Contact Information
294 English Building (2023-24)
608 S Wright
M/C 718
Urbana, IL 61801
608 S Wright
M/C 718
Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
W 12:00-2:00 PM (2023-24)
(Office Hours are held over Zoom and by appointment)
(Office Hours are held over Zoom and by appointment)
Research Areas
Assistant Director of Rhetoric
Senior Lecturer
Research Interests
The Romantic Era, The Victorian Era, The Gothic, 19th Century British Literature, Memoir and Autobiography, Visual Culture of the Romantic & Victorian Era, Student Activism, Digital Humanities Collection Development, Metadata Development, Antiquarianism, Historical Maps, Basic Writing Instruction
Education
- PhD English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M.A. English, Old Dominion University
- B.A. English, Roanoke College
Awards and Honors
- English Department Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2023.
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Humanities Council Teaching Excellence Award, 2014.
- English Department Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2014.
- Undergraduate Rhetoric Program Award for Excellence in Writing Instruction, 2009.
Courses Taught
- ENGL 207: Romantic Literature & Culture (FA 2016, SP 2011)
- ENGL 208: Victorian Literature and Culture (SP 2017, SP 2013, SP 2012)
- ENGL 115: Intro To English Literature (FA 2010, FA 2008)
- ENGL 109: Intro To Fiction (Advanced Composition) (SP 2019, FA 2013, FA 2011)
- RHET 233: The Rhetoric of Student Activism (Advanced Composition) (FA 2018, SP2018, FA 2017, SP 2016)
- RHET 233: The Writing of Memory (Advanced Composition) (FA 2013, SP 2011, FA 2010, SP 2010, FA 2009, SP 2009, FA 2008)
- RHET 105 Writing and Research (FA 2023, SP 2023, FA2022, SP 2022, FA 2021, SP 2021, FA 2020, FA 2019, SP 2019, FA 2018, SP 2018, FA 2017, SP 2017, FA 2016, SP 2016, FA 2015)
- RHET 104 (SP 2010)
- RHET 102 (SP 2014, SP 2008)
- RHET 101 (FA 2007)
selected publications
DISSERTATION
- Consequential Ground: Memorials of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Romantic Culture 1793-1877. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106186
BOOK CHAPTERS
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“Introduction: I Write. Who, me?” I Write: A Writing Guide for the Rhetoric Program at the University of Illinois. 5th Ed. Urbana: The University of Illinois, 2022.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- Underwood, Ted, and Jordan Sellers. "The Longue Durée of Literary Prestige." Modern Language Quarterly 77.3 (2016): 321-344. https://doi.org/10.1215/00267929-3570634
- "Zero Ground: Mapping Maritime Commemoration in the Age of Nelson." European Romantic Review 26.6 (2015): 679-698. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509585.2015.1092082
- Underwood, Ted, and Jordan Sellers. "The Emergence of Literary Diction." Journal of Digital Humanities 1.2 (2012): 21 Aug. 2012. http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-2/the-emergence-of-literary-diction-by-ted-underwood-and-jordan-sellers/
DIGITAL HUMANITIES CORPUS DEVELOPMENT
- Pulp Fiction Corpus, a digital corpus of selected short stories, novels, and serialized fiction published in pulp magazines 1897-1939, 2015.
- Literary Language and Literary Prestige in the Long Nineteenth Century (A corpus of literary works reviewed by elite literary magazines), 2015.
- Illinois 19th-Century Corpus (1800-1923), a digital corpus of roughly 4000 volumes across genre, 2011-2012.