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Deborah N. Armintor

Title: Associate Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Rice University, 2002
    Major: English
    Dissertation: Little Men: Literature, Anxiety, and Modern Masculinity, 1726-1788
  • MA, Rice University, 2000
    Major: English
  • BA, Brandeis University, 1995
    Major: English & American Literature
    Specialization: English & Women's Studies

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 1310.001First Year Writing ISpring 2025
ENGL 1310.041First Year Writing ISpring 2025
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2025
ENGL 1310.005First Year Writing IFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 1310.017First Year Writing IFall 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 3430.001British Literature to 1780Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.001First Year Writing ISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.041First Year Writing ISpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.025First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.050First Year Writing IFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.001British Literature to 1780Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.218First Year Writing IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.220First Year Writing IFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3000.005Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3000.006Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.703First Year Writing IISpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.704First Year Writing IISpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.001British Literature to 1780Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.704Directed ResearchFall 2021
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 2321.001British LiteratureSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.001College Writing ISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.019College Writing ISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.027College Writing ISpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2021
ENGL 1310.045College Writing IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.059College Writing IFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1320.019College Writing IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 1320.031College Writing IISpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 3000.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3911.001Topics in British LiteratureFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.002British Literature to 1780Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.003British Literature to 1780Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5250.001Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 5250.601Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.002British Literature to 1780Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.002British Literature to 1780Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.003British Literature to 1780Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 1310.090College Writing IFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.002British Literature to 1780Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.003British Literature to 1780Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5250.001Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth CenturySpring 2017 SPOT
ENGL 3430.001British Literature to 1780Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3430.003British Literature to 1780Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
ENGL 3436.001Introduction to Eighteenth Century British LiteratureSpring 2016 SPOT
ENGL 2500.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2016 SPOT
ENGL 5250.001Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth CenturySpring 2016 SPOT
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5900.704Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2015
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
ENGL 5250.001Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth CenturySpring 2015
ENGL 5810.001Survey of Critical TheorySpring 2015
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 4440.001MiltonFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 4900.704Special ProblemsFall 2014
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
ENGL 4900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2014
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 2220.002Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
ENGL 2220.008Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceSpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 4433.001Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British LiteratureSpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.704Directed ResearchFall 2012
ENGL 6950.704Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
ENGL 3430.001British Literature to 1780Summer 5W1 2012
ENGL 3430.002British Literature to 1780Spring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 3430.003British Literature to 1780Spring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.704Directed ResearchSpring 2012
ENGL 6941.704Directed ResearchFall 2011
ENGL 4660.001Literature and the HolocaustFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 5810.001Survey of Critical TheoryFall 2011
ENGL 5900.704Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2011
ENGL 3000.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 3000.004Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 6250.001Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780Spring 2011
ENGL 5950.704Master's ThesisFall 2010
ENGL 6250.001Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780Fall 2010
ENGL 4900.704Special ProblemsFall 2010
ENGL 5900.704Special ProblemsFall 2010
ENGL 3430.002Studies in British Literature to 1780Fall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2010
ENGL 3000.003Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2010
ENGL 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2010
ENGL 5900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ENGL 6250.001Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780Fall 2009
ENGL 3430.001Studies in British Literature to 1780Fall 2009
ENGL 5950.704Master's ThesisSpring 2009
ENGL 6250.001Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780Spring 2009
ENGL 4900.704Special ProblemsSpring 2009
ENGL 5910.704Special ProblemsSpring 2009
ENGL 4800.002Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageSpring 2009
ENGL 3430.001Studies in British Literature to 1780Spring 2009
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismFall 2008
ENGL 5950.704Master's ThesisFall 2008
ENGL 5900.704Special ProblemsFall 2008
ENGL 5810.001Studies in Literary CriticismFall 2008
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2008
ENGL 6250.001Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780Spring 2008
ENGL 3430.001Studies in British Literature to 1780Spring 2008
ENGL 3000.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2007
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2007
ENGL 3000.003Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2007
ENGL 4800.001Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageSpring 2007
ENGL 5900.704Special ProblemsFall 2006
ENGL 5910.704Special ProblemsFall 2006
ENGL 4500.001British FictionSpring 2006
ENGL 3430.002Studies in British Literature to 1780Spring 2006
ENGL 4900.704Special ProblemsFall 2005
ENGL 4800.001Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageFall 2005
ENGL 5250.001Studies in British Literature of the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2005
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureFall 2005
WMST 3720.001Women's LiteratureFall 2005
ENGL 4800.001Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageFall 2004
ENGL 5250.001Studies in British Literature of the Eighteenth CenturyFall 2004
ENGL 3430.001Studies in British Literature to 1780Fall 2004
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Armintor, D.N. (2011). From Dwarfs to Little Men: Stature and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century English Literature. University of Washington Press. http://www.amazon.com/Little-Everyman-Masculinity-Eighteenth-Century-Conjugations/dp/0295990880/ref
  • Armintor, D.N. (2004). Eighteenth-Century British Erotica II, Volume 2. London, Pickering & Chatto.

    • Book Chapter

  • Armintor, D.N., Bloom, H. (2008). "The Sexual Politics of Microscopy in Brobdingnag" (reprint). Gullivers Travels, Modern Critical Views / Modern Critical Interpretations Series. Chelsea House.

    • Book Review

  • Armintor, D.N. (2004). 'Who's Who in Absalom and Achitophel?' by Alan Roper. The Scriblerian.
  • Armintor, D.N. (2003). 'John Dryden and the Battle of the Books,' by Michael Weth Gelber. The Scriblerian.

    • Journal Article

  • Armintor, D.N. (2008). 'From this Time, I shall survey myself in the Glass with a sort of Philosophical Pleasure:' Newton and Narcissism in Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Explain'd for the Use of the Ladies". 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era. 15
  • Armintor, D.N. (2007). "The Sexual Politics of Microscopy in Brobdingnag". SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900.
  • Armintor, D.N. (2003). 'Go, Get Your Husband Put Into Commission:' Fielding's Tom Thumb Plays and the Labor of Little Men". The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation. 44 (1)
  • Armintor, D.N. (1997). "Sexing the Ostrich: Anal-Eroticism and Homophobia in Lacan's Seminar on 'The Purloined Letter'". Literature and Psychology. 43 (4)
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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