Dr. Mary Morse
Associate Professor of English
- Email Address: mmorse@rider.edu
- Phone: 609-895-5570
- Fax: n/a
- Office: Fine Arts 320
- Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
B.A., St. Olaf College; M.A., English, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN; Ph.D., English, Marquette University
Dr. Morse specializes in workplace writing and in medieval/Renaissance British literature. Her recent academic research explores transfer and adaptation of writing skills from college to the workplace. She has published several articles on the creation and reception of medieval devotional texts written by or read by women. She reviews classical music for Classical New Jersey Society Journal and also has published on the influences of medieval literature upon Southwestern American Hispanic cuentos (folktales). Her professional writing on the arts, travel, agriculture, business, and personal finance has appeared in a variety of national and regional publications, including Amoco Traveler, Farm Journal, Geico Direct, Lake Superior Magazine, Mpls.-St. Paul, and Minnesota Monthly.
Welcome to the homepage of Dr. Mary Morse (on sabbatical Fall 2006). My specialty area is Workplace Writing, a professional writing track for English majors/minors. I regularly teach Workplace Writing courses in Business and Professional Contexts (ENG 321), Grant Proposals (ENG 322) and Reviewing and Publishing (ENG 323). I also teach courses in Literature, Composition, Gender Studies, Liberal Studies, and the Baccaulaureate Honors Program (BHP).
I am the English Internship Coordinator. Dr. Cynthia Lucia will be interim English Internship Coordinator in Fall 2006. Contact Dr. Lucia if you're interested in finding an internship for Fall 2006. To learn about the requirements for ENG 491, check Internship Guidelines.
 Detail from Jan Van Eyck, The Annunciation, 1425-30, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Image courtesy of Carol Gerten |
Spring 2007 Courses
- ENG 321 Workplace Writing: Business and Professional Contexts
- ENG 323 Workplace Writing: Reviewing and Publishing
- GND 400 Senior Seminar: "She Said/He Said"
- BHP 100 Great Ideas II
Other Courses I Teach
- ENG 213 Literature and Mythology
- ENG 205 Understanding Literature
- ENG 217 Introduction to Shakespeare
- ENG 290 The Short Story
- ENG 317 Electronic Writers Workshop
- ENG 322 Grant Proposals, Fundraising and Development
- ENG 351 Nineteenth-Century American Literature
- ENG 353 Contemporary American Literature
- CMP 115 Introduction to Expository Writing
- CMP 120 Expository Writing
- CMP 125 Research Writing
- CMP 203 Literature and Composition
- GND 200 Introduction to Women's Studies
- GND 310 Special Topics: Early Women Writers
- LIBS 400 Liberal Studies Seminar
Recent Papers and Panels
- "Safe Leyvred wythoute Parelle": Julitta and Quiricus: Invoking Childbirth Saints in Odd Places" (Paper). 2006 International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
- "Grant Writing as a Foundation Course in Teaching Professional Writing" (Paper). 2004 Modern Language Association, Philadelphia.
- "Arts Reviewing as an English Course" (Paper). 2004 Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Antonio.
- "Adaptation and Transfer: Teaching English Majors to Write for the Workplace" (Special Session Panel). 2003 Modern Language Association, San Diego.
- "Making the Abstract Real: Connecting Word and Image in The Book of Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love" (Paper). 2003 International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
- "Old World Magic and New World Assimilation in 'Puseyeme,' a New Mexican Cuento" (Paper). 2003 New Jersey College Education Association, Newark.
Articles
- "Lollardy as Conversion Motif in The Book of Margery Kempe." Mystics Quarterly 29.1-2 (Mar./June 2003): 24-44.
- "Seeing and Hearing: Margery Kempe and the mise-en-page." Studia Mystica 20 (1999): 15-42.
- "Margery Kempe, Venice, and Marian Iconology." Studia Mystica 19 (1998): 56-67.
- "The Medieval Roots of Two New Mexican Cuentos." Studies in Medievalism 6 (1994): 174-184.
Recent Reviews - Classical Music
- "A Grand Aida: Hold the Elephants." [Boheme Opera 11/06/05]. Classical New Jersey Society Reviews. http://www.classicalnjsociety.org/
- "Superstar Power: Is That All We Want?" [Joshua Bell, violin; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra 10/08/04]. Classical New Jersey Society Journal 2 Dec. 2004: 17-19. http://www.classicalnjsociety.org/
- "A Very American Opera" [Little Women at Westminster Opera Theatre]. Classical New Jersey Society Journal 9 Sept. 2004: 19-20.
- "So Much for Definitions of Hell" [Princeton Symphony Orchestra]. Classical New Jersey Society Journal 29 Apr. 2002: 22-23. http://classicalnjsociety.org/
Recent Reviews - Books
- 'A Strange Tongue': Tradition, Language and the Appropriation of Mystical Experience in Late 14th C England and 16th C Spain. Author, John D. Green. Mystics Quarterly 30-.1-2 (March/June 2004): 59-60.
