She recently completed terms as MTSU’s Faculty Senate President and the Faculty Regent on the Tennessee Board of Regents. She holds a doctorate in English from Arizona State University where her studies focused on romance in Edith Wharton’s works. Her research and teaching assignments include both English and Mass Communication. Her recent conference presentations include situating Edith Wharton in the tradition of war reporting and exploring Wharton’s public relations efforts to raise relief funds. Farwell is the author of Love and Death in the Works of Edith Wharton. Her current research interests include an examination of advertising of Wharton’s novels and furthering the idea of Wharton as a war reporter.