LUCIA Z. KNOLES
Professor of English (1984)
Department of English
Phone: 508-767-7341
Email: lknoles@assumption.edu
B.A., St. Mary’s College; Literature/Writing, 1972
M.A., Rutgers University; English, 1976
Ph.D., Rutgers University; English, 1979
Ph.D. Thesis Title: “The Unsentimental Use of Sentimental Conventions in the Novels of William Dean Howells”
Sample of Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Speech, Seminar: Research and Editing 19th-Century American Literature, Major American Writers
Sample of Publications
Knoles, Lucia & McClymer, John. “Ersatz Learning, Inauthentic Testing.” Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (1992).
Knoles, Lucia. “Risky Writing.” New Dimensions in Writing, Merrimack College , Andover, MA,
(1986).
Sample of Presentations
“A New Kind of Chameleon: the Marketplace and a Changing Ministry in Nineteenth-Century Boston.” American Antiquarian Society Seminar in American Literary History, Worcester, MA, 1999
“Taking Students to the Expositions: Using Nineteenth Century Primary Resources to Move Beyond Cultural Tourism.” Annual Conference of the American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association, 1998
“A Primer for Individuals and Institutions on Teaching and Technoogy.” Annual LILY Conference, Towson, MD, 1997
