VITAE
Elaine W. Hughes, Ph.D.
Post Office Box 300
Montevallo, Alabama 35115
PERSONAL DATA:
U.S. Citizen
Birthplace: Graysville, Alabama
Birthdate: April 3, 1941
Married: Robert B. Hughes, Jr.
(3 children; 8 grandchildren)
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Alabama, 1979.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Montevallo, 1969, with highest honors; English major, history minor.
University of Montevallo Highest Honors Scholarships, 1965‑69.
University of Alabama Graduate School Scholarship, 1969‑70.
National Defense Education Act Fellow, 1971-1974.
Carnegie Foundation CASE Professor of the Year for Alabama, 1998-99.
Recipient, 2007 Eugene Current-Garcia Distinguished Scholar Award.
PRESENT POSITION:
Professor of English. Usual courses taught: Freshman English, World Literature, American Literature, British
Literature, Modern Literature Seminar, Modern Novel, Modern Poetry, and Modern Drama.
Director, Academic Program Initiatives: includes faculty development, Paschal P. Vacca Chair of Liberal
Arts Eminent Scholars Program, and Collaborative Effort with Public Schools Program.
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Faculty member, English Department, University of Montevallo (1974‑present);
English teacher, summer school program, Montevallo High School (1969; 1971).
Elected member (first female), Shelby County Board of Education (1974‑80); elected chairperson (1977‑1980)
COLLEGIATE ASSIGNMENTS AND SERVICE:
Chair, Academic Development, Research and Special Projects, Collaborative Effort with Pubic Schools, Vacca Screening Committee, English Department Internships, Write Connection; international president, Sigma Tau Delta (1994‑1998), immediate past president (1998‑2000); State President, Alabama AAUW (2000‑2002, 2002-2004), vice president for programs (1998‑2000); secretary/chair, SAMLA group (1996‑2001); member, Academic Council, University Administrative Council, Capital Campaign Fund Committee (1997), English Department Alumni and Student Affairs Committee, English Department Sophomore Committee; faculty sponsor of Lambda Kappa chapter, Sigma Tau Delta; campus representative, James Madison Fellowship, Rhodes Scholars, and Fulbright Programs; academic advisor, General Studies students and English majors; director, Undergraduate Research Projects; director, English Department Study Tours to New York, England, Greece, Italy, and France; consultant, Young Authors Conference, Alabama Humanities Foundation, Southern Voices Conference sponsored by Hoover Public Library, State of Alabama Archives and History Alabama Studies Symposium, Auburn University Center for the Arts and Humanities; reviewer, Alabama Writers Conclave (1997), Jacob K. Javits Fellows Program (Washington, D.C.); chair, Alabama Historic Ironworks Commission; chair, Alabama Humanities Foundation, Board of Directors; chair, Association Public Policy Committee, American Association of University Women, Washington, D.C.; member, Shelby County Arts Council
Board of Directors, 2007-.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Author or recipient of 40 grants totaling more than $200,000; author of numerous publications on pedagogy and on literary topics; presenter for two state‑wide NEH grants (55 presentations); presenter for four Alabama Humanities Foundations programs (32 presentations); co-editor of anthology for NEH project; co-author, with Sena Jeter Naslund, of Four Spirits, play adapted from novel, commissioned by Alabama Shakespeare Festival theatre.