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Christopher Dowd is a Professor and Chair of the English Department at the University of New Haven’s College of Arts and Sciences. His teaching spans First-Year Composition, Creative Writing workshops, and upper-level Literature seminars, emphasizing cross-cultural connections and global intellectual engagement.
- Ph.D., English Literature, University of Connecticut
- M.A., English Literature, University of Connecticut
- M.F.A., Creative Writing, Emerson College
- B.A., English Literature & Writing, Fairfield University
Dowd’s research focuses on Irish-American literary identity, Shakespearean analysis, and metafictional narrative techniques. His work explores historical contexts, cultural symbolism, and genre fiction’s role in shaping diasporic identities.
Key publications include The Irish and the Origins of American Popular Culture (2018) and The Construction of Irish Identity in American Literature (2010), alongside articles examining Shakespeare’s Henry V and Neil Gaiman’s metafictional strategies.
He has presented at major conferences, including the MLA National Convention and the American Conference for Irish Studies, with topics ranging from 19th-century melodrama to Irish-American pulp fiction.
