Faculty in English
Dagni Bredesen
- Associate Professor of English
PhD, University of Washington
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Dagni Bredesen's research and teaching interests include 19th century British studies, post-colonialism, and law and literature. She has two scholarly projects on the go: a book manuscript Over His Dead Body: Widows in Victorian Literature and Culture and a scholar's facsimile edition of two of the first fictional works to feature professional female detectives (Andrew Forrester's The Female Detective and W.S. Hayward's Revelations of a Lady Detective, both published in 1864). Her scholarly writing has appeared in such journals as Victorian Review and Clues: A Journal of Detection, as well as in a collection of essays Remaking Queen Victoria (Cambridge University Press). Dr. Bredesen is currently chair of EIU's International Programs Advisory Committee. She has led study abroad programs for Eastern students to both Cape Town, South Africa, and Harlaxton College in Grantham, England.
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