Dr. Moffitt received her B.A. in English from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC; her M.A. in Literature from Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA; and her Ph.D. in Literature from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Before joining the faculty at Florida Southern College in 2017, she taught for seven years at Florida State University, first as a graduate student and then as a Visiting Lecturer. Her research and teaching interests include U.S. literature, chiefly post-1865 U.S. literature; African American literature; Asian American literature; women’s literature; literary theory; and visual culture studies, including word and image theory and illustrated texts.
