Tracey Cummings; Ph.D.
- Title(s)
- Professor of English and Philosophy
- Education
Ph.D., English (specializing in 19th-century American literature), Lehigh University
M.A., English, Lehigh University
B.A., English, King’s College
- Contact Information
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- 570-484-2640
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402 Raub Hall - Lock Haven Campus
Courses Most Commonly Taught
- Composition
- Introduction to Literature
- American Literature before the Civil War
- America’s Haunted Texts
- Death in 19th-Century American Literature and Culture
- Text and the City: Stories of NYC
- Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Alcott
Areas of Expertise
- 19th-century American literature
- Composition and Rhetoric
- Contemporary American Literature
Courses Developed
- America’s Haunted Texts
- Death in 19th-Century American Literature and Culture
- Text and the City: Stories of NYC
- Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Alcott
Research Areas
- 19th-century American literature
Articles Published
“’Upon a Scaffold Hye’: Absolon as Herod” in the collaborative article "Dramatic Intertextuality in the Miller's Tale: Chaucer's Use of Characters from Medieval Drama as Foils for John, Alisoun, Nicholas, and Absolon," Volume 3 (March 1996) of Chaucer Yearbook: A Journal of Late Medieval Studies
“The Importance of the Bee as Symbol in Thoreau’s Walden and Alcott’s Work.” Insects and Texts: Spinning Webs of Wonder. Explora International Conference Proceedings. Toulouse, France: Toulouse Natural History Museum, 2010. 280-90. Print.