Nathan R. Elliott

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D., English Literature, University of Notre Dame, 2006.

Dissertation Title: “Evolving Science Fictions: Nineteenth-Century Biological

Representation in Britain.”

Co-Directors: Chris Vanden Bossche and Kathy Psomiades.

Committee Members: Phil Sloan, Greg Kucich, and Sara Maurer.

M.A., English Literature, Washington State University, 2000.

Thesis Title: “Goldengrove Unleaving: Pre-Raphaelite Typology and

Symbolism in the Poetry of Gerard M. Hopkins.”

B.A., Wheaton College, 1997. Cum Laude.

First Major: Philosophy.

Second Major: English Literature.

Publications

Articles

“ ‘According to the Eye with which we are Viewed.’ Personality Reading in Charlotte Brontë’s Jane

Eyre and Villette.” [forthcoming from Nineteenth-Century Studies].

“ ‘UNBALL’D SOCKETS’ and ‘THE MOCKERY OF SPEECH:’ Diagnostic anxiety and the

theater of Joanna Baillie.” European Romantic Review 18.1 (January 2007): 83-103.

“ ‘A More Rational Hope’: The Influence of George MacDonald’s Phantastes on Hopkins’s

Short Story ‘The Dolphin.’” The Hopkins Quarterly 28.3-4 (Summer-Fall 2001): 103-113.

Book reviews

Darwin, Literature, and Victorian Respectability by Gowan Dawson, Journal of British Studies [forthcoming]

Graham Greene’s Fictions: The Virtues of Extremity, by Cates Baldridge, Religion and Literature

34.2 (Summer 2002) 133-135.

G.M. Hopkins: An Inventory of the Anthony Bischoff Research Collection at Gonzaga University,

by Stephanie Edwards Plowman, The Hopkins Quarterly 29.3-4 (Summer-Fall 2002) 130-131.

Fellowships, Awards and Distinctions

2006-2008: Edward F. Sorin Postdoctoral Fellowship, Competitive Fellowship Awarded by the

University of Notre Dame Graduate School.

2006: Mitchell Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Essay. Essay Title: “ ‘According to the Eye

with which we are Viewed.’ The Tribulations of Head Hermeneutics in Charlotte Brontë’s

Villette.”

2005-2006: Dissertation Year Fellowship, Competitive Fellowship Awarded by the University of

Notre Dame English Department.

2004-2005: Teaching Fellowship, Competitive Teaching Fellowship Awarded by the University

of Notre Dame English Department.

2005: John A. Kaneb Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences,

University of Notre Dame.

2005: Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching, University of Notre Dame English

Department.

2003: Distinguished Passes for all three Ph.D qualifying exams: Nineteenth-Century Field

Examination, Gothic Genre, and Philosophy of Science.

Conference Presentations

“Up-to-Date with an Epistemological Vengeance: H.G. Wells on Why Science is Never Good Enough.” Presented at the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference ‘Up-to-Date with a Vengeance,’ Apr 19-21, 2007.

“‘More Poets than Observers of Nature’: Eliot, Darwin, and epistemological conflicts in the evolutionary tradition.” Presented at the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference ‘Conflicts,’ at Rutgers University, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2006.

“Impure Science, Impure faith, Impure genre: phrenology and the gothic in Charlotte Brontë’s Villette.” Presented at the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference ‘Impurities,’ at Louisiana State University, Apr 22-24, 2005.

“‘UNBALL’D SOCKETS AND THE MOCKERY OF SPEECH’: Anatomy, hermeneutic anxiety, and the gothic in the plays and theatrical theory of Joanna Baillie.” Presented at the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference ‘Serious Pleasures,’ at the University of Iowa, Apr 1-4, 2004.

-An earlier version of “ ‘UNBALL’D SOCKETS’” was presented at the British Association of Victorian Studies Conference
‘The Age of Experiments,’ at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth, Sept 4-6, 2003.

“Kierkegaard's Ironic Semblance: The Concept of Irony's ironic reading of Hegel's Introductory Lectures on Aesthetics.” Presented at the ‘Writing Aesthetics’ Conference hosted by the International Association of Philosophy and Literature at the University of Leeds in Leeds, UK, May 23-31, 2003.

