Department of Literature and Philosophy
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ENGL 5534-A and 5534G-A: Literature for Adolescents |
Education:Ph.D. 1987, American Literature, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. M. Phil. 1984, American Literature, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. M. A. 1980, Literature (Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry), The American University, Washington, D.C. B.A. 1977, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
Selected Publications:BooksThe Age of Reason. Terre Haute, IN: Hawkhead Press, 1993 (poetry).  Randall Jarrell and the Lost World of Childhood. Athens and London: University of
Georgia Press, 1990 (criticism).
Edited Journal Issuewith Anita Tarr. Children's Literature Association Quarterly 27.1 (Spring 2002). Special Issue on Children's Poetry.  Articles"'from brain all the way to heart': The 2008 Lion and the
Unicorn Award for Excellence in
North American Poetry." < /U >
(Co-authored with Angela Sorby
and Joseph Thomas.) The Lion and the Unicorn 32.3 (September 2008): in
press. "'It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)': The 2006 Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry." (Co-authored with Joseph Thomas and JonArno Lawson.) The Lion and the Unicorn 30.3 (September 2006): 383-97. "Postgraduate Children's Literature in the United States." Chapter 8 of Teaching Children's Fiction. Edited by Charles Butler. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 181-188. "It Could Be Verse: The 2005 Lion and the Unicorn Ward for Excellence in North American Poetry". (Co-authored with Kelly Hager and Joseph Thomas.) The Lion and the Unicorn 29.3 (September 2005): 427-441. "Consolation Prize." SIGNAL Approaches to Children's Books 100 (September 2003): 66-83.  "Jarrell's Wicked Fairy: Cultural Criticism, Childhood, and the 1950s." Jarrell, Bishop, Lowell, & Co.: Middle-Generation Poets in Context. Edited by Suzanne Ferguson. (U Tennessee P, 2003): 93-112.
"'Affirmative Acts': Language, Childhood, and Power in June Jordan's Cross-Writing." Children's Literature 30: 159-185 (Yale UP, 2002). Reprinted in Still Seeking an Attitude: Critical Reflections on the Work of June Jordan , edited by Valerie Kinloch and Margret Grebowicz. (Forthcoming from Lexington Books, October 2004) 
"'The Kindergarten of New Consciousness': Gwendolyn Brooks and the Social Construction of Childhood." African American Review 34.3 (Fall 2000): 483-499. Click here for text. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.) "'Infant Sight': Romanticism, Childhood, and Postmodern Poetry." In Literature and the Child: Romantic Continuations, Postmodern Contestations. Edited by James Holt McGavran. Iowa City: U of Iowa P, 1999: 105-129. Click here for catalogue copy or order from Amazon.com "The Intersection of Children's Literature and Childhood Studies." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 22.3 (Fall 1997): 143-145. "Home-made! But aren't we all? Crusoe in the Nursery." Selected Papers from Elizabeth Bishop: New Readings, a Symposium at Vassar College, 22-25 September 1994. http://iberia.vassar.edu/bishop/Flynn.html "Imitation Oz: The Sequel as Commodity." The Lion and the Unicorn: A Critical Journal of Children's Literature 20.1 (1996): 121-131. Click for Text (available to Project Muse subscribers only). Reprinted in Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 132: 74-79 (Detroit: Gale, 2003). "`The Buried Life and the Body of Waking': Muriel Rukeyser and the Politics of Literary History." Chapter 12 of Gendered Modernisms: American Women Poets and Their Readers. Edited by Margaret Dickie and Thomas Travisano. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996: 264-279. "Children's Literature." Twentieth-Century Britain: An Encyclopedia. Edited by Fred M. Leventhal. New York: Garland, 1995: 143-145. "Can Children's Poetry Matter?" The Lion and the Unicorn: A Critical Journal of Children's Literature 17.1 (1993): 37-44. "Randall Jarrell's Mermaid: The Animal Family and `Semifeminine' Poetics." Children's Literature in Education 23 (1992): 167-173. "Mark Jarman," Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Poets Since World War II, Third Selection. Edited by R.S. Gwynn. Volume 120 (1992): 156-161. Click here for text "William Logan," Dictionary of Literary Biography. American Poets Since World War II, Third Selection. Edited by R.S. Gwynn. Volume 120 (1992): 195-199. Click here for text "Kipling and Scouting, or `Akela, We'll Do Our Best.'" Children's Literature Association Quarterly 16.2 (Summer 1991): 55-58. "James Applewhite," Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Poets Since World War II, Second Series. Edited by R.S. Gwynn. Volume 105 (1991): 11-18. Click here for text "Happy Families are All Invented: Randall Jarrell's Fiction for Children." Children's
