Our People

Education:
Ph.D. East Carolina University, Rhetoric, Writing, and Professional Communication 2023
M.A. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Secondary Education 2019
B.A. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Writing, Rhetoric, and Communication, & Literature and Criticism 2018

Bio:
Morgan C. Banville is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Her research focuses on the intersection of technical communication and surveillance studies, often informed by feminist methodologies. You can find her recent work in the Proceedings of the 38th and 39th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication, as well as Programmatic Perspectives, Reflections: A Journal of Community-Engaged Writing and Rhetoric, constellations: a cultural rhetorics publishing space, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, and more.

Education: BA University of Connecticut, MA Vermont College

Courses Taught:

• English Composition
• Analysis and Interpretation of Literature

Education:

Ph.D., University of Florida
M.A., Clark University
B.A., Assumption College

Courses Taught:

Composition
Writing About Literature
Poetry
Short Stories
Sensation Fiction
Literature of the Supernatural
Science and Literature
Monsters in Literature
Romantic Literature
Victorian Literature
World Literature
Fiction by Women Writers
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Global Nineteenth Century

Biography:

Dr. Sarah Lennox is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Massachusetts Maritime Academy where she teaches courses in nineteenth-century British literature, global Anglophone literature, and first-year composition. Her research focuses on representations of the human body in nineteenth-century science, pseudoscience, and literature. You can find her publications in Victorian Review, The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, Literature Compass, and The Wilkie Collins Journal.

Education

Ph.D. Composition and Rhetoric. Miami University. 2023.

M.A. Creative Writing. Miami University. 2016.

B.A. English Literature and Creative Writing. Capital University. 2012.

Christopher Maggio is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He has taught first-year writing and technical writing and has mentored first-time graduate assistants. His research interests include storytelling and antenarrative theory and their applications to community-based writing. He recently co-authored an article for a special issue of 'Communication Design Quarterly' on community-engaged research. When not teaching or writing, he enjoys exploring New England.