Curriculum Vitae of Karen May Clark
Department of English and Film Studies Department of English
3-5 Humanities Centre Box 43091
University of Alberta Texas Tech University
Edmonton AB T6G 2E5 Canada Lubbock TX 79409 USA
Telephone: (780) 492-3258 Telephone: (806) 742-2501
Fax: (780) 492-8142 Fax: (806) 742-0989
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
2000 to date: PhD Candidate, Department of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Major Fields: Native Literatures; Trauma Theory; Autobiography Studies; Critical Race Theory
Minor Fields: Canadian Literatures; Environmental Literatures
Dissertation (in progress): “Witnessing Whiteness: Representations of the Residential School
System in Canada.” Supervised by Dr. Robert Appleford.
1998 – 1999: MA, English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
MA Project Title: “Reading ‘Beyond the Frame’: ‘Positions of Elsewhere’ in Gertrude Stein’s
Autobiographies.” Supervised by Dr. Julie Rak.
1992 – 1996: BA Honours, English, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
1991 – 1992: Diplome de Langue Française, Alliance Française, Paris, France
PROSEMINARS AND PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT:
Proseminar on Teaching Writing, University of Alberta
“Teaching Composition”- Workshop with Dr. Peter Elbow, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Theory of Pedagogy, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Professional Skills, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Teaching English 101, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Traditional Research Tools, University of Alberta
SELECTED GRADUATE COURSES:
English 591: Canadian Culture and the Nation-State
English 680: Studies in Postcolonial Literature: Stereotypes
English 693: Subjectivity, Identity and Autobiography
English 693: Foucault and Formations of the Self
English 695: Trauma, History, Narrative
ACADEMIC HONOURS and AWARDS:
2004-2005: Province of Alberta Doctoral Fellowship, Edmonton, Alberta ($10,000)
2004-2005: Sarah Nettie Christie Graduate Award, Edmonton, Alberta ($3,000)
2003-2004: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship ($19,000)
2003-2004: Dissertation Fellowship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (declined) ($21,000)
2003-2004: Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta ($3,400)
2003-2004: Sarah Nettie Christie Award, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta ($2,000)
2002-2003: Province of Alberta Doctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB ($10,000)
October 2002: Canada Research Chair Travel Scholarship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB ($1,000)
2000-2002: University of Alberta Graduate Award, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta ($4,000)
1998-1999: Graduate Studies & Research Scholarship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB ($7,000)
October 1996: President’s Medal of Distinction for Most Distinguished Undergraduate, University of
Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
October 1996: Convocation Medal of Distinction for Most Distinguished Undergraduate, Luther College,
University of Regina, Saskatchewan
1996: Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship, University of Regina, Saskatchewan
1995: Proficiency Scholarship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan ($500)
1994-1995: Gehrke Humanities Scholarship, University of Regina, Saskatchewan ($1,500)
1994: Exchange Award, University of Regina/University College of Ripon & York, England
1993: Academic Scholarship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan ($500)
1992: Entrance Scholarship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan ($1,000)
1991: Governor General’s Academic Medal of Achievement, Indian Head High School, SK
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
September 2004 – present: Principal Instructor/Lecturer: English 2307: Introduction to Fiction
Department of English, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
January 2009 – present: Online Instructor & Grader: English 3389: The Short Story
College of Outreach and Distance Education, Texas Tech University
January 2006 – present: Online Instructor & Grader: English 3387: Multicultural Literatures
College of Outreach and Distance Education, Texas Tech University
September 2002 – April 2004: Instructor Assistant, English 101 TYP (Transition Year Program for Aboriginal Students): “Aboriginal Literatures.” University of Alberta
September 2002 – April 2003: Principal Instructor, English 101 TYP (Transition Year Program for Aboriginal Students): “Critical Reading & Writing, Native Literatures.” University of Alberta
September 2000 – April 2002: Principal Instructor, English 101-M4/M5:Critical Reading & Writing. University of Alberta
Currently, as a principal instructor at Texas Tech University, I have been teaching second-year fiction courses, either as a general introduction to fiction, with an emphasis on literary movements, including feminism, post-colonialism, trauma studies, and eco-criticism; or as an introductory survey course to Native Literatures in Canada and the United States. Some examples of the courses taught in the English 2307 sections over the past several years include: Native Literatures of North America; Literature and Land; ’The Truth About Stories’: History in Fiction; Traumatic Fictions and Haunting Histories; Narratives and Counter-Narratives: Stories That Unsettle Us; and Responsible Readers: The Reader as Witness.
