Tiffany Gilbert

Dr. Tiffany Gilbert is Professor and Chair of the Department of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Fascinated with the diva figure since the 1981 premiere of the television series, Dynasty, she has pursued a teaching and research agenda that is at once interdisciplinarily capacious and joyful.

Education

PhD in English, University of Virginia
MA in English, Clemson University
BA in English, The College of William and Mary

Specialization in Teaching

ENG 110: Introduction to Literature
ENG 205: Introduction to Literary Studies
ENG 224: American Literature since 1870
ENG 230: Women in Literature
ENG 317: Writing about Film
ENG 362: Studies in the Novel
ENG 365: Studies in Drama
ENG 390: Studies in Literature
ENG 495: Senior Seminar
ENG 580: Studies in Literature

Research Interests

Dr. Gilbert has published an array of articles on literature, opera, and film. She has recently published an essay on the role and experience of Black women in academic leadership. She is currently co-editing (with Dr. Lynn Mollenauer) a volume of essays tentatively titled, The 1898 Wilmington Massacre: Critical Explorations of Insurrection, Black Resilience, and Black Futures (contracted with Louisiana State University Press).

Community Engagement

Since 2020, and under the auspices of the 1898 Legacies and Futures Research Collective, Dr. Gilbert has been involved in connecting faculty with community partners to augment students’ academic and lived experiences in Wilmington via the 1898 Curriculum Development Workshop (2020, 2021, 2022). The workshop was conceived to mentor faculty from across the university, engage with the long history of 1898 in Wilmington and the Cape Fear region, and introduce them to community members and scholars. Faculty represented the following disciplines: Anthropology, Computer Science, Earth and Ocean Sciences, English, Education, Film Studies, History, Music, Philosophy and Religion, Politics and International Affairs, Sociology/Criminology, Theater, World Languages and Cultures.

Honors & Awards

2023-2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute (with Dr. Cara Ward and Dr. Lynn Mollenauer): “Wilmington 1898: Geographies of Rage, Resistance, and Resilience.”