Sara Frear

Sara S. Frear (Ph.D., August 2007) is currently an instructor in U.S. History at the University of South Alabama in Mobile. She wrote her dissertation, "' A Fine View of the Delectable Mountains ': The Religious Vision of Mary Virginia Terhune (Marion Harland) and Augusta Jane Evans Wilson" under the direction of Dr. Anthony Carey. Her dissertation explores the religious thought of two popular women novelists as a window onto the romantic evangelical culture of mid-nineteenth century America, and examines the impact of the Civil War on the novelists and their culture.

A native of upstate New York, Dr. Frear earned a B.A. in East Asian Studies at Yale University, graduating summa cum laude in 1982. While a Ph.D. candidate at Auburn, she received the 2006 Merriwether Fellowship from the Graduate School, the 2005 Milo B. Howard and Graduate Student Research Awards for dissertation research, and the 2005 Colonial Dames and Malcolm C. McMillan Awards for outstanding papers. Her presentation at the 2002 Graduate Student Colloquium won first prize. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. Her article "'You My Brother Will Be Glad With Me': The Letters of Augusta Jane Evans to Walter Clopton Harriss, January 29, 1856, to October 29, 185[8?]" was printed in the April 2007 issue of the Alabama Review.

Last updated Aug. 21, 2007.
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