Kathryn A. Laity
The
English Department
The
College of Saint Rose
432
Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
(518)
485-3778
laityk[at]strose.edu
http://academic2.strose.edu/Arts_and_Humanities/laityk/
ACADEMIC
POSITIONS
2006-Present Assistant
Professor of English (Medieval), Director, Women's Studies Program, The College
of Saint Rose
2003-2006
Assistant
Professor of English (Medieval), University of Houston-Downtown
2002-2003
Instructor, University of Houston-Downtown
2001-2002 Instructor,
Manchester Community College
1993-2002 Instructor/Graduate
Assistant, University of Connecticut
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
2003, University of Connecticut — Medieval Studies
Dissertation: Local Heroes: The Sociocultural Context for
the Development of Vernacular Saints' Lives in Old Irish, Old Norse and Old
English. Committee: Frederick M. Biggs (director), Robert J. Hasenfratz,
Thomas N. Hall (University of Illinois-Chicago)
M.A.
1995, University of Connecticut — Medieval Studies
A.M. 1985, University of Southern California
— International Relations
A.B. 1983, Michigan State University —
James Madison College
TEACHING
COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE (all courses have companion Blackboard pages)
English 114: Introduction to Literary
Genres and Traditions
English 134: Medieval Literature
English 206: Creative Writing
English 226: Women & Writing (Early
Periods)
English 230: Topics in Early British
Literature
English 279: Film: Theory and Practice:
"Three Weeks of Terror: A History of Horror Film"
English 328/History 380: Texts and
Contexts in The Middle Ages
English 342: Studies in Medieval
Literature: "Medieval Texts on Film"
English 379: Studies in Film:
"Writers in Motion"
English 516: Survey of Medieval
Literature
English 566: Literature, Performance
and Visual Narrative
UNIVERSITY
OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN
English 4390: Topics in Language &
Literature—Medieval Texts on Film, Spring 2004.
English 4314: Major
Authors—Chaucer, Fall 2005, Spring 2003.
English 3354: Film as Narrative—Horror Film, Summer
2003.
English 3340/HUM 3310: Cultural Criticism—Canterbury,
2006.
English 3315: Speculative Fiction, Spring 2005.
English 3309: Creative Writing, Fall
2003, 2004.
English 2313: British Literature from
its Beginnings to 1800, Fall 2002-present.
English 1302: Composition II, Fall
2002-present.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
English 112: Classical and Medieval
Literature, Spring 2002.
English 111: Writing Through
Literature, Fall 2001.
English 110: Seminar in Writing, Fall
2000.
English 109: Literature &
Composition, 1994-2001.
English 105: English Composition, Fall
1993.
MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Writing & Publishing Genre Fiction, Spring 2002.
The Truth About Vikings, Spring 2002, Fall 2001.
Viking Magic & Mysteries,
Excursions in Learning, February 2002.
Bold
Warriors and Gentle Knights: Medieval Masculinities on Film. Proposal in
preparation for University Press of Mississippi.
Medieval
"Heofen rece
swealg: Neomedievalism and Spectacle in Grendel: Transcendence of The Great Big Bad."
Studies in
Medievalism 22 (2009): 15-25.
"Medieval
Community: Lessons from The Black Knight."
LATCH: A journal for the study of the
Literary Artifact in Theory, Culture, or History 1 (Nov 2008): 134-155.
"Me and
Margery Kempe." Wild Violet
(2008).
"Grimma Gaest." Human Cuisine. Eds. Ken Albala and Gary Allen. New York: Book Surge, 2008. 209-213.
"The
Virgin Victim: Re-imagining a
medieval folk ballad in The Virgin Spring and Last House on the Left." Folklore/Cinema:
Popular Film as Vernacular Culture. Eds. Sharon R. Sherman and Mikel J.
Koven. Logan, UT: Utah State UP, 2007. 180-196.
"Up on the
Roof: Understanding an Anglo-Saxon
Healing Practice." Societas Magica
Newsletter 18 (Fall 2007): 1-8.
