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Michele S Ware

Associate Professor of English, Language and Literature

Dr. Ware received her B.A. in English from the University of New Orleans. She went on to earn a Master of Arts degree and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently an associate professor of English and American Literature in the Department of Language and Literature, where she served as chair from 2010–2015. Dr. Ware also served as interim associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 2009–2010. Her research and teaching interests include the American short story, women’s and multiethnic literature and digital humanities.

Awards and Recognitions:

  • NCCU Excellence in Teaching Award in the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, 2022
  • Duke University Franklin Humanities Institute – North Carolina Central University Digital Humanities Fellowship, 2018–2019
  • American Institute of Pakistan Studies, Triangle Digital Humanities Institute Faculty Mentor, 2019
  • NCCU/Duke University Preparing Future Faculty (PPF) Mentor, 2008–2016
  • NCCU Excellence in Teaching Award, 2003
  • NCCU Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences, 2003

Professional Associations/Positions:

  • Faculty advisor, Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society
  • Scholar/consultant, the Thomas Day Education Project 
  • Secretary and board member, the Apprend Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the teaching of African American literature, history and culture

Education

Ph.D. in English

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.A. in English

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.A. in English

University of New Orleans

Digital Humanities Fellow, 2018

Duke-NCCU

Courses

3310: American Literature I
3320: American Literature II
4120: The Twentieth Century Novel
5520: American Authors in the 19th Century
5605: African American Literature I
5620: Modern American Literature
5740: Major Novels of the 20th Century

Publications

“Morality, Ethics, and Transgression in Edith Wharton’s Short Fiction.” Ex-centric Narratives: Journal of Literature, Culture, and Media 1.1 (Fall 2017): 50-61.

“The Architecture of the Short Story: Edith Wharton’s Modernist Practice.” Edith Wharton Review XX.2 (Fall 2004): 17-23.

“‘Just a Lady’: Gender and Power in To Kill a Mockingbird.” Women in Literature: Evaluating Fiction for Gender Bias. Ed. Ellen Silber and Jerilyn Fisher. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2003.

“‘An Identity Seemed to Leap Out Before Me’: Muriel Rukeyser’s The Traces of Thomas Hariot.” “How Shall We Tell Each Other of the Poet?”: Reflections on the Life and Writings of Muriel Rukeyser. Ed. Anne F. Herzog and Janet E. Kaufman. New York: St. Martin’s, 1999. 241-253.