About
Dr. Kong has been teaching various writing and literature courses since 2019 at West Virginia University and 鶹Ƶ. The courses she has taught include World Literature, Poetry and Drama, Novel and Short Story, Survey of American Literature, Critical Reading and Writing, Introduction to Research and Writing, Composition, Rhetoric and Research. Along with teaching, she was also the graduate writing consultant at Eberly Writing Studio at WVU, and worked as an Editorial Assistant for Victorian Poetry.
Dr. Kong’s research interests include Gothic Studies, British and Irish Modernism, Psychoanalysis, Temporalities, and Hauntology. She is interested in exploring different Gothic modes in Modernist writing. Besides her research focus, Dr. Kong is also passionate about teaching information literacy and exploring pedagogy in teaching across the curriculum and online teaching.
Outside of teaching and researching in academia, Dr. Kong also enjoys drafting creative pieces, working on translations between Chinese and English texts, and engaging with cultural exchange activities.
Currently, Dr. Kong is working on revising a book chapter/journal article submission from her dissertation chapter, “‘Like Dust on the Evening Chill’: Haunted Spaces and Ghostly Characters in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September.”&Բ;
Recent Presentations
“Had she a ghost everywhere?”: The Vampiric Characterization of Marda Norton in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September (1929)” “American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) Midwest Regional 2024”, ACIS, Columbus, OH, Oct. 2024.
“Living with the Ghosts: Exploring the Intersection of Nationalism and Feminism in Dorothy Macardle’s The Uninvited (1942)” “Innovation and Re-invention in the Space Between” The Space Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 2024 Conference, Dayton, OH, Jun. 2024.
“Can’t Bring Back Time: Mourning and Burial Traditions in James Joyce’s Ulysses” “Challenging Old Narratives, Charting New Courses” WVU HGSA Conference, Morgantown, WV, Apr. 2023.
“Understanding Personal Ambivalence and Historical Transformation from Joyce’s Ghosts in Ulysses” “British and Irish Literature High-end Forum and Symposium,” Shandong, China, Nov. 2018.