Rebecca Fine Romanow
University Addresses: Home Address:
Department of English English
Department
Independence Hall Wheatley- 6-20 Home Phone 781-894-8383
Phone: 401-874-5931 617-287-6759 rebecca.romanow@umb.edu
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EDUCATION
2005 Ph.D.,
ABD, December, 2004, with Distinction
Coursework completed, GPA 4.0, December, 2003
2000 M.A.,
1978 M.B.A., cum laude,
1974 A.B., cum laude, with Distinction in English Literature,
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DISSERTATION
The Postcolonial Body in Queer Space and Time
This dissertation, under the direction of John Leo, examines the
ways in which the notion of the postcolonial correlates to Judith Halberstam’s
idea of queer space and time where, in“[detaching] queerness from sexuality”
(1), “queer space . . .describes . . .space enabled by the production of queer
counterpublics” (6). Emphasizing authors
from
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Position: Lecturer, English
Department
Spring,
2001- Fall, 2005
Responsible for the
development of all course syllabi and text selection for my sections at UMass
Boston.
2 sections of EN 201, Five British Writers: Representative works by five of the most important writers from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century, studied as introductions to philosophical and humanistic studies, explored as reflecting and shaping the leading ideas, assumptions, and values of their ages. Texts included were Chaucer, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the poetry of Lord Byron, Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret, and Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.
1 section of EN 200,
Literary Studies I: This course
offers guided practice in the close reading of three major literary
genres-poetry, fiction, and drama-with works to be drawn from various
historical periods. The course explores
the distinctive features of each genre, along with the concepts and terminology
necessary to understand it accurately and communicate about it
effectively. Close reading is integrated
with aesthetic and evaluative responses to the literary works. These included major works of fiction by
Tagore, Kafka, Coetzee, Salih, Ibsen, and Pirandello, world poetry, and
selected theory by Said, Foucault, Barthes, and
1 section of EN G183, Literature and Society: Banned Books and Changing Cultures (new First Year Seminar developed for UMass Boston): this seminar, for students with less than 30 credits, explores several texts of fiction and poetry which have faced extensive censorship in the 20th century, focusing on four major areas where censorship occurs: politics, society, sexuality, and religion, exploring the cultural climates which either banned and outright forbade certain works. Texts examined include Huxley’s Brave New World, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, as well as critical theory on censorship. (Spring, 2005)
1 section of EN 101/102 (Honors): Small-class instruction and practice in writing for college courses on various kinds of topics, many from experience and observation, chosen to develop the student's confidence and ability, designed for the Honors program. This section focuses on the thematic of banned and censored texts, including Huxley’s Brave New World, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, as well as critical theory on censorship. Five shorter essays and a research project are written through multiple drafting and revision. (Fall, 2005)
18 sections of EN 102, Freshman English II: Continuation of ENGL 101, with emphasis on topics and research writing assignments of the kinds encountered in many types of college courses. My sections read essays by Foucault, Nietzsche, Said, and Geertz from Bartholomae’s and Petrosky’s Ways of Reading, writing four essays and a longer research project over the course of the semester. Alternate syllabi combine critical theory and film.
4 sections of EN 101,
Freshman English I: Small-class
instruction and practice in writing for college courses on various kinds of
topics, many from experience and observation, chosen to develop the student's
confidence and ability.
2 sections of EN 281Z: An intensive reading and writing course for upper-level transfer students, this course is designed to help students develop the kinds of analytical reading and writing abilities that are an important part of a University education.
2 sections of EN 099: Pre-college level course designed to develop writing skills, and gain exposure to the practices and principles of academic writing. Barnet and Bedau’s Current Issues and Enduring Questions has been used as the main text, with readings and essays that focus on multiple viewpoints and the construction of critical thought and argument.
