Matthew Harrington, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, English
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Biography
Matthew Harrington received his Bachelor’s Degree from St. Ambrose University (2014), his Master’s Degree from Western Illinois University (2016), and his Ph.D. From Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (2022).
Dr. Harrington’s research focuses on the intersections between masculinity and class in early American novels.
Specialty: Early American Literature Teaching
Interests: American Literature, British Literature, Technical Writing
Education
Southern Illinois University—Carbondale, Ph.D., English, 2022
Western Illinois University, Master’s Degree, English, 2016
St. Ambrose University, Bachelor’s Degree, English, 2014
Publications
“Masculine Competition and Confinement in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The House of the Seven Gables” Narratives of Confinement in American Literature and Popular Culture (Book Chapter-Forthcoming)·
“The ‘Citizen-Savage’—Masculine Degeneration in the Indian-Hater Narrative” Journal of American Studies in Italy, Spring 2022.
“Woodcraft Communal Support, Class Competition, and Accepting the Other in the Middle Class” The Simms Review. Vol. 23.
Awards
Dissertation Research Award, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Fall 2021