Holly Stave brings her diverse interests to the faculty of the Scholars' College. Her research on Thomas Hardy has led to a book, The Decline of the Goddess: Nature, Culture, and Women in Thomas Hardy's Fiction, published in 1995. Gloria Naylor: Strategy and Technique, Magic and Myth appeared in 2000 and Toni Morrison and the Bible: Contested Intertexualities has just been released by Peter Lang Publishers. Dr. Stave has participated in postdoctoral institutes on literary criticism and African-American women writers, and includes film criticism among her areas of expertise.
Dr. Stave is the faculty advisor to the Scholars' College Forum, a social organization of all Scholars' College students.
Dr. Stave regularly teaches a variety of Critical Reading, Critical Writing courses for freshmen, including Interdisciplinary Approaches to Gender, Selfhood and Community, and Southern Fiction. Her upper level courses include a variety of literary theory topics as well as Major Figure courses on Toni Morrison and Jane Austen.
