Margaret Urie

Margaret Urie joined the English department at the University of Nevada in 1979. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Marquette University in Chicago and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Nevada in 1978. Her dissertation was on William Faulkner, and her teaching specialties are African-American literature, literary nonfiction, women and literature, and Core Humanities. Besides serving as chair of the Faculty Senate, she has directed the Core Writing Program in the English department and is currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies in English. She has delivered papers on the Harlem Renaissance, women and literature, and the teaching of writing, and she co-edited Modern English Rhetoric. An enthusiast for Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake, she enjoys running, gardening, and downhill skiing.

Margaret Urie
Margaret Urie joined the English department at the University of Nevada in 1979. She earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from Marquette University in Chicago and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Nevada in 1978. Her dissertation was on William Faulkner, and her teaching specialties are African-American literature, literary nonfiction, women and literature, and Core Humanities. Besides serving as chair of the Faculty Senate, she has directed the Core Writing Program in the English department and is currently the Director of Undergraduate Studies in English. She has delivered papers on the Harlem Renaissance, women and literature, and the teaching of writing, and she co-edited Modern English Rhetoric. An enthusiast for Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake, she enjoys running, gardening, and downhill skiing.
	Core Humanities Faculty