Deborah Vause, Ph.D.

Deborah Vause
Division/Department
School of the Arts, Communication and Global Studies
Associate Professor of Literature
Contact Information
Humanities Center , Room 149
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
  • M.A., North Carolina State University
  • B.A., North Carolina State University 
  • A.A., Brevard College
  • WRT100: Introduction to College Writing
  • PHL240: Environmental Ethics
  • LIT283: Ancient to Early Modern British Literature
  • LIT284: Modern to Postmodern British Literature
  • LIT285: Classical to Early Modern European Literature
  • LIT286: Modern to Postmodern European Literature
  • WRT325: Language and Linguistics
  • LIT395: Fantasy Literature
  • Ecocriticism
  • Linguistics and Pedagogy
  • Contemporary Fantasy Literature
  • History of British and American English
  • Vause, Deborah J. and Julie S. Amberg. Making Language Matter: Teaching Resources for Meeting the Common Core State Standards at the High School Level. New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis, 2013.
  • “The Classics.” Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Edited by Nina P. Azari, Anne Runehov, and Luis Oviedo. Springer. Online publication. November 2012.
  • American English: History, Structure, and Usage. Co-author with Julie Amberg. Cambridge University Press. November, 2009.
  • “Teaching Variation: Using IM in the Introductory Linguistics Classroom.” Co-author with Julie Amberg. American Speech. 83.2(2008): 230-237.