"Domus
inferna Sancti Guthlaci: A
Rediscovery of the Twelfth-Century Narrative of The Saint and the Money Pit." The
Interplanetary Journal of Comic Arts: A Festschrift in Honor of John Lent. Ed. Michael G. Rhode. Washington DC: JLME, 2007. 13-27.
"Living
the Mystery: Sacred Drama
Today." The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic
3 (2006): 263-276.
"Reconciling
the Dominions: Brigit as Heroic Saint in the Bethu Brigte." Revising per reader comments from Modern Philology.
"Translating
Saint as (Vi)King: St. Olaf in the Heimskringla." Viator 35 (2004): 169-202.
"False
Positives: The Katherine-Group Saints as Ambiguous Role Models." Magistra 7.2 (2001): 64-99.
"Roses, Beads and Bones: Gender, Borders and Slippage
in Tove Jansson's Moomin Comics." Tove Jansson: A Collection of Critical Essays. Eds. Kate McLoughlin and Malin Lidstr�m
Brock. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007. 166-183.
"Imagineer: Clive Barker's Queering of the Conservative
Bent of Horror Literature." Horrifying Sex:
Sexual Difference and the Sexual Other in the Gothic Imagination. Ed. Ruth Bienstock Anolik. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland, 2007. 248-258.
"The Sorcerer." Icons of Horror and the Supernatural.
Ed. S. T. Joshi. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. 565-589.
"Mr. Punch
in Literary Space: Post-Apocalyptic Performance Ritual in Riddley Walker." Puppetry
International Magazine 19 (Spring and Summer 2006): 26-30.
"Picking
up the chalk again." Quiet Mountain Essays 3.4 (Oct 2005).
"Illusory Adversaries?: Images of
Female Power in Sandman:
The Kindly Ones." The Sandman
Papers. Ed. Joe Sanders.
Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2006. 65-76.
"Clive
Barker" and "Books of Blood." Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia. Eds. S. T.
Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005. 80-84, 138-139.
"From SBIGs to Mildred's Inverse Law of Trailers:
Skewing the Narrative of Horror Fan Consumption." Horror Film: Creating and Marketing Fear. Ed.
Steffen Hantke. Jackson, MS:
University Press of Mississippi, 2004.
173-190.
"Clive
Barker" and "Ramsey Campbell." Supernatural Fiction Writers. 2nd edition.
Ed. Richard Bleiler. Farmington Hills, MI: Scribners & Sons, 2003: 61-70,
177-188.
"Constructing
a 'Female Hero': Iconography in Les aventures extraordinaires d'Ad�le Blanc-Sec."
International Journal of Comic Art 4.1
(2002): 163-169.
"A High Steppin' Filly: Effluent Juissance in Dame Darcy's Meatcake."
Indy: Spring 1998. Online (25 ms pp)
Reprinted as "Dame Darcy e os poderes da BD" in Quadrado 3:3 (2001): 46-52.
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COLUMN
Weekly
columnist on technology and culture, BitchBuzz:
Global Women's Lifestyle Network. March 2009-present.
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FICTION
"High
Plains Lazarus." Short story.
Dark Distortions Vol. 2. Ed. Molly
Feese. Lincoln, NE: Scotopia Press, 2009. Forthcoming.
Lumottu. Play
(excerpt). New
World Finn 9.3 (2009): forthcoming.
"A
Case of Dead Faces." Short story. The Full Moon. Ed. Kerry Morgan. Forthcoming
Dec 2009.
"Rothko
Red." Flash fiction. FinNALA
Newsletter 3.2 (Aug 2009): 6-7.
"Wixey."
Short story. Wild Violet 8.1
(2009).
Unikirja
[Dreambook].
Short story collection (+ play). Aino Press 2009.
"Kantele."
Short story. Kippis 1.1 (Winter 2009): 41-50.
"The
Princess and Her Pig." Poem. New Fairy
Tales 1 (October 2008): 18-19.
Book. Play. Mused
2.3 (September 2008).
"Fluorescence."
Short story. The
Harrow 11.7 (July 2008).
"Eating
the Dream." Short story. Femspec 8.1 (2008): 108-117.
Bell. Play. Mused
2.1 (March 2008).
