homepage: http://prometheus.cc.emory.edu

"Naming the Nightingale: Philomela and her Augustan Counterparts," SAMLA, Baltimore MD, Nov. 12, 1994.

"Remarks on Sarah Fielding, the Critic" Aphra Behn Society, The Huntington Library, Oct. 9, 1994.

"'The Woman Damns the Poet': Aphra Behn as Satiric Critic," Aphra Behn Society, Portland, Maine, Sept. 17, 1993.

"Aphra Behn as Dramatist and the Voice of Satire," SEASECS, Birmingham, Alabama, March 6, 1993

"Charlotte Lennox's Challenges to Shakespeare and the Critics," Aphra Behn Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 21, 1992

"The Gentleman Reader in Tom Jones," SAMLA, Atlanta, Georgia, November 14, 1991

"Deciphering Desdemona in the Eighteenth Century," conference on Text, Lies, and Stereotypes: Encoding/Decoding Cultural and Literary Identities, Atlanta, Georgia, May 17, 1991

"`The Softness of Expression, and the Smoothness of Measure': A Model of Gender Decorum from Dryden's Criticism," Aphra Behn Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 22, 1991

Presentations on Pedagogy :

“Using Wikis and Blogs to Enhance Teaching and Learning,” with Neil Gomes, Center for 21st Century Teaching Enhancement, University of South Florida, February 28, 2008.

Roundtable Participant, “Using Secondary Sources in the Eighteenth-Century Studies Classroom: Texts and Techniques,” ASECS in Portland, March 27-30, 2008.

“Technology in the Literature Classroom,” University of South Florida, April 20, 2007 (1.5 hour long workshop, with powerpoint) “Teaching Frances Burney,” Roundtable at the Annual Burney Society meeting in Tucson, Arizona, October 27, 2006

"The Boy Code and Teaching Oroonoko" ASECS in Montreal, March 31, 2006.

"Making the Course: Teaching Eighteenth-Century Women Writers" Annual Meeting of the Aphra Behn Society, Daytona Beach, October 26, 2001

"Feminists Teach the Eighteenth Century: Roundtable Discussion," Women's Caucas Session, ASECS, April 3, 1998, Notre Dame

"Diversifying the Canon in the Collaborative Context" Northeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, in Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 8, 1995.

Invited Lectures :

“Swords, Pistols and the Ladies: Dueling in the Age of Reason,” Lunch with a Scholar Program, University of South Florida, Oct. 21, 2008.

“Doing Humanities Research in Digital Archives: Eighteenth-century Women’s Manuscript Poetry,” USF Humanities Institute Research in the Humanities Series, January 16, 2008.

"Appreciating Poetry: Allusion and Blank Verse" University Village Retirement Community, January 24, 2006.

“Who is Aphra Behn and Why You Should Care,” Faculty Lecture Series, Winterhaven High School, March 12, 2004.

"Problems with Gallantry: The Case of Mary Robinson, 1758?-1800" The Department of Women's Studies Fall 2001 Colloquium Series, November 15, 2001.

"Eighteenth-Century Life Writing by Women" in ENG 6276 The Subject of Biography, taught by Dr. Elizabeth Hirsh, October 17, 2001.

"Feminine Beauty as a Construct of Civility in Eighteenth-Century British Thought" Interdisciplinary Research Seminar at The Ohio State University on Expressions of Civility and Incivility in Western Culture, Jan. 22, 1998.

"Gallantry: From Civility to Sexual Harrassment," University of South Florida Ethics Center, October 15, 1997; University of South Florida English Department Faculty Colloquium, Nov. 21, 1997.

"Naming the Nightingale," Faculty Colloquium of works in progress, April 15, 1994, St. Petersburg, FL.

"The Malignant Deity Called Criticism," Graduate Student Symposium given to English Department, USF-Tampa, Feb. 11, 1994.

"Who is Aphra Behn? (And Why you should Care.)" University Luncheon Series "Food for thought" given at the Hilton, St. Petersburg, Feb. 7, 1994.

"Gender as a Constitutive Element in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literary Criticism," Department of English Colloquium, Emory University, March 6, 1992

"John Gardner and the Argument for Moral Fiction," University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, October, 1987. This essay is included with the John Gardner papers in Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library.

TEACHING: See Courses

ACADEMIC SERVICE:

Editing Series

Series Editor, Eighteenth Century Literature Series from College Publishing. This innovative list, designed for the undergraduate classroom, features eighteenth-century novels by women paired with related works and presented in a cultural context.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Wrongs of Woman; or Maria and William Godwin’s Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ed. Cynthia Richards (Glen Allen, VA: College Publishing, 2004).

Mary Hays’ Emma Courtney and Amelia Alderson Opie’s Adeline Mowbray, ed. Miriam Wallace (Glen Allen, VA: College Publishing, 2004).

Conference Panels: Organized, chaired and moderated

“Wife and Servant are the Same? Women and Trade in Eighteenth-century Literature” SEASECS, Charlotte NC, March 6, 2009.

Eliza Haywood and Print Culture, ASECS, Portland Oregon, March 27-30, 2008.

“Masks, Madness, and Morality: Frances Burney's Cecilia” October 26, 2007 and “Bodies and Masks in Eliza Haywood's fiction” October 27, 2007 Aphra Behn Society Meeting, Albuquerque, NM

“Smart Talk by Smart Women: The Pains and Pleasures of Conversation,” co-organized with Kathryn King, ASECS, Atlanta, Georgia, March 22, 2007. Trans-Atlantic Crossings: Prelude to 18th Annual DeBartolo Conference” ASECS/ISECS, UCLA Los Angeles, August 5, 2003.