Previously, at the University of Alberta, I was a principal instructor of English 101 TYP (Transition Year Program) where I was responsible for the preparation and instruction of a full-year, first year English course in Native Literatures, designated for Aboriginal students, and managed through the University’s Centre for Aboriginal Student Access (CASA). The English 101 TYP class met six hours a week and included: introducing and lecturing on genres from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a focus on the historical and cultural development of Aboriginal literatures in English; leading discussions on the concerns of contemporary American Indian and First Nations writers; and teaching writing and composition. As a principal instructor of English 101 in previous years at the University of Alberta, I was responsible for the preparation and instruction of a first-year English course which met three hours a week and included: teaching writing and composition; and introducing and lecturing on genres from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The instructor-assistant position for English 101 TYP involved the preparation and facilitation of three tutorials per week which included: working with Aboriginal students to improve their writing and composition skills; devising exercises in comprehension to help these students enhance their reading skills; and providing individual academic support to first-year Aboriginal students.
SELECTED INVITED GUEST LECTURES:
English 4321: Women Writers. Invited Lecture: “American Indian Boarding Schools and Canadian Residential Schools.” Dr. Priscilla Ybarra, Texas Tech University. Fall 2009 Term.
English 5392: Teaching College Literature. Invited Lecture: “Teaching Sophomore Literature.” Dr. Bryce Conrad. Texas Tech University. Spring 2009 Term.
English 101: Aboriginal Literatures. Two Invited Lectures: “Thomas King’s Massey Lectures: The Truth About Stories.” Dr. M. Cardinal. 5 &7 January 2004. University of Alberta. Winter 2004 Term.
LANGUAGES:
French: oral, written, and reading competency
SELECTED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
May 2001 – August 2001: Research Assistant for Dr. Julie Rak, University of Alberta:
Edited manuscript for Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse. Vancouver: University of British Columbia P, 2004. 165pp.
September 1998 – December 1998: Research Assistant for Dr. Raymond Jones, University of Alberta:
Compiled biographical and bibliographical data for Canadian Children’s Books: A Critical Guide to
Authors and Illustrators. Co-authored by Jon C. Stott. Toronto: Oxford UP, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book: Introduction
Juliet McMaster, Cindy Chopoidalo, Karen Clark, et al., eds. Albion and Marina. By Charlotte Brontë.
Edmonton, Alberta: Juvenilia Press, 1999. [Co-wrote “Introduction,” 26pp. and compiled textual annotations.]
Encyclopedia Entry
“Missionaries.” In The Encyclopedia of Native American Literature. Eds. Alan R. Velie and Jennifer
McClinton-Temple. Facts on File, Inc.. Forthcoming, 2010. 2pp.
Article
“Going Beyond: Working Through Sites of Trauma Towards a Reading of Dennis Bock’s The Ash Garden.”
Conditionally Accepted by Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. 25pp. (Under Revision.)
Editorship
2005 – present: Editorial Board: Prose Reader for Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas Tech University.
2000-2002: Co-Editor of AgorA: Online Graduate Humanities Journal. University of Alberta.
Edmonton, Alberta. ISSN 1496-9580. < www.humanities.ualberta.ca/agora >
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
“Teaching the Uncomfortable: Gendered Perspectives in Addressing Issues of War, Racism, Discrimination, and Marginalization.” All-University Conference for the Advancement of Women In Higher
Education. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. 2 April 2009.
“Regional Haunting vs. National History: Reading the Residential School in First Nations Literature.” Annual Conference of the College of English Association. San Antonio, Texas. 4-6 April 2006.
“An Alternative Response to the Traumatic Narratives of the Canadian Native Residential Schools.” 2006
Comparative Literature Symposium: “Narrative in Trauma Response and Recovery.” Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas. 21 April 2006.
