Amy Krug

• M.A., English Composition, University of Dayton, 2004
• B.S., Computer Information Systems, University of Dayton, 1998

Amy is currently a full-time senior lecturer who teaches composition, professional and technical writing, and social justice oriented topics. She has been teaching English at UD since 2005. In her former life she was a software engineer and web developer.

She has particular interests in popular romance scholarship, disability studies, and AI in teaching.

"In addition to traditional composition and professional writing topics, I am interested in the scholarly discipline of popular romance studies, and have focused my ENG 198 and 200 courses around that theme. Because I teach online, I am also continually learning and developing good pedagogical approaches to delivering information and facilitating interaction in online courses."

• ENG 198: Honors Writing Seminar
• ENG 200: Writing Seminar II
• ENG 366: Health Literacy and Social Justice
• ENG 370: Report and Proposal Writing
• ENG 371: Technical Writing
• ENG 372: Business Writing
• HUM 101: Marie-Therese Seminar

• AI Fellow, Fall 2025 Cohort
• Spring 2026 - ENG 372: Professional Writing with AI. Piloted a course addressing current student AI use and future employer needs. Goals include improving AI literacy and exploring ethical AI use.
• Spring 2026: Member of the AI and Curriculum working team that developed a plan for the AI and Human Dignity module for students in HUM 102: Marie-Therese Seminar, launching in the Fall 2026 semester.
• Summer 2026: Participated in e-Learning's AI Learning Outcomes focus group.

Amy's primary scholarly interest is in popular romance scholarship, or the study of romance novels. For several years she was a ghost writer for romance authors, and that writing morphed into a scholarly interest in the topic. With Professor Christina Beis, she has facilitated the building of the UD Libraries Popular Romance Collection, and she has spoken about the collection at the Journal of Popular Culture Convention.

She is particularly interested in diverse popular romance novels that represent marginalized characters.

"The Meet-Cute: How an Academic Library fell for Popular Romance." Popular Culture Association Convention, Atlanta, April 8-10, 2026.

"Reading Romance As An Act of Resistance." Academic Minute. (Oct. 7, 2025).