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Christofer C. FossChristofer C. Foss
Associate Professor of English
English, Linguistics and Communication

cfoss@umw.edu
(540) 654-1128

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison
M.A., Northeastern University
B.A., Concordia College

Expertise
British Literature Since 1800
British Romantic Literature
Oscar Wilde
British Victorian Literature
Disability Studies and Literature
British Victorian Novel
British Romantic Women Writers
Representations of Autism

Chris Foss, Associate Professor of English, earned a Ph.D. (1995) in 19th-century British literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.A. (1988) in literature from Northeastern University, and a B.A. (1986) in English (with secondary education certification) and Spanish from Concordia College (Moorehead, Minn.). He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and academic conference papers. His particular emphases within his specialty area include Toru Dutt, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Oscar Wilde. He also recently has developed a subspecialty in disability studies, with a particular emphasis on autism.