Adrion Dula

I believe that language is central to how we communicate, connect with others, and make sense of the world around us. As an instructor, one of my main goals is to create an open and welcoming learning environment where students can develop their language skills and global perspectives while also gaining a deeper understanding of themselves and others. I see learning as a process of discovery—one that expands through collaboration, problem-solving, critical thinking, and self-reflection. I strive to support that process through collaborative and multimodal activities that encourage students to draw on a range of skills and forms of literacy.

I joined the department in 2021 after more than a decade of teaching at various institutions of higher education. My research focuses on teaching with technology as well as seventeenth-century women writers of fairy tales and fantastical texts, contemporary multimedia adaptations of fairy tales, and disability studies. I am currently working on a translation and critical edition of The Little Prince of Kashmir by the nineteenth-century author Julie Delafaye-Bréhier and co-authoring a book chapter, "'The Cloud-Spinner': Unraveling the Transnational Relationships of European Women Writers," which centers on a fairy tale by the nineteenth-century author George Sand. I also serve as the Production Editor for the academic journal Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies.

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Landscape painting with a wet-on-wet technique, hiking, camping, reading.