Patricia Keefe Durso

Patricia Keefe Durso is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Literature, Languages, Writing, and Humanities at Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU) and concurrently serves as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. A University Honors Academy Writing Fellow, she has taught writing and literature at FDU, George Washington University, Rutgers, and Montclair State.

Education:

• Ph.D. in English, George Washington University
• M.Phil., George Washington University
• M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Fairleigh Dickinson University
• M.A. in English, George Washington University
• B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers University

Research & Teaching Focus: Durso’s scholarship bridges Irish and Irish-American literature, multi-ethnic U.S. writing, gender studies, and digital approaches to narrative. Her publications examine transatlantic suffrage networks, the construction of memory in fiction, and the impact of digital media on canon formation. In the classroom she integrates technology with traditional literary study, offering courses from basic composition to cross-cultural and contemporary American literature.

Recent Publications Trend: Across journal articles, book chapters, and creative work from 2002-2018, Durso consistently interrogates how marginalized voices—especially Irish, Irish-American, and multi-ethnic women writers—negotiate identity, memory, and political agency within evolving literary and digital landscapes.