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Dr. Mary Christian

Office Hours:	M 12:00-2:45 pm (Writing Center) T 11 am-12:15 pm (Jackson) W 12:00-2:45 pm (Jackson) R 11 am-12:15 pm (Jackson) Online office hours: By appointment.
Locations: (Campus & Office)	Cochran - Jackson Hall - 213
Biography:	I have taught at 911���� since 2017. Before moving to Georgia, I lived in California, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, France, South Korea, and Indiana. I teach writing, world literature, and drama, and also do research on late nineteenth-century theater, especially the works of Henrik Ibsen and Bernard Shaw. I teach writing and literature courses because I believe that effective thinking and writing can help people to understand themselves and each other.
Syllabi:	Christian-Mary-ENGL1102_FA25_18_83251_CHRISTIAN.pdf Christian-Mary-ENGL1101_SP26_03_26025_CHRISTIAN_M.pdf Christian-Mary-26019_ENGL5650_CHRISTIAN_Spring 2026.pdf Christian-Mary-26656_ENGL2111_CHRISTIAN_Spring 2026.pdf Christian-Mary-ENGL1101_SP26_20_27439_CHRISTIAN_M.pdf
Courses:	Learning Support English Composition (ENGL 999) English Composition I (ENGL 1101) English Composition II (ENGL 1102) World Literature I (ENGL 2111) British Literature II (ENGL 2122) Gateway to Literary Studies (ENGL 3010) Introduction to Professional Writing (PFWR 3160) Practical Workplace Writing (PFWR 3170) Inquiry, Information, and Research Methods (PFWR 3180) Modern Drama (ENGL 3900) Special Topics in Literature--Medical Storytelling (ENGL 3999) Theory and Practice in Editing and Style (ENGL 5650)
Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned)	Ph.D., English Literature, 2016, Indiana University M.A., English Literature, 2011, Indiana University B.A., English and French, 2008, Union College, Lincoln, NE
CV:	CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Medical Mummery: Shaw, Molière, and the Doctors.” Comparative Drama Conference, London, July 2025. “Queen Elizabeth through Irish Eyes, On and Off Stage.” Shaw conference, Dublin, Ireland, June 2024. “The Scientific Hopes of Bernard Shaw and George Eliot.” Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2024. “Dangerous Goodness: Shaw True and False Prophets.” Shaw Conference, Williamsburg, VA, June 2023. “Medieval Protestants: Bernard Shaw Joan and George Eliot Savonarola.” Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2023. “The Wrath to Come: Revisiting Bunyan in Too True to be Good.” Shaw Symposium, July 2022. “The Study and the Sermon: The Dramatic Methods of Harley Granville-Barker and George Bernard Shaw.” Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, FL, October 2021. “Growing Up Like Romola: Shaw Assessment of George Eliot.” Shaw Symposium, July 2021. “Can I say ‘I’?: Personal Narrative as Rhetoric in College Writing.” Adventist English Association, Collegedale, TN, June 2019. “Stage Sermons in Candida and Getting Married.” Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2019. “Sighing for Andromeda: Astronomy, Morality, and World-Making in Late-Victorian Drama.” North American Victorian Studies Association, St. Petersburg, FL, October 2018. “Cardplayers and Clergymen: Bernard Shaw, Henry Arthur Jones, and the Theater of the 1890s.” Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, FL, April 2018. “The Middle-Class Heroine and the Rejection of Melodrama.” Shaw Conference, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, July 2017. “The Tanqueray Dinner Theater: Marriage Performance and the Bachelor-Spectator in Late-Victorian Drama.” North American Victorian Studies Association, Phoenix, AZ, November 2016. “Gilbert, Shaw, and Shameless Drama.” Shaw Symposium, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, July 2016. “Women Suffrage Drama and the Changing Uses of Beauty.” Adventist English Association, Keene, TX, June 2016. “You Never Can Tell about Caste: Shaw, Robertson, and Theatrical Generations in Conflict.” Shaw Symposium, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, July 2015. “Exotic Ibsen: Envisioning Norway in Late-Victorian London.” North American Victorian Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, July 2015. “Acting Like an Advanced Woman: Shaw and the Performance of Ibsenism.” Shaw Symposium, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, July 2014. “Loving Words: Candida and the Rhetoric of Romance.” Chicago Shaw Symposium, 2014.
Professional Experience:	Associate Professor, Department of English, 911����, 2023-present. Assistant Professor, Department of English, 911����, 2017-2023. Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Indiana University, 2016-2017. Associate Instructor, Department of English, Indiana University, 2010-2015. Research Assistant, School of Library and Information Sciences, Indiana University, 2010. English Teacher, SDA Language Institute, Cheonan, South Korea, 2008-2009.
Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years)	Book: Marriage and Late-Victorian Dramatists. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030406387. Journal Articles:
Awards and Honors:	James A. Work Memorial Award for outstanding graduate student achievement. English Department, Indiana University, 2016. Albert Wertheim Dissertation Fellowship for research in theatrical performance and dramatic texts. English Department, Indiana University, 2015-2016. Albert Wertheim Essay Prize for essay on theater, drama, or performance studies. English Department, Indiana University, 2013.

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