Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus | maltbyd@umsl.edu | 314-516-5579
Deborah Maltby earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of South Carolina and enjoyed a long career in journalism and public relations, including writing for many publications and owning her own public relations firm. She then earned a Master of Arts in English degree from the University of North Carolina Charlotte, where she taught first-year composition. She taught at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, from 1996-2007.
Dr. Maltby earned her PhD in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Nineteenth-Century British History, and Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was awarded several doctoral fellowships, including the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship. Her doctoral dissertation, Reading ‘Hodge’: Nineteenth-Century English Rural Workers, was named the Outstanding Dissertation in the Humanities at UMKC in 2007. She taught literature at UMKC while working on the PhD.
Dr. Maltby came to UMSL in 2007 as an assistant teaching professor of English and was promoted to associate teaching professor of English in 2013. In 2014 she was named winner of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence to a Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Member. She is currently semi-retired and teaching advanced writing and British literature courses online. Areas of expertise and interest include Victorian writers, especially Thomas Hardy, Victorian periodical studies, and the rhetoric in public writing about marginalized groups, especially the poor.
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About Deborah Maltby
Deborah Maltby earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of South Carolina and enjoyed a long career in journalism and public relations, including writing for many publications and owning her own public relations firm. She then earned a Master of Arts in English degree from the University of North Carolina Charlotte, where she taught first-year composition. She taught at William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, from 1996-2007.
Dr. Maltby earned her PhD in Nineteenth-Century British Literature, Nineteenth-Century British History, and Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where she was awarded several doctoral fellowships, including the Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship. Her doctoral dissertation, Reading ‘Hodge’: Nineteenth-Century English Rural Workers, was named the Outstanding Dissertation in the Humanities at UMKC in 2007. She taught literature at UMKC while working on the PhD.
Dr. Maltby came to UMSL in 2007 as an assistant teaching professor of English and was promoted to associate teaching professor of English in 2013. In 2014 she was named winner of the Chancellor's Award for Excellence to a Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Member. She is currently semi-retired and teaching advanced writing and British literature courses online. Areas of expertise and interest include Victorian writers, especially Thomas Hardy, Victorian periodical studies, and the rhetoric in public writing about marginalized groups, especially the poor.
| 2007 - Present | Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of English | |
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| PhD, University of Missouri-Kansas City ‐ English and History | ||
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| BA, University of South Carolina ‐ Journalism | ||
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| MA, University of North Carolina Charlotte ‐ English | ||
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Contact Information
Phone: 314-516-5579
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