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Maura Tarnoff is a Teaching Professor in the Department of English at Santa Clara University's College of Arts and Sciences. She specializes in early modern literature, digital humanities, and ethics in technology. Her research explores intersections of cultural history, social justice, and immersive technologies. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia and has taught at UVA, Macalester College, and Saint Louis University's Madrid Campus.
Education: Ph.D. in English (University of Virginia); prior teaching roles at UVA, Macalester College, and Saint Louis University Madrid Campus.
Research interests include early modern women's contributions to authorship through textile arts, ethical implications of virtual reality (VR), and local histories of racial injustice in Santa Clara Valley. She co-leads SCU's Virtual Reality Faculty Learning Community and developed a digital humanities annotation app via a 2018 teaching innovation grant.
Awards include a Hackworth grant for VR ethics research and a teaching technology grant for digital humanities projects. She currently investigates minstrel show histories in the Santa Clara Valley to address racial justice through historical memory.
Grants and labs: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Hackworth Grant (VR ethics), Collaborative for Teaching Innovation grant (digital annotation tool), involvement with Imaginarium/Virtual Reality Lab.
