ELIZABETH A.

BOYLE
elizabethaboyle.com • boyle30@purdue.edu
Purdue University • Department of English • 500 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907

EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in English
Purdue University, May 2019
Primary Area: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature
Secondary Areas: Women’s Writing; Political and Social Reform Writing; Children’s Literature
Gender and Sexuality; Race and Ethnicity; Feminist Theory
Dissertation: “She Will Be: Literary Authorship and the Coming Woman in the Postbellum
United States”
Committee: Derek A. Pacheco (chair), P. Ryan Schneider, Maren T. Linett, and John N. Duvall

Master of Arts in English

University of Delaware, 2014

Bachelor of Arts in English and Bachelor of Arts in History

Binghamton University, State University of New York, 2012
Magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

EMPLOYMENT
Editorial Assistant, Modern Fiction Studies, 2016 – 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, 2014 – 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Delaware, 2012 – 2014

PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“The Beauty of Wholeness: Coming Womanhood, Spiritualism, and Evolution in Postbellum Utopian
Fiction.” Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers [Under Review].

“Antebellum Womanhood and Taming Her ‘Wild Way’: Pet-Keeping, Mourning, and Social
Indoctrination in Grace Greenwood’s History of My Pets.” Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 37.1 (Spring
2018): 111-29.

“‘Becoming a Part of Her Innermost Being’: Gender, Mass-Production, and the Evolution of
Department Store Culture in Edith Wharton’s ‘Bunner Sisters.’” American Literary Realism 47.3 (Spring
2015): 203-18.

ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS
“Year in Conferences, American Literature Association Conference.” ESQ [Forthcoming].
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“Current Bibliography.” Nathaniel Hawthorne Review 42.1 (Spring 2016): 126-40.

RESEARCH AND TEACHING AWARDS

RESEARCH AWARDS
Cheryl Z. Oreovicz English Scholarship, Department of English, Purdue University, 2018 – 2019

College of Liberal Arts PROMISE Award, Purdue University, 2018

Graduate Student Travel Support Award, Department of English, Purdue University, 2018

College of Liberal Arts PROMISE Award, Purdue University, 2016

Ross Fellowship, Purdue University, 2014

TEACHING AWARDS
Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award, Purdue University, 2017

Learning Community Academic Connection Award, Purdue University, 2017

Quintillian Award for Excellence in Teaching, Purdue Introductory Composition Program,

2016

Quintillian Award for Continuing Development, Purdue Introductory Composition Program,

2014
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Purdue University, 2014 – 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Delaware, 2012 – 2014

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

PAPERS PRESENTED, NATIONAL CONFERENCES
“‘A purpose in life’: Female Ambition, Print Culture, and the Black Coming Woman in Beryl Weston’s
Ambition” (November 2018) Society for the Study of American Women Writers Triennial
Conference. Denver, CO.

“Not ‘the old story over again’: Coming Womanhood and Coming-of-Age in Fettered for Life” (May 2018)
American Literature Association Annual Conference. San Francisco, CA.

“An American Venus: Fiction, Modernity, and Artistic Dress in Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’s The Story of
Avis” (March 2017) Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference. Philadelphia, PA.
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PAPERS PRESENTED, REGIONAL CONFERENCES

“‘Gaze with me’: Visual Inquiry, Corporeality, and the Coming Woman in Postbellum US Culture” (Apr.
2018) Early Atlantic Reading Group Annual Colloquium. West Lafayette, IN.

Roundtable on Teaching Children’s Literature (April 2017) Early Atlantic Reading Group Annual
Colloquium. West Lafayette, IN.

“‘To me you are not a man, but a nation’: Mary Mann, Domingo Sarmiento, and (Co)Authoring
American Identity in Life in the Argentine Republic” (March 2016) Early Atlantic Reading Group Annual
Colloquium. West Lafayette, IN.

“Memorialization, Living Histories, and Mixed-Race Bodies in Frances E.W. Harper’s Minnie’s Sacrifice”
(October 2015) Midwest PCA/ACA Conference. Cincinnati, OH.

“The last lily she ever brought ashore”: Sentimental Mourning, Childhood Pet Keeping, and Articulations
of the Body in Grace Greenwood’s History of My Pets” (March 2015) Early Atlantic Reading Group
Annual Colloquium. West Lafayette, IN.

