UCD School of English, Drama & Film

Biography:

Maria Stuart joined the Department of English in 1992, and was appointed College Lecturer in 1994. She graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1988 and moved to Darwin College, Cambridge for her Ph.D. During her time there, she undertook teaching for St. Catherine's College, Cambridge and was awarded the Judith E. Wilson Travel Scholarship (facilitating research at Harvard and Amherst College). She was also co-ordinator of the Women and Literature Faculty Seminar at Darwin College. Since joining UCD she has taught a range of courses, but her main interest is in American Literature, particularly the American Renaissance (with particular interest in Emily Dickinson) and African American Literature. Administrative posts have included Head of First Year and Coordinator of the Junior Year Abroad Programme.