Lisbeth Chapin, PhD is an associate professor of English in the Language, Literature, and Fine Arts Division of Gwynedd-Mercy College. Dr. Chapin earned her PhD in English (literary studies) from the University of Denver, her MA in English (creative writing) from Temple University, and her BA in English (journalism) from the University of Delaware. Dr. Chapin has published essays on the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and on teaching; she has published poetry in literary magazines, including Schuylkill and The Griffin and published journalistic essays. At Gwynedd-Mercy College, Dr. Chapin teaches Romantic and Victorian literature, British literature, Creative Writing, The Arts and The Imagination, Basic Journalism, World of Ideas, Introduction to Literature, and writing courses. Dr. Chapin’s research interests include ecocritical perspectives of Romantic literature as well as literature and the environment, in general. She is currently completing a book manuscript: Shelley’s Nature: Animals, Landscape, and Liberty.

EDUCATION

2003        PhD, English (Literary Studies), University of Denver

                Dissertation: Shelley’s Animals and the Landscape of Consciousness

                Director: Douglas B. Wilson, University of Denver

                Reader: Charles E. Robinson, University of Delaware

1990        MA, English (Creative Writing: Poetry), Temple University

1979        BA, English (Journalism), University of Delaware

PUBLICATIONS

Scholarly

• “Shelley’s Great Chain of Being: From ‘blind worms’ to ‘new-fledged eagles.’” Humans and Other Animals in Eighteenth-Century British Culture: Representation, Hybridity, Ethics, ed. Frank Palmeri (Burlington, Vt: Ashgate, 2006), 152-168.

• “Science and Spirit: Shelley’s Vegetarian Essays and the Body as Utopian State.” A Brighter Morn: The Shelley Circle’s Utopian Project, ed. Darby Lewes  (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books of Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), 123-141.

•  “Dreaming a Poem: A Teaching Experiment.” Poet Magazine 5.3 (1994): 21 (2 pages).

Creative

• “My Father’s Violin.” Terrains, A New Literary Anthology, ed. Sally Rinard (Wilmington, DE: Cedar Tree Books, Ltd., 1999), 137-144.

• “Feather Basket #2 by Truman Lowe: The Denver Art Museum.” Schuylkill. Temple University 1.2 (Spring 1998): 15.

Journalistic  (News Journal Community Advisory Board, Wilmington, DE)

• “Show girls someone they’d like to become” News Journal July 8, 2007

•  “First-class history a natural attraction” News Journal October 1, 2006

• “Need advice? Ask an immigrant” News Journal July 3,  2006                         (available through www.delawareonline.com)

EXPERIENCE: GWYNEDD-MERCY COLLEGE

2004     Associate Professor of English, School of Arts and Sciences

             Romantic & Victorian literature; British literature; Women authors; Creative Writing;    

             Composition; Journalism. Faculty advisor: student newspaper.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant (Fall 1999), Diana de Armas Wilson’s Cervantes, the Novel, and the       New World (Oxford University Press, 2000)

• Research Fellow (Fall 1999), The London Semester: University of Denver

• General Assignment Reporter/Morning News Announcer, WDEL/WSTW Radio, Wilmington, DE (1988-1990)

• Promotion Director, WSTW-FM Radio (1986-1988)

• Copywriter, WAMS-AM Radio, Wilmington, DE (1981-1986)

 HONORS AND AWARDS

• Literature and Technology Prize for First-Year Instructors, University of Denver (1998)

• Colorado State Fellowship Award, University of Denver (1997-1998)

• Summer Teaching Grant: Oxbridge Teachers Seminar for English Literature,

• Corpus Christi College, Oxford University (1995)

• Academy of American Poets Prize, University of Delaware (1979)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Byron Society of America

• Keats-Shelley Association of America

• Lamba Iota Tau Honor Society (Chapter Representative)

• Modern Language Association

• North East Chapter, Modern Language Association