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Matthew S. Vail '12
English
Matthew Vail recently presented his Summer Research Honors Project in English.
Matthew MacFarland '11
English and History
Matt is a member of the tennis team as well as Editor of the student newspaper.
Hunter Brown '14
undeclared major
Hunter enjoys Greek life and friends he has found in that group.
Dr. Cristine M. Varholy
Associate Professor of English
Morton Hall, 116
(434) 223-6401
cvarholy@hsc.edu
Education
B.A., Wake Forest University, 1987; M.A., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1993; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2000.
Teaching and Research Interests
Shakespeare
English Renaissance Literature
Milton
Drama
Law and Literature
Most Recent Publications
"'But She Woulde Not Consent': Women's Narratives of Sexual Assault and Compulsion in Early Modern London." Violence, Politics and Gender in Early Modern England. Ed. Joseph Patrick Ward. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
"'Rich Like a Lady': Cross-Class Dressing in the Brothels and Theaters of Early Modern England," Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies 8:1 (Spring/Summer 2008): 4-34.
"Beyond the Comfort Zone: Attending to Student Resistance and Gender Dynamics in the Classroom" (workshop summary). Attending to Early Modern Women-and Men. Ed. Amy Leonard and Karen Nelson. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 2011.
"Sex, Lies and Inscrutability: Reading and Reconstructing Narratives of Female Behavior in Early Modern England and France" (workshop summary). Attending to Early Modern Women: Gender, Culture, and Change. Ed. Margaret Mikesell and Adele Seef. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 2003. 367-369.
Institutional Involvement
College Grievance Committee, 2010-present.
Honors Council, 2010-present.
Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society, 2006-present.
Mentor to College Lacrosse Team, 2007-present.
Selection committee for Brown Teaching Award, 2009-2011.
College Lectures and Programs Committee, 2007-2010. Chair, 2008-2010.
College Athletics Committee, 2006-2010.
Campus Coordinator, Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Program, 2007-2009.
Honors & Awards
Maurice L. Mednick Memorial Fellowship, Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, 2008-2009.
Hampden-Sydney Faculty Fellowship Summer Research Grant, 2011, 2006-2008.
Professional Staff Congress-The City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Research Award, 2002-2003 and 2001-2002.
Family
Michael E. Simons
Daniel R. Simons