Jane
Quiet.
Comic book. Crazy Mama Productions
(March 2008). Issue #1.
"Raising
Lempi." Short story. Circle 100 (Winter 2007): 31-33.
"Tangled
up in Some Sort of Cerulean Hue." Short story. Ephemera 3 (December 2007):
49-52.
"Corrections
to the Rules of Fimble Fowl (for 3 players or 4)." Humor. Wild
Violet 6.2 (2007).
"Palakainen." Short story. New World Finn 7.2 (2007): 4-6.
Con-Eire. Play.
Premiered at Trinoc-con, Raleigh, NC, July 2006.
Fiasco. Play.
Presented in workshop reading by UHD English Department, October 2005.
"Vipunen." Short story. New World Finn 6.3 (July-Sept 2005): 22-24. Reprinted in Mythic
Passages (July 2007).
"On
Buffalo Bayou." Short story. New Texas (2005): 92-108.
"Sun Thief." Short story. Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXI. New York: DAW
Books, 2004. 133-142.
"Songs
of Defiance." Poem. Bayou Review Spring 2006. 53-4.
"Kerttu." Short story. New World Finn 4.2 (April-June 2004): 7-9.
Pelzmantel:
A Medieval Tale. Novel. Niceville FL: Spilled Candy Books, 2003. Nominated for 2003
Aesop Prize, International Reading Association Children's Book Award.
"Wordgeryne." Short story. Lovecraft's Weird Mysteries 5 (May 2002): 42-46.
"Sinikka
Journeys North." Short story.
The Beltane Papers 25 (2001):
14-19. Reprinted in Mythic Passages
(February/March 2004).
"Walpurgisnacht." Short story. The Seeker Journal 13.5 (2001): 6-9.
"A Gift House." Short story. Masters of Terror's House of Horror (April 1998). Online.
"The
Eleventh Commandment." Short
story. Rictus
9 (1997). Online.
"Another
Metamorphosis: A Moral Tale About Obsession." Short story. Dream Forge (November 1996). Online.
"Revelation." Short story. The Official Clive Barker Page, Online, www.clivebarker.com. Winner,
MGM/United Artists/Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions Short Story Contest, November
1995.
"Against
the Water-Elf Disease (Wi� Water-�lf Adle)." Translation. The Bayou Review
Fall 2003: 28.
"Anglo-Saxon
Charm Against a Wen." Dual-text
translation. The Seeker Journal 13.5 (2001): 12-13.
"Against a
Swarm of Bees: An Anglo-Saxon Charm." Dual-text translation. The Seeker Journal 13.3 (2001): 11.
"Erce: Earth Goddess—An Anglo-Saxon
Charm." Dual-text translation. Avalon Rising 1.3 (1999): 14-15. Reprinted as
"Erce: Earth Goddess." The Seeker Journal 13.2 (2001): 18-19. Reprinted as "Erce: Earth
Goddess." The Pagan's Muse.
Ed. Jane Raeburn. New York:
Citadel Press, 2003: 80-82.
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REVIEWS
Deleuze and Horror by Anna Powell. Book review. Journal of the Fantastic in
the Arts 19.1 (2009): 119-122.
"Vampires in Lapland."
DVD Review. Up
Against the Wall 11 (Feb/Mar 2008).
Monsters of our Own Making: The
Peculiar Pleasures of Fear
by Marina Warner. Book review. Journal of
Folklore Research (Jan 2008).
Moomin: The Complete Tove
Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 2,
by Tove Jansson. Book review. New World Finn 7.4 (Winter 2007): 25.
The Rise and Rise of Michael
Rimmer. DVD
review. Up Against
the Wall 10 (December 2007).
The Mindscape of Alan Moore. DVD review. Up Against
the Wall 10 (December 2007).
The Magical Self: Body, Society
and the Supernatural in Early Modern Rural Finland by Laura Stark. Book Review. Journal of Folklore
Research (Sept 2007).
"Jodorowsky Box." DVD Review. Up
Against the Wall 8 (September 2007).
Moomin Book One: The Complete
Tove Jansson Comic Strip by
Tove Jansson. Book Review. International Journal of Comic Art 9.1
(2007): 710-11.
