Rhonda ArmstrongBrief Professional Background |
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EducationPh.D. in American Studies, Saint Louis University, 2005. M.A. in American Studies, Saint Louis University, 1998. B.A. in English, Western Kentucky University, 1995. Academic EmploymentAssistant Professor of English, Newberry College, Newberry, SC, 2007-present Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Saint Benedict | Saint John's University, 2006-2007 Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2001-2006 Instructor, Saint Louis Community College—Florissant Valley, 1999 Publications“Affrilachian Poetry and the Evolution of a Regional Identity.” Transitions: Race, Culture, and the Dynamics of Change. Ed. Hanna Wallinger. American Studies in Austria Series. Vienna: LIT Verlag, 2006. 211-224. Review essay: Hillbilly by Anthony Harkins, The Southern Highlander and his Homeland by John C. Campbell, and Hill Folks by Brooks Blevins. Western Folklore 63.4 (Fall 2004), 365-368. Conference Presentations“Standing Her Ground: Rural Lesbian Narratives.” American Studies Association, Washington, D.C. November 2005. “Cross-Cultural Transactions in Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer.” Southern Women Writers Conference, Berry College, Mt. Berry, Georgia. September 2005. “Affrilachians and Hillbillies: Poetry and the Evolution of a Regional Identity.” Austrian Association of American Studies, Salzburg. November 2004. “Family and Cultural Conflict in Rural American Women’s Literature.” Chesapeake American Studies Association, University of Maryland, College Park. April 2003. "Co-housing: A Contemporary Approach to Addressing Gilman’s Problems with the Home.” Mid-America American Studies Association, Creighton University, Omaha. April 1999. “Backwood Lives and Big City Dreams: Competing Publics in Bobbie Ann Mason’s Fiction.” Mid-America American Studies Association, University of Iowa, Iowa City. April 1998. Fellowships and AwardsNEH Summer Institute: “Regional Study and the Liberal Arts: Appalachia Up Close” at Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA, 2004. Donald G. Brennan Doctoral Examination Fellowship, Saint Louis University, 2000. Saint Louis University Department of American Studies Fellowship, 1996-2000. Western Kentucky University Hallmark Award, 1991-1995.
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