Scott A. Dransfield
Division of Humanities Chair, Professor of English
Scott Dransfield is the division of humanities chair and a professor of English at Southern Virginia University.
Dr. Dransfield joined the faculty at Southern Virginia University in
2001 after holding faculty positions at Gordon College in Barnesville,
Georgia, and at Waynesburg College in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. While
he has many academic interests, his research concentrates on Victorian
literature and culture. He has published articles in Nineteenth-Century
Prose, Prose Studies, and Dickens Studies Annual. He is currently at
work on a project that examines a connection between Victorian nervous
disorders and nineteenth-century poetics. Dr. Dransfield also has an
emphasis in Shakespeare and Renaissance staging.
In the summer of 2002,
he participated in a study of the Shakespearean stage at the
Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton, Virginia, and at the Globe Theatre
in London, England, funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities. Dr. Dransfield is happiest in the classroom, where he
teaches College Composition, Literature of Western Civilization,
Poetry, Shakespeare, and other courses. He lives in Buena Vista with
his wife, Andrea, and five children.
B.A., Brigham Young University, 1989; M.A., Utah State University, 1991; Ph.D., West Virginia University, 1996
Contact Information:
Southern Virginia University
One University Hill Drive
Buena Vista , VA 24416
312 Durham Hall
540-261-4342 office
540-261-8451 fax
scott.dransfield@svu.edu