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot. Book Review. Up Against
the Wall 7 (June 2007).
"Fun with Sledgehammers or
in Search of the Sampo." DVD
Review [Jade
Warrior]. Up
Against the Wall 6 (April 2007).
"Standing on the Beach:
Terry Gilliam's Tideland." DVD Review. Up Against the
Wall 6 (April 2007).
"Boskone 44: or Life as a
Small Press Author at a Big Con." Con Review. IROSF 4.3 (March
2007).
How Very Interesting: Peter
Cook's Universe and All that Surrounds It by Paul Hamilton, Peter Gordon and Dan Kieran. Book Review. Up
Against the Wall 4 (Dec 2006).
Historical Dictionary of
Witchcraft by
Michael D. Bailey. Book Review. Journal for the
Academic Study of Magic 3 (2006): 321-323.
Meet the Beatles by Steven D. Stark. Book Review. Journal of Popular Culture 39.3 (2006): 504-505.
Anglo-Saxon Propaganda in the
Bayeux Tapestry
by Meredith Clermont-Ferrand. Book
Review. English Language Notes 43.3 (2005):
84-89.
Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo. Book review. New World Finn 5.3 (July-September 2004): 26.
Popular Music from Vittula by Mikael Niemi. Book review. New World Finn
5.2 (April-June 2004): 26.
"Japanese Magic: The Girl-Friendly Films of Hayao
Miyazaki." With Wendy Goldberg.
Film review. Femspec 5.2
(2005): 142-3.
Coldheart Canyon by Clive Barker. Book review. The Beltane Papers 27 (2002): 54-55.
The Book of Zines: Readings from
the Fringe by
Chip Rowe. Book review. Other Voices
1.2 (1998). Online.
"Poe
and 'Palakainen'" (reading). Poe and the Writers of New England, UMass Amherst.
October 29-31, 2009.
"Revising Masculiinity in Beowulf. " Studies in Medievalism Conference, Siena College.
October 8-10, 2009.
"Harry
Potter and Medieval Magic." Sterup
Medieval Festival. September 12, 2009.
"140
Characters: Narrative and New Media." Great Writing Conference, University of Bangor. June 19-21,2009.
"Avast
Land Lubbers!: Reading Lost Girls as Post-Sadeian Text." Angela Carter: A Critical
Exploration, University of Northampton. June 5-6, 2009.
Organizer
and presider, "Teaching Medieval Texts with Popular Culture"
sponsored by the Medieval Popular Culture Area, Popular Culture Association. 44th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. May 7-10, 2009.
Organizer
and presider, Medieval Popular Culture panels. 39th Annual Popular
Culture Association Conference, New Orleans LA, April 8-11, 2009.
Organizer
and presider, "Medieval Masculinities on Film" sponsored by the
Medieval Popular Culture Area, Popular Culture Association. 43rd
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. May 8-11, 2008.
"'We'll
Have to Invent a New Language': Medievalism and Gender Construction in Moira
Buffini's Silence."
Bone Dreams Conference, University of Oxford. April 26, 2008.
Guest
speaker. RELG 250, Women and Religion (Honors), Religious Studies Department,
Siena College. April 11, 2008.
Panelist,
"The World of Tolkien." William K. Sanford Town Library, Colonie, NY.
April 1, 2008.
"Phror, becadom,
sissirishic and huwf: Alan Moore writes without some pictures."
38th Annual Popular Culture Association Conference, San Francisco,
CA. March 19-22, 2008.
Guest
speaker. SSP 100.36, Myth Conceptions, Classics Department, Skidmore College.
November 8, 2007.
"Heofen rece
swealg : Neomedievalism and Spectacle in Grendel: Transcendence of The Great Big Bad."
22nd Annual Conference on Medievalism, London, ON. October 4-6,
2007.
"Domus Inferna
Sancti Guthlaci: A Rediscovery of the Twelfth-Century Narrative of The Saint and the
Money Pit." 42nd
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. May 10-13, 2007.
