Ph.D.
in English, University of Georgia, August 2005.
Dissertation:
"Nineteenth-Century British Nationalism and the Poetics
of Exile." Directed by Tricia Lootens. Committee members:
Roxanne Eberle, Elizabeth Kraft, Anne Mallory, Richard Menke.
Areas
of Concentration for Written and Oral Candidacy
Exams: British Romanticism, Victorian Literature, Working-Class
Poetry of 19th Century Britain (English, Irish, and Scottish
"laboring" and "working-class" poets
published between 1780-1910)
Master
of Arts in English, University of Georgia, August 2000.
Thesis: " 'That she you crowned the Queen of Song / Was
but a Factory Girl': The Poetry of Ellen Johnston." Directed
by Tricia Lootens.
B.F.A.
in Theatre Performance, Auburn University, June 1990.
B.F.A. project: "A Parallel Universe: Titania in A Midsummer
Night's Dream." Directed by Elaine Denny.
Bibliography
of articles from Dickens Studies, Victorian Review,
Women's Writing, Collins Society Journal, Nineteenth-Century
Feminisms. "RSVP Bibliography." Victorian
Periodicals Review 42.2 (2009).
Bibliography
of Dickens Studies, Victorian Review, and Women's
Writing. "RSVP Bibliography." Victorian
Periodicals Review 39.3 (2006).
Bibliography
of Dickens Studies from 2000-2002. "RSVP Bibliography:
1999-2001." Victorian
Periodicals Review 35.4 (2002).
Bibliography
of Dickens Quarterly and Dickens Studies from
1997 to 1999. "RSVP Bibliography: 1997-1999." Victorian
Periodicals Review33.4 (2000): 324-373.
"
'Study a lesson that concerns ye much': Charlotte Smith's
Political Writings, 1791-1794." Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century
British Women Writers Conference. Indiana University. March
2008.
"Selling
the 'Spontaneous Productions of Genius': Patronage and Laboring-class
Women Poets." Fifteenth Annual British Women Writers
Conference. University of Kenucky. April 12, 2007.
"Political
Text, Cultural Context: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Exile,
and Casa Guidi Windows." Thirteenth Annual Eighteenth-
and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Conference. University
of Louisiana at Lafayette. April 16, 2005.
"Branding
Britain 'The Meanest of Nations': Poetic Spaces and Political
Critique in Ellen Johnston's Autobiography, Poems and Songs."
Graduate Student Literature Conference at the University of
South Carolina. March 12, 2005.
"Protest
and Performance: Ann Yearsley's Poems on Several Occasions."
South Central Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. February
24, 2005.
"Ann
Yearsley, 'The Milkwoman of Bristol,' and the Poetics of Domestic
Exile." Tenth Annual UGA Women's Studies Student Symposium.
The University of Georgia. March 27, 2003.
"Reconfiguring
the State, the Self: Liminal Subjectivity in Charlotte Smith's
The Emigrants." International Conference on Romanticism.
Florida State University. October 11, 2002.
"Changing
Cultural Memory and the Crimean War: Elizabeth Thompson's
Battle Paintings." Victorians Institute Conference. The
Citadel. October 5, 2002.
"Revisioning
the Nineteenth Century Proletarian Poetess." Seventh
Annual University of Georgia Women's Studies Symposium. Athens,
Georgia. February 25, 2000.
"Creating
A Collage: Syndetics in La Maravilla." American
Literature Association Fall Symposium: Native American Strategies
for the Millennium. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: November, 1999
"Implementing
the Accelerated Reader Program in a Middle/High School."
GA Curriculum Conference for State System Superintendents
and Curriculum Directors. The Georgia Center for Continuing
Education, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia. September,
1997.
Research
Posters:
"
Restoring Italy, Reforming England: Elizabeth Barrett Browning's
Casa Guidi Windows." West Texas A&M University
Women's Day, Research Poster Presentations. March 2009.
"
'Study a lesson that concerns ye much': Charlotte Smith's
Political Writings, 1791-1794." Cornette Library Faculty
Research Poster Symposium. West Texas A&M University.
March 22, 2007.
