Academic Credentials

B.A., Rice University
M.F.A., Georgia State University
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

Biography

Dr. Holly Karapetkova’s poetry, prose, and translations have appeared widely in print and online in places like The Southern Review, The Nashville Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, and Prairie Schooner. Her first book, Words We Might One Day Say (2010), won the Washington Writers’ Publishing House Prize for Poetry. Her second book, Towline (2016), won the Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize and was published by Cloudbank Books. She is also the author of more than 20 books and graphic stories for children and young adults.
 
Dr. Karapetkova serves as faculty literary advisor for Blueink, Marymount’s award-winning magazine of literature and art. Read more on her website, https://www.karapetkova.com.
 

Other Information

Teaching Area

• Creative Writing
• Modern and Contemporary Literature
• Composition Practice and Theory

Research Interests

• Creative Writing Theory and Practice
• Modern and Contemporary Poetry
• Literary Translation

 

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Academic Credentials

B.A., Smith College
M.A./M.A., English/Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University
Ph.D., Indiana University
Other study: Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)

Biography

Other Information

Teaching Area

• Medieval literature and cultures
• Middle English literature
• Women writers of the Middle Ages
• English, French, and Italian dream-visions and tales
• Travel writing

Research Interests

• Medieval urban legends
• Medievalism
• John Gower and medieval language ideologies
• Heritage construction and the invention of traditions
• History of the book

Combining her interests in medieval studies and folklore, and in English, French, and Italian literature, Dr. Katie Peebles teaches undergraduate and graduate courses from an interdisciplinary perspective.

She has taught in the DISCOVER program and encourages student research at all levels. Her own research areas include medieval urban legends (think of poisoned apples), heritage construction (flying monks), and medieval British multilingualism (with manuscript illustration of squirrels’ property rights).

Dr. Peebles coordinates foreign language courses and advises the French and Spanish minors.

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