Wally Wallis

Wally Wallis

Position Title
Lecturer

285 Voorhies
Office Hours
Wednesday 1:00 to 2:30p.m. in office
Thursday 2:30p.m. to 4:00p.m. via Zoom and by appointment
Bio

Biography:

Wally Wallis teaches writing and literature courses at UC Davis and Sierra College. Though he specializes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature, history, and culture, Wallis has instructed courses in medieval, eighteenth-century, late Victorian, and LGBTQ+ world literature, developmental and advanced composition, writing about media, creative writing, feminist and sexuality studies, and liberal studies. As a promoter of public humanities, he believes in making academic work and conversations available and accessible to popular audiences.

Education and Degree(s)
  • B.A., Saint Michael's College, VT (2004)
  • M.A., Boston College (2007)
  • PhD, University of California, Davis (2019)
Research Interests & Expertise
  • Gender and sexuality in early modern literature and culture
  • Early English literature
  • Gender and sexuality studies; genre studies
  • LGBTQ+ literature
  • Queer theory
  • Cultural literacies
  • Multimodal writing
  • Writing about media
  • Trauma studies