Degrees

Ph.D. English, Vanderbilt University, defended May 2009
M. A. English, Vanderbilt University, 2005
B. A. English and Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, TCU, 2003

Research Area

Early Modern conduct literature
London theater, masque, and closet drama
Early modern material culture
Narrative Theory
Gender Studies

Current Research

Book Project: "Expressions of Silence: Stuart Women in Drama"
Dissertation: "Performing Silence, Performing Speech: Genre and Gender in Stuart Drama"

Current Courses

Fall 2009 118W: Authority, Authorship, and the Struggle for Narrative Control
Upcoming (Spring 2010):
208a: Representative British Writers Before 1660: Courtship and Rivalry
118W: "Unhappy in Their Own Way": Family Dysfunction in Literature

Current Positions

Lecturer, Department of English

Previous Positions

Research Assistant, Department of French and Italian, 2008-2009
Teaching Fellow, Department of English, 2005-2009
Center for Ethics Dissertation Fellow, Vanderbilt University, Fall 2008
Editor, Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities, Vanderbilt University, 2005-2008
Social Co-Chair, EGSA, Vanderbilt University 2005-2006
Teaching Assistant, Department of Philosophy, TCU 2002-2004

Professional Societies

Modern Language Association
Shakespeare Association of America
Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies
South Eastern Renaissance Association
South Eastern Medieval Association

Professional Honors

Rose Alley Press Achievement Award, 2009
Dissertation Enhancement Grant, Fall 2008
Newberry Library Consortium Grant, 2008
Graduate Travel Award, Shakespeare Association of America 2008
Gender Studies Certificate, Vanderbilt University 2006
Newberry Library Consortium Grant, Milton Seminar 2005
Phi Beta Kappa, TCU 2003
Departmental Honors in English, TCU 2003
Philosophy Student of the Year, TCU 2003
Wassenich Honors Founder's Award Medal, TCU 2001

Publications

"Strategic Silence and Narrative Authority in _The Tragedy of Mariam_." Under Review.
"'What Once I Was, and What Am Now': Narrative and Identity Constructions in _Samson Agonistes_." Journal of Narrative Theory (37:1) Winter 2007. 1-26.
"Paul Gilroy." The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Second Edition. Ed. T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, et. al. New York: W. W. Norton, Forthcoming January 2010.
"Judith Halberstam." The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. Second Edition. Ed. T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, et. al. New York: W. W. Norton, Forthcoming January 2010.

Biography

After doing time in an all girls' prep school in Houston, Texas, Miranda Nesler escaped to college, where she discovered the joys of coeducation. Three years later she decided that life couldn't reasonably be limited to drinking with philosophy professors and suffering in the crushing Texas heat, so she graduated with departmental honors from TCU with a BA in English and Philosophy and an assortment of eccentricities that prepared her for life in academia.

Miscellaneous

Volunteer Equine Advocates, 2008-
NBHA Barrel Racer, 2001-2003
Co-founder, People for Animal Welfare, TCU 2002-2004