Daune O'Brien
Research Expertise
Creative Writing
Language, Writing and Rhetoric
Women's Literature and Feminist Theory
Daune O’Brien has been a Lecturer in the Department of English since 2014, where she teaches Advanced Composition, Academic Writing, Business Writing, and Technical Writing.
She is the co-founder and co-director of the English Department’s Disability Research and Technology Hub.
Daune O’Brien is a doctoral student in the College of Information at the University of Maryland centering her research interests in disability justice, inclusion, universal design theory, and feminist studies.
She is the recipient of the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching and a 2025 College of Arts & Humanities Faculty Service Award in the category of service in support of the college’s mission and vision.
She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Non-Fiction and an M.A. in English Literature, with a concentration in Language, Rhetoric, and Writing.