“Limp Men and Sexual Women: vicarious sexual desire and marriage in Anthony Trollope’s Can You Forgive Her?” Presented at the ‘Victorian Sexualities’ Conference at University College Worcester in Worcester, UK, Apr 26, 2003.

“The Foredrawing of the Self: Kierkegaardian repetition and the leap of faith in Gerard M. Hopkins’s ‘That Nature is a Heraclitean Fire and of the comfort of the Resurrection.’ ” Presented at the Gerard Manley Hopkins Society Conference at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, Mar 22-24, 2002.

Teaching Presentations

“Leading a Class Discussion.” Presented at Helpful Hints for New T.A.’s. Kaneb Center for Teaching Excellence Workshop, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre Dame, Sept 20, 2005.

Teaching

Instructor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2006—The Other Nineteenth-Century British Novel

The course examined nineteenth-century British novel genres not included in the traditional canon, including

the gothic novel, sensation novel, detective novel, horror novel, and science-fiction and included works by Lewis,

Radcliffe, Braddon, Collins, Doyle, Stoker, Wilde, and Wells.

Instructor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2006, Spring 2007—Nineteenth-Century British Novel

The course examined the nineteenth-century British historical novel, industrial novel, bildungsroman, and marriage-plot novel,
and covered the representative authors Austen, Scott, Gaskell, Brontë, Dickens, and Eliot.

Instructor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2006--Introduction to Literary Studies

The course introduced English majors to basic poetics, theatrical production, and narrative theory.

Instructor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2007—Evolving Science

Fictions The course examined nineteenth-century literary and scientific texts.

Instructor, University of Notre Dame, 2001-2002—First Year Composition
The course introduced first-year students to university level writing.

T.A., Washington State University, 1999-2000—World Civilization
The course introduced students to the liberal arts disciplines. I graded exams, papers, and

met with students.

Writing Tutor, Washington State University/University of Idaho, 1999—Philosophy of Mind
Upper level philosophy course that covered philosophical debates about mind/body interaction. I

attended class and ran a separate tutorial to discuss students' writing projects for the course.

Instructor, Washington State University, 1999—Beginning Composition
The course introduced first year students to university writing.

T.A., Wheaton College, 1996-1997—Introduction to Philosophy
The course introduced first year students to ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of

religion. I graded exams and quizzes, met with students for tutorials, and occasionally

lectured in place of professor.

Editorial

Managing editor, Nineteenth Century Contexts: August 2002-August 2004.
Duties included: filing submissions, contacting readers, preparing texts to be sent to the printer, maintaining
correspondence with readers and writers and updating NCC website.

Staff member, Religion and Literature: 2001-2007.

Duties included: evaluating submitted articles and writing book notices.

Service

Graduate Student Representative, Victorian Job Search Committee, University of Notre Dame,
Spring 2005.

Languages

Latin

(Reading: M.A. Competency Test Passed, Spring 2000,Washington State University)

German

(Some Reading)

Contact Information

Address: Nathan R. Elliott
                English Department, 356 O’Shaughnessy
                University of Notre Dame
                Notre Dame, IN
                46556-5639 USA

Email: nelliott@nd.edu

Phone: (574) 251-0297

Cell Phone: (574) 707-7326

Office Phone: (574) 631-7321

References

Chris R. Vanden Bossche (dissertation co-director)

Professor of English

356 O'Shaughnessy Hall

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone: (574) 631-7479

Department Fax: (574) 631-4795

Email: cvandenb@nd.edu

Kathy Alexis Psomiades (dissertation co-director)

Associate Professor of English

English Department

Box 90015

Duke University

Durham, NC 27708

Phone: 919-681-7609

Department Fax: (919) 684-4871

Email: kpsomiad@duke.edu

Greg Kucich (dissertation committee member)

356 O'Shaughnessy Hall

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-7561
Fax: 574-631-8209
E-Mail: Kucich.1@nd.edu

Phillip R. Sloan (dissertation committee member)

Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies/

Graduate Program in History and Philosophy of Science
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-5221

History and Philosophy of Science Fax: 574-631-7418

Email: psloan@nd.edu

Sara L. Maurer (dissertation committee member)
Assistant Professor, English
University of Notre Dame
356 O'Shaughnessy
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574-631-3852