Erin Finneran

Erin Finneran is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Washington University in St. Louis, with over 20 years of teaching experience. She also has affiliations with University College. Her research focuses on Irish and British Literary Modernism, particularly exploring authors such as Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf.

Education:

• B.A. in Honors English (Kenyon College)
• M.A. in Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama (University College Dublin)
• M.A./Ph.D. in English (Washington University in St. Louis), with a dissertation on parody in Samuel Beckett’s early fiction

Teaching: Erin teaches undergraduate courses in literature and writing, including Art of Reading Poetry, Modern Texts and Contexts, Modern Irish Drama, and Major American Writers. Notable courses in University College include explorations of Samuel Beckett, Oscar Wilde, and British/Irish Modernism.

Research & Philosophy: Her work centers on modernist literary techniques, cultural contexts of 20th-century literature, and intersections between drama, gender studies, and critical theory. She emphasizes liberal arts education and is inspired by student engagement at WashU.

Advising & Grants: No specific grants or student advising details are listed, though her teaching record suggests extensive mentorship in undergraduate literary studies.

Labs/Teams: No formal labs or research teams are mentioned, though her courses indicate collaborative engagement with literary scholarship.