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FACULTY RESUMES

Jennifer M. Stolpa Flatt
University of Wisconsin-Marinette
750 West Bay Shore Street
Marinette, Wisconsin 54143
(715) 735-4332
(715) 735-4307 (fax)
jennifer.flatt@uwc.edu

EDUCATION
Ph.D., English, Loyola University Chicago, 2000
M.A., English, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1996
Related field: Spanish
B.A., English and Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1993, summa cum laude,
con honore

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Administrative

  • Associate Campus Dean, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, June 2008-present
  • Engaging Students in the First Year (ESFY) Program Campus Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, 2005-present

Teaching

  • Associate Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, 2005 - present
  • Assistant Professor of English and Spanish, University of Wisconsin-Marinette, 2000-2005
  • Instructor, Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois, 1999
  • Instructor, Loyola University Chicago, 1996-1999
  • Research Assistant, Loyola University Chicago, 1998-1999
  • Instructor/Teaching Assistant, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1994-1996

PUBLICATIONS

  • “‘I know that to be untrue’: Belief and Reality in Cholmondeley’s Short Fiction.” Forthcoming in Mary Cholmondeley Reconsidered. Ed. Carolyn W de la L’Oulton and SueAnn Schatz. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2010.
  • “My Career at a Two-Year Institution.” ADFL Bulletin 38.3 (2007).
  • “Teacher Retention.” Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 86.3 (2006): 3, 5.
  • “The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.” Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 85.3 (2005): 3, 5.
  • "Perspectives on the Game," Rev. of Line Drives: 100 Contemporary Baseball Poems. Elysian Fields Quarterly Spring 2005: 106-7.
  • 2005: The Yer of Languages." Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 85.1 (2005): 3, 5.
  • Math and Writing Anxieties," Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 84.3 (2004): 3, 5.
  • “Interdisciplinary Studies.” Column on Education and Academics. Forthcoming in Phi Kappa Phi Forum.
  • “What’s in a Name? Echoes of Biblical Women in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth.” Forthcoming in The Gaskell Society Journal.
  • “Unexpected Confessions.” Column on Education and Academics. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 83.3 (2003): 3, 5.
  • “Preaching to the Clergy: Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey as a Treatise on Sermon Style and Delivery.” Victorian Literature and Culture 31.1 (2003): 225-240.
  • “‘“I am not Esther’”: Biblical Heroines and Sarah Grand's Challenge to Institutional Christianity in The Heavenly Twins.” Silent Voices: Forgotten Novels by Victorian Women Writers. Ed. Brenda Ayres. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. 155-171.
  • “Henry Purcell and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Two Explorations of Identity.” Forthcoming in Literature and Musical Adaptation. Ed. Michael J. Meyer. New York: Rodopi Press, 2002. 47-59.
  • “Dinah and the Debate Over Vocation in Adam Bede.” George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Studies 42-43 (2002): 30-49.
  • With Dr. Francis L. Fennell. “Musical Responses to Hopkins.” Hopkins Quarterly 28.1-2 (2001): 3-54.
  • “Settling for a Great Job.” Profession 2001. New York: MLA, 2000. 85-91.
  • “Henry Purcell and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Two Explorations of Identity.” PIPA: Publication of the Illinois Philological Association 2 (1999): n. pag. <http://www.eiu.edu/~ipaweb/pipa/index.htm>.

TRANSCRIPTION
Neale, J. M. “Ruth.” Project Canterbury, 2000. <http://justus.anglican.org/resources/pc/neale/ruth.html>

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (External)