"
'Study a lesson that concerns ye much': Charlotte Smith's
Political Writings, 1791-1794." West Texas A&M University
Women's Day, Research Poster Presentations. March 8, 2007.
Pedagogy
Posters:
"The
Naked Truth: Building the Learning Community." With Anne
Medlock. West Texas A&M University Core Fellows Poster
Sessions. October 25, 2007.
2008-2009
Core Curriculum Fellow, West Texas A&M University.
2007-2008
Core Curriculum Fellow, West Texas A&M University.
2006-2007
Kilgore Research Enhancement Grant, West Texas A&M
University.
Robert E. Park Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of
Georgia, 2005-2006
University
of Georgia Graduate School Conference Travel Award, 2005.
English
Graduate Organization Conference Travel Grant, University
of Georgia, 2005.
University
of Georgia Boyd Graduate Dissertation Completion Fellowship,
2004-05.
Sigma
Tau Delta International Graduate Scholarship Recipient, 2003.
University
of Georgia Robert E. Park Graduate Essay Award Winner for
" 'No customs, manners, or soft arts I boast': Protest
and Performance in Ann Yearsley's Poems on Several Occasions,"
2003.
Teaching
Robert
E. Park Fellowship, University of Georgia, 2005-06.
Outstanding
Teaching Assistant Award, Department of English, University
of Georgia, 2003.
GrassRoots
Arts Grant Recipient, Governor Zell Miller's Arts in Georgia
Schools. Funds used for children's touring show produced by
second year Dramatic Arts students at Turner County High School,
1997-98.
Teacher
of the Year Nominee. Sponsored by Professional Association
of Georgia Educators, Turner County Special Services, Ashburn,
Georgia, 1997.
Service
West
Texas A&M University Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine
Arts and Humanities Award for Professional Service, 2010.
See
Teaching page for specifics on
courses, instructional techniques, contributions to teaching,
teaching philosophy, and learning communities.
Thesis
Supervision
Thesis
Director for Tanner Hargrove. M.A. Candidate. West Texas A&M
University. Tentative defense date: August 2011.
Thesis
Director for Beth Haile, M.A. Candidate. West Texas A&M
University.
Graduate
Capstone Project Advisor for Jacquelin Hutzell. West Texas
A&M University. Spring 2008.
Graduate
Capstone Project Advisor for Jenny Ferguson. West Texas A&M
University. Spring 2008.
Second
Reader for Derrick Cummings. M.A. Candidate. West Texas A&M
University. Tentative defense date: Fall 2009.
Second
Reader for Robyn Followwill-Line. West Texas A&M University.
Tentative defense date: Summer 2009.
Second
Reader for Casey Pleming. M.A. Candidate. West Texas A&M
University. Summer 2008.
Second
Reader for Ose Ojeahere. M.A. Candidate. West Texas A&M
University. Spring 2007.
New
Student Orientation Student Advisor
West Texas A&M University, 2007 Selected by the university advising center to serve as
an academic advisor for incoming freshmen and transfer students
during New Student Orientations.
T. A. Mentor Program
University of Georgia, 2003-2004
Nominated by Department of English as an Outstanding Teaching
Assistant, and chosen by the Office of Instructional Development
(O.I.S.D.) and the Office of the Vice President for Academic
Affairs to receive a University of Georgia Outstanding Teaching
Assistant Award for 2003. Then selected by O.I.S.D. to participate
in the year-long program T.A. Mentor Program, working on individual
professional development and serving as a mentor for teaching
assistants in the English Department.
Research
Assistant
University of Georgia, 2001-2002
Awarded a twelve-month Boyd Graduate School Research Assistantship.
Served as research assistant to Dr. Tricia Lootens and designed
a webpage for the Undergraduate English Office.
Computer
Consultant for First-Year Composition Labs
University of Georgia, 2004
Conducted computer laboratory orientations for first-year
composition students. Provided instruction in basic word processing,
UGA's English Management Markup Application (EMMA), and web-based
research skills. Assisted instructors with lab applications
as needed.
Professional
Respondant
and Session Chair, "Silly Boys, Silly Books and Working
Women: The Misunderstood Novels of Eliza Haywood, Catherine
Gore and Elizabeth Gaskell." Western Conference of British
Studies. Forthcoming November 2, 2007.
