Biography

Dr. Wilfong, Associate Professor of English, joined CU's Language and Literature department in 2000 and was granted tenure in 2004. She teaches various British literature classes and a mythology course. Peggy helped establish and co-sponsors Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD), CU's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honors Society. She serves on the board of the Pennsylvania College English Association and the Association of Advisors of English. She holds membership in the Milton Society of America, the Renaissance Society of America, the College English Association, and The Pennsylvania College English Association. Peggy presents papers at various regional and national literature conferences. In recent years her research has focused on Flannery O'Connor and Doris Betts.

Interests

• Cultivating in students an interest in the literature of the British Renaissance
• Finding opportunities for students to gain professional experience in writing and presenting their work
• Visiting antique stores
• Gardening
• Cooking
• Reading fiction written by Southern female writers, especially works by O'Connor and Betts
• Traveling (especially to New York City)

Education

• Ph.D. in Literature and Criticism (specializing in Early Modern British literature) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• M.A. in English from University of Alabama in Huntsville
• B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Tennessee Temple University