Department of English

Jean Ferguson Carr

Associate Professor of English

412-624-6537
jcarr@pitt.edu

CL 617-E

Jean Ferguson Carr writes and teaches in composition, women's studies, and literary studies, focusing on 19th-century American constructions of literacy and letters. She is co-editor of the Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture, and has edited two volumes of the works of Emerson (Harvard, 1979, 1983).

Research and Publications: Her publications include "Writing as a Woman: Dickens, Hard Times, and Feminine Discourses" (Dickens Studies Annual, 1989), "The Polemics of Incomprehension: Mother and Daughter in Pride and Prejudice" (in Tradition and the Talents of Women, Illinois UP, 1990), and "Cultural Studies and Curricular Change" (Academe, November 1990).

Teaching

Graduate Courses

  • Literature Seminar

Undergraduate Courses

  • Composition
  • Women's Studies

Other Duties & Service

  • Member, Personnel Committee
  • Member, Women's Studies Steering Committee
  • Member, FAS Research Grants Committee
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