Session
Moderator, "The Act of Writing: Transcribing the Authority
of Women Writers."Fifteenth Annual Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century
British Women Writers Conference, April 13, 2007. University
of Kentucky.
Steering
Committee, Twelfth Annual Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century
British Women Writers Conference, 2002-2004.
Webpage
Designer for Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program, English
Language Arts at UGA (2004) <http://www.english.uga.edu/~gstep/index.htm>.
Interviewer
for Georgia Governor's Honors Program, 1996-1999.
University:
West Texas A&M University
University
Curriculum Committee (2009-2012).
Graduate
Faculty (Associate), 2007-present.
Texas
Education Agency P-16 Council Faculty Member (2008).
West
Texas A&M University Learning Community Task Force (2007-2008).
Chair,
Sigma Tau Delta Advisory Committee, 2009-2012.
Ad
hoc committee on English Major Redesign, 2007-present.
Academic
Advisor, 2006-present.
Shakespearean
Search Committee, 2008-2009.
Shakespearean
Search Committee, 2007-2008.
Composition
Committee, 2006-2007.
Library
Committee, 2006-2008.
Faculty
Sponsor, Chi Theta Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, 2007-present.
Departmental:University
of Georgia
Teaching
Practicum Supervisor, English Department Teaching Assistant
Apprentice Program. Supervised apprenticeship of Nicole
Smith, Fall 2003.
EMMA
(Electronic Markup and Management Application) Working Group,
2003-2004.
Designed
Job Placement Website, Department of English at the University
of Georgia (2003) <http://www.english.uga.edu/~getajob>
and Undergraduate English @ UGA Website (2002) <http://www.english.uga.edu/undergrad>.
English
Department Final Exam Committee, English 1030, Fall 2002.
Teaching
Practicum Supervisor, English Department Teaching Assistant
Apprentice Program. Supervised apprenticeship of Siân
Griffiths and Trudy Henson. Spring 2001.
English
Department Final Exam Committee Chair, English 1101, Spring
2001.
English
Department Final Exam Committee, English 1102, Spring 2000.
Textbook
Committee, English 1102, Spring 2000.
M.A.
Representative to the Graduate Faculty Committee, 1999-2000.
University:
"
"Lessons Learned: Advice from Your Faculty Colleagues."
West Texas A&M University New Faculty Orientation, August
21, 2007.
"Strategies
for the First Weeks of Class." UGA Teaching Assistant
Orientation, August 17, 2004.
"Serving
as Teacher of Record." Workshop leader. UGA Teaching
Assistant Orientation. Sponsored by the Office of Instructional
Support and Development. August 14, 2003.
"Get
Smart: Strategies for Success in University Classes."
Panel Discussion. Co-sponsored by the UGA Offices of Academic
Advising, Academic Enhancement, and Housing. UGA, Athens,
GA. September 30, 2002.
Departmental:
Research
Presentation. Sponsored by The April Society (English department
graduate organization.) November 8, 2007.
Invited
Speaker for Sigma Tau Delta Middle School Paper Conference,
March 30, 2007.
"Graduate School Information Forum." Panelist. Sponsored
by the Student Advisory Committee, Undergraduate English,
UGA. October 23, 2003.
"Preparing
for Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations." Panelist and moderator.
Sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society, UGA.
February 27, 2003.
"Strategies
for Grading Freshman Essays." Group leader, New Teaching
Assistant Orientation, Department of English, UGA. August
2001.
Courses
and Programs:
"Syllabus
Preparation for Literature and Composition Classes."
Guest speaker. ENGL 6911: Practicum in Teaching College Composition,
Department of English, UGA. November 18, 2002.
"Research
Methods and Approaches." Guest speaker. HONS 3010: Introduction
to Humanities Research. Center for Undergraduate Research
Opportunities, UGA. November 13, 2002.
"Integrating
Group Discussion and Projects into the Composition Classroom."
Guest Lecture, Composition Pedagogy Practicum, Department
of English, UGA. Athens, Georgia, Fall 2000.
"Communicating,
Managing, and Delegating" Georgia Governor's Honors Program,
Valdosta State University. Valdosta, Georgia. July 1998, July
1999, June 2000.