“Resisting Readers: Developing Alternative Responses to the Residential Schools Legacy.” Critical Race
Theory and Human Rights Conference. Toronto, Ontario. 26 October 2005.
"Witnessing Whiteness: An Alternative Traumatic Reading of Native Residential School Narratives.”
Panel on “Literature of Trauma: Global Perspectives.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Boulder, Colorado. 29 September 2004.
“Dis-eases of Narrative: Consumption and Consumerism in the Writings of Francis Burney.” Canadian
Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Quebec City, Quebec, 25-28 October 2002.
GRADUATE SERVICE:
2002-2003: Graduate Student Representative of Principal Instructors and Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students in English Association, Department of English, University of Alberta
2002-2003: Graduate Student Representative on Labour Committee, Graduate Students in English
Association, Department of English, University of Alberta
2002-2003: Chair and Organizer of Talking about Teaching, Graduate Students in English
Association, Department of English, University of Alberta
As the Graduate Student Representative of Principal Instructors and Teaching Assistants, I developed a monthly graduate student forum, entitled Talking about Teaching. These monthly sessions provided a space in which graduate students discussed pedagogical strategies, talked about concerns and issues arising in the classroom, and shared resources with each other. As well, along with the Department’s Chair of Instruction, I organized a panel concerning plagiarism and academic offenses. This panel was made available to all graduate student instructors and sessional instructors in the Department of English at the University of Alberta.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
September 2005 – current date:Editorial Board—Prose Reader, Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
September 25, 2003: Invited Lecture for Graduate Students: “Applying for Grants.” University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 3, 2003: Panel Moderator: “Aboriginal Identities and the State.” Culture and the State Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002-2003: Evaluation Review Committee, Department of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton
SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE:
September 2005 – April 2008: Mentor, MentorTech Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
September 2003 – April 2004: Tutor and Notetaker, Centre for Aboriginal Student Access (CASA); Specialized Support and Disability Services
REFERENCES: Available upon request.
Department of English and Film Studies Department of English
3-5 Humanities Centre Box 43091
University of Alberta Texas Tech University
Edmonton AB T6G 2E5 Canada Lubbock TX 79409 USA
Telephone: (780) 492-3258 Telephone: (806) 742-2501
Fax: (780) 492-8142 Fax: (806) 742-0989
Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION:
2000 to date: PhD Candidate, Department of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Major Fields: Native Literatures; Trauma Theory; Autobiography Studies; Critical Race Theory
Minor Fields: Canadian Literatures; Environmental Literatures
Dissertation (in progress): “Witnessing Whiteness: Representations of the Residential School
System in Canada.” Supervised by Dr. Robert Appleford.
1998 – 1999: MA, English, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
MA Project Title: “Reading ‘Beyond the Frame’: ‘Positions of Elsewhere’ in Gertrude Stein’s
Autobiographies.” Supervised by Dr. Julie Rak.
1992 – 1996: BA Honours, English, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
1991 – 1992: Diplome de Langue Française, Alliance Française, Paris, France
PROSEMINARS AND PEDAGOGICAL DEVELOPMENT:
Proseminar on Teaching Writing, University of Alberta
“Teaching Composition”- Workshop with Dr. Peter Elbow, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Theory of Pedagogy, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Professional Skills, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Teaching English 101, University of Alberta
Proseminar on Traditional Research Tools, University of Alberta
SELECTED GRADUATE COURSES:
English 591: Canadian Culture and the Nation-State
English 680: Studies in Postcolonial Literature: Stereotypes
English 693: Subjectivity, Identity and Autobiography
English 693: Foucault and Formations of the Self
English 695: Trauma, History, Narrative
ACADEMIC HONOURS and AWARDS:
2004-2005: Province of Alberta Doctoral Fellowship, Edmonton, Alberta ($10,000)
2004-2005: Sarah Nettie Christie Graduate Award, Edmonton, Alberta ($3,000)
2003-2004: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship ($19,000)
2003-2004: Dissertation Fellowship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (declined) ($21,000)
2003-2004: Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta ($3,400)
2003-2004: Sarah Nettie Christie Award, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta ($2,000)