"Medieval
Community: Lessons from The Black Knight." 42nd International Congress on
Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 10-13, 2007.
"Finnish
Charms: Appropriating Folk Magic from the Kalevala and Kanteletar." Forging Folklore
Conference, Harvard University.
May 3-5, 2007.
"Pissing,
Shagging and Roaring: Performing
Masculinity in Beowulf
and Grendel." 37th
Annual Popular Culture Association Conference, Boston MA. April 4-7, 2007.
"Roses,
Beads and Bones: Gender, Borders and Slippage in Tove Jansson's Moomin
Comics." Tove Jansson
Conference, Oxford, England. March
24, 2007.
"Sorceress and Anchoress: Visualizing the Lives of Medieval Women." 41st
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. May 3-7, 2006.
Panelist,
"Writing the Middle Ages for Young Readers: A Roundtable." 41st
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. May 3-7, 2006.
"'Half
a Giant': Performing 'Green' Masculinity in Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." 36th Annual Popular
Culture Association Conference, Atlanta GA. April 12-16,2006.
"Joy
of Warriors: Juliana's
Masculine Ecstasies." Gender
and Medieval Studies Conference, Cambridge, England. January 6-8, 2006.
"'I
would like to have him as my friend':
Masculinizing the Conversion in Njal's saga." Modern Language Association Conference, Washington D.
C. December 27-30, 2005.
"The Body
of the Earth in Anglo-Saxon Charms: An Eco-critical Perspective." Texas Medieval
Association Conference, Houston, TX.
October 14-16, 2005.
"How to Cure Elf-shot and Fend off a Wen." The Witching Hour: Harry Potter
Symposium, Salem, MA. October
6-10, 2005.
"A Dozen or So Weird (but true!) Facts about the Middle
Ages." Trinoc-Con, Raleigh,
NC. July 15-17, 2005.
"Casting the Circle: Ritual and the Body of the
Goddess." The Conference on Women
and the Divine, Liverpool, England.
June 17-19, 2005.
"You do not have the right to remain silent: Women and
Magic in the Corrector
et medicus of Burchard of Worms." 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI. May 5-8, 2005
"Imagineer: Clive Barker's Queering of the Conservative
Bent of Horror Literature." 2005 NEMLA Convention, Cambridge, MA. March 31-April 2, 2005.
"The City as the Body of the Poet: William
Blake's London in Alan Moore's Angel Passage. 35th Annual Popular Culture Association, San
Diego, CA. March 23-26, 2005.
Organizer, Medieval Popular Culture Area. 35th Annual Popular Culture
Association, San Diego, CA. March
23-26, 2005.
"Blood Feasts and Roof Riding: Women as Witches in
Anglo-Saxon England." 2004 South
Atlantic Modern Language Association, Roanoke, VA. November 12-14, 2004.
Co-Organizer. Thinking About Teaching: Approaches to General
Education and the Core Curriculum, UHD, Houston, TX. October 1, 2004.
Public Relations Assistant/Academic Liaison. Mythic
Journeys, Atlanta, GA. June 3-6,
2004.
"'Vi� wif gem�dlan': Women as Witches in Anglo-Saxon England." 39th International Congress
on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 6-9, 2004.
"Medieval
Research Without Tears." Fantastic Genres, New Paltz, NY. April 30-May 2, 2004.
Organizer,
Medieval Popular Culture Area. 34th
Annual Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX. April 7-10, 2004.
"Alas,
Comitatus!: Writing about Medieval
Texts in Sophomore Lit."
Sharing Voices: Second Annual Conference on Teaching and Writing,
Houston, TX. February 27, 2004.
"Smokescreens: Transparent Disguises, Fog and Smoke in
the F�stbr�∂ra
saga." 38th
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. May 7-11, 2003.
Organizer, Medieval
Popular Culture Area. 33rd
Annual Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA. April 16-19, 2003.
"Living
the Mystery: Sacred Drama Today."
33rd Annual Popular Culture Association, New Orleans,
LA. April 16-19, 2003.
"Inevitable
Enmity." Invited speaker,
NEH-sponsored Symposium on The Book of Kings, Walters Art Museum, October 2002.
