This document provides a summary of Dawn Elaine Duncan's education and professional experience. She received her Ph.D. in English from the University of North Texas with a concentration in Modern British-Irish Drama. She is currently a professor of English and Global Studies at Concordia College, where she has taught since 2007. Her areas of research and teaching include Irish film, drama, and literature as well as comparative myth, global and peace studies, and undergraduate research.

1. Dawn Elaine Duncan 508 W HamptonDrive
Moorhead, MN 56560
701-388-3478
EDUCATION
Ph.D.English. ConcentrationinModernBritish—IrishDrama. 1994. Universityof NorthTexas.
Denton,TX.
M.Ed. SecondaryEd/Drama. 1984. NorthTexasState University. Denton,TX.
B.A.Journalism/Theatre. 1978. StephenF.AustinState University. Nacogdoches,TX.
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
IrishFilm,Drama,and Literature;Comparative Myth;Global andPeace Studies;Service-
Learning;Undergraduate Research
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Concordia College, Moorhead,MN.
Professorof EnglishandGlobal Studies—since 2007
Associate Professorof English—2000 – 2007.
AssistantProfessorof English—1994-2000
University ofNorth Texas,Denton, TX.
AssistantChairof Sophomore andFreshmanEnglish—1992-1994
TeachingFellow—1990-1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (selected)
Literatureand Culture courses
Global Literature (ModernWorld)
Human ValuesinBritishandAmerican Literature
From Empire toIndependence:BritishLiterature,1837-present
Postcolonial Literature
Magic of Myth inLiterature andFilm
Capstone: FromPage to Stage to Screen
FocusAuthorcourses: LadyGregory,Yeats, Shaw,Friel,NobelWinner
The Moderns
IrishDrama

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Writingcourses
InquiryWrittenCommunication(Composition)
Writingforthe Social Sciences
Playwriting
FictionWriting
ScreenplayWriting
Interdisciplinary courses
Core Capstone:FilmandLiterature
Core Capstone:DangerousLiteratures
InquirySeminar:The Magicof Myth inLiterature andFilm
Culture,Identity,andDialogue:AnIntroductiontoGlobal Studies
Principia,anintroductiontothe Liberal Arts
Classical Literature (InterdisciplinaryCore Program atUNT)
Communiversity Courses
Irelandthroughthe Arts
TerrorisminNorthernIreland
Poetryof the Psalmsand SacredPoets
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Irish Myth,Lore,and Legend on Film. ReimaginingIrelandSeries. Oxford:PeterLang,Ltd.2013.
Making BrewMatter: A Curriculumfor the 21st
Century. Co-editedwithGreggMuilenburg.
ConcordiaCollege, Aug2010.
Service-Learning Companion.StudentSuccessSeries.Boston:Houghton-Mifflin,2008. Co-
authoredwithJoanKopperud
PostcolonialTheory in Irish Drama from1800-2000. StudiesinIrishLiterature,Volume 11.
Lewiston,NY:EdwinMellenPress,2004. ISBN:0-7734-6498-0
“FilmingPerformance:SamuelBeckettPlayingwithOurMinds.” Irish Theatrein Transition.
Syracuse UP: 2014.
Chapters/ArticlesinBooks
“IrishMyth GoesGlobal In America.” Ireland in Drama,Film, and PopularCulture.Margarete
Rubik,JuliaLajta-NovakandSandraMayer,eds.Vienna:UniversityPress,2011.
“ReimaginingWildeinthe West,orHow IrishMinersRefin(e)danIrishAesthete.” A Garland of
Words: Festschriftin Honourof Maureen Murphy.EditedbyMuniraMutran, Laura
Izarra, and BeatrizKopschitzX.Bastos.SaoPaulo:UniversityPress, 2011.
“From Beirutto Belfast:Conal MorrisonStagesIssuesof Justice.” Irish Studies across Cultures
and Continents. EditedbyMariannaGula,Mária Kurdi and IstvánD. Rácz . Debrecen:
UniversityPress, 2011.
