Education
University College Dublin, James Joyce Research Centre—National University of Ireland
Ph.D., English Literature
University College Dublin—National University of Ireland, M.A., Anglo-Irish
Literature and Drama
Tufts University, Medford, MA, B.A., English Literature, Magna cum Laude, High
Thesis Honors; Secondary Area of Concentration: Women’s Studies; Culture Concentration:
Russian Literature
Areas of Expertise
British literature
Writing for business and industry
Biography
Dr. A. R. Mashilker received her doctorate from the James Joyce Research Centre at University College
Dublin, National University of Ireland. Dr Mashilker has spoken extensively on Joyce’s
Ulysses at numerous conferences across Europe and North America over the past two decades—but
identifies just as much as a Wildean today.
In her interdisciplinary research Dr. Mashilker considers intersections of indigenous
and Judeo-Christian mythologies, grounding the critical task in archetypal and aesthetic
theory, as well as theories of gender and identity. Her chapter, “Reclaiming the Fisherman:
Soul Searching in Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales,” is included in the monograph, Quintessential Wilde, edited by Annette Magid (2017).
She has two book projects awaiting publication homes: Beyond Homer: Joyce’s Aesthetic and the Archetypal Feminine in Ulysses, and #motherfail, an unfiltered examination of academic motherhood. Dr Mashilker thoroughly enjoys
teaching her classes at TU: ENGL 222 “Survey of British Literature: 1798—present,”
and ENGL 317 “Advanced Business Writing.”
