Karyn Valerius
Associate Professor of English
Degrees
PHD, 2000, SUNY Univ Cntr Stony Brook; BA, 1991, Villanova UnivBio
I teach courses in American literature, disability studies, and women's studies. I also direct Hofstra's Disability Studies Program, which offers an undergraduate minor and a concentration for pre-med and pre-health science majors. I am interested in how science and medicine, literature, film, and other forms of popular culture contribute to individual and shared understandings of the human body. My current research looks at gothic representations of women's bodies in fiction by nineteenth-century women writers. I earned a Ph.D. in English and a graduate certificate in women's studies from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2000, and I graduated from Villanova University with a BA in English in 1991.
Recent Courses Taught
| Course | Title | Level |
|---|---|---|
| AMST 001D | (IS) CREATING AMER CULTRE | Undergraduate |
| DSST 001 | (IS) INTRO TO DISABILITY STDS | Undergraduate |
| DSST 188 | INDPNDNT STUDY:DSABLTY STUDIES | Undergraduate |
| ENGL 145A | (LT) AMER FICTN 1900-1950 | Undergraduate |
| ENGL 150 | (CC) NATIVE AMERICAN LIT | Undergraduate |
| ENGL 195F | PLATH AND SEXTON | Undergraduate |
| ENGL 293K | NATIVE AMERICAN LIT | Graduate |
| ENGL 293V | UNRULY BODIES | Graduate |
| ENGL 301 | MASTERS ESSAY 1 | Graduate |
| INTD 003A | INTERNSHIP: DISNEY | Undergraduate |
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