Writing Specialist
sorgewjm@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Spring 2026 Office Hours
TT 8:20AM - 9:20AM
Office: Keezell 412
Education
Ph.D., Technology and Media Studies, Literary and Cultural Studies (English), Old Dominion University, May 2024. Dissertation: "Inviting Submission: Isabella Beeton at the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, 1856-1865." Available open-access.
M.A. (Honors), English, University of Kansas, May 2006. Thesis: "Grey Matters: Negative Capability from Keats to Eliot."
B.A., summa cum laude, English, MidAmerica Nazarene University, 2003. Minor: World History
Bio & Research Interests
Julie Sorge Way is an instructor of literature, composition, technical writing, and WGSS, who has taught at JMU since 2008. Her research interests include British literature and culture from 1800 to the present, with foci on the digital humanities, women's domestic literature and the Victorian periodical press. She has been honored with several research and teaching awards, including the 2025 JMU General Education Distinguished Teaching Award, the 2025 Sally Mitchell Dissertation Prize, a Patrick Leary Field Development Grant, an RSVP Curran Fellowship, and a Carlin Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching. More about her research is available at https://juliesorgeway.com/ and https://jmsw.github.io/diss/
