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Faculty Member

Dr. Zan Cammack

Biography

Dr. Zan Cammack is a lecturer in the Department of English and Literature at Utah Valley University specializing in Irish studies, material culture, and digital humanities. Her book Ireland's Gramophones: Material Culture, Memory, and Trauma in Irish Modernism (Clemson UP 2021) examines the gramophone as an object of cultural significance during the revolutionary era of Ireland in the early 20th century. She continues work situated at the intersections of material culture and word and music studies, as demonstrated by her project "Seeing Wilde Songs" which examines the intertextuality between American composer Charles T. Griffes' musical settings of Oscar Wilde's poetry. She is also the co-host of The Thing About Austen, a podcast about Austen and her material world.

Education

PhD, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2016

Major: English

MA, Univerity of Galway, 2012

Major: Irish Studies

MA, Boise State University, 2008

Major: English

BS, Brigham Young University-Idaho, 2005

Major: English

Teaching

ENGL 2010

Intermediate Academic Writing, Spring 2026

ENGL 2010

Intermediate Academic Writing, Spring 2026

ENGL 2210

Introduction to Folklore, Spring 2026

ENGL 2850

Literary History I, Spring 2026

Presentations

Cammack, Zan , Weird Modernisms, "Cannibal Calculus and Irish Modernisim", Modernist Studies Association AND British Association for Modernist Studies, Loughborough, UK. (July, 2026)
Cammack, Zan , Movie Monday, "Turning Darkness into Light in The Secret of Kells", UVU Interfaith Engagement, UVU Raglan Theatre. (November 17, 2025)
Cammack, Zan , Virtual Lecture Series, "Miss Austen, Material Girl", Salt Lake County Library, Online. (September 22, 2025)
Cammack, Zan , Pre-show Presentation for National Theatre Live Hamlet, "Flowers, Filters, and Femininity_ Ophelia in the Age of Instagram", The Noorda, UVU School of Arts, Orem, UT. (January 9, 2025)
Cammack, Zan , Service Learning Communities of Practice Series, "Service Learning and Irish Folklore", Center for Social Impact, UVU, Orem, UT. (November 20, 2024)
Cammack, Zan , JASNA Utah, "Cartography in Mansfield Park", Jane Austen Society of North America - Utah Chapter. (April, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Cammack, Zan , (2025) "Sonic Materiality in Brian O’Nolan’s Fiction" (Issue: 1, vol. 9). The Parish Review_ Journal of Flann O'Brien Studies. https://doi.org/10.16995/pr.23048
Cammack, Zan , Neu, Diane , (2025) "Ep105: The Thing About Marianne's Music with guest Dr. Elizabeth Weybright" . www.thethingaboutausten.com
Cammack, Zan , Neu, Diane , (2025) "Ep104: The Thing About The Crescent " . www.thethingaboutausten.com
Cammack, Zan , Neu, Diane , (2025) "Ep103: The Thing About Elegant Extracts" . www.thethingaboutausten.com
Cammack, Zan , Neu, Diane , (2025) "Ep102: The Thing About Lady Bertram's Shawl with guest Laboni Islam" . www.thethingaboutausten.com
Cammack, Zan , (2025) "Dracula and New Media" . Modern Language Association.

Awards

Impact Strategy Award

Center for Social Impact - April, 2024

UVU Service-Learning Superstar

Center for Social Impact - November, 2023