"'It is a
trifling matter for God, my lord':
St. �l�f's Practical Magic in the Heimskringla." 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI. May 2-5, 2002.
"Translating
Saint as (Vi)king: St. �l�fr in the Heimskringla." 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies,
Kalamazoo, MI. May 3-6, 2001.
"Construction
of a 'Female Hero': Iconography in
Les aventures
extraordinaires d'Ad�le Blanc-Sec." 31st Annual Popular Culture Association,
Philadelphia, PA. April 11-14,
2001.
"'Most
Foul, Strange, and Unnatural': Shakespeare's Hamlet as Gothic Touchstone." 30th Annual Popular Culture
Association, New Orleans, LA.
April 19-22, 2000.
"Reconciling
the Dominions: Brigit as Heroic Saint in the Bethu Brigte." 34th International Congress
on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 6-9, 1999.
Panelist.
Technology and Pedagogy Workshop and Roundtable Discussion: "Viking
Studies: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Seminar on the Language,
Literature, History, and Culture of Medieval Scandinavia." 34th International Congress
on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI.
May 6-9, 1999.
"Fairy
Tales Told and Retold: Jeff Smith's Bone and Linda Medley's Castle Waiting." 28th Annual Popular Culture
Association, Orlando FL. April
1998.
"'Our Dreams Are Tales':
Female Comics Artists Reveal Their Sleeping Stories." International Comics and Animation
Festival, Washington, D.C.
September 1997.
Panel
Organizer. "Saint
Margaret." 32nd
Annual Conference on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. May 1997.
Panel
Organizer. "Virgin Saints and
Cultural Hegemony." 32nd
Annual Conference on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. May 1997.
Co-Coordinator,
15th Annual Medieval Studies Graduate Student Conference, University
of Connecticut. April 1997.
"'A High
Steppin' Filly': Effluent Jouissance in Dame Darcy's Meat Cake." 27th Popular Culture Conference, San
Antonio. March 1997.
"'For the
grure �aet grap hire': Horrific Imagery in the Katherine Group Texts." 31st
Annual Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. May 1996.
"Illusory
Adversaries?: Images of Female Power in Sandman: The Kindly Ones." 26th Popular Culture
Conference, Las Vegas. March 1996.
"False
Positives: The Katherine-Group Saints as Ambiguous Role Models." 30th Annual Congress on
Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. May 1995.
"Evil
Rival: Mebd in The
T�in." 12th
Annual Medieval Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of
Connecticut. April 1994.
"'Truth'
and 'Gentillesse' in the 'Former Age': Chaucer's Franklin's Tale." 15th Medieval Conference,
Plymouth State College. April 1994.
Old and Middle
English Language, Literature and Culture; Old Norse Language, Literature and
Culture; Comparative Mythology; Magic in History; Folklore; Women Writers;
Feminist Studies; Popular Culture; Cultural Studies; Creative Writing; Film;
Comics; Visual Information and Media Literacy
Old
English, Middle English, Old Icelandic, Modern Swedish, Gothic, Old High
German, Middle High German, Modern German, Old Irish, Latin
PERFORMANCES
"Runo 46:
The Bear." With Minna Popkin. Kalevala Day, Finnish-American Heritage Society, Canterbury,
CT, February 25, 2007.
"Our
Favorite Things." Collegium Mysterium (playing kantele, percussion).
Houston, TX, May 2006.
"Calling
on the Mythic Muse." Words and Music Workshop, Writers' Colony at Dairy
Hollow, Eureka Springs, AR, May 2005.
"Iberian Treasures
III." Collegium Mysterium (playing kantele [Finnish harp]). Houston, TX,
February 2003.
"Light of the
Nations." CitySingers of Hartford (as reader). Manchester & Bristol, CT, March 2002.
"Magic & the Creation
of the Kantele." Louhi's
Daughters. Kalevala Day,
Finnish-American Heritage Society, Canterbury, CT, February 2002.
"Music and
Magic of The
Kalevala." Louhi's Daughters.
Finn Fest, Philadelphia PA, July 2001.
"Creation
of the Kantele." With Minna
Popkin. Midsummer Festival, Saima
Park, MA, June 2001.