2002-2003: Province of Alberta Doctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB ($10,000)
October 2002: Canada Research Chair Travel Scholarship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB ($1,000)
2000-2002: University of Alberta Graduate Award, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta ($4,000)
1998-1999: Graduate Studies & Research Scholarship, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB ($7,000)
October 1996: President’s Medal of Distinction for Most Distinguished Undergraduate, University of
Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
October 1996: Convocation Medal of Distinction for Most Distinguished Undergraduate, Luther College,
University of Regina, Saskatchewan
1996: Graduate Studies and Research Scholarship, University of Regina, Saskatchewan
1995: Proficiency Scholarship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan ($500)
1994-1995: Gehrke Humanities Scholarship, University of Regina, Saskatchewan ($1,500)
1994: Exchange Award, University of Regina/University College of Ripon & York, England
1993: Academic Scholarship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan ($500)
1992: Entrance Scholarship, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan ($1,000)
1991: Governor General’s Academic Medal of Achievement, Indian Head High School, SK
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
September 2004 – present: Principal Instructor/Lecturer: English 2307: Introduction to Fiction
Department of English, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
January 2009 – present: Online Instructor & Grader: English 3389: The Short Story
College of Outreach and Distance Education, Texas Tech University
January 2006 – present: Online Instructor & Grader: English 3387: Multicultural Literatures
College of Outreach and Distance Education, Texas Tech University
September 2002 – April 2004: Instructor Assistant, English 101 TYP (Transition Year Program for Aboriginal Students): “Aboriginal Literatures.” University of Alberta
September 2002 – April 2003: Principal Instructor, English 101 TYP (Transition Year Program for Aboriginal Students): “Critical Reading & Writing, Native Literatures.” University of Alberta
September 2000 – April 2002: Principal Instructor, English 101-M4/M5:Critical Reading & Writing. University of Alberta
Currently, as a principal instructor at Texas Tech University, I have been teaching second-year fiction courses, either as a general introduction to fiction, with an emphasis on literary movements, including feminism, post-colonialism, trauma studies, and eco-criticism; or as an introductory survey course to Native Literatures in Canada and the United States. Some examples of the courses taught in the English 2307 sections over the past several years include: Native Literatures of North America; Literature and Land; ’The Truth About Stories’: History in Fiction; Traumatic Fictions and Haunting Histories; Narratives and Counter-Narratives: Stories That Unsettle Us; and Responsible Readers: The Reader as Witness.
Previously, at the University of Alberta, I was a principal instructor of English 101 TYP (Transition Year Program) where I was responsible for the preparation and instruction of a full-year, first year English course in Native Literatures, designated for Aboriginal students, and managed through the University’s Centre for Aboriginal Student Access (CASA). The English 101 TYP class met six hours a week and included: introducing and lecturing on genres from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a focus on the historical and cultural development of Aboriginal literatures in English; leading discussions on the concerns of contemporary American Indian and First Nations writers; and teaching writing and composition. As a principal instructor of English 101 in previous years at the University of Alberta, I was responsible for the preparation and instruction of a first-year English course which met three hours a week and included: teaching writing and composition; and introducing and lecturing on genres from both nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The instructor-assistant position for English 101 TYP involved the preparation and facilitation of three tutorials per week which included: working with Aboriginal students to improve their writing and composition skills; devising exercises in comprehension to help these students enhance their reading skills; and providing individual academic support to first-year Aboriginal students.
SELECTED INVITED GUEST LECTURES:
English 4321: Women Writers. Invited Lecture: “American Indian Boarding Schools and Canadian Residential Schools.” Dr. Priscilla Ybarra, Texas Tech University. Fall 2009 Term.
English 5392: Teaching College Literature. Invited Lecture: “Teaching Sophomore Literature.” Dr. Bryce Conrad. Texas Tech University. Spring 2009 Term.
English 101: Aboriginal Literatures. Two Invited Lectures: “Thomas King’s Massey Lectures: The Truth About Stories.” Dr. M. Cardinal. 5 &7 January 2004. University of Alberta. Winter 2004 Term.
