Matthew Harrington, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, English

Contact Information

Office Address:
School of Arts and Humanities

Phone: 931-424-2056 Ext: 3109

Email: mharr150@utsouthern.edu

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