T E A C H I N G EXPERIENCE

Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN Associate Professor of English 2005-present; Assistant Professor of English 2001-2005; Visiting Assistant Professor of English 1999-2001
Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, Fulbright Lecturer, Spring 2003
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Visiting Assistant Professor of English, 1997-1999
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI Adjunct Assistant Professor of English, spring 1997

P U B L I C A T I ON S

Books

The Masculine Woman in America, 1890-1935. The University of Illinois Press, 2001.

Edited and "Introduction." Hospital Transports: A Memoir of the Embarkation of the Sick and Wounded from the Peninsula of Virginia in the Summer of 1862. The State University of New York Press, 2005.

Gross Anatomies: Fictions of the Physical in American Literature and Culture. Forthcoming Susquehanna University Press/Associated University Presses, 2008.

Reading, Writing, and Research: Undergraduate Students as Scholars in Literature and Language Studies. Edited volume under review. 

The Lampoons of The Well of Loneliness. Edited collection and critical introduction. Under review.


Articles

“Politics and the Pandemic: HIV/AIDS, Africa, and the Discourse of Disability.” Review of Disability Studies 2.3 (Spring 2006): 97-107. Special Issue: Parting the Waters: Disability and Deliverance in the Wake of Disaster. Christopher Johnson and Lori Rowlett, editors.

“The Necessity of Disability in Flannery O’Connor’s ‘Good Country People’ and ‘The Lame Shall Enter First’.” Flannery O’Connor Review, vol. 4 (Spring 2006): 88-98.

“The Laboratory: A Model for Teaching the Elements of Literary Studies.” Radical Pedagogy 8.1 (Summer 2006).

"Replacing the Patient: The Fiction of Prosthetics in Medical Practice." Journal of Medical Humanities. vol. 26, no .1 (March 2005): 53-66. Special issue: Anne Hunsaker Hawkins and Susan Squier, editors. .

"Mystery and detective fiction." American History through Literature 1870-1920. Edited by Tom Quick and Gary Scharnhorst. Detroit: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006: 737-742..

"'Generic' Multiculturalism: Hybrid Texts, Cultural Contexts" College English 64.4 (March 2003): 411-426.

"Making a Spectacle of Themselves: Black Women's Rhetoric at the Columbian Exposition, 1893." Women's Studies in Communication, 25.2 (Fall 2002): 173-196.

"The Inconceivability of Djuna Barnes's Ladies Almanack." Women's Studies 28(1999): 503-525.

"Detecting Deviation in Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's 'The Long Arm.'" American Literary Realism 31.1 (Fall 1998): 75-91.

"'more regularly gay and in a wholly new way': Marketing a Heterosexual Cure to Gertrude Stein in Vanity Fair." Journal of Modern Literature 21.1 (Fall 1997): 151-154.

"'The Woman at the Wheel': Marketing Ideal Womanhood, 1914-36." Journal of American Culture 20.3 (Summer, 1997): 13-30.

"Fisher's Bodies: Automobile Advertisements and the Framing of Modern American Female Identity." Centennial Review 41.3 (Fall, 1997): 515-528.

"'S/He Scandles Our Proceedings': The Anxiety of Alternative Sexuality in The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi." English Language Notes 33.4 (June, 1996): 24-42.

“Remaking the ‘Self-Made Man’: The Economic Promise and Peril of Prosthetics.” Under review.

“’this trivial and vulgar occasion’: Three British Lampoons of Radclyffe Hall’s The Well of Loneliness.” Under review.

P R O F E S S I O N A L P R E S E N T A T I ON S

Papers

"Contemporary U.S. Immigration Narratives: Politics in Prose.”  Annual American Studies Institute International Conference, Seoul, Korea, October 2007.

“The Rhetoric of HIV/AIDS and Gender in American Literature and Culture.” Partners for Educational Progress Symposium on HIV/AIDS and Gender. Invited participant, Tanzania, July 2005.

“The Character of the Virtual Patient.” Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature and Science, Durham, North Carolina, October 2004.

