Shealeen Meaney, Ph.D.

Education

Dissertation

“Skirts must be girded high”: Spaces of Subjectivity and Transgression in Post-Suffrage American Women’s Travel Writing A study of American women’s travel narratives of the decades following suffrage in relation to dominant cultural representations of femininity and theories of ideology that posit geographic instability as a constitutive site of feminist knowledge production and radical agency. Director: Dr. Rosemary Hennessy, University at Albany, English Department. Reader: Dr. Kate Boyer, Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, Geography - STS Department. Reader: Dr. Bret Benjamin, University at Albany, English Department.

Late Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture, Multi-Ethnic Literature, Travel and Wilderness Literature, Women Writers, Feminist Theory, Contemporary Literature.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Articles: “‘Sans Clothes and Sans Reproche’ : Wilderness, Necessity, and Transgression in Post-Suffrage American Women’s Travel Narratives.” The Journal of Narrative Theory 35.3 (Winter 2005). “3,000 Miles to a New You: The Subjectivity Trade in Women’s Travel Writing.” Under Consideration. Book Reviews: Cheryl Fish’s “Black and White Women’s Travel Narratives: Antebellum Explorations.” Studies in Travel Writing 9.1 (Winter 2005). Joanna Gabbin’s “Furious Flower: African American Poetry from the Black Arts Movement to the Present.” Multicultural Review 13.3 (Fall 2004). Lorenzo Thomas’ “Dancing on Main Street.” Multicultural Review 13.3 (Fall 2004). Gloria Grant Roberson’s “The Worlds of Toni Morrison.” Multicultural Review 13.1 (Spring 2004). Review Essay on Sarah Ahmed’s “Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality.” Feminist Theory 2.2 (August 2001). Reference Entries: “Angel. (Linda Hogan, ‘Solar Storms,’ 1995)” Students’ Companion to American Literary Characters. BCL-Manly Inc. (2006). “Bush. (Linda Hogan, ‘Solar Storms,’ 1995)” Students’ Companion to American Literary Characters. BCL-Manly Inc. (2006). “The Garcia Family. (Julia Alvarez, ‘How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,’ 1991)” Students’ Companion to American Literary Characters. BCL-Manly Inc. (2006).

Grants and Awards

Richard Thorns Dissertation Fellow, 2005-2006. Prestigious full-year fellowship granted by the University at Albany. United University Professions Individual Development Program Award Grant, 2005. University at Albany Graduate Student Organization Research and Travel Grant, 2004. University at Albany Initiatives for Women Award (Dissertation Grant), 2001. University at Albany English Departmental Travel Grants, 1999 and 2000. Connecticut Women’s Council Edna S. Viner Fellowship for Teachers, 1994.

Academic Employment

Assistant Professor, Russell Sage College, 2007-present. Part-time Faculty, University at Albany, 2001- 2007. Part-time Faculty, Siena College, 2001-2004. Graduate Teaching Assistant, University at Albany, 1996-2001. Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, 1994-1996.

Courses Taught

( Descriptions )

Upper Division American Literature: University at Albany

ENG343 Studies in an Author / Authors after 1750 “Edith Wharton and Willa Cather”

ENG 374 Studies in American Regionalism “Regions of the Wild: Nation, Self, and Nature in American Literature”

ENG 368 Women Writers (Cross-listed as Women’s Studies 368) “Women Writers, Women Travelers: Travels, Texts, and Transgressions in Women’s Literature”

ENG 324 Twentieth Century American Novel “Twentieth Century American Novel: Ideology, Imagination, and Fictions of Culture” ENG 240 Growing Up in America (Human Diversity General Education) “Growing Up in America: Rethinking America, Rethinking Ourselves” ENG 226 Topics in Literary Study “Literatures of Travel” ENG 223 The Short Story “Twentieth Century Short Fiction in North America” Upper Division Writing: University at Albany ENG 303 Forms of Argument and Persuasion “Forms of Cultural Intervention: Argument and Persuasion” ENG 301 Critical Writing / ENG 305 Studies in Writing About Texts “Critical Writing / Culture Critique” ENG 300 Expository Writing “Creating Creative Non-Fiction: Expeditions into Self/Text/Context” Introductory Courses: ENG 101 & ENG 102 Composition Sequence University of Tennessee, Knoxville ENG 011 Literary Perspectives Siena College ENG 121Reading Literature, Writing Intensive University at Albany ENG 123 Reading Drama, Writing Intensive University at Albany ENG 124 Reading Poetry, Writing Intensive University at Albany WSS 101 Introduction to Feminism (Women’s Studies Department) University at Albany

Additional Teaching

Johns Hopkins University. Center For Talented Youth Program. Instructor. Summer 2000. University of Tennessee Writing Center, Writing Tutor, 1994-1995. University at Albany Writing Center, Writing Tutor, 1996-1997.

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Professional Memberships

Modern Language Association (MLA) Northeastern Modern Language Association (NEMLA) National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) American Studies Association (ASA) Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) International Society of Travel Writing (ISTW)

References

Professor Rosemary Hennessy, English Department University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4088 / Hennessy@albany.edu Professor Kate Boyer, Department of Science and Technology Studies Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180 boyerl@rpi.edu Professor Bret Benjamin , English Department University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 (518) 442-4054 / Bret@albany.edu Professor Jerry Dollar, English Department Siena College , Loudonville, NY 12211 (518) 783-2546 / Dollar@siena.edu Professor Maia Boswell, Women’s Studies Department University at Albany, Albany, NY 12222 mboswell@nycap.rr.com

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