Mary Lenard, Ph.D.
- Director of Composition and Associate Professor - English
- Literature and Languages Department
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1996
- PHONE: (262) 595-2018
- EMAIL: lenard@uwp.edu

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Victorian literature
- Children's Literature
- Young Adult Literature
- British literature
- Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Teaching, Research/Creative & Consulting Interests
Teaching Interests
Dr. Lenard’s primary research and teaching field is 19th Century British Literature, so she teaches the British Literature 1700-1900 survey course (English 318), as well as 400 level special topics courses on the Brontës, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, the Romantics, and more. Currently, she is working on a book about British and American children’s fantasy literature in the women’s suffrage era, so she also teaches courses on children’s and young adult literature. Dr. Lenard also regularly teaches writing courses: Fundamentals of English (ENGL 100) and Composition and Reading (ENGL 101), and occasionally Advanced Composition (ENGL 201).
Research Interests
Dr. Lenard is currently researching and writing a book on portrayals of powerful women in British and American children's fantasy fiction during the women's suffrage era.
Consulting Interests
Publications
Selected Publications
2014: "The Gospel of Amy: Biblical Teaching and Learning in Little Dorrit", Christianity and Literature (337-355 pp.)
2005: "Dealing With Online Selves: Ethos Issues in Computer-Assisted Teaching and Learning", Pedagogy, Winter 2005, Volume 5 Issue 1 (19 pp.)
2003: "Deathbeds and Didacticism: Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna and Victorian Social Reform Literature" in _Silent Voices_, Greenwood Press (22 pp.)
2000: Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, Greenwood Press (3 pp.)
1999: Preaching Pity: Dickens, Gaskell, and Sentimentalism in Victorian Culture, Peter Lang
1998: "Mr. Popular Sentiment:" Dickens and the Gender Politics of Sentimentalism and Social Reform Literature, Dickens Studies Annual
Key Service Activities
Departmental Service
: Chairperson - Department of Literatures and Languages
: Chairperson - Department of Literatures and Languages chair
: Chairperson - English Department Chair
College Service
2015: - Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
Professional Service
2018: Committee Member - The Astrid Lindgren Award Committee, ChLA
2016: Committee Member - Carol Gay Award Committee, ChLA
UW System Service
2016: Committee Member - Wisconsin English Placement Test Committee
Courses Taught
ENGL 112 - Women In Literature
ENGL 253 - Literature Into Film:
ENGL 268 - Intro to Holocaust Studies
ENGL 290 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGLISH:
ENGL 318 - British Literature, 1700-1900
ENGL 354 - Young Adult Literature
ENGL 451 - Studies in Literature/Culture:
ENGL 468 - Holocaust Studies
ENGL 489 - Teaching/Assessing Composition
ENGL 499 - INDEPENDENT STUDY:
HIST 268 - Intro to Holocaust Studies
HIST 468 - Holocaust Studies
WGSS 112 - Women In Literature