“Teaching the Science of American Studies: Literature Laboratories.” Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Focus on Teaching Day. Atlanta, GA, October 2004.

“The Simulated Fictions of Contemporary American Literature and Medical Practice.” Society for Literature and Science European Conference. Paris, France, June 2004. (Accepted, did not present)

"Theorizing Fragmentation of the Twentieth-Century Body." Anglo-American Conference: The Body. Institute for Historical Research, University of London, England, June 2003

"Sum/Some of Its Parts: Theorizing the Artificiality of the Historical and Modern Body." The Flesh Made Text: Bodies, Theories, Cultures in the Post-Millennial Era. University of Thessaloniki, Greece, May 2003.

"The U.S. Woman Suffrage Movement and American Literature." J. William Fulbright Commission Seminar, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2003.

"'The Menace of the Hour': The U.S. Woman Suffrage Movement and Early Twentieth-Century American Literature." Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic, March 2003.

"The Lore of Geiners: American Narratives of the Body in Pieces." Modern Language Association Annual Convention, New York, NY, December 2002.

"Architecture, Anatomy, and Ethnology: Nineteenth-Century Connections." Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., November 2001.

"Mutilated Subjectivity: Race and Anatomical Loss in Richard Wright and Stephen Crane." American Literature Association Conference, Cambridge, MA, May 2001.

"'Fulfilling all the requirements of the natural': Loss and Restoration in Civil War Fiction and Artificial Limb Testimonials." Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Detroit, MI, October 2000.

"'To form a more perfect union': The Dismembered Body and Body Politic in Civil War Texts." American Literature Association Conference, Long Beach, CA, May 2000.

"'the problem of disposing of his hands and feet': The Literal Deconstruction of the Body in Modern American Literature." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, Louisville, KY, February 2000.

"'She was taken out to be cured': The Metaphor of Corporeal Invasion." American Literature Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 1999.

"Parodic License: Transatlantic Reaction to Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, KY, February 1999.

"'Passing' for American Literature: Generic Hybrids in the Classroom." Midwest Modern Language Association, St. Louis, MO, November 1998.

"The Passing Plot and Male Impotence in Short Fiction by Modern American Black Women." Twentieth-Century Literature Conference, University of Louisville, KY, February 1998.

"Publicizing the Private(s): Setting the Sexual Agenda in Modern American Culture." Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., October/November 1997.

"Deviation and Detection: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's ''The Long Arm.'" National Women's Studies Association Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 1997.

"Artistic Reproduction: Anonymous Promiscuity in Djuna Barnes's Ladies Almanack." American Literature Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, May 1997.

"The Woman's Seduction in 1910s Popular Press Short Stories." American Literature Association Symposium. San Juan del Cabo, Mexico, November 1996.

"Fisher's Bodies: Automobile Advertisements and the Framing of Female Identity, 1915-35." American Studies Conference. Michigan State University, MI, November 1996.

"Fiction or Flattery": 'Being Gay' with Gertrude Stein and Vanity Fair." Midwest Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference. Bowling Green State University, OH, November 1996.

"Adams and Eve: Mythologizing Woman in the Suffrage Movement." National Women's Studies Association Conference. Saratoga Springs, NY, June, 1996.

"'The Woman at the Wheel': Constructing a Consumer." Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association International Conference. Las Vegas, NV, March 1996.

"'In the Nexus of the Impossible': Tolerating Uncertainty in Robert Duncan's The Opening of the Field." Institute for Liberal Studies Conference. Kentucky State University, KY, March 1995.

Book Reviews

 Review of Unnatural Voices: Extreme Narration in Modern and Contemporary Fiction.  Brian Richardson.  Forthcoming in Midwest Modern Language Association Journal.

 Review of Driving Women: Fiction and Automobile Culture in Twentieth-Century America.  Deborah Clarke.  Forthcoming in Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature, 2008.

 Review of Sites of Autopsy in Contemporary Culture, Elizabeth Klaver.  Forthcoming in Midwest Modern Language Association Journal, Spring 2007.

