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Devin M. Garofalo

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017
    Major: English
  • MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
    Major: English
  • BA, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2010
    Major: English

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 4951.001Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2024
ENGL 6410.001Seminar in British or Irish Literature and Culture, 1780 to the PresentSpring 2024 SPOT
ENGL 4800.001Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageSpring 2024 SPOT
ENGL 4670.001Gender and Sexuality in LiteratureFall 2023 SPOT
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2023 SPOT
ENGL 4900.756Special ProblemsFall 2023
ENGL 5200.001Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Victorian PeriodSpring 2023 SPOT
ENGL 4435.001Studies in Victorian LiteratureSpring 2023 SPOT
ENGL 4650.001Literature and the EnvironmentFall 2022 SPOT
ENGL 4650.301Literature and the EnvironmentFall 2022 SPOT
ENGL 4900.756Special ProblemsSpring 2022
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2022 SPOT
ENGL 5800.001Studies in Literary GenresSpring 2022 SPOT
ENGL 5800.601Studies in Literary GenresSpring 2022 SPOT
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureSpring 2022 SPOT
WGST 3720.001Women's LiteratureSpring 2022 SPOT
ENGL 3000.005Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2021 SPOT
ENGL 3000.007Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2021 SPOT
ENGL 3000.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2021 SPOT
ENGL 3000.005Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2021 SPOT
ENGL 4900.756Special ProblemsSpring 2021
ENGL 4650.001Literature and the EnvironmentFall 2020 SPOT
ENGL 5730.001Literature and the EnvironmentFall 2020 SPOT
ENGL 4900.756Special ProblemsFall 2020
ENGL 4650.001Literature and the EnvironmentSpring 2020
ENGL 5100.001Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Romantic PeriodFall 2019 SPOT

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Review

  • Garofalo, D. (2023). Shawna Ross's Charlotte Brontë at the Anthropocene and Seth T. Reno's Early Anthropocene Literature in Britain, 1750-1884. Victorian Studies Journal. 65 (2) 357-360. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/911135
  • Garofalo, D. (2020). Hester Blum’s The News at the Ends of the Earth: The Print Culture of Polar Exploration.
  • Garofalo, D. (2020). Michael Tondre’s The Physics of Possibility: Victorian Fiction, Science, and Gender. Studies in the Novel. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/743433
  • Garofalo, D. (2017). From Orchids to Exoplanets: On Devin Griffiths's The Age of Analogy. http://v21collective.org/collations-book-forum-devin-griffiths-age-analogy-science-literature-darwins/
  • Journal Article

  • Garofalo, D. (2023). Lyric Geology: Anthropomorphosis, White Supremacy, and Genres of the Human. Diacritics.
  • Garofalo, D. (2021). Worlds More or Less: Nineteenth-Century Ethno-Astronomy and Cosmologies of Reference. European Romantic Review. 32 (5-6) 583-600. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Taylor & Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10509585.2021.1989874
  • Garofalo, D. (2020). Everglades Romanticism: From Alligators to Nightingales. European Romantic Review.
  • Garofalo, D. (2019). Victorian Lyric in the Anthropocene. Victorian Literature and Culture. 47 (4) 753-783. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/victorian-literature-and-culture/article/victorian-lyric-in-the-anthropocene/4755BCEC9EF3F386EF7B8D6A5A027DED
  • Garofalo, D. (2015). Touching Worlds: Letitia Elizabeth Landon’s Embodied Poetics. Women's Writing. 22 (2) 244-262. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09699082.2015.1011834
  • Garofalo, D. (2015). ‘Drunk up by thirsty nothing’: The Fissured World of Prometheus Unbound. Essays in Romanticism. 22 (1) 53-72. https://online.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/eir.2015.22.1.5
  • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Garofalo, D.M., Hinton, A.L., Nixon, K., Reeder, J. (2019). The Humanities Without Nostalgia. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Humanities-Without/246323
  • Material Regarding New Courses/Curricula

  • Garofalo, D. What to Read (and Teach) in the Environmental Humanities Now: Alexis Shotwell's On Purity. Edge Effects. https://edgeeffects.net/faculty-favorites-environmental-humanities-spring-2021/
  • Pedagogical Resource

  • Garofalo, D.M. (2022). Critical Theory: A Brief Guide. Teaching Citational Practice, Columbia University Libraries. https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/citationalpractice/pedagogicalmodels

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Garofalo, D., "Scholarly & Creative Accomplishment Fellowship," sponsored by Florida Atlantic University, State, $30000 Funded. (2019 - 2019).
  • Garofalo, D., "A. W. Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship," sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation & University of Wisconsin-Madison, Other, $25000 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Garofalo, D., "Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship for Transdisciplinary Research," sponsored by Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, State, $9000 Funded. (2015 - 2017).
  • Garofalo, D., "A. W. Mellon Summer Dissertation Fellowship," sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation & University of Wisconsin-Madison, Other, $8000 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Garofalo, D., "Chancellor's Dissertator Fellowship," sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, State, $12500 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Garofalo, D., "A. W. Mellon Public Humanities Fellowship," sponsored by A. W. Mellon Foundation & University of Wisconsin-Madison, Other, $25000 Funded. (2014 - 2015).
  • Garofalo, D., "Summer Dissertation Fellowship," sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, State, $9000 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
  • Garofalo, D., "Visiting Fellowship for Archival Research," sponsored by Chawton House & University of Southampton (UK), International, $5000 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
  • Garofalo, D., "Chancellor's Fellowship," sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, State, $50000 Funded. (2010 - 2012).
  • Garofalo, D., "Visiting Fellowship for Archival Research," sponsored by Chawton House & University of Southampton (UK), International, Funded. (2014 - 2014).
  • Grant - Research

  • Garofalo, D. (Principal), "Small Grant," sponsored by UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $525 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Garofalo, D., "Scholarly and Creative Activity Award," sponsored by UNT College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Garofalo, D., "Junior Faculty Summer Research Grant," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2020 - 2020).
  • Garofalo, D., "Distinguished Lecture Series Faculty Research Support Award," sponsored by Florida Atlantic University, State, $1000 Funded. (2018 - 2018).
  • Garofalo, D., "Vilas Research & Travel Grant," sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, State, $500 Funded. (2016 - 2016).
  • Garofalo, D., "Herlihy Jones Grant for Research & Travel," sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, State, $1500 Funded. (2014 - 2014).
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