Dorothy Phaire, Ph.D.

Educator Author

Dorothy Phaire, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in English at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington, DC.  In addition, she taught Creative Writing as Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland for six years.  Prior to joining UDC’s full-time faculty, Dr. Phaire taught English Composition and Literature at Montgomery College, Rockville and Silver Spring Campuses.
 

In addition to her teaching career, Dr. Phaire is a published novelist, playwright, and founder and board member of a non-profit organization, Heralds of Hope Theater Company from 2005 to 2019 whose mission was to provide a platform of artistic expression for aspiring actors, playwrights, directors, and technicians throughout the Baltimore and Washington, DC area.
 

Dr. Phaire’s publication credits include three novels in the contemporary fiction genre, as well as scholarly articles published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Interdisciplinary Humanities.  She is the author of two plays that have been staged at the University of the District of Columbia, the University of Maryland, the Greenbelt Arts Center, and at venues in Baltimore, Maryland.
 

Publication titles. Novels: Blind Delusion (2009), Murder and the Masquerade (2007), and Almost Out of Love (2000).  Plays: ThisSide of Jordan (2004), Saving Us Saints (2006, 2007, 2010), and “Arrested Development” (2009).  Poetry: “An Irresistible Light” in Beyond the Frontier African-American Poetry for the 21st Century (2002). Doctoral Dissertation:  Linking Character Strengths and Learning with Films (2013), Ann Arbor, MI: ProQuest LLC.