2 sections of CRW Z282:
course specifically designed to equip upper-level students with the skills
necessary to pass the
Spring 2000 English 102: Freshman English II (2 sections) (Graduate Assistant)
Fall 2000 English 200: Literary Studies (Graduate Assistant for Professor Susan Horton)
Position: Teaching Assistant
Fall, 2002-Fall, 2005
1 section of ENG 304, Film Genres: Literary study of the particular conventions and evolution of one or more film genres. This course, “Rock ‘n’ Roll and Rebels: The Postwar Youth Film,” was developed for URI, and examines domestic and international film since 1950, exploring the intersection of this genre with popular music, cultural studies, and critical film theory. (Fall, 2005)
1 section of ENG 251, British Literature I: Selections from British literature,
beginnings to 1798.
1 section of EN 243, The Short Story: Critical study
of the short story from the early 19th century to the present.
2 sections of ENG 110, Introduction to Literature: Analysis of literature through reading and discussion of a number of genres derived from a variety of literary cultures. Texts included Plimpton’s Paris Review, Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and Kaufman’s film and screenplay of Adaptation.
1 section of WRT 105, Forms of College Writing: Practices in writing papers frequently assigned in introductory and general education courses across the curriculum. May include summaries, syntheses, annotations, reaction papers, text analysis, and documented thesis-support papers. Emphasizes disciplinary conventions. Writing Across the Curriculum is the required text.
2 sections of WRT 104, Writing to Inform and Explain: Writing emphasizing the sharing of information. Varieties and strategies of expository writing for differing audiences and situations. Genres may include reports, proposals, letters, reviews, websites, academic essays. Designed by the URI Writing Department, readings and assignments are based on Trimbur’s Call to Write.
3 sections of WRT 101, Freshman Composition: First-year composition course designed to prepare students for responding to a range of writing situations and demands. The syllabus is designed by the URI Writing Department and uses the text Call to Write.
Spring 2005 English 304, Pop Genres and Audiences: Literary study of the particular conventions and evolution of one or more film genres (Graduate Assistant for Professor John Leo)
Fall 2004 English 110, Violence in Literature: Analysis of literature through reading and discussion of a number of genres derived from a variety of literary cultures (Graduate Assistant for Professor Naomi Mandel)
Spring 2003 English 302, Topics in Film Theory and Criticism: Introduction to film theory and criticism. Emphasis on semiotics, auteur theory, psycho-analysis, genre studies, feminist theory, materialist critique, or cultural studies, with focus on range of popular, experimental, and documentary film traditions (Graduate Assistant for Professor John Leo)
Fall 2002 English 304, American and European Film Genres, 1960 to the Present: Literary study of the particular conventions and evolution of one or more film genres (Graduate Assistant for Professor John Leo)
Position: Visiting Lecturer, English Department
2001-2002 AY
English 102: Critical Writing and Reading II
English
101: Critical Writing and
Position: Adjunct Faculty, English Department
2000-2001 AY
English 225: Creative Writing
English 201: English Literature I
English 202: English Literature II
English 221: World Literature I
English 102: Introduction to Literature
Position: Adjunct Faculty, English Department
Fall, 1999-Spring 2002
6 sections of EN 101, Freshman English I
2 sections of EN 102, Freshman English II
6 sections of WRT 100
2 sections of WRT 100 Lab
Position: Visiting Faculty, English Department
Spring 2000 The Artist in Literature (2 sections)
Directed Independent Study: The Writing of Poetry
Private Tutor
Students from
1997-2002
Position: Substitute Teacher
Fall 1999-Spring 2000
Weston Public Schools
Position: Substitute Teacher
Fall 1996-Fall 1998
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TEACHING INTERESTS
Postcolonial Literature, 20th Century British Literature, 19th and 20th Century World Literature, Film Studies, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Literature of Exile and the Diaspora, Literature of the Body, Late Victorian Literature, Creative Writing, Composition
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BOOKS
Theory and the World: Critical Thinking in
Postcolonial Ethics. Ed. Rebecca Romanow. (collection of essays under publisher review).
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CHAPTERS
“The Postcolonial Rogue: Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia and the Picaresque Hero.” The Postcolonial Picaresque. Ed. Shannon Young. (completed collection under publisher review).
