Academics

Department of English

Dr. Mary Behrman

Assistant Professor of English

 



Mary Behrman teaches courses on Chaucer, Milton, and the history of the English language as well as the first part of the British-literature survey.  Prior to this position, she taught English as a Brittain Fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Emory University and Agnes Scott College.  At Emory she wrote her dissertation, “Chaucer, Gower and the Vox Populi,” under the direction of Professor John Bugge.  She also has received a certificate in electronic pedagogy from Georgia Tech.  Dr. Behrman has published articles in The Chaucer Review and The Henry James Review, and she has presented papers at several national and regional conferences.  Currently, she is working on an article concerning Chaucer’s Parson’s Tale.  Her scholarly interests include Ricardian literature, medieval women writers, Arthurian literature, and the works of Henry James.



Education
Ph.D. in English, Emory University

B.S. in Economics, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

M.A. in English, Georgia State University



Contact
Brawley 114
ext. 3611
mbehrman@morehouse.edu