Department of English at Illinois State University

English Department Faculty and Staff


Cynthia Huff

Professor

Office Address: STV 333 D
Office Phone: (309) 438-7383
Office Hours: MW 2:30-3 & M 4:15-5:15
Email: Contact Cynthia Huff (cahuff)
Website: Visit Cynthia Huff’s Website
Teaching Schedule:
Course NumberSectionCourse NameTimeRoom NumberCourse Links
ENG219.01Studies in Contemporary English Literature M W 15:00 - 16:15STV 0221
ENG460.01Feminist Literary Theories W 17:30 - 20:20STV 0409
ENG500.06Independent Study   
ENG591.06Practicum (Internship) in College Teaching   
Teaching Interests:
Women’s Literature Globally
Victorian Literature
Feminist Theories
Life-Writing
Research Interests:
Women’s’ Life, especially writing
Victorian culture and science and its impacts
Letters and diaries
Using life-writing as a pedagogical resource
Familial self-presentation
Education:
Ph.D. English, The University of Iowa, 1984
M.A. History, The University of Iowa, 1980
B.A. with High Honors, English, The University of Oklahoma, 1972
Selected Publications:

Ed. Towards a Geography of Women’s Life Writing and Imagined Communities. London & NY: Routledge, 2005.

“Victorian Family Fictions.” a/b: Auto/Biography Studies 19 (2004): 89-99.

“Victorian Exhibitionism and Eugenics: The Case of Francis Galton and the 1899 Crystal Palace Dog Show.” Victorian Review 28 (November 2002): 1-20.

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