Diana Archibald, English
Diana Archibald, English
Associate Professor
Expertise
Charles Dickens, Victorian Fiction, British Literature, Transatlantic Studies, Creative Nonfiction.
Research Interest
Charles Dickens--especially his relationship to America, Victorian intersections of gender and imperialism, scholarships of teaching and learning--especially service-learning.
Educational Background
B.A., Pacific Lutheran University
M.A., California State University
Ph.D., Washington State University
Biosketch
Diana Archibald specializes in the Victorian novel, specifically Charles Dickens, and Anglo-American transatlantic studies, particularly 19th-century immigration. She recently served as guest editor of a special issue on anti-Americanism in 19th-century British literature for the transatlanticism journal, Symbiosis. Major scholarly works include her book, Domesticity, Imperialism, and Emigration in the Victorian Novel (2002), and a 100-page review essay "Recent Dickens Studies: 2005" for Dickens Studies Annual, and a guest editorship of a special issue of Dickens Quarterly on Dickens and America. She has published various other articles and reviews and presented at regional, national, and international conferences. Dr. Archibald was co-curator and lead scholar of a major exhibition at the Lowell National Historical Park in celebration of Charles Dickens's bicentennial (March 30- October 20, 2012): "Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Power and Transformation," and she was the organizer of a seven-month slate of public programming for the Dickens in Lowell event series, funded by the Theodore Edson Parker Foundation. She is currently working on a book project: Dickens and Massachusetts: The Other America and is co-editing the June 2013 special issue of Dickens Quarterly, along with overseeing creation of two legacy websites from the Dickens in Lowell project.
Professor Archibald teaches Dickens, Victorian fiction and poetry, creative non-fiction, and service-learning courses and serves as the English department's internship coordinator.