“A Postcolonial Perspective onShaw’sBorder-CrossingSaintJoan.”Irish Drama.SãoPaulo:
AsspcoaçāoEditorial Humanitas,2008.
“From ContemplationtoCommitment:Framingthe First-YearService LearningExperience ina
Global StudiesCourse.”CivicEngagementin theFirst Year of College.National Resource
Center/NewYorkTimes.Ed. Martha LaBare. 2008. co-authoredwithJoanKopperud.

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“Compassionate Contact:WhenIrishPlaywrightsReachOutforOthers,” Irish Studiesin Brazil.
Munira H. Mutran and Laura P. Z. Izarra, ed. Pesquisae Crítica1. São Paulo:Asspcoaçāo
Editorial Humanitas,2005: 49-67.
“A Flexible Foundation:ConstructingaPostcolonial Dialogue,”Relocating Postcolonialism.David
TheoGoldbergandAto Quayson,editors.Oxford,UK:Blackwell,2002. 320-333.
“BrinsleyMacNamara,”Irish Playwrights,1880-1995. Westport,CT: GreenwoodPress,1997.
182-193.
“Paul VincentCarroll,”Irish Playwrights,1880-1995. Westport,CT: GreenwoodPress,1997. 43-
56.
“George BernardShaw,”Reader's Guide to Literaturein English. London:Fitzroy-Dearborn,
1996. 716-719.
“IrishDrama,” Reader'sGuide to Literature in English. London:Fitzroy-Dearborn,1996.214-215.
“Melodrama,”Reader’sGuide to Literature in English. London:Fitzroy-Dearborn,1996.478-479.
Articles inJournals
“Lady Gregoryand the Feminine Journey: TheGaolGate, Grania,and The Story BroughtBy
Brigit,” The Irish UniversityReview:A Journalof Irish Studies,Special Issue:LadyGregory
(Spring/Summer2004). 133-143.
“PoeticEvolution:BarryRowsforwardwith Prayersof Sherkin,”Barcelona English Language
and Literature Studies:Literature and CultureIssue. 11 (2000): 33-40.
“Banville’sFictionComesof Age asItLays to RestOldGhosts,” ABEIJournal:The Brazilian
Journalof Irish Studies. 2 (June 2000): 53-60.
“Edna O’Brienand Virginia: A Melodyof Fine Feminine Madness,” Canadian Journalof Irish
Studies:Special Edition on Edna O’Brien 22.2 (1996): 99-105.
“Pushingthe Post-Colonial Boundaries:Freeingthe IrishVoice inBrianFriel's Translations,”
Studiesin the Playsof Brian Friel. Working Papersin Irish Studies 94.3 (1994): 1-10.
Reviews
John Banville: Exploring Fictions by DerekHand, Canadian Journalof Irish Studies 28.1 (2002):
151-152.
SamuelBeckett’sArtistic Theory and Practice: Criticism, Drama and Early Fiction byJames
Acheson;Damned to Fame:The Life of SamuelBeckett by JamesKnowlson, Comparative
Drama 32.3 (1998): 456-462.
Dissertation
“Language and IdentityinPost-1800IrishDrama.” Diss. Universityof NorthTexas,1994.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Isolationinthe CrowdGivesWayto HealinginRural Isolation:The Powerof Nothing Personal.”
International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteratures.Belfast,July2013.
“PlayingwithMinds:BeckettonFilm.”AmericanConference forIrishStudies.Chicago,April
2013.
“Rebellion,Sacrifice,andthe Struggle forHeroicIdentityinIrishFilm:Filteringthe Pastfor
PresentPurposes.”International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteratures,Montreal,
Canada,July2012.
“Lookingfor Love inIrishPlaces: The Quiet Man andThe Matchmaker.”MidwestRegionof
AmericanConference forIrishStudies.Moorhead,MN, Oct2011.

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“IrishMyth Goes Global In America.”AmericanConferenceforIrishStudies,National
Meeting.Madison,Wisconsin,Apr2011.