Invited Lectures and Informal Presentations

"Anatomy and American Literature." Invited lecture at the Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, January, 2005.

"Vintage Vices: Marketing Art and Gender in American World War 1 Posters." Faculty Forum, Gustavus Adolphus College, October 2002.

"Literature Laboratories." Teachers Talking, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, November 2001.

"'the secret stories of rickets': Anatomy, Dissection, and Modern American Literature." Faculty Shop Talk, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, February 2001.

"'Necessary Inhumanity': Autopsy, Dissection, Mutilation, and the 'Other' in American Literature." Explorations, a women's studies faculty forum, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN, January 2000.

"Teaching Skills Workshop." The Claremont Graduate School Department of English Roundtable, Claremont, CA, November 1994.

Residency

Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, Minnesota. October 2005.

Session Chair

 “The Undergraduate Student as Scholar: Programs and Curricula.”  Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 2007.

 “The Undergraduate Student as Scholar: Courses and Seminars.”  Modern Language Association Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, December 2007.

  Interview

"Head Over Wheels." Documentary on women and automobiles, Credo Entertainment Company, Winnipeg, Canada. April 2001.

Referee for Journal and Manuscript Submissions

GLQ, Literary Biographies (Routledge), College English, LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory, Historia, Anthology of American Literature (Longman’s)

Administrative Presentations

“Engaging Arts & Sciences Faculty in the NCATE Process: A Facilitated Discussion.” NCATE/AACTE Accountability Conference, Washington, D.C., September 2007

“Meeting the Millenial Generation Halfway: Experiential Education for Students and Faculty.” Faculty Resource Network Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2006. Co-Presenters: Laura L. Behling and Mary Ryan, Washington Internship Institute.

“Relationship-Building Between Education and Arts & Sciences Faculty.” NCATE/AACTE Accountability Conference, Washington, D.C., September 2006, 2007. Co-presenters: Laura L. Behling and John Clementson, Gustavus Adolphus College.

“Service Learing for Social Justice: A Pedagogy of Engagement.” American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., January 2006. Co-presenters: Elizabeth Baer, Laura L. Behling, and Noreen Buhmann, Gustavus Adolphus College.

"Making it Meaningful: Using the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning for Assessment." The Collaboration for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning Conference on Assessment, Bloomington, MN, February 2005. Co-presenters: Laura L. Behling, Carolyn Dobler, Patricia English, and Mariangela Maguire. Gustavus Adolphus College.

“What Students Need to Know to Become Information Literate.” Carleton College, Northfield, MN, September 2004. Co-presenters: Laura L. Behling and Barbara Fister, Professor and Librarian, Gustavus Adolphus College

“Faculty Development and Accreditation in Four-Year Colleges: Matching Program with Context.” The Annual Meeting of the Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, March 2004.Co-presenters: Laura L. Behling, , Mark Braun, Steve Griffith. Gustavus Adolphus College; David Schodt, St. Olaf College.

Administrative and Miscellaneous Publications

“Reading, Writing, and Research: An English Professor Looks at Faculty-Student Collaborative Research.”  Under consideration at CUR (Council of Undergraduate Research) Journal.

 “Meeting the Millenial Generation Halfway: Reconceptualizing Faculty Work.”  Network: A Journal of Faculty Development, Spring 2007.

"Liberal Arts Colleges and the Spellings Commission: Carpe Diem." LiberalArtsOnline, The Center of Inquiry in the Liberal Arts, Wabash College. v.6, n. 10 (November 2006). Co-written with Mariangela Maguire, Gustavus Adolphus College.

“Coming to Understand Namibia.” Gustavus Adolphus Quarterly, Winter 2006-2007: 16-26.

“Illness and Hope, Loss and Understanding: The Reality of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.” Gustavus Adolphus Quarterly, Spring 2006:22-27.

AIDS + Africa: The Unfolding Crisis.” Gustavus Adolphus Quarterly, Spring 2006:24-25.