Literature 16: 109-125 (Yale UP, 1988). Short Reference Entries: “Randall Jarrell” and “Gertrude Stein.”The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Edited by Jack Zipes. New York: Oxford UP, 2000 . “Randall Jarrell,” “Kate Douglas Wiggin,” and “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English. Edited by Victor Watson. Cambrdige: Cambridge UP, 2001. Poems published in a variety of magazines, including lower limit speech, Washington Review, Laurel Review, Gargoyle, The Reaper, and Aerial. Book Reviews and Essays published in a variety of magazines including The Elizabeth Bishop Bulletin, The Lion and the Unicorn, Washington Review, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, and New Mexico Humanities Review. Conference Papers given at MLA, SAMLA, American Literature Association, Children's
Literature Association and other conferences. Click here for a complete list of papers and sessions chaired. |
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors:Georgia Southern University Award for Excellence in Research/Creative Scholarly Activity. May, 2002. Educational Leave (Sabbatical), Georgia Southern University, Fall 2000. 1998 Faculty Research Grant ($2000.00). Georgia Southern University. Awarded for research at the Berg Collection, New York Public Library. "Randall Jarrell, Childhood, and the 1950s." 1998 NEH Summer Seminar, "Issues in the Philosophy of Childhood." University of Massachusetts--Amherst. 18 June 1998-24 July 1998. Gareth Matthews, seminar leader. 1995 NEH Summer Seminar, "Subversion and Socialization in American Children's Literature." Dartmouth College, 20 June 1995-12 August 1995. John Seelye, seminar leader. Faculty Research Sabbatical (2/3 time, $3300.00). Summer 1993. Awarded for book manuscript in progress, "Postmodern Childhoods, Postmodern Poetries." Faculty Research Committee, Georgia Southern University. Randall Jarrell and the Lost World of Childhood named 1992 "Outstanding Academic Title" by Choice. 1989 NEH Summer Seminar, "The Emergence of Children's Fairy Tales, 1840-1920," Princeton University, 19 June 1989-11 August 1989, U. C. Knoepflmacher, seminar leader. 1988 Fellowship in Literature--poetry writing, D.C. Commission on the Arts, $2,500.00. Ph.D. Qualifying Exams: Distinction in 20th-century American Literature and Modern American Poetry. George A. McCandlish Fellowship in American Literature, 1980-82. Awarded for a maximum of two years to the graduate student in American literature who shows the most promise. |
Service:National
Children's Literature Association:
National Steering Committee, Jarrell, Bishop, Lowell & Co. A Celebration and Poetry Conference held at Case Western Reserve University, April 13-16, 2000. Regional South Atlantic Modern Language Association
University Faculty Senate Librarian, Georgia Southern University 2002-2004. Member, Faculty Senate, Georgia Southern University 2002-2003; 2003-2006. Faculty Senate Executive Committee(ex officio), 2002-2004. Academic Standards Committee, Georgia Southern University 2002-2003. Graduate Committee, Georgia Southern University, 2002-2004. Graduate Council (alternate), Georgia Southern University 1998-2000. Teacher Education Advisory Council, Georgia Southern University, 1994-1997. University Library Committee (elected), Georgia Southern University, 1994-1996. Department Advising Committee, Department of Literature and Philosophy, 1999-2001. Technology Committee, Department of Literature and Philosophy, 1999-2000. Department Web Page Committee, Department of Literature and Philosophy, 1998-1999. Chair, Library Committee, Department of Literature and Philosophy, 1997- present. Averitt Lecture Committee, Dept. of Literature and Philosophy, 1997-1999. Full Graduate Faculty Committee, Department of English and Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 1993-1997. Search Committee, African American Literature position, 1993-1995. Major Program Committee, Dept. of English and Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 1992-1995. Lecture Committee, Dept. of English and Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 1992-1995. Creative Writing Committee, Dept. of English and Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 1990-1998. Upper Division Committee, Dept. of English and Philosophy, Georgia Southern University, 1990-1991. Service at Previous Institutions Children's Literature Committee, Indiana State University, 1988. Co-wrote successful proposal to have Children's Literature accepted as General Education Course. Creative Writing Committee, Indiana State University, 1988-1990. Expository and Technical Writing Committee, Indiana State University, 1989-1990. Graduate Program Renovation Committee, George Washington University, 1984-85. Co-coordinator, English Department Colloquia, George Washington University, 1984-85. |
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