David Floyd
Associate Professor of English
Department(s)
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, College of Humanities and Social SciencesCredentials
PhD in English from University of Stirling
MA in English from College of Charleston
BA in English from Francis Marion University
About David Floyd
David Floyd is an associate professor of English at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, SC. He earned his PhD in Victorian genre fiction (proto-science fiction, fantasy, imperial, and adventure literature) from Stirling University in Scotland. He has done presentations on literature and folklore in England, Scotland, and the US.
His book Street Urchins, Sociopaths, and Degenerates: Orphans of Late-Victorian and Edwardian Fiction was published in 2014. The same year, his essay 鈥淭he Sport of Opposite Forces: Bram Stoker鈥檚 Generational Anxiety鈥� was included in Bram Stoker: Centenary Essays.
"My goal is to provide a Christian academic mentor to college students. It is an honor to encourage and inspire students to pursue their God-given talents and experience the joy that comes with fulfilling one's purpose."
Signature Experiences
Professional Affiliations
Christian Leadership Council, Charleston Southern University (2015-present)
Faculty Education Committee, Charleston Southern University (2013-2015)
Publications Committee, Charleston Southern University (2009-2011), (2013-2014)
Faculty Senate, Charleston Southern University (2010-2013)
South Carolina Association of Developmental Education (2012)
The International Gothic Association (2009)
Georgia Philological Association (2008)
Philological Association of the Carolinas (2005, 2006, 2007)
The Victorians Institute (2006)
Service
Volunteer for Boy Scouts of America (2012-2013)
Volunteer for Girl Scouts of America (2012-2014)
Volunteer for Archives Department of the Diocese of Charleston (2010)
Recent Scholarly Work & Publications
Presentations
鈥淪treet Urchins, Sociopaths, and Degenerates: Orphans of Late-Victorian and Edwardian Fiction.鈥� Orphan Identities Conference.
鈥淢anifestations of a Mystery.鈥� International Bigfoot Conference.
鈥淭he Green Man, the Wild Man, and the Hairy Man.鈥� Virginia Bigfoot Conference.
鈥淢anifestations of a Mystery.鈥� Ohio Bigfoot Conference.
鈥淒efining Cultural History: Changes in Historiography.鈥� Spring Symposium.
鈥溾�楢 promise of intellect and refinement鈥�: Robert Louis Stevenson鈥檚 Silencing of the Victorian Professional.鈥� Relocating Stevenson Conference.
鈥溾�楾his the very apotheosis of the Unnamable鈥�: Instability in Text and Film Versions of Lovecraft鈥檚 鈥楾he Unnamable鈥�.鈥�
鈥淟udicrous Accoutrement: Gothic Instability in Stevenson鈥檚 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.鈥� Brewton-Parker College
鈥淭he (De)construction of Renfield: Character Transference in Bram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula.鈥� Philological Association
鈥淕hosts鈥� Walks: Spatial Restriction and the Limitation of Female Agency in Charles Dickens鈥� Bleak House.鈥� The Victorians Institute.
鈥淗eavenly Kingdoms: The Medieval Pearl as Social Criticism.鈥� Philological Association of the Carolinas Conference
鈥淩econciling Arthur and Mordred: Chanson de Geste in the Alliterative Morte Arthure.鈥� Philological Association of the Carolinas Conference
Publications
Street Urchins, Sociopaths and Degenerates: Orphans of Late Victorian and Edwardian Fiction.
鈥淭he Sport of Opposite Forces: Bram Stoker鈥檚 Generational Anxiety.鈥� Bram Stoker: Centenary Essays.
鈥淐lose Encounters of the Third Kind: A Faerie Story of Liminality and Individuation.鈥� Faeries on Film.
鈥淭he Many Faces of Bigfoot.鈥� Cryptid Culture Magazine.
鈥淟udicrous Accoutrement: Gothic Instability in Stevenson鈥檚 Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.鈥�
鈥溾�楾urn, Traitor Untrew鈥�: Altering Arthur and Mordred in the Alliterative Morte Arthure鈥�.