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Elizabeth Toohey

Associate Professor of English

Elizabeth Toohey

Education

Ph.D., English, CUNY Graduate Center, Women's Studies Certificate, 2006

B.A., Art History, Wesleyan University, 1994

Research Interests

Post-9/11 film and fiction, contemporary American literature, women's studies, journalism

Bio

Elizabeth Toohey teaches journalism and advises the student newspaper, the Communiqué. A regular contributor to theChristian Science Monitor, she reviews novels and non-fiction on women's history, postcolonial studies, and American culture. Her writings on 9/11's aftermath as it appears in film and fiction have been published in several peer-reviewed books and journals. Her current research examines journalism as a form of anti-racist pedagogy and immersive learning that promotes stronger student writing and information literacy.

She is a 2021 Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

View Dr. Toohey's CV.

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