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<\/td>\n7317 Flagstone Drive<\/p>\n

Ooltewah, Tennessee 37363<\/p>\n

Phone: 423-614-8211<\/p>\n

Fax: 423-614-8209<\/p>\n

E-mail: dsummerlin@leeuniversity.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nDonna J. Summerlin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Education<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n

1992 \u2013 1995\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ph.D. in English<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Knoxville, TN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dissertation:\u00a0 A Portrait of the Woman as Artist:\u00a0 Women\u2019s Struggle for Artistic Expression in the Fiction of Six Appalachian Women Writers<\/p>\n

An overview of the contributions women have made to the Appalachian literary canon, along with an examination of the major works of six of the region\u2019s most acclaimed women writers:\u00a0 Elizabeth Madox Roberts, Olive Tilford Dargan, Harriette Arnow, Mary Lee Settle, Lee Smith, and Denise Giardina.<\/p>\n

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1991-1992\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M.A. in English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chattanooga, TN<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thesis: The Comic Grotesque in Southern Literature<\/p>\n

An examination of the use of the technique of the comic grotesque in the fiction of William Faulkner and Flannery O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n

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1976-1978\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

M.Ed.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chattanooga, TN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1970-1974\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lee College\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

B.A. in English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cleveland, TN<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Professional experience<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n

1988-Present\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Lee University<\/p>\n

Professor of English\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Cleveland, TN<\/p>\n

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1970-1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Hamilton County\u00a0 Department of Education<\/p>\n

English teacher\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chattanooga, TN<\/p>\n

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Additional Professional Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Director, American Ethnic Studies: New England cross cultural trip<\/p>\n

Director, American Ethnic Studies: The South cross cultural trip<\/p>\n

Division Coordinator, Department of Language and Literature<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Professional Memberships<\/strong><\/td>\nNational Council of Teachers of English<\/p>\n

Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English<\/p>\n

Conference on Christianity & Literature<\/p>\n

Society for the Study of Southern Literature<\/p>\n

Appalachian Studies Association<\/p>\n

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Representative<\/strong><\/p>\n

Courses Taught\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\n

ENGL110: Rhetoric & Research<\/p>\n

ENGL307: Modern Literary Criticism<\/p>\n

ENGL314: United States Literature: 1865 to the Present<\/p>\n

ENGL315\/EDUC510: Young Adult Literature<\/p>\n

ENGL320: Women Writers<\/p>\n

ENGL326: Multi-Ethnic United States Literature<\/p>\n

ENGL431: American Novel<\/p>\n

SCED413\/EDUC517 Teaching English, Grades 7-12<\/p>\n

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Honors\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\n2004 – Excellence in Advising Award, Lee University<\/p>\n

2002 – Selected as a participant for NEH Institute: An \u00a0Appalachian Exemplar at Ferrum College<\/p>\n

1993 – Awarded Mellon Felllowship to pursue doctoral studies<\/p>\n

1992 – Awarded Mellon Fellowship to pursue doctoral studies<\/p>\n

1990 – Elected Teacher of the Year by Student Education Association at Lee University<\/p>\n

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\nConferences<\/strong><\/p>\n

& Workshops<\/strong><\/td>\n

ALAN Workshop, NCTE Conference, Boston, MA, November 25-26, 2013<\/p>\n

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Southeast Core to College Curriculum Council, Common Core Implementation meeting, October 7, Chattanooga, TN<\/p>\n

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Appalachian Studies Conference, Boone, NC, 22 March 2013<\/p>\n

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INVEST Workshop: Building a College and Career Ready Tennessee By Preparing New Teachers for Common Core, Ayers Institute, Cleveland, TN, March 25-26, 2013<\/p>\n

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Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, April 19-21, 2012<\/p>\n

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Christianity and Literature Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 16-17, 2010<\/p>\n

Tennessee Philological Society, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, February 25-27<\/p>\n

\u201cYoung Adult Literature: What Is It Good For?\u201d\u00a0 presentation for teacher in-service meeting at Cleveland High School, Cleveland, TN, February 15, 2008<\/p>\n

Conference on Appalachian Literature and Culture, Somerset Community College, Somerset, KY, April 3, 2009<\/p>\n

Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, March 28-30, 2008<\/p>\n

ALAN Workshop, NCTE Conference, Nashville, TN, November 21-22, 2007<\/p>\n

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Appalachian College Association Conference, Abingdon, VA, October 20, 2007<\/p>\n

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Southern Women Writers Conference, Berry College, Rome George, September 27-29, 2007<\/p>\n

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Emory & Henry Appalachian Literary Festival, Abingdon, VA, September 21-23, 2006<\/p>\n

