Ashley Quaye Andrews Lear

Dr. Ashley Lear is a Professor of Humanities specializing in American Literature. She teaches introductory literature courses and upper-level courses in American and Russian Literature. Her courses for the Honors Program focus on science fiction and video game narratives. Dr. Lear's publications include works on digital pedagogy, science fiction, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Ellen Glasgow, feminist narrative theory, and women in astronomy. She is currently researching the narrative model of Hollow Knight as an allegory for the pandemic experience.