Marie Lathers

Title
Professor, College of Arts & Sciences; Humanities & Communication
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Department
Department of Humanities & Communication
College
College of Arts & Sciences
Marie Lathers

Marie Lathers spent twelve years at Iowa State University and twenty years at Case Western Reserve University before coming to Worldwide.  She also spent a year at Missouri University of Science and Technology as a distinguished visiting professor of humanities.  She has in addtion had a Fulbright Award that allowed her to teach at the University of Dschang, in Cameroon.  She has received numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.  Her areas of research include French literature and culture (especially nineteenth century), world literature, literature in English, the relationship between literature and the visual arts, and creative writing and children’s literature.  She is the author of three books and numerous articles, the most recent of which is "Sleight of Hand:  Signor Brunoni, Disappearing Acts, and Empire in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford."  Studies in the Novel 53(2), 2021, 91-102.

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in French Studies, Brown University
  • M.A. - Master of Arts in English, Case Western Reserve University
  • M.A. - Master of Arts in French Studies, Brown University
  • B.A. - Bachelor of Arts in French Language and Literature, University of Maryland-College Park