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Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH, March 17, 2006.<\/p>\n

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Thomas Wolfe Conference,\u00a0 Asheville, NC, November 18, 2005<\/p>\n

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Festival of Faith & Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 22-24 April 2004<\/p>\n

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MLA Convention, Baltimore, MD,\u00a0 November 15, 2002<\/p>\n

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Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Lafayette Louisiana, March 14-16, 2002<\/p>\n

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Fellowship of Southern Writers, Chattanooga Conference on Southern Literature, Chattanooga, TN, April 19-21, 2001<\/p>\n

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Art & Soul: Religious Faith and Literary Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, February 22-25, 2001<\/p>\n

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Berry College, Southern Women Writer\u2019s Conference, Rome, GA, April 13-15, 2000<\/p>\n

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ACA Technology Summit, Knoxville, TN, October 12-14, 2000<\/p>\n

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Ohio University Womens\u2019 Studies Program, The Women of Appalachia: Their Heritage and Accomplishments, Zanesville, Ohio, October 27-29, 1999<\/p>\n

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Southern Voices \u201999, Birmingham, AL, February 26-28, 1999<\/p>\n

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Conference on Southern Literature, Chattanooga, TN, April 15-17, 1999<\/p>\n

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Virginia Humanities Conference, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA, April 3-4, 1998<\/p>\n

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Fellowship of Southern Writers Conference, Chattanooga, TN, April 3-5, 1997<\/p>\n

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South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 7-9, 1996<\/p>\n

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Southern Festival of Books, October 11-12, 1996<\/p>\n

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Tennessee College English Association, Walters State Community College, Greeneville, TN, September 25-26, 1997<\/p>\n

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Fellowship of Southern Writers, Chattanooga, TN, April 6-8, 1995<\/p>\n

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Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, March 31-April 1, 1995<\/p>\n

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Tennessee College English Association, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, September 16, 1994<\/p>\n

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Christianity and Literature Conference, Shreveport, LA, February 6-8, 1992<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Collaborative for Teaching Excellence, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, February 1, 1992<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, Nashville, TN, October 4-5, 1991<\/p>\n

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Tennessee College English Association meeting, Jackson, TN, September 27, 1991<\/p>\n

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Approaches to Modern Fiction workshop, Tennessee Collaborative for Educational Excellence, University of<\/p>\n

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Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, March 2, 1991<\/p>\n

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South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 1990<\/p>\n

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Tennessee Council of Teachers of English, Gatlinburg, TN, October 5-6, 1990<\/p>\n

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Conference on Christianity and Literature, Southern College, Chattanooga, TN, April 5-7, 1990<\/p>\n

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\u201cShakespeare Up On His Feet,\u201d Tennessee Collaborative for Educational Excellence and Tennessee Humanities Council, Chattanooga, TN, February 3, 1990<\/p>\n

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\u201cGateways: Education into the 21st<\/sup> Century,\u201d Association of Teacher Educators, St. Louis, MO, February 18-20<\/p>\n

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Publications<\/strong><\/td>\n\u201cGender, Race, and Religion in Silas House\u2019s Appalachian Trilogy.\u201d Appalachian Journal <\/em>37.1\/2 (Fall 2009\/Winter 2010): 76-99.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFlying Below the Radar: Activist, Paternalist, and Obstructionist Responses to The Civil Rights Movement in Three East Tennessee Communities.\u201d Tennessee Historical Quarterly<\/em> 66.3 (November 2007): 270-93. [co-authored with Dr. Mary Waalkes, Assistant Professor of History]<\/p>\n

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Murder And Mayhem In North Carolina:\u00a0 The Gothic And The Grotesque In Four New Southern Mysteries.\u201d North Carolina Literary Review <\/em>11 (September 2002): 169-72.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Papers Presented<\/strong><\/td>\nThe Gothic Convention and the Contemporary Imagination: Re-Imaginings of Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights <\/em>in Appalachian Contemporary Writer Denise Giardina\u2019s Emily\u2019s Ghost<\/em>, Appalachian Studies Conference, Boone, NC, 22 March 2013<\/p>\n

Festival Circle facilitator, \u201cComposition Teachers in Christian Colleges.\u201d\u00a0 Festival of Faith and Writing, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, April 19-21, 2012<\/p>\n

\u201cTo Everything a Season: Redemption Imagery in the Fiction of Silas House.\u201d Christianity and Literature Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 16-17, 2010<\/p>\n

\u201cMaking Their\u00a0 Peace with God: The Changing Face of Appalachian Religion,\u201d Harriette Arnow Conference on Appalachian Literature and Culture, Somerset Community College, Somerset, KY, April 3, 2009<\/p>\n