“An Overwhelming Reality: Traveling with Tanzanian Lutheran colleagues, college educators learn about HIV/AIDS.” The Lutheran, November 2005:52-53.

“Teaching and Learning Together.” Gustavus Adolphus College Quarterly, Fall 2004: 24-26.

“Writing About Science.” Gustavus Adolphus College Quarterly, Summer 2002: 23.

AWARDS and GRANTS

2006 Faculty Fellow: American Association of Colleges and Universities and the Institute for Experiential Learning: Internship at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C.

2003 Fulbright Scholar, Olomouc, Czech Republic

2002 NEH Summer Institute: "Literature, Medicine, and Culture" at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State University

2005-2006 Presidential Grant for Faculty-Student Collaborative Research, Gustavus Adolphus College, with Patrick Jones: “Race, Anatomy, and Habeas Corpus in American Literature”
2005-2006 Sabbatical, Gustavus Adolphus College
Service Learning for Social Justice Program, Gustavus Adolphus College: 2006 Namibia; 2003 Guatemala
2004 Technology Bridge Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College
2000, 2002, 2006 Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College
Bush Foundation Teaching and Learning Department Grant (author and coordinator): 2006-2007 “Why Read?”; 2001-2002 “The Art of Interpretation” and the Senior Seminar
2001 Lilly Foundation Workshop on Vocation, Gustavus Adolphus College
Faculty Development Teaching Workshop, Gustavus Adolphus College: 2003 Teaching Multiculturally; 2002 Critical Thinking; 2001 Active Learning
2001 IMLS National Leadership Summer Grant, Gustavus Adolphus College
2000 International Travel Course Development Stipend, Gustavus Adolphus College
1996 National Women's Studies Association Travel Fellowship, Women's Studies of the Claremont Colleges
1992-1993 Claremont Graduate School Fellowship
1989-90, 1990-91 Scripps Howard Journalism Fellowship

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, PARTICIPATION, and TRAINING

National Organizations

2006-2010 Modern Language Association, Division on Teaching as a Profession, Executive Committee

2006-2008 Modern Language Association, Committee on Disability Issues in the Profession

2006-20007 American Association for University Women Educational Foundation, American Fellowships Awards Panel, appointed member

Gustavus Adolphus College

2006-present Chair, English Department
2006 Search Committee Member, Vice President for College Relations

2007-present Co-Director, John S. Kendall Center for Engaged Learning, Gustavus Adolphus College

2006-2007, 2003-2005 Co-Cordinator, Faculty Development, Gustavus Adolphus College
2003-2005 Faculty Senate, at-large representative
2005 Co-Coordinator of Summer Teaching Workshop on Teaching Ethics and Social Responsibility
2003 Co-Coordinator of Summer Teaching Workshop on Teaching Multiculturally
2006-2007, 2002-2005 Co-Coordinator for New Faculty Orientation Program
2001-2005 Faculty Advisor, Mellon Foundation Fellowships
2001-2002 Women's Studies Program, Curriculum Committee Chair, 2000-2001 Curriculum Committee Member 2006-2007, 2001-2002 Coordinator, English Department Faculty Seminars
2001-2003 Faculty Development Committee, Gustavus Adolphus College; Fall 2002 Chair
2001, 2002, 2003 Diversity Representative on Faculty Searches
2000-2003 Faculty Advisor: Sigma Tau Delta, English student honor society
2000 First Term Seminar Training
2000, 2001, 2002, 2004Summer Registration Advising

New Course Development

Reading the Body (Senior Seminar)
Illness in America (First Year Seminar)
The Making of Modern Bodies: British and American Transatlantic Modernism
1925 (First Year Seminar)
Anatomy and American Literature (Senior Seminar)
Writing About Science, Medicine, and the Environment (January term)
Ethnic London (January term travel course)
Literature, Medicine, and Culture (First Year Seminar)
The Modern American Literary Culture of Sex and Gender
Under Investigation: Detective Fiction and Film

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Literature Association
American Studies Association
Modern Language Association
Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts