Julie Fiorelli
About
Since joining the Loyola faculty in 2015, I have taught core writing and literature courses with a number of different themes (e.g., disaster, work, climate change/environment, home). I adopt a process-oriented, workshop-style approach to writing instruction, working closely with my students as they further develop their skills through progressive practice and revision. My literature classes are discussion-based, so that we may build literary analyses together. My research background in issues of race in the U.S. and multiethnic American literature heavily informs the materials and issues I bring into the classroom; my interest in speculative fiction/science fiction finds its way into my course material as well. I look forward every semester to helping my students continue their learning, and to learning much from them as well!
Degrees
- BA, Carleton College
- MA, University of Maryland, College Park
- PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests
- Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century American Literature
- Multiethnic American Literature (with an emphasis on African American and Asian American Literature)
- Race, Utopia, Genre, and Speculative Literature
Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator, Senior Lecturer
- Office Location: Loyola Hall 206
- Phone Number: 773.508.2313
- E-mail: jfiorelli@luc.edu
About
Since joining the Loyola faculty in 2015, I have taught a range of core writing and literature courses: UCWR 110 (Writing Responsibly), UCLR 100E (Interpreting Literature), ENGL 273 (Exploring Fiction), and ENGL 284 (Asian American Literature). I adopt a process-oriented, workshop-style approach to writing instruction, working closely with my students as they further develop their skills through progressive practice and revision. My literature classes are discussion-based, so that we may build literary analyses together. My research background in issues of race in the U.S., multiethnic American literature, and speculative fiction heavily informs the materials and topics I bring into the classroom. I look forward every semester to learning with my students!
Degrees
- BA, Carleton College
- MA, University of Maryland, College Park
- PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago
Research Interests/Program Areas
- Multiethnic American literature (with an emphasis on African American and Asian American literature) (late nineteenth century to present)
- Race, utopia, genre, and speculative literature
- Composition
Awards
- Liebentritt Faculty Development Award (2019-2020)
Selected Publications
Articles:
- “Against ‘a Place Without History’: Contemporary Racism and Utopian Dynamism in Mat Johnson’s Pym,” Race and Utopian Desire in American Literature and Society, edited by Edward Chan and Patricia Ventura. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
- “Hidden Cities, Hidden Selves: Lost-Race Romance in Pauline Hopkins’s Of One Blood and Walter McDougall’s The Hidden City.” Modern Fiction Studies, vol. 63, no. 3, Fall 2017, pp. 452-474.
- “Imagination Run Riot: Apocalyptic Race-War Novels of the Late 1960s.” Mediations, vol. 28, no. 1, Fall 2014, pp. 127-152.
