Terri Doughty

• B.A. (British Columbia)
• M.A. (York)

Victorian literature, Victorian women's magazines, children's literature, young adult literature, fantasy and folk/fairy tale.

I do not separate my teaching and my research activities: in teaching I learn better ways to direct my research, and in researching I encounter ideas and information that enrich my teaching.  The classroom is a contact zone: individuals with varied knowledge and cultural backgrounds come together to explore ways of thinking and being in the world, as well as the ways in which literary and other texts (including our own) communicate these ideas.  The two things I value most highly in the classroom are curiosity and engagement.  I have been described by students as challenging yet fair.  As such, I will indeed demand your best, but I will also provide as much assistance as possible to help you achieve it if you want it.

I have delivered conference papers and published on nineteenth-century girl culture, the New Woman, children’s literature, fantasy literature, and literary fairy tales. My current scholarly projects include co-editing a collection of essays on place and identity in children’s literature, writing on late nineteenth-century girls’ adventure stories and on journalism by Victorian women, and researching liminal space in contemporary young adult fantasy literature.  I welcome the opportunity to work with students on special projects on any related topics.