Marianne Cotugno

Education

• Ph.D., English Literature, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
• M.A., English Literature, The Pennsylvania State University
• B.A., English Literature, Rutgers University, Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ

I am committed to improving access and equity in higher education through my teaching, service, and research.

Research Interests

• 20th century American literature
• Technical and professional writing
• Pedagogy

Courses Taught

• Courses in composition
• Workplace and technical writing
• American literature
• Film

Publications

• "Revising the Ohio Trilogy: Conrad Richter's The Awakening Land." The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Spring 2020.
• "We're Just Putting It in Our Files: Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita at the Cincinnati Public Library." Nabokov Online Journal. Spring 2020.
• "Transformative Change at Miami University's Regional Campuses." co-authored with Moira Casey, Cathy Bishop-Clark. Effecting Change in Academia: Strategies for Faculty Leadership, co-edited by Holly Hassel and Kristi Cole (Routledge Press). December 2019.
• "Being Liminal: Life as an HOH Teacher." Teaching English in the Two-Year College. 46: (March 2019): 231-242.
• "Writing Skills, Hiring, and Training Police Officers." The Police Chief. November 2018.
• "Memory, Space, and Exile in Vladimir Nabokov's 'A Guide to Berlin.'" Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies 1.3 (2018).
• "Using the Case Study Method to Improve Critical Thinking." Journal of Criminal Justice Education (2018).
• "Using Google Drive to Prepare Students for Workplace Writing and to Encourage Student Responsibility, Collaboration, and Revision." Teaching English in the Two-Year College. 42:1 (September 2014): 65-76.

Work in Progress

• Surviving a Parentectomy: Three Generations of Trauma and Triumph