INVITED LECTURES
Guest Lecturer, Communicating with Academic Journal Staff (July 2018) English 696: Scholarly Writing
and Publishing, Purdue University

Guest Lecturer, J. M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy (April 2018) English 389: Literature for Children, Purdue
University

Guest Lecturer, L. M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables (April 2018) English 389: Literature for
Children, Purdue University

Guest Lecturer, Grace Greenwood’s History of My Pets (March 2018, February 2017, October 2016)
English 389: Literature for Children and English 548: Literature for Children, Purdue University

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Instructor of Record, English 238: Introduction to Fiction
Summer 2018: 1 section
An online, distance-learning literature course examining the techniques, functions, and meanings
of modern fiction through the lens of science fiction and utopian literature. This section focused
on the theme of “imaginative world-building in American literature and culture.”

Teaching Assistant, English 389: Literature for Children

Spring 2018: 1 section
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An upper-level literature course examining literature for children led by Derek A. Pacheco.
Designed and led discussion of Grace Greenwood’s History of My Pets (1851), L. M.
Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables (1908), and J. M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy (1911).

Instructor of Record, English 106: First-Year Composition, EPICS Learning Community

Fall 2016: 1 section
A first-year composition, rhetoric, and research course linked with Purdue University’s
Engineering Project in Community Service (EPICS) Learning Community. Designed and
facilitated collaborative research projects and extracurricular activities with COMP 114 and EPCS
111 courses.

Teaching Mentee, English 389: Literature for Children

Fall 2016: 1 section
An upper-level literature course examining literature for children led by Derek A. Pacheco.
Designed and led discussion of Grace Greenwood’s History of My Pets (1851).

Instructor of Record, English 106: First-Year Composition, Documenting Realities

Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017: 3 sections
A first-year composition, rhetoric, and research course in the Documenting Realities syllabus
approach, which examines how societies document, depict, and create the world according to
their own versions of reality.

Instructor of Record, English 106: First-Year Composition, Digital Rhetorics

Fall 2014, Spring 2015: 2 sections
A first-year composition, rhetoric, and research course in the Digital Rhetorics syllabus approach,
which emphasizes multimodal composition and digitality in composition studies.

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
Instructor of Record, English 110: Critical Reading and Writing
Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014: 4 sections
A first-year composition, rhetoric, and research course.

Teaching Mentee, English 110: Critical Reading and Writing

University of Delaware, Fall 2013: 1 section
A first-year composition, rhetoric, and research course led by Stephen J. Bernhardt. Designed and
led discussion sequence on annotated bibliographies and conducting secondary research.

BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
Undergraduate Course Assistant, WTSN 104: Engineering Communications II
Binghamton University, Spring 2012: 1 section
A first-year engineering communications, composition, and research course led by George
Weinschenk. Mentored students and managed class activities.

Undergraduate Course Assistant, WTSN 103: Engineering Communications I

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Binghamton University, Fall 2011: 1 section

A first-year engineering communications, composition, and research course led by George
Weinschenk. Mentored students and managed class activities.

RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Editorial Assistant, Modern Fiction Studies, Purdue University, 2017 – 2019
Assisted Drs. John N. Duvall and Robert P. Marzec by preparing issues for publication. Copy-
edited essays and book reviews in a timely manner. Initiated and maintained correspondence with
editors, contributors, and publishers. Obtained copyright permissions for cover images, managed
publishing agreements, and reviewed page proofs. Helped develop and implement the journal’s
undergraduate internship. Mentored incoming editorial staff in copy-editing and academic
publishing.

Production Manager, Modern Fiction Studies, Purdue University, 2016 – 2017

Assisted Drs. John N. Duvall and Robert P. Marzec by managing the day-to-day operations of
the journal. Processed submissions, maintained print and digital records for the journal, and
corresponded with contributors, publishers, outside readers, editors, and guest editors. Solicited
books for review, managed the MFS webpages, and implemented new strategies for managing
special issues.

Tutor, Purdue University Writing Lab, Purdue University, 2015 – 2016

Mentored undergraduate and graduate students at Purdue University, helping them to improve
their writing and oral presentation skills. Offered constructive feedback to both native English
speakers and second-language speakers. Instructed students in techniques for improving their
communication skills, facilitated workshops and individual sessions focused on professional
documents, graduate-level research, and academic writing. Responded to queries submitted
through Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL).

