Claire Chantell
Assistant Professor, General Faculty, Director of the Writing Center
234 Bryan Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12-2PM and by appointment.
Class Schedule: MW 2:00-3:15, 3:30-4:45
Specialties:
Writing Program
Early Republican, 19th Century American & Women's Literature
Early Republican, 19th Century American & Women's Literature
Degrees
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
B.A. University of Dayton, 1988
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991
B.A. University of Dayton, 1988
Articles
Trying a Little Less Tenderness: The Limits of Sentimental Maternalism in The Wide, Wide World and The Lamplighter." Studies in American Fiction 30 (Autumn, 2002): 131-52.
Papers
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"Spectacles of Maternal Restraint: Rational Motherhood in Early American Fiction." Northeast Modern Language Association, Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada (April 2002)
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Session Chair, "Creativity, Disorder, and the Self." Annual Conference of the Humanities & Technology Association. Division of Technology, Culture, and Communication, University of Virginia (September 2001).
Honors
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Fall 1995: University Fellowship, UIUC Department of English
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Fall 1995: Pauline Dillon Gragg Fellowship, UIUC Department of English