Ronna Privett , Ph.D.

Dr. Ronna Privett is a Professor of English and current Chair of the Humanities Department. She graduated from Lubbock Christian University in 1983 with a degree in Art and secondary teaching certification in Art and English. She continued her education at Texas Tech University where she earned both a master's and Ph.D. in English focusing on 19^th and early 20^th century American literature with secondary specialization in Victorian literature and comparative literature. She and her husband Bryan (LCU class of ’83, Math) have two children and five grandchildren who all live in Lubbock. Dr. Privett has had the joy of teaching English and Humanities at LCU since 1999.

• Research focus:
  • 19^th and early 20^th century American literature
  • African-American literature
  • Comparative literature
  • GAI applications in teaching composition and literature
  • Science fiction and fantasy literature
• Publications:
• A Comprehensive Study of American Writer Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 1844-1911: Art for Truth’s Sake, Mellen P, 2003.
  • Website on Elizabeth Stuart Phelps with some of her articles and stories.
  • “One Passion and Four Walls: Thea Kronborg’s Artistic Development.” Midwest Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 2, 2013, pp. 186-201.
  • “What Do The Chronicles of Narnia and a Magician Have in Common? A First-Year Writing Carnival Experience.” Co-author Jana Anderson. CCTE Studies, vol. 76, 2011, pp. 42-48.
  • “Reading Moby-Dick in Context: The Final Scene.” CCTE Studies, vol. 75, 2010, pp. 104-12.
  • “The Western Woman and the Cowboy Hero: Power and Stoicism in the Western Landscape.” CCTE Studies, vol. 70, 2005, pp. 81-89.
  • “‘Crying from the Wilderness’: Religious Margins and the Emerging Woman’s Voice in Early American Literature.” Journal of Contemporary Thought, vol. 9, 1999, pp. 97-111.