Content Creator, Purdue University Online Writing Lab, Purdue University, 2015
Developed new webpages for the Literary Theory section. Improved existing webpages on
literary interpretation, terminology, and criticism.

Non-Fiction Editor, Caesura Literary Magazine, University of Delaware, 2013 – 2014

Reviewed and coordinated non-fiction submissions. Initiated and maintained correspondence
with editors, contributors, publishers, and design team. Led a team of undergraduate editorial
staff to select and copy-edit submissions. Worked with other editors and editorial staff to review
page proofs.

Tutor, University of Delaware Writing Lab, University of Delaware, 2013 – 2014

Mentored undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Delaware in improving their
oral and written communication skills. Worked with native English speakers and second-language
students in one-on-one and group settings by teaching students strategies for improving their
critical thinking and rhetorical skills.
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SELECT SERVICE
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Forum Series Chair, Early Atlantic Reading Group, Purdue University, 2018 – 2019
Inaugurated a departmental research forum series showcasing recent graduate students and
faculty research projects. Collaborated with other departmental organizations to develop and
facilitate research presentations.

Webmaster, Early Atlantic Reading Group, Purdue University, 2016 – 2018

Vice President, Graduate Student English Association, Purdue University, 2016 – 2017

Undergraduate Curriculum Working Group, Purdue University, 2016

Collaborated with faculty and graduate students to develop undergraduate curriculum in the
Department of English. Designed new courses, including special topics courses on Labor and
Literature and Literature, Money, and Markets.

Literary Awards Committee, Graduate Student English Association, Purdue University, 2015 –
2016

English Conversation Group Leader, Purdue University Writing Lab, 2015

Vice President, English (Alt-Ac) Career Forum, University of Delaware, 2013 – 2014

Department of English Graduate Student Mentor, University of Delaware, 2013 – 2014

WORKSHOPS AND FORUMS

Surviving (and Thriving!) in Graduate School, Graduate Student English Association Professional
Development Workshop, Purdue University, October 2018

Academic Publishing Forum, Graduate Student English Association Professional Development

Workshop, Purdue University, April 2018

Writing Groups 101 Forum, Graduate Student English Association Professional Development
Workshop, Purdue University, November 2017

Preliminary Examination Forum, Graduate Student English Association Professional

Development Workshop, Purdue University, January 2017

Academic Writing for Graduate Students Workshop, Purdue University Writing Lab, February
2016

Common Grammatical Errors Workshop, Purdue University Writing Lab, February 2016

Grammar and Word Choice Workshop, Purdue University Writing Lab, November 2015
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Personal Statements Workshop, Purdue University Writing Lab, September 2015

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

Instructor, Wabash Area Lifetime Learning Association, Spring 2019
Designed and led a sequence of “Big Read Book Club” classes on Colson Whitehead’s The
Underground Railroad (2016).

Reading Group Facilitator, Purdue University Department of English and West Lafayette Public
Library, April 2018
Designed and led “Big Read Book Club” discussion of Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven
(2014), developed in collaboration with the Purdue University Department of English, the West
Lafayette Public Library, and Von’s Book Shop.

Impact Assessment, Food Finders Senior Grocery Program, 2014

Collaborated with a research group to assess the impact of Food Finders Food Bank’s Senior
Grocery Program on client’s diets and finances through survey research. Delivered results in a
presentation and report, which the food back used to write grants for continued funding.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
C19
SSAWW: Society for the Study of American Women Writers
Children’s Literature Association
MLA
COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH
Survey of American Literature, 1865 – Present
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
American Women Writers
Great American Books
Gender, Sexuality, and Literature
Children’s Literature
African American Literature
Introduction to Fiction
Introduction to Literary Studies and Literary Theory
First-Year Composition

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
American Literature
Late 19th Century American Literature
American Literary Culture, 1820 – 1860
Bad Mothers in American Literature
Transnational American Studies
Race in American Literature
African American Narratives
Asian American Culture and History
African American Body in Literature
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Black Narratives and Newspapers Rhetoric, Composition, and Theory

Introduction to Composition Theory
Gender, Rhetoric, and the Body

Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Children’s Literature
Young Adult Literature

Pedagogy
Teaching Literature in a College Classroom
Teaching Bodies
REFERENCES
Available upon request.