“WhenChildrenBringParentsHome:TravelingPast Grief toa HealingPlace inThree IrishFilms.”
International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteraturesAnnual Conference,Porto,
Portugal,July2008.
“Acting,Reflecting,andSharing:The Powerof StorytellinginService-Learning.” Houghton
MifflinFall Energizer.SantaAnaPueblo,NM,Oct2007. PresentedwithJoan
Kopperud.
“From ContemplationtoCommitment:Framingthe First-YearService-Learning Experience.”
Annual Conferenceonthe First-YearExperience,Addison,TX ,Feb2007. Presented
withJoanKopperud
“Clara DillonDarrow,Irish-AmericanPioneer,”A DramaticRecreationandScholarly
Conversation. AmericanConferenceforIrishStudies-WesternRegion,OregonState
University ,Oct 2005.
“From BeiruttoBelfast:Conal MorrisonStages Issuesof Justice,”Global IssuesinDrama.
International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteraturesAnnual Conference,Prague,
CzechRepublic,July2005.
“The Value andVirtue of Service-LearninginCompositionandFirst-YearSeminars,”Annual
Conference onthe First-YearExperience,Phoenix,AZ,Feb2005. Presentedwith Joan
Kopperud.
“Contemplatingthe Bookof Estheras CommunityActivism,”Annual Conference of
AssociationforCore TextsandCourses,Irving,TX,Apr2004.
“Compassionate Contact:WhenIrishPlaywrightsReachOutforOthers.”International
Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiterature.Debrecen,Hungary ,July2003.
“The Powerof Drama, AnActive Communal Methodof ImprovingCommunication.”4th
Childrenand Culture SIGSSymposium,BRAZ-TESOL.SãoPaulo,Brazil,May2003.
“ Brian Friel,The IrishPlaywrightAbroad.” International Associationforthe Studyof Irish
Literature. SãoPaolo,Brazil, July2002.
“ Lady Gregory’sChallenge Viathe Feminine Journey.”AmericanConference forIrishStudies.
Milwaukee, May 2002.
“A Questionof Character:PerformativeAspectsof Job.” Associationof Core Textsand
Courses.Montreal,Apr2002.
“The Visit and The Oresteia:How DurrenmattMakes Us Re-VisitAnEthicsof Responsibility.”
Notre Dame University,Apr2001.
“A Postcolonial PerspectiveonShaw’sBorder-CrossingSaintJoan.”International
Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiterature. Bath,England,July2000.
“Shakespeare,Stanislavsky,andthe StudentCreator’sPersonalHistory,” Associationof
Core Textsand Courses. SanFrancisco,Apr 2000.
“Remarkson the Role of Arts as Agentsof Social Change.”Peace Prize Forum.St.Olaf College,
Feb2000.
“PoeticEvolution:BarryRowsForwardwith PrayersforSherkin.”International Associationfor
the Studyof IrishLiteratures. Barcelona,Spain, July1999.
“Portraitof the Artistas a Young Scientist: KeplerandPrincipia.”Associationof Core Textsand
Courses. NewOrleans, Apr1999.
“What is Too Much to Hope?:TroubledUnionsinEdnaO’Brien’s Houseof Splendid Isolation.”
International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteratures. Limerick,Ireland ,July1998)

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“Is There AnyHope? The Peace MovementinNorthernIreland.”Peace Prize Forum.
ConcordiaCollege,Feb1998.
“Shawand Soyinka:Drama of Native Defiance.”ModernLanguage Association. Toronto,
Canada,Dec 1997.
“RefractingandRe-figuringShaw:H.G.Well’s Tono-Bungay.”SouthCentral ModernLanguage
Association. Dallas,TX ,Nov 1997.
“HearingOur OwnEchoesas Brookner’sCripplesCry‘LookAtMe’.” SouthCentral Modern
Language Association. SanAntonio,TX ,Nov 1996.
“ReimaginingWilde inthe West,orHow Miners Refin(e)danIrishAesthete.”American
Conference forIrishStudies,WesternRegion. SanFrancisco,CA,Oct 1996.