"Kantele
Trio." Louhi's
Daughters. Midsummer, Connecticut
Audubon Society, Glastonbury, CT, June 2001.
"Music and
Magic of The
Kalevala." Louhi's Daughters. Kalevala Day, Finnish-American Heritage
Society, Canterbury, CT, March 2001.
"Anglo-Saxon
Yule." Winter Solstice,
Connecticut Audubon Society, Glastonbury, CT, December 2000.
"V�in�m�inen
and Aino." Louhi's
Daughters. Kalevala Day,
Finnish-American Heritage Society, Canterbury, CT, February 2000.
ACADEMIC
SERVICE
National
Area Chair, Medieval Popular Culture Area, Popular Culture Association,
2002-present.
Member,
Editorial Advisory Board, Femspec, 2007-present
Member,
Editorial Board, International
Journal of Comic Art, 1998-present.
Coordinator,
Women's & Gender Studies, CSR Summer 2009-present; Member, Women's Studies
Steering Committee, CSR 2006-present.
Co-sponsor,
Sigma Tau Delta, CSR 2008-present.
Member,
English Department Graduate Committee, CSR 2006-present
Member,
English Department Events Committee, CSR 2006-2008.
Producer/Presenter,
Prose at the
Rose (radio program), CSR 2007-present.
Assessment
Working Group for the Middle States Periodic Review Reports, CSR 2008-2009
Security
Advisory Committee, CSR 2008-present
PhD
Dissertation examiner, Sean Christopher McMullen, School of Culture and
Communication, University of Melbourne, 2008.
PhD
Dissertation committee member, Laurel Lacroix, English Department, University
of Houston, 2006.
Faculty
Advisor, Bayou
Review Literary Magazine, UHD, 2003-2006.
Coordinator,
Women's Month, UHD, 2002-2006.
Member,
General Education University Committee, UHD, 2003-2006.
Ex
Officio Member, Student Publications Committee, 2003-2006.
Member,
Scholarships for Future Students University Committee, UHD, 2003-2006.
Member,
Art Acquisition University Committee, UHD, 2003-2006.
Member,
English Curriculum Committee, UHD, 2003-2006.
Member,
Composition/1302 Committee, UHD, 2002-2006.
Member,
Post-Colonial & Modern British Literature Search Committees, UHD,
2002-2003.
Freshman
English Orientation Committee, UConn, Summer 2001.
Workshop
Leader for the Freshman English Storrs Workshop, UConn, April 2001.
Workshop
Leader for the Freshman English Stamford Workshop, UConn, March 2001.
Workshop:
"Putting Course Materials for Teaching on the Internet." UConn, Spring 2000; Fall 2000.
Assistant,
London Study Abroad Program, UConn, Fall 1999.
Web
Manager, Medieval Studies Program, UConn, 1995-1999.
Co-Coordinator,
15th Annual Medieval Studies Graduate Student Conference, UConn, April 1997.
Mentor
for New Instructors, Freshman English, UConn, 1996-2001.
Editor,
Medieval Studies Newsletter, UConn, 1994-1995.
Research
Assistant for Professor C. David Benson, Spring 1994.
Co-ordinator,
Faculty Affairs, Harvard Medical School, 1990-1993.
Assistant,
Registrar's Office, Harvard School of Public Health, 1988-1990.
Graduate
Affairs Advisor, Chemistry Department, University of Southern California,
1985-1988.
AWARDS
AND HONORS
Winner,
2007 Scholars and Artists Grant, The College of Saint Rose
Winner,
2006 Finlandia Foundation Grant
Winner,
2005 UHD Faculty Scholarship/Creativity Award
Winner,
2005 Eureka Short Story Fellowship
Nominee,
2005 UHD Teaching Award
Nominee,
Aesop Prize of the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society
2003
Nominee,
International Reading Association Children's Book Award 2003
Pre-doctoral
Fellowship, Medieval Studies Program, 1993—2002.
Doctoral
Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Connecticut, 1999.
Winner,
MGM/United Artists/Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions Short Story Contest, November
1995.
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