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Vicki Mahaffey is the Clayton and Thelma Kirkpatrick Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Previously, she served as a full professor at the University of Pennsylvania for 27 years and held the Chair of Modern Literature at the University of York, UK. Her research focuses on 20th-century Irish literature, modern British poetry, and feminist literary analysis, with a particular emphasis on James Joyce’s works.
Education: B.A. (highest honors, Phi Beta Kappa) from University of Texas at Austin; M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Research interests include the intersection of language, everyday life, and cultural memory in Joyce’s writings, gender studies, and interdisciplinary literary criticism. Her recent book The Joyce of Everyday Life (2024) explores how Joyce’s prose revitalizes lived experiences through innovative analysis of mundane objects and concepts like beds, writing by hand, and fat.
Awards include the 2025 Robert Rhodes Prize for Literary Books (American Conference for Irish Studies) and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her work bridges academic rigor with accessible interpretation, emphasizing Joyce’s relevance to contemporary readers.
Her publications span monographs, edited volumes, and essays in leading journals. She collaborates widely in Joyce studies and feminist literary scholarship, maintaining an active presence in academic conferences and public lectures.