“The Powerof Language Actsto EffectChange inYeats’sCuchulainCycle.” CanadianAssociation
for IrishStudies,National Meeting. Charlottetown,Prince EdwardIsland,June 1996.
“Banville’sFictionComesof Age asItLays to RestOldGhosts.” International Associationforthe
Studyof IrishLiterature. Cork,Ireland,July1995.
“The Substance of Paul VincentCarroll’sHealingDramas.” JointMeetingof the American
Conference forIrishStudiesandthe CanadianAssociationforIrishStudies. Belfast,
NorthernIreland ,June 1995.
“AliciaLeFanu'sDramaticPleaforEqualityin Sonsof Erin.” AmericanConference forIrish
Studies,NationalMeeting. Omaha,NB,Apr1994.
“Edna O’Brienand Virginia:A Melodyof Fine FeminineMadness.” SouthCentral Modern
Language Association. Austin,TX, Oct1993.
“The LinkBetweenLanguage andIdentityin TheCountessCathleen:The PowertoHarm or the
Powerto Heal.” AmericanConference forIrishStudies,SouthernRegion.Tulsa,OK, Feb
1993.
“Pushingthe Post-ColonialBoundaries:Freeingthe IrishVoice inBrianFriel’sTranslations.”
Conference onTheoryof Transition/Transitionof Theory. Denton,TX, Feb1993.
“A Trinityof Gothic ProtagonistsinWilliamFaulkner’s Lightin Aug.” AmericanStudies
Associationof Texas. Denton,TX, Nov 1992.
“Boucicault’sShotat the VictorianCanon:Laughinginthe Face of Political Oppression.” South
Central ModernLanguage Association. Memphis,TN,Oct1992.
"The IrishImmigrantinthe West: Creatinga Composite PortraitBasedonFactand Fiction."
WesternLiterature Association. Reno,Nevada, Oct1992.
“BecomingConversantwithCanonCreation,”co-authoredwithRobertEllison. Conference on
Firingthe Canon. SaintLouis,MO, Mar 1992.
“The Marriage of Self toSelf inthe Deadof Night:Why ThisEdna O’BrienNovel Works.”South
Central ModernLanguage Association. Houston,TX ,Nov 1991.
“A TexasTwo-Step:HortonFoote andPrestonJonesOnStage.” WesternLiterature Association.
EstesPark, CO, Oct 1991.
“Tennyson’sViewof the Poet’sRole:A RighttoIsolationanda Dutyto Society.” Graduate
Studentsof EnglishConference. Denton,TX,Apr1991.

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Exploringthe EmeraldIsle andOtherFantasticTrips:A Traveler’sGuide.”Lake AgassizRegional
Libraries,MN.October,2014.
“ChildhoodandComingof Age:IrishMython Film.”IrishFilmCentre.Dublin,Ireland.July,2013.
“Archival ResearchintoIrishMyth,Lore,and LegendonFilm.”Centennial ScholarsLecture,
ConcordiaCollege,Moorhead,MN,Feb2012.
"TakingService Learningtothe NextLevel."National WorkshopforService-learning
Coordinatorsof Globe UniversityCampuses. Woodbury,MN, Feb18, 2011. Co-
presentedwithJoanKopperud.
“LearningInside andOutside of the Classroom.” OrientationLecture.Concordia College. June
2008, June 2009, June 2010.
“SaintPatrick,Ireland,andthe IrishinWesternMinnesota.”MoorheadKiwanisClub,Mar
2010.
“IntegratingService-Learningatthe MinnesotaBusinessColleges.” MBC FacultyWorkshop,
Aug2009. PresentedwithJoanKopperud.
“How I LearnedtoLove Rembrandt:a Narrative of AppreciationandAffection.” The
ReligiousPrintsof RembrandtvanRijnandAlbrechtDürer.Rourke ArtMuseum ,Nov
2008.
“ImplementingService-LearningViaTheService-Learning Companion.”HoughtonMifflinWebEx
TrainingforInstructors and Administrators.Multiplesessions,Mar2008. Presented
withJoanKopperud.