“Release from “Immaturity”: Remapping Postcolonial Ethics in Kureishi’s Sammy and Rosie Get Laid.” Postcolonial Ethics. Ed. Rebecca Fine Romanow. (collection under publisher review).
PUBLICATIONS
June, 2005 “But...Can the Subaltern Sing?” Journal of Comparative Literature and Culture. CLC Webjournal. < http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb05-1/contents05-1.html>.
November, 2003 “Kielen poispyyhkiminen rockmusiikin
globalisoitumisessa
Sigur Rós ja hopelandicin
poliittisuus” (“The
Erasure of Language in the Globalization of Rock Music: Sigur Ros and the Politics of Hopelandic”). Trans.
Mikko Jakonen. Megafoni (Finland). 19 Nov 2003.
<http://megafoni.kulma.net/index.php?art=137>.
July, 2003 “The Erasure of Language in the Globalization of Rock Music: Sigur Ros and
the Politics of Hopelandic.” Politics and Culture (2003). Vol. 3
<http://aspen.conncoll.edu/politicsandculture/page.cfm?key=251>.
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PANEL CHAIR
October, 2005
“The Exile in Literature.”
April, 2005
“The Postcolonial Body.”
Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference,
PRESENTATIONS
AT CONFERENCES AND GUEST LECTURES
December, 2005 “Hanif Kureishi’s The Body: Postcolonial Melancholia and the Queer Space of
the Aging Body.” The
Aging Body in Late Modernity. Modern Language
Association.
November, 2004 “Slam Poetry.” Guest Lecturer, Introduction to Literature,
University of
October, 2004 “‘The Mocking Phantom': Mustafa Sa'eed, Season of Migration
to the North, and the Ghost of Imperialism."
May, 2004 “But . . . Can the Subaltern
Sing?” Cultural Studies Association
Conference,
Northeastern
University,
November, 2003 “Refusing Hybridity: The New
Barbarian and Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha
of Suburbia.” South Atlantic MLA,
October, 2003 “Arthur Nortje: The Body of the Poet in Exile.”
June, 2003 “The Erasure of Language in the Globalization of Rock Music: Sigur Ros and the Politics of Hopelandic.”
Founding Cultural Studies Association Conference
January, 2003 “Volatology:
Bringing Controversy into the Classroom.”
CIT Conference on Teaching for Transformation,
November, 2002 “Rebel without
a Cause.” Guest Lecturer, American and
European Film Genres,
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INTERVIEWS
AWARDS
Spring, 2005 Graduate Assistant, Professor John
Leo,
November, 2004 PhD Written Comprehensive Exams passed with
Distinction
Fall, 2004 Graduate Assistant, Professor
Naomi Mandel,
2002-2003 AY Graduate Assistant, Professor John Leo,
2002-2006 Teaching Assistantship
Spring-Fall, 2000 Graduate
Assistantship
1978 M.B.A., cum laude
1974 A.B., cum laude and with Distinction in English Literature
ACADEMIC
SERVICE
2005-2206 AY Steering Committee for Part-time
Faculty, University of
Spring, 2005 Mentored Teaching Assistant,
English 102,
Fall, 2004 Mentored Teaching
Assistant, English 102,
2004-2005 AY Personnel Committee, English
Department,
2004-2005 AY Academic Advisor for English
Majors, University of
May, 2004 Reviewer for Rhetorical Visions, Prentice Hall Publishers, invited
Spring, 2004 Mentored Teaching Assistant,
English 102,
2003-2004 AY Graduate Committee, English
Department,
2003-2004 AY TA Policy Committee, English
Department,
July, 2003 Reviewer for 7th
edition of Ways of Reading, Bedford/
2002-2003 AY Graduate Committee, English
Department,
Fall, 2002 Mentored Teaching
Assistant, English 102,
Summer, 2002 Mentored Teaching Assistant,
English 101,
2001-present Grader for the Writing
Proficiency Exam and Portfolio,
2001-present Grader for Placement Exams,
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OTHER
WORK EXPERIENCE
1974-1982
Bank of
Position: Assistant Vice President, Corporate Services Division