Department of English
College of Charleston
Charleston,
South Carolina 29424

Office:
  room 300
  74 George St.
Phone: 843-953-7737

fitzwilliamm@cofc.edu

Spring Office Hours:
  MW: 12:00 - 1:30
  TR: 12:15 - 1:15
  and by appointment

- Spring 2010 Course Materials -

I received a B.A. in English from University of Utah, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Missouri-Columbia. My specialty is Victorian novels, especially those by Elizabeth Gaskell. I am also very fond of Jane Austen (here too) and Charles Dickens. Although I specialized in Victorian literature with a dissertation and publications on Elizabeth Gaskell's short fiction, I now teach academic writing almost exclusively. My new interests lie in composition pedagogy and the academic benefits of linked courses to incoming freshmen. A related interest is popular culture with an emphasis on contemporary film, an enthusiasm that I share during classroom discussion and employ to illuminate universal themes.