Dr. Tara C. Foley
Senior Lecturer

Interests
Nineteenth-Century American Literature
American Studies
Urban Studies
Medical Humanities
Education
Ph.D. Fordham University
M.A. City College, CUNY
B.A. New York University
Courses Taught
- ENG 2306: World Literature
- ENG 2310: American Literary Cultures
- ENG 3393: Literature of the American West and Southwest
- ENGL 4334: Literature, Medicine, and Public Health
- ENGL 4314: Urban Space and the American Literary Imagination
Bio
Tara Foley's research interests include American literature and urban planning, medical humanities, and literature of the American West. Her work has appeared in The Howellsian and Enarratio: Exposition, Recounting, and Conversation. Her current book project analyzes the contributions of American writers to urban planning initiatives in major American cities at the end of the nineteenth century.