“Service-Learning:WhatItIs, WhyDo It, and How to Do It.” MoorheadPublicSchoolsIn-Service
for TeachersandAdministrators.Moorhead,MN,June 2007. Co-presentedwith Joan
Kopperud.
“LivingwithDisability.”PanelPresentationforDisabilityAwarenessWeek.ConcordiaCollege,
Mar 2007. Repeated Nov 2007.
“Ireland throughthe Arts.”CelticFestival,Moorhead,MN. Communiversity.Fargo,ND, Mar
2006
“Constructinga Postcolonial Dialogue inOurTroubledWorld,”UnitarianUniversalist Church,
Fargo, ND, (Mar 2005
“Ireland—A PhotoTourof the Place and Culture,”CelticFestival,Moorhead,MN,Mar 2005
“The Sirens,”areadingfromJamesJoyce’s Ulysses,Rourke ArtGallery,May2004.
“Calypso,”a readingfromJamesJoyce’s Ulysses,Rourke ArtGallery,June2004.
“RelocatingPostcolonialism:aSeriesof SeminarsonIrishPlaywrightsandTactical Movestoward
WholenessandPeace.”VisitingScholarinResidence.Facultyof Philosophy,Lettersand
Humanities.Universityof SãoPaulo,Brazil, May2003.
“Dickens:HisIrishConnectionsandHisTheatrical Life.”EveningLecture.Universityof SãoPaulo,
Brazil, May 2003.
“ExplorationSeminars:The DublinModel.” ConcordiaFacultyEmeriti Luncheon.Concordia
College,Apr2003
“Pray,Speak,Act Peace.”Chapel Homily. ConcordiaCollege,Apr2003
“Global Literature—Human Quest:A JourneytoCreate an Anthology.” Centennial Lecture.
ConcordiaCollege,Oct2002; repeatedforLibraryStaff In-Service,Nov.2002, and
for Excellence inTeaching, Mar,2003
“A Questionof Character:PerformativeAspectsof Job.” PrincipiaFacultyWorkshop.
ConcordiaCollege,Aug2002

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“TeachingLastStanding Woman.”New PrincipiaFacultyWorkshop.ConcordiaCollege, July
2002
“TerrorisminNorthernIreland.” History/Political Science courses. ConcordiaCollege andNorth
Dakota State University. Feb2002 andMar 1998.
“A Flexible Foundation:ConstructingaPostcolonial Dialogue.”FacultyColloquium. Concordia
College,Oct200).
“The Powerof Language to Colonize—ResponsetoTheMerchantsof Cool.”Faithand World
AffairsSymposium.ConcordiaCollege,(eptember2001.
"The Visit and The Oresteia:How DurrenmattMakesUs Re-VisitAnEthicsof Responsibility.”
PrincipiaSpringLecture. ConcordiaCollege,Feb2001.
“Womeninthe IrishPeace Process.” IrishHistory. ConcordiaCollege,Mar2001
“PublicMoral Philosophy.” FaithandWorldAffairsSymposium. ConcordiaCollege,Sept
2000.
“The HealingPowerof Forgiveness.” Chapel Presentation. ConcordiaCollege, Nov 1999.
“The LivingWordinthe Livesof Poets.” Chapel Presentation. ConcordiaCollege,Nov 1998.
“Ireland:ItsHistory,Culture andPeople.” GreatPlains-MIcrosoft,Mar 1998; assorted
communityorganizations(LionsClub,Rotary,etc.) 1997-current
“IrishMythology.” Myths andLegends. ConcordiaCollege,Mar1997
“Brian Friel,PostcolonialismandOtherStagedThemes.” CastandCrew of Dancing at
Lughnasa. ConcordiaCollege,Sept1996.
“CreatingCharactersinDickens.” FunWith DickensSocietyandWordsworth Bookstore. Fargo,
ND,Oct 1995; NorthTexasRegional DickensFellowship. Denton,TX ,Nov 1991.
