Emily Baldys

Dr. Emily Baldys is a faculty member in the Department of English & World Languages at Millersville University, where she teaches courses in English literature, composition, and disability studies. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Penn State University and has taught at Zane State College previously. Her research focuses on 19th-century British literature, disability studies, and the intersections of gender, class, and domesticity in literary works.

Dr. Baldys earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in English from The Pennsylvania State University and a B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College. She was the recipient of the Raymond Lombra Graduate Award for Excellence in Research in the Humanities during her doctoral studies.

Her research explores how literary texts engage with scientific, medical, and popular discourses to shape cultural conceptions of disability and the abnormal body and mind. Current projects include an analysis of disability and rehabilitation in the works of Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Charles Dickens, and Elizabeth Gaskell. She also examines disability justice, early feminism, and the history of psychiatry in literature. Her interests extend to women’s writing and the study of popular romance.

• Raymond Lombra Graduate Award for Excellence in Research in the Humanities (Penn State University)

While her advising and grant details are not explicitly detailed, her academic contributions include significant publications in reputable journals such as Dickens Studies Annual and Philological Quarterly. She has also explored topics in the Journal of Literary and Cultural Disability Studies.

Her work is centered within the Department of English & World Languages at Millersville University, contributing to interdisciplinary discussions in literature and disability studies.