Heather King Ph.D.
Department Chair; Professor
English
About
Heather King is currently working on two lines of inquiry in eighteenth-century fiction by women, including moments of moral reflection, in which mirrors become tools of seeing the state of one’s character, rather than one’s coif; and economics–as articulated by Adam Smith–in the novels of Jane Austen. Professor King also conducts research with students in children’s literature, including the symbolic function of baseball in middle-grade fiction, and how talking mice and rats in middle grade and young-adult fiction suggest what it means to be human.
Education
- Ph.D., Renaissance literature, University of Arizona
- M.A., English, University of Arizona
- B.A., English, University of Arizona
Professional Background
- Lecturer, University of Wisconsin 1997-2000
Areas of Expertise
- Adaptation
- Eighteenth-century literature, including prose fiction, drama, women’s writing, and satire
- Harry Potter
- Jane Austen
- The novel
- Shakespeare
- Young adult fiction
Publications
Essays
- “Domestic Virtues and National Importance: Sailors, Commerce, and Virtue in Mansfield Park, Persuasion, and The Wealth of Nations.” International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, special issue on “Economics and the Novel,” February 2016.
- “Harry Potter and the Invisible Hand: The Virtue of Business That Is Not Serious.” In Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature: Perspectives on Business from Novels and Plays, ed. Edward Younkin. Lexington Books, 2016.
- “Pictures of Women in Frances Burney’s Cecilia and Camilla: How Cecilia Looks and What Camilla Sees.” In Beyond Sense and Sensibility: Moral Formation and the Literary Imagination from Johnson to Wordsworth, ed. Peggy Thompson. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2014.
- “Shakespeare in the Restoration Theatre: ‘Staging’ Assignments.” Digital Defoe, special issue on eighteenth-century studies and education, 2011.
Papers
- “Domestic Virtues and National Importance: Persuasion, Theory of Moral Sentiments, and The Wealth of Nations.” International Adam Smith Society panel, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Los Angeles, 2015.
- “Men of Feeling: Gender and Sensibility in Frances Burney’s Novels.” Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, San Luis Obispo, 2015.
Awards and Service
- Multidisciplinary Faculty Seminar, University of Redlands
- aTUG Grant (internal technology grant), 2015
- Hunsaker Teaching Grant, University of Redlands
- Invited participant, Restoration Shakespeare workshop, Folger Library, Washington, D.C., 2014
- Nominated for Mortar Board Professor of the Year; named English Professor of the Year by Sigma Tau Delta, 2012
- Visiting research fellowship, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin (in residence April 2011)
- Nominated for Mortar Board Professor of the Year; Outstanding Service Award, Faculty Review Committee, 2009
- Gwin J. and Ruth Kolb Research Travel Award, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2005
- Campus nominee, NEH Summer Fellowship, 2004
- Research Grant, University of Redlands Banta Center for Business, Ethics, and Society, 2004
- Neal K. Pahia Advisor of the Year Award, University of Redlands, 2003
- Nominated for Mortar Board Professor of the Year, 2003
- Nominated for Outstanding Faculty Award in Innovative Teaching, 2002
- Distinction in English for senior thesis, “To Virtue and Her Friends a Friend,” 1991
- Dean’s College Prize for Excellence in Classical Studies, 1991
Affiliations
- Faculty advisor, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society