Gregg Hecimovich received his Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt University. He is the author of four books: Austen's Emma (Continuum, 2009), Puzzling the Reader: Riddles in Nineteenth-Century British Literature (Peter Lang, 2008), the Penguin Classics edition of Anthony Trollope's Phineas Redux (Penguin USA, Penguin UK 2003) and, forthcoming, Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Continuum 2010). His scholarly articles have appeared in such publications as ELH, Victorian Poetry, The Victorian Newsletter, The James Joyce Quarterly, and The North Carolina Literary Review.
He is recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award, East Carolina University's Scholar-Teacher Award in the Humanities, the English Department's Bertie Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, and ECU's Max Ray Joyner Award for excellence in online education.
His research has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the North Caroliniana Society, ECU's Division of Research and Graduate Studies, the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, and the ECU Faculty Senate.
He is Associate Dean and Associate Professor of English, Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, East Carolina University.
Degrees
*B.A. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
M.A. Vanderbilt University
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
*cum laude in English and Creative Writing, Phi Beta Kappa
Primary Areas of Research/Teaching
Victorian Literature
Romantic Literature
The Novel
American Slave Narratives
Creative Writing
Pedagogy and Composition Studies
Technology and the Humanities
Literary Theory
Courses Taught
7070: Literary Theory
6175: Victorian Literature
5125: The English Novel Through Hardy
5060: History of Literary Criticism
4170: Victorian Literature
3260: Black Literature in America
3010: History of British Literature, 1700-1900
2100: Major British Writers
2000: Interpreting Literature
1100: Composition
1000: Appreciating Literature
Website Links
Graduate Literature Program
Hannah Crafts and North Carolina Public Radio Interview
