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Claire Cowart, M.A., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Contact

(985) 549-2044

claire.cowart​@southeastern.edu

Dr. C. Denelle Cowart is an Assistant Professor of English who obtained both a Master’s degree and a PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her main area of expertise is Irish Literature, particularly the Anglo-Irish novel, and she has published articles and book chapters on the authors Maria Edgeworth, Edith Somerville, and Violet Martin. Dr. Cowart also teaches courses on Jane Austen and is an active member of the regional chapter of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the Jane Austen Foundation of Mandeville, LA. Other courses she teaches range from Shakespeare in Performance to Modernism to Detective Fiction.

Area of Expertise

Irish Literature, particularly the Anglo-Irish novel.