Elizabeth Foley O’Connor is an Associate Professor of English and director of the Gender Studies program at Washington College.
I have written the first literary biography of Pamela Colman Smith, an artist, poet, folklorist, and suffragette whose design of the 1911 Rider-Waite tarot deck has overshadowed her tremendous accomplishments and fascinating life. “Pamela Colman Smith: Artist, Feminist & Mystic” comes out on Clemson University Press on March 2nd, 2021.
March 30, 2021: Pamela Colman Smith’s New York
I’m very excited for this talk about Pamela Colman Smith’s New York roots, from her early time as a Pratt student to her triumphant return as a celebrated artist.
Element from “Sea Creatures” by Pamela Colman Smith, 1907
I teach classes in modernism, twentieth century British literature, postcolonial literature, and journalism at Washington College in Chestertown, MD.
PhD, Modernism
Fordham University, 2012
MA, English
Stony Brook University, 2003
BA, English and Print Journalism
Hofstra University, 2000
My work has been featured in the Washington Post’s The Lily, Shondaland, and the Deviant Women and Imaginary Worlds podcasts.