“TeasingOutthe SubtextinDramaticLiterature.” Methodsof Teaching. Universityof North
Texas,F all 1991 and 1992.
PLAYWRITING
OriginalWritings
Clara Dillon Darrow,A Living History. One-womanmonologuebasedonthe life of Irish-
AmericanSuffragetteLeader. Numerousperformancesforcivicandprofessional
organizations
SamSteerman,San Antonio’sSuperSleuth. StagedatUniversityof NorthDakotaandthe
Fargo-MoorheadCommunityTheatre;radiobroadcastsonKNDU,Dec1995. Staged
at Universityof NorthTexasandthe Denton CountyCourthouse;radiobroadcastson
KNTU, Dec1991.
Adaptations
“Mr. Bob Sawyer’sParty”—adramaticreading,and“EstellaandMissHavisham”—aduet.
Universityof SãoPaulo,Brazil, May2003.
“An Eveningof Dickens.” WordsworthBookstore. Fargo,ND,Dec 1995; Universityof NorthT
exasand VictorianChristmasonthe Square. Denton,TX, Dec1990.
“Aspectsof Love in Dickens.” WordsworthBookstore. Fargo,ND,1994; NorthTexas
Regional DickensFellowship. Denton,TX,Feb1990.
“Scenesof Great Expectations PlayedOut.” NorthTexasRegional DickensFellowship.
Denton,TX,Feb1992.

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR PROJECTS (since 2007)
Sand,Nicole.“The Psychologyof ResilienceandItsLiteraryApplications.”HomecomingPoster
Session. Presentations.ConcordiaCollege.2014.
Rahn,Liz. “What Is a Good Book?DefiningGreatLiterature of the 21st
Century.”Postersonthe
Hill,St.Paul,MN, April 2013. Celebrationof StudentScholarship,ConcordiaCollege-
Moorhead,2013.
Engel,Kelsey, withLauraHabeinandKaylaNesler.“These ChainsthatBindUs:Challenging
Slaveryin UncleTom’sCabin.”Lake AgassizRegional Library,MoorheadMN,Nov2013.
Celebrationof StudentScholarship,ConcordiaCollege-Moorhead,April2014.
Moheban,Sam,withBeckyFarmer,JessicaNanik,andAnnabel Olson. “A LiteraryAnalysisof A
Monthand a Day: a Detention Diary by KenSaro-Wiwa.”Lake AgassizRegional Library,
MoorheadMN, Nov2013. Celebrationof StudentScholarship,ConcordiaCollege-
Moorhead,April 2014.
Easler,Rebecca,withLizRahn,RobbyBillings,andChelseaBaumgart.“Roseof Time, the Poetry
of Bei Dao: ChallengingAuthority.”Lake AgassizRegionalLibrary,MoorheadMN,Nov
2013. Celebrationof StudentScholarship,ConcordiaCollege-Moorhead,April 2014.
Pittelko,Meg,withJuliaCater,MelisaBarish,andKari Tayler.“Caryl Churchill’s Cloud 9:
ChallengingAuthority.”Lake AgassizRegional Library,MoorheadMN,Nov2013.
Burtman,Heather.“Scandal and Candide:LiberationthroughChallenge.”Celebrationof Student
Scholarship,ConcordiaCollege-Moorhead. April 2013.
F&L Core Capstone Productions. ThreeFilms:Contrition,Birthmark,and TechtonicFates.Created
by StudentsinEnglish439 and premieredpublicallyatthe historicFargoTheatre.April
14, 1213.
Sacher,Ariel. “Ponyo on theCliff by theSea: How a WesternTale isValidlyRe-envisionedintoa
WesternCultural Context.”National Conference forUndergraduate Research,University
of Wisconsin-LaCrosse,Mar2013.
F&L Core Capstone Productions. ThreeFilms:A Rose forEmily, Interlopers,Masqueof theRed
Death.CreatedbyStudentsinEnglish439 andpremieredpublicallyatthe historicFargo
Theatre.April 15, 2012.
