Faculty Profile

Deborah Armintor

Title
Associate Professor
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Rice University, 2002. 
Major: English / Dissertation: "Little Men: Literature, Anxiety, and Modern Masculinity, 1726-1788"
MA, Rice  University, 1999. 
Major: English
BA, Brandeis University, 1995. 
Major: Magna Cum Laude & Highest Honors in English & Women's Studies





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ENGL 1310.025, First Year Writing I, Fall 2023 Syllabus
ENGL 1310.050, First Year Writing I, Fall 2023 Syllabus
ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Fall 2023 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.218, First Year Writing I, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.220, First Year Writing I, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.006, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.703, First Year Writing II, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.704, First Year Writing II, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, British Literature to 1780, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.704, Directed Research, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2321.001, British Literature, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.001, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.019, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.027, College Writing I, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.045, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.059, College Writing I, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1320.019, College Writing II, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 1320.031, College Writing II, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3000.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3911.001, Topics in British Literature, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.003, British Literature to 1780, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5250.001, Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth Century, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5250.601, Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth Century, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4450.001, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, British Literature to 1780, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.003, British Literature to 1780, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 1310.090, College Writing I, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.003, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5250.001, Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth Century, Spring 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, British Literature to 1780, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3430.003, British Literature to 1780, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 3436.001, Introduction to Eighteenth Century British Literature, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 2500.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5250.001, Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth Century, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5900.704, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 5250.001, Studies in British Literature and Culture of the Eighteenth Century, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Survey of Critical Theory, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4440.001, Milton, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2220.002, Masterpieces of world literature since the Renaissance, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 2220.008, Masterpieces of world literature since the Renaissance, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4433.001, Studies in Restoration and 18th Century British Literature, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6941.704, Directed Research, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, British Literature to 1780, Summer 5W1 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3430.003, British Literature to 1780, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6941.704, Directed Research, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.704, Directed Research, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 4660.001, Literature and the Holocaust, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Survey of Critical Theory, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.704, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6250.001, Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6250.001, Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, Studies in British Literature to 1780, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.003, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6250.001, Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, Studies in British Literature to 1780, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6250.001, Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.704, Special Problems, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5910.704, Special Problems, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4800.002, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, Studies in British Literature to 1780, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Studies in Literary Criticism, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 6250.001, Seminar in British Literature, 1660 1780, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, Studies in British Literature to 1780, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.003, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 4800.001, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5910.704, Special Problems, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 4500.001, British Fiction, Spring 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.002, Studies in British Literature to 1780, Spring 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.704, Special Problems, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 4800.001, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 5250.001, Studies in British Literature of the Eighteenth Century, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 3924.001, Women's Literature, Fall 2005 
                    

                    WMST 3720.001, Women's Literature, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 4800.001, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Fall 2004 
                    

                    ENGL 5250.001, Studies in British Literature of the Eighteenth Century, Fall 2004 
                    

                    ENGL 3430.001, Studies in British Literature to 1780, Fall 2004 

          


          
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  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.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
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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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