Dr. Riley McGuire is an Assistant Professor of English at Worcester State University where he specializes in nineteenth-century British literature, queer theory, and disability studies. Prior to joining the faculty at WSU, he completed his Ph.D. in English at the University of Pennsylvania. His first book, Dysfluent in Fiction: Vocal Disability & Nineteenth-Century Literature, is forthcoming from the Ohio State University Press. His other research can be found in Victorian Literature and Culture, the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, Disability Studies Quarterly, and the edited collection Ordinary Oralities: Everyday Voices in History.

His teaching – formerly at Penn and Bryn Mawr College, and now at WSU – aims to cultivate accessibility for all students. He received the George I. Alden Excellence in Teaching Award in 2023 as well as WSU’s Diversity & Inclusion Award. He is also the editor of the peer-reviewed, open-access journal Currents in Teaching and Learning.