Elizabeth Battles, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Office: PUMC 247
Office Phone: 817-531-4906
Office Fax: 817-531-6503
Email: EBattles@txwes.edu

Educational Background:
University of Arizona, B.A. 1983
University of Oxford, England B.A. 1985. M.A. 1988
Texas Christian University, Ph.D.  1992

Academic Interest:
Dr. Elizabeth Battles came to Wesleyan in 1992.  Her research and teaching interests are in Victorian Literature, especially the 19th century novel, Women’s Studies, and Rhetoric and Composition.

Dr. Battles is currently serving as the director to of the Wesleyan Scholars Honors Program and has served as Chair of the Faculty Assembly and on various standing committees of the university including Faculty Council, Academic Affairs, Student Publications, Tenure, Promotion and Academic Freedom, and Scholarships and Financial Aid.  In addition, Dr. Battles has served on ad hoc committees such as the Women’s Studies Task Force, the Handbook Revisions Committee, the Honors Program Committee, and University College Day Committee.  She serves as Academic Advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta, the Freshman honor society.

Dr. Battles regularly teaches the following courses:
ENG 1300 Composition and Grammar
ENG 1301 Composition and Rhetoric
ENG 1302 Composition and Literature
ENG 2311 Survey of English Literature
ENG 2312 Survey of English Literature
ENG 3300A Style and Structure: Advanced Writing
ENG 3309 Introduction to Women’s Studies
ENG 3341 Modern British Literature
ENG 3345 The English Novel
ENG 3356 Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers
ENG 3357 Women and Literature
ENG 4323 The Short Story
ENG 4325 Heroes in Literature
HUM 3340 The Human Experience
HUM 3341 The Human Prospect

Personal Interest:
Dr. Battles’s primary personal interests are her husband and three sons.  She also enjoys reading, traveling, gardening, and running.