\u201cWho We Are, Who We Have Always Been: Appalachian Identity in Silas House\u2019s Appalachian Trilogy,\u201d Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, March 28-30, 2008<\/p>\n

\u201cCrossing Cultural Boundaries at Home: Planning a Domestic Trip with Cross Cultural Emphasis.\u201d Appalachian College Association Conference, Abingdon, VA, October 20, 2007<\/p>\n

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\u201cFlying Below the Radar: Activist, Paternalist, and Obstructionist Responses to the Civil Rights Movement in Three East Tennessee Communities.\u201d\u00a0 Appalachian Studies Association Conference, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH, March 17, 2006.<\/p>\n

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The South\u2019s Angry Young Men:\u00a0 The Shadow of the Father in Thomas Wolfe\u2019s Look Homeward, Angel<\/em> and Pat Conroy’s The Great Santini<\/em>, Thomas Wolfe Conference,\u00a0 Asheville, NC, November 18, 2005<\/p>\n

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\u201cMurder for God\u2019s Sake: Sallie Bissell\u2019s A Darker Justice.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 MLA Convention, Baltimore, MD,\u00a0 November 15, 2002<\/p>\n

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\u201cProbing the White Conscience: The Rhetoric of Lillian Smith\u2019s Killers of the Dream.<\/em>\u201d Society for the Study of Southern Literature conference, Lafayette, LA, March 13-16, 2002<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018The Firey Hand of God\u2019: Belief and Doubt in the Fiction of Lee Smith\u201d at the Art & Soul: Religious Faith and Literary Art Conference, Baylor University, Waco, TX, February 22-25, 2001<\/p>\n

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, \u201c\u2018Women\u2019s Ways of Knowing\u2019: The Female Mystic as Triumph of Feminine Intuition in Sharyn McCrumb\u2019s The Ballad of Frankie Silver<\/em>\u201d at the first annual conference of\u00a0 The Women of Appalachia: Their Heritage and Accomplishments on October 27-29, 1999, at Ohio University in Zanesville, Ohio<\/p>\n

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\u201cBringing Appalachian Literature into the Classroom,\u201d TCEA Conference, Walters State Community College, September 25-26, 1997<\/p>\n

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\u201cMusic as Metaphor in Appalachian Fiction: Lee Smith\u2019s The Devil\u2019s Dream<\/em>,\u201d Northeast Modern Language Association convention, Boston, MA, March 31, 1995<\/p>\n

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\u201c\u2018Batter My Heart, Three-Personed God\u2019: A Close Reading of Donne\u2019s Sonnet,\u201d Christianity and Literature Conference, Shreveport, LA, February 6-8, 1992<\/p>\n

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\u201cMethods of Evaluating Composition: Relative Merits,\u201d Tennessee College English Association, Jackson, TN, September 27, 1991<\/p>\n

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OTHER<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/td>\n

Lecture, \u201cAppalachia: Deconstructing the Myth,\u201d presented for ENCORE Southern History class, Instructors Randy Wood and John Coats, 9 October 2013<\/p>\n

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Panel participant for ENGL300 to talk about the education major, the teacher education program, and my experience teaching in secondary schools (each semester)<\/p>\n

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Guest speaker for ENGL495 to talk about the integration of faith with the discipline of English\/literature\/teaching (each semester)<\/p>\n

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\u201cDiversity and Social Change,\u201d Building Community from Diversity Forum, Cleveland State Community College, January 22, 2010<\/p>\n

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Appalachian Seminar, Director and Speaker, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, March 24-30, 2010<\/p>\n

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\u201cWomen in Appalachian Literature, presentation at Homecoming alumni session, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, November 12, 1995<\/p>\n

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Inservice presentation for Blue Springs Elementary, Teaching Composition in the Content Area, Cleveland, TN, January 3, 1990<\/p>\n

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REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Carolyn Dirksen<\/p>\n

Vice President for Academics<\/p>\n

Lee University<\/p>\n

Cleveland, Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0 37320-3450<\/p>\n

cdirksen@leeuniversity.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Jean Eledge<\/p>\n

Chair, Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages<\/p>\n

Lee University<\/p>\n

Cleveland, Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0 37320-3450<\/p>\n

jeledge@leeuniversity.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dr. Allison Ensor<\/p>\n

Professor of\u00a0 English<\/p>\n

Department of English<\/p>\n

University of Tennessee,
\nKnoxville, TN 37996-0430<\/p>\n

ensor@utkux.utcc.utk.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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