Dr. Julie Drew

Dr. Julie Drew

Title: Professor
Dept/Program: English
Phone: 330-972-7614
Email: jdrew@uakron.edu


Biography

Dr. Julie Drew, Professor of English, teaches creative writing, popular culture, and literature courses at all levels. Her published fiction is primarily Young Adult science fiction/fantasy, and has been reviewed in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Providence Journal, and Historical Novels Review, among others. She is co-author/producer of the Middle Grade podcast Akron Adventures. Her essays and articles have appeared in multiple university press collections and scholarly journals; Boston Globe and Cleveland Plain-Dealer; and HuffPost.com. Drew is currently working on a Young Adult fantasy series set in Ohio and Massachusetts.


Publications

Selected Publications—Fiction

  • Breathe: Book 3 of The Tesla Effect. Novel. Seattle: Ring of Fire Books, 2015.
  • Run: Book 2 of The Tesla Effect. Novel. Seattle: Ring of Fire Books, 2014.
  • Glimpse: Book 1 of The Tesla Effect. Novel. Seattle: Ring of Fire Books, 2014.
  • Daughter of Providence: A Novel. New York: The Overlook Press.  August 2011.


Education

  • Ph.D. in English. U of S Florida: Writing, Cultural Studies, Feminist Theory.
  • M.A. in English. U of S Florida: British Literature.
  • B.A. in English. U of S Florida: Creative Writing—Fiction.

Courses

  • Film Appreciation
  • Intro to Creative Nonfiction
  • Popular Culture
  • Women and Film
  • Intro to Fiction Writing
  • Advanced Fiction Writing
  • YA Fiction Writing
  • Science Fiction