Staci Stone

Associate Professor of English
Chair, Department of English and Philosophy

“An important component of my approach is flexibility. In the classroom learning community, I ask students to read, listen, compromise, re-think, and adapt. Students’ open-mindedness allows for learning and development, and everyone in the community is encouraged to think critically about the material and learn from each other. The real measure of whether a learning community succeeds is the lingering feeling or memory of success held by the community’s members.”

Education

Ph.D., English

University of South Carolina

Graduate Certificate

University of South Carolina

- Women’s Studies

M.A., English

University of South Carolina

B.A., English and Advertising

University of Alabama

Books

A Mary Shelley Encyclopedia, with Lucy Morrison. New York: Greenwood Press, 2003.

Instructor’s Manual for Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality: A Conceptual Framework, by Lynn Weber. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

Highlighted Publications

“Measuring the Success of Summer Reading Programs,” with Laura Liljequist. Journal of The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 21.2 (2009): 87-105.

“Mary Shelley.” Encyclopedia of Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.

“Summer Reading Programs: Perceptions of a Freshman Reading Experience,” with Bonnie Higginson and Laura Liljequist. College Reading Association Yearbook 26 (2004): 423-37.

“Margaret Veley.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Ed. William Thesing. Detroit: Gale, 1998. 289-97.

Areas of Specialization

19th-Century British Literature

Film Studies

Women’s Literature

Women’s Studies

Contact

Dr. Staci Stone

7C-9 Faculty Hall

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341

270.809.4717