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Keely E. McCarthy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Office Location: St. Joseph Hall, Morton Wing, SJ13
Office Phone: 215.753.3627
E-Mail: mccarthyk@chc.edu
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Educational Background
- Ph.D. University of Maryland, English Literature, 2000
- M.A. University of Maryland, English Literature, 1995
- B.A. University of Miami, English Literature, Honors in Women's Literature, 1992
Courses Taught
- Writing (English 100 and 101)
- Introduction to the Liberal Arts
- Eighteenth-century British literature
- Early American literature
Scholarly Interests
Writing, Rhetoric, Early American Literature, 18th Century British Literature and Native American Literature
Publications
“The Problem of Cultural Reproduction in Gulliver’s Travels.” 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, forthcoming
“’A Sweet Union of Souls’ or dangerous conversions? Jonathan Edwards’ missionary best-seller,” Journal of the Jonathan Edwards’ society, on-line journal, March 2011
“Conversion, Identity, and the Indian Missionary,” reprinted in World Christianity, edited by Elizabeth Koepping. Routledge, 2010.
“’A Sweet Union of Souls’: The dangers of representing conversion in Jonathan Edwards’ biography of missionary David Brainerd,” Imaging the Other, 2008
"Conversations, Identity, and the Indian Missionary." Early American Literature, 36:3, Nov. 2001
Professional Activities
Review Board, Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers
CHC representative to Philadelphia Writing Program Administrators organization, 2004-present
Member of WPA steering committee for national conference in Philadelphia in 2010, 2008-2010
Reviewer for Oxford University Press
Member:
Council of Writing Program Administrators
Philadelphia Writing Program Administrators
Society of Early Americanists
Modern Language Association