Danielle Cofer

Biography

Before attending URI, Danielle Cofer received her BA and MA in English from California Polytechnic University in Pomona, California. Her research interests include maritime literature with a focus on shipwrecked women, American death and mourning culture in the long nineteenth century, and historic cemeteries.

Research

Maritime Literature with a focus on Shipwrecked Women, American Death and Mourning Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century, and Historic Cemeteries

Selected Publications

“Kathryn Bigelow” Hollywood Heroines: The Most Influential Women in Film History. ABC-Clio. Ed. Laura Bauer. Forthcoming 2018.

Book Review of Searching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary Horror by Kinitra Brown (Rutgers University Press, 2017) Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Fall 2018)

Courses Taught

WRT 104: Writing to Inform and Explain
ENG 110: Introduction to Literature
ENG 243: The Short Story

Curriculum Vitae