LANGUAGES:
French: oral, written, and reading competency
SELECTED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
May 2001 – August 2001: Research Assistant for Dr. Julie Rak, University of Alberta:
Edited manuscript for Negotiated Memory: Doukhobor Autobiographical Discourse. Vancouver: University of British Columbia P, 2004. 165pp.
September 1998 – December 1998: Research Assistant for Dr. Raymond Jones, University of Alberta:
Compiled biographical and bibliographical data for Canadian Children’s Books: A Critical Guide to
Authors and Illustrators. Co-authored by Jon C. Stott. Toronto: Oxford UP, 2000.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book: Introduction
Juliet McMaster, Cindy Chopoidalo, Karen Clark, et al., eds. Albion and Marina. By Charlotte Brontë.
Edmonton, Alberta: Juvenilia Press, 1999. [Co-wrote “Introduction,” 26pp. and compiled textual annotations.]
Encyclopedia Entry
“Missionaries.” In The Encyclopedia of Native American Literature. Eds. Alan R. Velie and Jennifer
McClinton-Temple. Facts on File, Inc.. Forthcoming, 2010. 2pp.
Article
“Going Beyond: Working Through Sites of Trauma Towards a Reading of Dennis Bock’s The Ash Garden.”
Conditionally Accepted by Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature. 25pp. (Under Revision.)
Editorship
2005 – present: Editorial Board: Prose Reader for Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas Tech University.
2000-2002: Co-Editor of AgorA: Online Graduate Humanities Journal. University of Alberta.
Edmonton, Alberta. ISSN 1496-9580. < www.humanities.ualberta.ca/agora >
CONFERENCE PAPERS:
“Teaching the Uncomfortable: Gendered Perspectives in Addressing Issues of War, Racism, Discrimination, and Marginalization.” All-University Conference for the Advancement of Women In Higher
Education. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. 2 April 2009.
“Regional Haunting vs. National History: Reading the Residential School in First Nations Literature.” Annual Conference of the College of English Association. San Antonio, Texas. 4-6 April 2006.
“An Alternative Response to the Traumatic Narratives of the Canadian Native Residential Schools.” 2006
Comparative Literature Symposium: “Narrative in Trauma Response and Recovery.” Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas. 21 April 2006.
“Resisting Readers: Developing Alternative Responses to the Residential Schools Legacy.” Critical Race
Theory and Human Rights Conference. Toronto, Ontario. 26 October 2005.
"Witnessing Whiteness: An Alternative Traumatic Reading of Native Residential School Narratives.”
Panel on “Literature of Trauma: Global Perspectives.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Boulder, Colorado. 29 September 2004.
“Dis-eases of Narrative: Consumption and Consumerism in the Writings of Francis Burney.” Canadian
Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Quebec City, Quebec, 25-28 October 2002.
GRADUATE SERVICE:
2002-2003: Graduate Student Representative of Principal Instructors and Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students in English Association, Department of English, University of Alberta
2002-2003: Graduate Student Representative on Labour Committee, Graduate Students in English
Association, Department of English, University of Alberta
2002-2003: Chair and Organizer of Talking about Teaching, Graduate Students in English
Association, Department of English, University of Alberta
As the Graduate Student Representative of Principal Instructors and Teaching Assistants, I developed a monthly graduate student forum, entitled Talking about Teaching. These monthly sessions provided a space in which graduate students discussed pedagogical strategies, talked about concerns and issues arising in the classroom, and shared resources with each other. As well, along with the Department’s Chair of Instruction, I organized a panel concerning plagiarism and academic offenses. This panel was made available to all graduate student instructors and sessional instructors in the Department of English at the University of Alberta.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
September 2005 – current date:Editorial Board—Prose Reader, Iron Horse Literary Review, Texas
Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
September 25, 2003: Invited Lecture for Graduate Students: “Applying for Grants.” University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
May 3, 2003: Panel Moderator: “Aboriginal Identities and the State.” Culture and the State Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2002-2003: Evaluation Review Committee, Department of English, University of Alberta, Edmonton
SELECTED PUBLIC SERVICE:
September 2005 – April 2008: Mentor, MentorTech Program, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
September 2003 – April 2004: Tutor and Notetaker, Centre for Aboriginal Student Access (CASA); Specialized Support and Disability Services
REFERENCES: Available upon request.