Faculty Profile for Dr. Julie McCormick Weng
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Biography and Education
Dr. Julie McCormick Weng specializes in the study of 20th century Irish literature and culture, with a particular focus on the varied reception of emerging sciences and technologies in modernist texts. She is curious about how past approaches can inform how we understand innovations in science and technology 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, Joyce Studies Annual, Feminist Formations, and elsewhere. At Texas State, she enjoys teaching a wide range of courses in modern British and global Anglophone literatures. She also serves as Secretary of the American Conference for Irish Studies.Teaching Interests
Recent Courses:Graduate:
James Joyce
Global Modernisms
Experimental Modernisms
Modern Irish Poetry
Contemporary Irish Literature
Joyce / Beckett
Undergraduate:
James Joyce
20th-21st Century British Literature
British Modernism
Global Modernist Short Stories
Modern Irish Literature
Modern Irish Drama
Modern Poetry
Postcolonial Literatures
Postcolonial Women Writers
Postcolonial Drama
British Literature Since 1785
World Literature Since 1600
Research Interests
Modernist Literatures, Irish and Postcolonial Studies, Science and Technology, Gender and Women's Studies, James JoyceSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- 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.
- Weng, J. M., Conrad, K., & Parsons, C. (Eds.). (2019). Science, Technology, and Irish Modernism. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Golden Apple Award, College of Liberal Arts. 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching, 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