Catherine Siemann

Senior University Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
About Me
Catherine Siemann has a PhD in Victorian literature from Columbia University and a JD from New York University. While writing her dissertation, she discovered writing center work, and found her vocation. She lives in New York City's East Village with her spouse, and also writes historical mysteries.
Education
Ph.D.; Columbia University in the City of New York; English And Comparative Literature; 2008
J.D.; New York University; 1988
B.A.; SUNY at Binghamton; English Literature; 1983
2026 Fall Courses
COM 313 - WRITING IN THE WORKPLACE
Teaching Interests
first year writing, speculative fiction
Past Courses
ENGL 101: ENGLISH COMPOSITION: INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIC WRITING
ENGL 101: INTRO TO ACADEMIC WRITING- HONORS
ENGL 102: ENGLISH COMPOSITION: INTRODUCTION TO WRITING FOR RESEARCH
HSS 403: HUMANITIES SENIOR SEMINAR - LITERATURE
HSS 403: LIT SEM:
HSS 403: LIT SEM: AI, GENETIC ENGINEERING & FRANKENSTEIN
HSS 403: LIT SEM: AI, GENETIC ENGINEERING, AND FRANKENSTEIN
HSS 403: LIT SEM: THE UTOPIAN IMAGINATION
HSS 403: ST: FRANKENSTEIN AND HIS PROGENY
HSS 404: ENG SEM: ARTIFICIAL LIFE: FRANKENSTEIN AND AFTER
Research Interests
Writing Center studies, 19th century literature and culture, speculative fiction, law & literature
Chapter
Catherine A. Siemann. "Faculty & Professional Tutors, the Writing Center, and STEM." In Megan S. Jewell and Joseph Cheatle, eds., "Redefining Roles: The Professional, Faculty, and Graduate Consultant’s Guide to Writing Centers.," Utah State University Press, 2020.
Catherine A. Siemann. "The steampunk city in crisis." In Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall, eds., " Like Clockwork: Steampunk Pasts, Presents, and Futures," pp. 51-70. University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Catherine A. Siemann. "Darkness Falls on the Endless Summer: Buffy as Gidget for the Fin de Siècle." In Rhonda Wilcox and David Lavery, eds., "Fighting the Forces: What's at Stake in Buffy the Vampire Slayer," Rowman & Littlefield, 2002.
Journal Article
Catherine A. Siemann. 2012. "But I’m grown up now: Alice in the 21st Century." Neo-Victorian Studies, vol. 5, no. 1.
Catherine A. Siemann. 2012. "Curiouser and curiouser: Law in the alice books." Law and Literature, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 430-455.
Catherine A. Siemann. 2012. "“Appellate Lawyers in Petticoats: Access to Justice in Wilkie Collins’s 'The Law and the Lady'." Nineteenth Century Gender Studies, vol. 8.