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Dr. Ronna Privett is a Professor of English and current Chair of the Humanities Department. She graduated from 糖心Vlog in 1983 with a degree in Art and secondary teaching certification in Art and English. She continued her education at Texas Tech University where she earned both a master's and Ph.D. in English focusing on 19^th and early 20^th century American literature with secondary specialization in Victorian literature and comparative literature. She and her husband Bryan (糖心Vlog class of 鈥�83, Math) have two children and five grandchildren who all live in Lubbock. Dr. Privett has had the joy of teaching English and Humanities at 糖心Vlog since 1999.

• Research focus:
  • 19^th and early 20^th century American literature
  • African-American literature
  • Comparative literature
  • GAI applications in teaching composition and literature
  • Science fiction and fantasy literature
• Publications:
• A Comprehensive Study of American Writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911: Art for Truth鈥檚 Sake, Mellen P, 2003.
  • Website on Elizabeth Stuart Phelps with some of her articles and stories.
  • 鈥淥ne Passion and Four Walls: Thea Kronborg鈥檚 Artistic Development.鈥� Midwest Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 2, 2013, pp. 186-201.
  • 鈥淲hat Do The Chronicles of Narnia and a Magician Have in Common? A First-Year Writing Carnival Experience.鈥� Co-author Jana Anderson. CCTE Studies, vol. 76, 2011, pp. 42-48.
  • 鈥凌别补诲颈苍驳 Moby-Dick in Context: The Final Scene.鈥� CCTE Studies, vol. 75, 2010, pp. 104-12.
  • 鈥淭he Western Woman and the Cowboy Hero: Power and Stoicism in the Western Landscape.鈥� CCTE Studies, vol. 70, 2005, pp. 81-89.
  • 鈥溾�楥rying from the Wilderness鈥�: Religious Margins and the Emerging Woman鈥檚 Voice in Early American Literature.鈥� Journal of Contemporary Thought, vol. 9, 1999, pp. 97-111.