Mary Cuff, PhD

Dr. Mary Elizabeth Cuff is a proud former homeschooler and graduate of the University of Dallas (2010), with a masters in English (2013) and doctorate in American Literature and a certification in Classical Rhetoric from the Catholic University of America (2018). While at CUA, she taught extensively in the undergraduate writing and literature programs. After receiving her doctorate, Dr. Cuff spent a year as the Eteinne Gilson Fellow in Catholic Studies at the University of Saint Michael’s College in the University of Toronto where she researched and wrote about the confluence in thought between the Southern Agrarians and the English Inklings and Distributists. She has published academic work in several journals, including The Southern Literary Journal, The Mississippi Quarterly, Modern Age, and the Robert Penn Warren Studies.

Dr. Cuff is now based in rural Pennsylvania with her husband and three little homeschoolers, where she enjoys being an active mom, gardener, and crafter; is active in the local Catholic moms group; and is a frequent contributor to Crisis Magazine.