“Publishing 18th-Century Gender Studies” with corresponding website ASECS, Colorado Springs, April 2002

"Reassessing Oroonoko" Aphra Behn Society, Oct. 25, 2001, Daytona Beach, FL.

"Anxieties of Empire" English III Section for SAMLA, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 1998

"Issues of Gender in the Eighteenth-Century: A Syllabi Exchange," ASECS, Notre Dame, April 4, 1998.

"Sisters in the Arts: Women of Poetry, Painting and Music," ASECS, Nashville, April 12, 1997.

"Women and Beauty, Critical, Cultural and Aesthetic Issues," SAMLA Women's Studies Section, Savannah, GA Nov. 10, 1996

"Gender, Voice and Pedagogy," Aphra Behn Society Annual Meeting Oct. 25-27, 1996 University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

"A Question of Standards in Women's Writing," ASECS, Austin, TX March 27, 1996.

Professional Service:

MLA delegate for the Division of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Studies 2006-2008

Director, DeBartolo Conference on Eighteenth-Century Studies (2000-); Planning Committee (1993-1999)

Aphra Behn Society -- Executive President 1997-2000; Chair, Constitution Committee (Oct. 1994 - 1995);

SAMLA English III Section (1660-1780) -- Chair 1998; SAMLA Women's Studies Section -- Chair 1996;

Advisory Reader: for Eighteenth-Century Fiction; Eighteenth-Century Life; Eighteenth-Century Studies; Modern Philology; Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture; Studies in English Literature; Text and Presentation, Journal of the Comparative Drama Conference

Reviewed proposals for Cambridge UP, Blackwell, Prentice-Hall

University Service:

Ø Campus Art Exhibit Planning Committee - co-leader USF St. Petersburg (Fall 1994-Spring 1995)
Ø Campus Faculty Committee- USF-St. Petersburg (Fall 95-Spring 97)
Ø Cultural Diversity Committee - USF St. Petersburg (Fall 1994 – 1998)
Ø Dean’s Search Committee – College of Arts and Sciences – (March 2004-)
Ø DeBartolo Conference on Eighteenth-Century Studies, Director (see Professional service)
Ø Department Liaison to School of Education, Department of Secondary Education (2003-)
Ø English Department Master's Examination Committee - USF Tampa (1994-1995, 2002-present)
Ø Executive Committee, Department of English (2002-3)
Ø Faculty Evaluation Committee, English (1998-2000; 2003-5)
Ø Faculty Mentor (ongoing)
Ø Faculty Search Committees, Chair; Ethics Center (1997-1998); American 19th Century, member (2002-3)
Ø Graduate Admissions Committee – English (chair 2002-3)
Ø Graduate Committee, English (Spring 1994 –2003 , chair 2002-3, 2004)
Ø Graduate Student Awards Committee (Spring 2004 -)
Ø Graduate Teaching Assistant Mentor (ongoing)
Ø Humanities Research Work Group – Organizer (Spring 2004-)
Ø University Fellowship Committee (subcommittee of Graduate Council) (2002-4, chair 2003)
Ø University Graduate Council (appointed 2002-3)
Ø Women's Awareness Month Planning Committee - USF St. Petersburg (1994- 96

Administrative Service:

Director of Graduate Studies, English (2007 – 2011; Jan. 2002 – Aug. 2003) 72 Ph.D. and 66 MA students in three tracks

Associate Chair, Department of English, USF (2008-)

Director of Undergraduate Honors Program (Interim) St. Petersburg Campus, Spring 1996

GRANTS:

with Tova Cooper, Annette Cozzi, Meredith Zoetewey: July 2009 -Consultants, $454,384 Florida Teacher Quality Grant; sponsoring agency, Florida Department of Education, supported the collaboration of the University of South Florida, Hillsborough County Public Schools, and the District School Board of Pasco County to connect college coursework with the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (with Max Hutto and Shawn Bingham, co-primary investigators).

USF Humanities Institute Summer Grant - $5000.00 Spring 2006; funded research on beauty and violence in the Enlightenment (resulted in one conference paper) and study of 18th-century women’s manuscript poetry (resulted in one article published in electronic database, 2006)

College of Arts and Sciences Matching International Travel Grant - $500.00 Spring 2006

USF Publications Council grant - $1000.00 Spring 2005

USF Humanities Institute Research Grant - $1000.00 Spring 2004

USF College of Arts and Sciences Development Grant - $500.00 Spring 2004

Faculty International Travel Grant (USF Internal Awards) $1396.00 – Winter 2003

USF Research and Creative Scholarship Grant (Summer 1998) for "Gallantry: A Study of Beauty and Violence in Eighteenth-Century Culture"

Interdisciplinary Mellon Dissertation Fellowship in Women's Studies, May 1992 (declined)

Emory University Graduate Fellowship, 1988-92

English Speaking Union Research Grant, June 1991

Emory University Travel Grants, Summer 1991, 1992

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Jerome Krivanek University Distinguished Teacher Award, 2006

Sabbatical leave (Competitive), Spring 2000

Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus, 1996.

Emory University Graduate School Assistant Instructor Award, 1992-93

Emory University Women's Club Memorial Award in Graduate Research, May 1992

NEH Younger Scholars Award, 1987

Phi Beta Kappa, 1987