Faculty Profile

Erin Chamberlain

Contact

Morgan Hall

Room 235

1700 SW College Ave

Topeka, KS 66621-1117

785.670.1444

erin.chamberlain@washburn.edu

Degrees & Certifications

Hanover College, Bachelor of Arts

Ohio University, Master of Arts

Purdue University, Doctor of Philosophy

Academic History

Washburn University, Assistant Professor of English, 2008-Present
University of Oklahoma,Visiting Lecturer, 2007-2008
Purdue University, Graduate Instructor, 2002-2007
Ohio University, Graduate Instructor, 2000-2002

Teaching

• EN 300 D, Advanced College Writing
• EN 300 F, Advanced College Writing
• EN 361 A, World Literature since 1650
• EN 382 A, Modern Novel
• EN 400 A, Senior Thesis

Scholarly Interests/Activities

19th century British literature and history
Travel, transportation, and hospitality in the late Victorian / early Edwardian time periods
Cycling in the Fin de Siècle period
Servants and class in Victorian England
Gender and women's lives in the 19th century

Service Interests/Activities

University

Apeiron Committee, Print Committee Chair and Program Reviewer, 2009-Present
Library Committee, 2010-Present
Regional History Day Judge, 2011-Present

English Department

Literature and Film Emphasis Committee, 2011-Present
Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society) Faculty Adviser, 2014-Present
Assessment Coordinator, Literature and Film Emphasis, 2018-Present
Diversity Inclusion Equity and Belonging Committee, English Department, 2019-Present

Career Accomplishments

Publications

• "Women in Service: Private Lives and Labour in Mary Howitt's Work and Wages," British Women's Writing from Brontë to Bloomsbury,
  Volume 1: 1840s and 1850s, edited by Carolyn W. de la L. Oulton and Adrienne E. Gavin, Palgrave, 2018, pp. 53-66.
• "Servants' Bright Reflections: Advertising the Body in Victorian Fiction." Dickens Studies Annual, vol. 45, 2014, pp. 293-309.

Presentations

• "What Would the Queen of England Do in Such a Case?": Sovereignty and the Traveling British Cyclist in the Nineteenth Century,"
  Midwest Victorian Studies Association, Plenary Panel, March 2023.
• English Faculty Reading and Research Spotlight, Washburn University, April 2023.
• "Looking Back and Moving Forward: Bicycle Transport and Travel Writing in the Nineteenth Century," Nineteenth Century Studies
  Association, March 2022.
• "Progress through Nostalgia: Technology and the Bicycle Travel Memoir," Nineteenth Century Studies Association," March 2019.
• "Beware the Bicycle Stare: Health, Danger, and the Tourist in Late Victorian Cycling," Midwest Victorian Studies Association, April 2018.
• "Let Them Be True Women": Motherhood and Domestic Service in Maria Louisa Charlesworth's The Old Looking-Glass and The Broken
  Looking-Glass," Nineteenth Century Studies Association, February 2017.
• "Lazy Susan's Service: Mechanical Labor in the Servant-less Victorian Home," Nineteenth Century Studies Association, April 2016.
• "A Life in Service: Female Authority and Autonomy in Mary Howitt’s Work and Wages," International Centre for Victorian Women Writers,
  2014.
• Featured Speaker, Robert Hamblin Lecture Series, Southeast Missouri State University, April 2011.

CTEL Certificates

• Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2020-2021
• Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2021-2022
• Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2022-2023
• Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2022-2023
• Certificate of Teaching and Learning 2023-2024
• Certificate of Inclusive Teaching and Learning 2023-2024