Haegeland,Hannah. “The ShavianWoman:Equal,Better,orWildlyBewildering?”SigmaTau
DeltaNational Conference,Pittsburgh,PA,Feb2011; Celebrationof Student
Scholarship,ConcordiaCollege,Mar2011.
Johnson,Britta. “Art andReligioninTennysonandJoyce.”Celebrationof Student
Scholarship,ConcordiaCollege,Mar2011.
Sand,Ben.“Cultural Criticism:aStudyof Carlyle’sandArnold’sApproaches.”Celebrationof
StudentScholarship,ConcordiaCollege,Mar2011.
DavidLemke,“Doas I Say,Notas I Do: A Studyof IdealistandRealistCharactersin Major
Barbara andMrs. Warren’sProfession.”Celebrationof Student Scholarship.Concordia
College,Apr2010.
CreightonBrown,“`LinesComposedaFew MilesAbove TinternAbbey’:Romanticismand
Marxismin the Worksof Wordsworth”(withDr.JimPostema).National Council of
Undergraduate ResearchConference.Universityof Wisconsin-LaCrosse,Apr2009.
NickClark,“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:DouglasAdamsas the Gardenerof an Organic
Script.”National Council of Undergraduate ResearchConference. Universityof
Wisconsin-LaCrosse,Apr2009.

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Mackenzie Kane,“FromSuperiorTeachertoSufferingMasses:The Transformationof the
RussianPeasantinthe late NineteenthCentury.”National Councilof Undergraduate
ResearchConference.Universityof Wisconsin-LaCrosse, Apr2009.
SasiraShanadi Liyanage,“Post-Colonial Resistance andRetention:Henzell’s TheHarder They
Comeand Peris’ Gamperaliya (withDr.RolandFinger).National Council of
Undergraduate ResearchConference. Universityof Wisconsin-LaCrosse,Apr2009.
Stephen(Stu) Rostad,“The Prevalence of ScottishCulturalMythinthe Heroic Braveheart.”
National Council of Undergraduate ResearchConference.Universityof Wisconsin-
LaCrosse,Apr2009.
Sarah Rude,“`HeighAuctoritee’:Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales andModernManagement
Principles”(withDr.DavidSprungerandDr. LindaKeup).National Councilof
Undergraduate ResearchConference.Universityof Wisconsin-LaCrosse,Apr2009.
Kristiana(Ana) Sather,“Vassili ZaitzevHero:TransformationfromImage toRealityin Enemy at
the Gates.”National Council of Undergraduate ResearchConference.Universityof
Wisconsin-LaCrosse,Apr2009.
Lisa Marquardt,“Mobile Theatre:CorpusChristi Playsof the Middle AgesandPostcolonial
InfluencesonAustralianDrama,”2008-09 StudentLecture Series.ConcordiaCollege.
Laura Fragodt, “HumanityandInhumanity:PostcolonialPerspectivesof PabloNerudaand
JosephConrad.” 2007-08 StudentLecture Series.ConcordiaCollege.
HONORS AND AWARDS
$3,500 ConcordiaCentennialScholarsProgram, 2011.
$1,250 ConcordiaSummerStudyGrant to Porto,Portugal,July2008
$14,000 Undergraduate AssistantProgramGrant,forsignificanton-goingresearch.
