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Patricia Frick serves as a Professor in the Department of English at Otterbein University, specializing in Victorian British literature, gender dynamics, and cultural geography. Her expertise spans Dickens, Collins, and Stevenson, with research centered on Victorian urban spaces—particularly markets in Dickens' London—and monstrous literary tropes.
She earned her B.A. from the University of Rochester (1973), followed by M.A. (1974) and Ph.D. (1979) degrees from the University of Toronto. Her scholarly output appears in journals including Philological Quarterly and Victorians Institute Journal, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement with gender studies and spatial theory.
Research interests emphasize Victorian women's identities, literary London/Edinburgh, sensation fiction, and cultural revivals in modern media. Her work interrogates ghosts, criminality, and 'othered' figures like Oscar Wilde through frameworks of gender performance and colonial critique, often linking urban settings to social marginalization.
Publications reveal sustained analysis of Wilkie Collins and Dickens, blending art history (e.g., Ruskin studies), crime narratives, and children's literature to explore Victorian societal tensions. Key themes include narrative structure, morality, and the intersection of commerce with cultural identity.
- McGregor Award for INST Curriculum Development
- Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellowship (1981-82; taught Dickens/Collins courses at Harvard while conducting independent research)
As faculty sponsor for Sigma Tau Delta International English Honorary, she mentors senior projects on Victorian revivals and monstrous archetypes. Active in the Midwest/North American Victorian Studies Associations and Phi Beta Kappa, her service underscores commitment to literary scholarship and pedagogy without documented lab affiliations.
