Office Hours
Tuesday, Thursday 9:30-10:45 am and by appointment
About Me
Heather Weaver earned her PhD from Auburn University and is a specialist in Victorian and Early 20th Century Literature and periodical studies. Her dissertation, “A Different Type of New Woman: The Life and Writing of Lady Mary Jeune” is the foundation for a critical biography that uses life writing and digital archives to reconstruct a prominent London figure at the fin de siècle.
Research Interests
19th-century British literature; World Literature; Critical Theory; Literary Pedagogy; Criminal Justice; True Crime in the 18th and 19th century Periodical Press
Publications
“Converting Celebrity Status into Feminine Authority in the Periodical Press.” Victorian Periodicals Review, vol. 53 no. 2, 2020, p.267-283.
“Throwing Down the Gauntlet: Lady Jeune’s views on Victorian culture, society and education.” Master’s thesis, Missouri State University, 2015. missouristate.edu.
The Ethical Citizen. Associate Editor, Fountainhead Press, 2014. Print
Explorations in Renaissance Culture, 40th Anniversary Issue Editorial Honorarium
Courses Taught
Composition I & II
British Literature after 1600
World Literature Before 1600
World Literature After 1600
Legal Writing
Technical Writing
Business Writing