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Research Interests
Literary Studies, Creative Writing, Reading and Writing Strategies for Undergraduate Students.
Professional Information
BSc, Seton Hall University; M.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D, University College Dublin.
Sue Norton’s teaching areas include literary studies, creative writing, academic writing, and reading and writing across the curriculum.
She contributes to scholarly books and journals in these areas and is Consulting Editor for Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. She is on the Editorial Board of Aix-Marseille Univ.'s Revue Électronique d'Études sur le Monde Anglophone and a peer reviewer for several other journals. She is also a Director on the Board of the John Updike Society and a long-time member and former Treasurer of the Irish Association for American Studies.
In TU Dublin, Sue has served on Academic Council, College Board, the College Research Committee, and as Chair of the School of Languages, Law & Social Sciences Research Committee. She was an External Examiner at both IADT Dun Laoghaire and Dundalk IT from 2020-2023.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Award Date: 1 Jan 2001
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Epistolary Power: Letters from the Intersections of Race, Sex, and Class in Alice Walker's The Color Purple
Norton, S., 2026, Power Plays in Transnational American Fiction: Gender, Race and Form, Eds Ruth Maxey and Daniel Robert King. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Reading as We Age: Life, Literacy, Texts, & Scholarship
Norton, S., 12 Jan 2026, In: Literacy Today.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Shifting Points of View for Diverse Perspectives
Norton, S., 3 Jan 2026, In: Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice. p. 94-99Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Somewhere between Feminism and Misogyny: Classic Updike on the Modern Syllabus
Norton, S., 3 Jan 2026, In: Teaching American Literature: A Journal of Theory and Practice. Winter 2025Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fiction and Poetry to Help Us Age: Criticism and Reflections by Professors of Literature (2025).
Norton, S. & Mazzeno, L. W., Sep 2025, Palgrave Macmillan.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Erasmus Teaching Mobility Grant, Marseille Univ., Aex en Provence, France
Norton, S. (Recipient), 2017
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Erasmus Teaching Mobility Grant, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Norton, S. (Recipient), 2004
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