- Ph.D. in English Literature, Yale University
- B.A. in English Literature with Distinction, Stanford University
Marion K. McInnes (Marnie)
Professor Emerita of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
mmcinnes@depauw.eduEducational Background
Teaching Interests
- Literature and Interpretation
- Introduction to Poetry
- Introduction to Fiction
- College Writing
- Autobiography
- Women and Literature
- Poets and Photographers
- Reflections on Photography
- Walt Whitman
- Time and Literature
- Haiti: Literature, Landscape, Environment
- Science Writing
- Fulbright Seminar
- How to Live: The Long Tradition of Literary Advice
Research, Scholarly, Creative Work
- “Looking for Louis Agassiz: A Story of Rocks and Race in Maine.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal (2019)
- “Why Geologists Think Glacial Mountains Look Like Sheep.” An Object Lesson. The Atlantic. July 7, 2017.
- “Following You: Second Person in Walt Whitman’s ‘As I Ebb’d with the Ocean of Life.” Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 35 (2017)
- “Photographic Documents and Postmodern Fictions: Photobooks by Susan Meiselas and Gregory Crewdson.” Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal (2012).
- “A Meditation on Poetry and Photography.” Photographies 5 (March 2012).
- “Photographic Portraits and the Violence of the Ordinary.” International Journal of the Humanities 5 (2008)
- “Critical Thinking in English.” Contribution to Critical Thinking in the Humanities. George W. Rainbolt and Sandra L. Dwyer. Second Custom Edition. Thompson Press, 2008.
Professional Experience
- Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at DePauw (1997-2004)
- Dean of Academic Life at DePauw (2005-2009)
Awards and Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University (1972)
- Methodist Exemplary Teaching Award (2014-15)
- Tucker Distinguished Career Award (2018)