Marija Reiff's research and teaching specialties include Victorian and Romantic literature, modern drama, 19th and 20th century Shakespearean adaptations, and religion and literature. She is a former Presidential Graduate Research Fellow at the University of Iowa, and she has won awards both for her teaching and scholarship. She is also a professional theatre practitioner, with professional acting, singing and directing credits. Sample publications include peer-reviewed articles published in Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Coleridge Bulletin, Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies and Victorian Review (upcoming). She is currently working on a book about popular theatre and religion during the late-Victorian period.