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Carol Baker Sapora
Professor of English Language and Literature
Chair, English Department
Office: LRC 117
Phone: 443-334-2223
Email: csapora@stevenson.edu
Academic Advisor: English
Faculty Advisor: Spectrum – Stevenson University Literary and Fine Arts Magazine
Education
Ph.D., University of Maryland, English-American Literature
M.A., University of Connecticut, English
B.A., Cornell University, English honors, cum laude
Course Information – Spring 2009
ENG 152 – Writing About Literature
ENG 252 – Survey American Literature II
ENG 281 – Literary Prize Winners
Other Courses
- English Composition
- Introduction to Literature
- Literature and Technology
- Literary Genres: The Short Story
- Literary Genres: Fantastic Literature
- American Literature Survey II – Civil War to present
- American Period Studies: The Turn of the Century
- Major American Figures: Edith Wharton and Willa Cather
- Topics: Law and Literature
- Creative Essay Writing
- Creative Writing: Fiction
- Advanced Rhetoric
Selected Publications and Presentations
- “Undine Spragg: The Mirror and the Lamp in The Custom of the Country in Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors: Edith Wharton and Material Culture. Ed. Gary Totten. Tuscaloosa: U Alabama P, 2007
- “Art that Speaks: Wharton’s ‘The Duchess at Prayer’ and ‘The Moving Finger.’” American Literature Association, Conference Paper. May 2004
- Budapest by email. Website 2001
- “Low Tech for literature.” College English Association Conference, 1999
- “Caroline Bond Day” and “Margaret Deland” in American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 1998
- Review: Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism and Postmodernism by Jenny Wolmark in American Literature 68.1 (Spring) 1996
- “Femal Doubling: The Other Lily Bart in Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth,” Papers on Language & Literature 29 (Fall) 1993
- “Middle to Late Nineteenth Century Literature,” Chapter editor. The Reader’s Advisor, 14th edition. General Editor: Emory Elliot. New Providence, NJ: Reed Reference Publishing, 1993
- Review: Feminist Fabulations: Space/Postmodern Fiction by Marleen S. Barr, in American Literature, Fall 1993
- “Rememory: Teaching Toni Morrison’s Beloved,” College English Association Conference
- “Looking at the Canon through History: Edith Wharton in Context,” MLA Convention
- “A Steropticon View of Edith Wharton’s ‘Roman Fever,’” NEMLA Conference
- “Motor Flights Through France.” Edith Wharton Newsletter. IV.2, Fall 1987
- “Rights and Responsibility: Morality in Edith Wharton’s The Reef,” Edith Wharton Conference
Professional Affiliations
- Modern Language Association
- College English Association
- National Council of Teacher of English
- Edith Wharton Society
- Association of Departments of English
Sabbatical Leave Fall 2001 – Semester in Budapest, Hungary
During fall semester 2001, as part of my sabbatical project, I had the opportunity to live and teach in Budapest, Hungary, with the Western Maryland (McDaniel) College Budapest program. This program enables international students to attend up to two years of American college in Budapest and then continue their education in the United States and graduate from Western Maryland College in Westminster, Maryland. Western Maryland also sends a group of students and faculty to live and study in Budapest each fall. My husband, Robert Sapora, Professor of English at Western Maryland, and I accompanied eleven students to Budapest. During our stay, I exchanged regular emails with friends and family at home. Especially during the World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies, this connection was a lifeline. In addition, my messages home give an account of our experience being far away from home in a different culture during this critical time.