Biography and expertise
Dr. Julie McCormick Weng specializes in the study of 20th century Irish literature and culture, with a focus on the varied reception of emerging sciences and technologies in Irish modernist texts. She is curious about how past approaches to science and technology can inform how we understand them today. These ideas are reflected in her coedited books: Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism (Syracuse University Press, 2019) and Race in Irish Literature and Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Her work is also featured in Modernism/modernity, Journal of Modern Literature, Éire-Ireland, James Joyce Quarterly, Joyce Studies Annual, and elsewhere. At Texas State, she enjoys teaching a wide range of courses in modern British, Irish, and global Anglophone literatures. She also serves as Secretary of the American Conference for Irish Studies.
Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in English
Univ of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2016
Master's Degree
MA in English
Texas A&M University, 2008
Bachelor's Degree
BA in History and English
Texas A&M University, 2006
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Weng, J. M. (2025). “An Irish Modernist Dialectic of Enlightenment: Singing the Artist Electric". Modernism/Modernity, 31(3), 513–538.
- Weng, J. M., & Sen, M. (Eds.). (2024). Race in Irish Literature and Culture. Cambridge University Press.
- Weng, J. M. (2024). “W. B. Yeats, the Irish Free State, and the Rhetoric of Race Suicide.” In M. Sen & J. M. Weng (Eds.), Race in Irish Literature and Culture (pp. 143–171). Cambridge University Press.
- Weng, J. M. (2023). “Reading James Joyce in the Wake of the #MeToo Movement.” In K. Ebury, M. Fogarty, & B. English (Eds.), Ethical Crossroads in Literary Modernism (pp. 235–251). Clemson University Press. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/content/oa_chapter_edited/jj.2862490.17?seq=1
- Weng, J. M., Conrad, K., & Parsons, C. (Eds.). (2019). Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award, College of Liberal Arts. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Outstanding Professor of the Year 2022-2023, Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society. April 2023 - 2023
- Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Service. 2020
- Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching. 2023
Featured service activities
- Member
Visiting Scholars Committee
- Chair
Mentoring Committee
- Member
University Humanities Research Award Committee