​​​​​​Rob Doggett received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Maryland in 2002 and has taught at ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ since 2005. He currently teaches courses focused on 20th-century British and Irish literature. In 2011 he received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and in 2018 he received the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. His research centers primarily on Irish literature, particularly on poet William Butler Yeats. He is the author of numerous articles, as well as a monograph titled Deep-Rooted Things: Empire and Nation in the Poetry and Drama of William Butler Yeats (U. of Notre Dame Press, 2006). He also served as the editor of When You Are Old: Early Poems, Plays, and Fairy Tales by W. B. Yeats (Penguin Classics, 2015). He is the general editor of the .
Every other year, Doggett brings groups of ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ students to Ireland for three to four weeks to travel and study at the in County Sligo. The course syllabus can be found . Doggett is the founder of the Genesee Valley Peace Poetry Contest, which he coordinated from 2005-2015.
Classes
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ENGL 203: Rdg: Poetics
An introduction to the discipline of English through the study of particular topics, issues, genres, or authors. Subtitles of "Reader and Text" help students develop a working vocabulary for analyzing texts and relating texts to contexts; understand the theoretical questions that inform all critical conversations about textual meaning and value; and participate competently, as writers, in the ongoing conversation about texts and theory that constitutes English as a field of study.
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ENGL 467: Lit: Ireland Union
A course focused on a narrowly-defined topic, theme, issue, question, approach, scholarly debate, movement, or group of authors in 1700-1900 literature. In addition to helping students to acquire in-depth understanding of the literature, the course stresses the ability to "join the conversation" that is always ongoing among critics and scholars regarding texts, authors, and topics by engaging with secondary sources.