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Michelle M. Taylor Michelle M. Taylor

Doctor of Philosophy in English

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  • Digital Humanities
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Michelle M. Taylor
Michelle M. Taylor

Doctor of Philosophy in English

Teaching

Teaching, Tutoring, & Advising Roles

2015–2017

Instructor of First-Year Writing at the University of Virginia

2012–2013

Rhetoric instructor at the University of Iowa

2011–2012

Teaching assistant for Introduction to the English Major course at the University of Iowa

2011–2012

Staff advisor for the Office of Undergraduate Advising in English at the University of Iowa

2010–2011

Tutor for the University of Virginia English Department Writing Center

2010

Assistant academic director and writing instructor for 4 Star Camps at the University of Virginia

2008

Undergraduate teaching assistant for Laura Mandell’s course on The Later Romantics at Miami University

Courses Taught

  • Cultural Studies and the Popular Arts, University of South Florida
    o Topic: Taylor Swift’s Eras
  • British Literature 1780–1900, University of South Florida
  • Literature and the Occult, University of South Florida
  • Introduction to Literature, University of South Florida
    o Topic: Antiheroes, Tortured Poets, and New Romantics (2 sections)
    o Topic: Religion and Sexuality in Literature (3 sections)
    o Topic: Literature and Mental Health (17 sections)
  • For course and/or transcript credit, regularly supervised students enrolled in independent studies and/or internships for the Wesley Works Digitization Project (XML/TEI training), University of South Florida
  • Special Topics in Digital Humanities: XML/TEI (graduate course), Vanderbilt University
  • First-Year Writing, University of Virginia
    o Topic: “The Enduring Magic of Harry Potter”
    o Topic: Animal Ethics (3 sections)
  • Rhetoric, University of Iowa (3 sections)
  • Introduction to the English Major (as T.A.), University of Iowa (2 sections)

Awards & Honors

2023–2024

University of South Florida Professional Development Leave Award

2020–2021

University of South Florida Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award

2015

University of Iowa Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Award

2015

University of Iowa English Department Malone Dissertation Fellowship

2013

Midwestern Victorian Studies Association (MVSA) William and Mary Burgan Prize for the Outstanding Presentation by a Graduate Student

2010

Phi Beta Kappa

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