Elizabeth McClure

Elizabeth McClure holds a PhD in English, with a research focus on Victorian literature.  Her teaching experience includes literature, theory, and writing courses at the University of Maryland, American University, and elsewhere.  Her teaching and research interests range widely, from Beowulf to Dracula, from Charlotte Brontë to Sarah Waters, and from the history of science to rhetorical theory.  She has presented papers related to these and other research interests at national and international conferences.  Most recently, she presented a paper at the 2023 Conference on College Composition and Communication on the social justice implications for the split between writing and literature courses within English Departments. 

Recent courses at Maryland include Technical Writing, Major Works of Shakespeare, Business Writing, Introduction to LGBT Literature, British Literature 1800 to the Present, Victorian Literature, Queer Adaptations (a special topics course, ENGL/LGBT 359D), Advanced Composition, Critical Methods in the Study of Literature, and Academic Writing.  Additional teaching experience includes a postdoctoral teaching fellowship at the University of Delaware, introductory literature courses at American University, ESL and developmental English courses at the College of Micronesia in the Federated States of Micronesia, and two years teaching elementary school ESL as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Micronesia.  

Other professional work includes a variety of writing and editing projects for federal agencies, nonprofit organizations, companies, and individuals.  Most recently, she worked on a project for the U.S. State Department.  Other writing and editing work has included editing two book manuscripts, one related to life as a Foreign Service Officer in Mozambique, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, and Iraq, and the other a memoir by a former Peace Corps Volunteer in the Solomon Islands.  Other recent clients include the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), HSC Foundation, the Urban Institute, the U.S. Business Leadership Network, and the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor.

In her spare time, she bakes, gardens, and works on the endless repairs and renovations associated with living in a row house built in the 1870s.