Expertise
Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning, Digital Humanities, Charles Dickens, Transatlantic Victorian Studies
Research Interests
Currently, Professor Archibald’s research centers on Charles Dickens’s relationship with America and other non-British locales; corpus linguistics and digital humanities approaches to 19th-century literature and culture; and the scholarship of teaching and learning, especially community-engaged and career-connected topics.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): English, Washington State University - Pullman, Washington
- Supporting Area: 19th and 20th Century & Medieval British Literature
- Dissertation / Thesis Title: Constructing Home Sweet Home: Domesticity and Emigration in the Victorian Novel
- Master of Arts (M.A.): English, California State University - Sacramento, California
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.): Religion, Pacific Lutheran University - Parkland, Washington
- Supporting Area: Concentration in Theology and Ethics, Minor in English
Biosketch
Professor Diana Archibald is the inaugural Director of the new Transformative Internships and Engagement (TIE) Hub < https://www.uml.edu/fahss/experiential-learning/tie-hub/> for the UMass Lowell College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Science. As a dedicated practitioner of community-engaged pedagogy for almost thirty years and the English Department Internship Coordinator for 18 years, she has facilitated numerous faculty development workshops and published articles on high-impact teaching practices. In her new role, she will be collaborating with faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners to expand and strengthen opportunities for students to gain meaningful and fulfilling career-connected experience. She lives in Lowell with her partner and their Cobberdog and is a devoted gardener.
Research Currently in Progress
She is editing a 1939 European travel narrative written by a first-generation Norwegian-American who journeyed to the homeland of his immigrant parents on the eve of World War II (WWII).