ConcordiaCollege,2003-2007
$1,000 Bush Grant for Collaborative Teaching—HistoryandEnglish,June 2003
VisitingScholar-in-Residence,Facultyof Philosophy,LettersandHumanities,Universityof São
Paulo, May 2003
$6,000 DorothyR. JohnsonClassroomResearchScholar,2001
$1,250 ConcordiaSummerStudyGrant to Barcelona,Spain, July1999
$1,000 ConcordiaSummerStudyGrant to Limerick,Ireland, July1998
Honorary FacultyMember,OmicronDeltaKappa,electedSpring1998
$1,000 Bush Grant for Collaborative Learning—HowToChange A Pivotal Course. TeamWorking
on CompositionProgram,July1996
$500 ConcordiaSummerStudyGrant to Prince EdwardIsland,June 1996
$1,000 Bush Grant for ImplementingMulticulturalismin200 Level SurveyCourses, 1995
$1,000 ConcordiaSummerStudyGrant to Ireland,June-July1995
International YeatsSocietyScholarship,Sligo,Ireland,Summer1993
Mary Patchell AwardinEnglish,Universityof NorthTexas,Fall 1992
OutstandingTeachingFellow,Universityof NorthTexas,1991-92
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
National/International:
Secretary,InternationalAssociationforthe Studyof IrishLiteratures,2003-present
Councilor,ArtsandHumanitiesDivision,Council onUndergraduate Research,2009
U.S. Representative,International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteratures,2000-2003

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Reader,ModernIrishLiterature andContemporaryDrama, LIT: Literature,Interpretation,Theory,
1999-present
Editorial Board, Brazilian JournalforIrish Studies,2002-present
Representative toPeace StudiesConsortium, ELCA Colleges, 1998-2000
Nobel Peace Prize Advance Team, NorthernIreland,1998.
Serviceto LocalCommunity:
MoorheadCatholicCampusMinistry,BoardMember,2013-2016.
St. Joseph’sCatholicChurch,Lectorand RCIA Teacher,1994-current; Hospital Visitor(2001-
2006)
Actor and Directorforlocal theatres: TheatreB, Tin Roof Theatre,FM Community Theatre,
1995-present
CommuniversityCourse instructor,1995-present
Fargo-MoorheadCommunityTheatre,Chairof IndependentEndowmentCommittee,(2005-
2007;, Presidentof the Board,2001-2004; Board Member,(1996-2000
Concordia College:
Honorary DegreesCommittee,2013-2016
Chair,FacultyAppealsBoard,2013-2014
Chair, Faith,Reason and World AffairsSymposium,“The Role of the ArtistinSociety,”2011
FacultyAdvisor—SemesterProgramatNational UniversityIreland-Galway,2008-present
National FellowshipsCouncil,AdvisorforMitchell Scholars,2010-present
Secretaryof Faculty,2008-2011
Cultural EventsCommittee,2007-08
Directorof Principiaprogram, introductiontothe Liberal Arts,2003-06
InquirySeminarWorkingGroup,CurriculumRevision,2005-06
First-YearExperience TaskForce,CurriculumRevision,2004-05
Chair,CurriculumResourcesCommittee,2002-2003
Dovre Faithand LearningCommittee,2001-04
Global StudiesFaculty,WorldsinDialogueSteeringCommittee,2000-current
Chair,StudentAffairsCommittee,1998-99, 2005-06
Nobel Peace Prize ForumCommittee,1998-2003
Long-range PlanningCommittee,1999-2002
International StudiesCommittee,1999-2002
LillyMentoringProgramonFaithand Learning,1996
Senator,FacultySenate,1995-present
SearchCommittees:
Vice PresidentforBusinessAffairs(2001-02)
LibraryDirector (2000-01)
EnglishFaculty
FacultyEvaluationCommittees—external departmentmember(Theatre,History,Political
Science,Communications,Spanish,Music)
English Department:
Chair,SearchCommittee,2008
ResearchScholarshipMentor,2003-07, overseeingstudentassistantresearchers
Chair,Literature Committee,2005-07

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EnglishEducationCommittee,2000-07
Chair, Departmental EvaluationCommittee, 2006-07
Chair,Discourse Committee,1997-98
Editorial Board, Ascent,LiteraryJournal,1997-2000
Leader,CoursesAbroad,“BritishHeritage: The CelticConnection.” TravelstoIreland,Wales,
Englandand France. Varietyof ExplorationSeminarstoIreland,1996-current
Co-editorof NewVoices,aninterdisciplinaryscholarlyjournal forundergraduates,1996-1999
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Associationforthe Studyof IrishLiteratures
AmericanConference forIrishStudies
National Council forUndergraduate Research
Associationof Core TextsandCourses
ModernLanguage Association
Phi KappaPhi