Noelle Bowles, Ph.D.
Department of English
Associate Professor
Campus:
Trumbull
Biography
Dr. Bowles joined KSUTC faculty in January 2001 and teaches a variety of English courses. Her primary areas of scholarship are Victorian and modern Irish literature, speculative fiction, film, and television (horror and fantasy). Her interests lie in representations of difference and monstrosity as they intersect with gender, racial, cultural, and religious identities.
Included courses taught by Dr. Bowles are:
College Writing
Research Writing
Major Modern Writers
Literature in English II
Stories to Save the World: Literature and the Future of Humanity
Critical Theory and Reading
Narrative and Film
Science Fiction
Fairy Tales
Literature for Young Adults
British Literature, 1800-1900
Education
Ph.D. in English from the University of Miami (FL)
M.A. English, University of Miami (1990)
B.F.A. Graphic Design, University of Miami (1985)
M.A. English, University of Miami (1990)
B.F.A. Graphic Design, University of Miami (1985)
Publications
- In the Shadow of the Fall. The Wild Hunt: Pagan News and Perspectives. 22 July 2025: https://wildhunt.org/2025/07/book-review-in-the-shadow-of-the-fall.html
- Mojo, Music, and Magic in Ryan Cooglers Sinners. The Wild Hunt: Pagan News and Perspectives. 29 June 2025: https://wildhunt.org/2025/06/mojo-music-and-magic-in-ryan-cooglers-sinners.html
- Netflixs Nimona: a Story of Fluid Identity and Queer Acceptance. The Wild Hunt: Pagan News and Perspectives. 20 Aug., 2023: https://wildhunt.org/2023/08/review-netflixs-nimona-a-story-of-fluid-identity-and-queer-acceptance.html
- The National Leprechaun Museum is a Magical Surprise. The Wild Hunt: Pagan News and Perspectives. 14 Jan., 2023: https://wildhunt.org/2023/01/the-leprechaun-museum-is-a-magical-surprise.html
- Crucifix, Communion, and Convent: the Real Presence of Anglican Ritualism in Bram Stokers Dracula. Christianity and Literature 62:2 (Winter 2013): 243-258.
- Forty Acres. Back to the Middle of Nowhere. Eds. Jessy Marie Roberts and Jessica A. Weiss. Chadron, NE: Pill Hill Press, 2010. 189-196.
- Tennysons Idylls of the King and Anglican Authority. Christianity and Literature 56:4 (2007): 573-594.
- A Chink in the Armour: Christina Rossettis The Princes Progress, A Royal Princess and Victorian Medievalism Womens Writing. Womens Writing 12: 1 (2005): 115-125.
- Revenge and Recovery: High Fantasy, Imperialism and the White Male Reader. Images of Masculinity in Fantasy Fiction. Eds. Susanne Schoen-Fendler and Ulrike Horstmann. Edwin Mellen Press, 2003. 205-223.
Awards/Achievements
- Research and Graduate Studies Summer Research and Creativity Grant, 51勛圖厙 (summer 2002) $6,500.
- Faculty Development Grant, Gettysburg College (summer 1998) $400.
- Teaching Assistant of the Year, University of Miami (Departmental Award), 1991-1992.
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