  • With Jane Oitzinger and Peggy Rozga. “Developing Students’ Integrative Abilities While Developing Our Own: Adventures in Diversity/Global Interdisciplinary Studies.” AAC&U Integrative Learning Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, 22-24 October 2009.
  • “Light at the End of the Job-Search Tunnel: Perspectives from Successful Candidates.” Panel arranged by Association of Departments of Foreign Languages.  Modern Language Association Convention.  Washington, D.C., 27-30 December 2005.
  • With Karen A. Stolpa. “Thinking Outside the Sphere: Bringing the Theory of Multiple Dimensions to the Masses.” Midwest Modern Language AssociationAnnual Convention. Chicago, Illinois, 7-9 November 2003.
  • “What’s in a Name? Biblical Namesakes in Victorian Novels.” Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 8-10 November 2002.
  • “Composing Identity through Autobiographical Writing in Introductory Composition Courses.” Thomas R. Watson Conference on Rhetoric and Composition. Louisville, Kentucky, 10-12 October 2002.
  • “Women and Christian Ministry: Mid-Nineteenth Century Victorian Literary Responses to a Changing Religious Climate.” Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Minneapolis, Minnesota, 4-6 November 1999.
  • “Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth: Victorian Novelists in Support of Women’s Ministry.” Midwest Conference on British Studies. Chicago, Illinois, 22-23 October 1999.
  • “Henry Purcell and Gerard Manley Hopkins: Two Explorations of Identity.” The Second Annual Meeting of the Illinois Philological Association. Macomb, Illinois, 3-4 April 1998.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Internal)

  • With Cindy Bailey, Jane Oitzinger, and Janet Dehn. “College Persistence and Alternative Advising: A Roundtable Discussion.” UW Colleges ESFY Spring Conference. Wausau, WI, 8 March 2008.
  • With Mike Bartlett. “Helping Students with Math and Writing Anxieties.” UW Colleges ESFY Spring Conference. Marshfield, WI, 11 March 2006.
  • With Sid Bremer, Jane Jones, and Maureen Molle. “Campus Vision and Guiding Principles: An Integrative Approach to Strategic Planning and Self-Assessment.” UW Colleges Colloquium. May 2003.

COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS

  • Panelist on “Pride and Prejudice, A Christmas Carol, Frankenstein: Who the Dickens Reads the Classics Today?” Fox Cities Second Annual Book Festival, Appleton, WI. 18 April 2009.
  • “Louisa May Alcott and Geraldine Brooks’ March.” Continuing Education “Great Books.” Menominee, MI. 7 May 2008.
  • “Charles Dickens and A Tale of Two Cities.” Continuing Education “Great Books.” Menominee, MI. 6 December 2006.

COMMITTEE WORK

Campus

  • Ad hoc Committee on Hiring: Dean’s Assistant, Spring 2008
  • Recruitment and Retention Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2006-present (Chair Fall 2007-2008)
  • “Engaging Students in the First Year” Campus Coordinator, UW-Marinette, January 2005-present
  • Steering Committee Chair, UW-Marinette, September 2005-present
  • Diversity and Equity Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2005-present
  • Steering Committee Representative from Humanities Division, UW-Marinette, September 2004-August 2005
  • Faculty Personnel Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2003-August 200
  • Dean’s Search and Screen Committee, UW-Marinette, October 2003-present (Chair)
  • Appointments Committee, UW-Marinette, August 2002-May 2003 (Chair)
  • Northern Lights Editorial Board, UW-Marinette, 2001-present
  • Faculty Athletic Representative, UW-Marinette, September 2001-present
  • Student Affairs Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2001-present (ex officio, non-voting)
  • Information and Instructional Technology Committee, UW-Marinette, 2000-2002
  • Scholarship Committee, UW-Marinette, January-August 2001
  • Academic Affairs Committee, UW-Marinette, September 2001-August 2002
  • English Department Merit Committee, UW Colleges, 2002-2003
  • English Department Planning Committee, UW Colleges, 2002-2003
  • English Department ad hoc committee on Mentoring First Year Faculty, UW Colleges, 2003
  • Returning Adult Student Advisor Search and Screen Committee, UW-Marinette, Fall 2001

Department

  • English Department ad hoc Committee on “Friendly Advice Documents”, UW Colleges, Spring-Summer 2009, Chair
  • English Department Executive Committee, UW Colleges, September 2006-present
  • English Department Search and Screen Committee, Fall 2006
  • English Department Curriculum Committee, UW Colleges, 2004-2006 (Co-Chair)
  • English Department Merit Committee, UW Colleges, 2002-2003
  • English Department Planning Committee, UW Colleges, 2002-2003
  • English Department ad hoc committee on Mentoring First Year Faculty, UW Colleges, 2003

UW Colleges

  • Colloquium Planning Committee, UW-Colleges, Spring 2008 (Co-Chair)
  • Foundations of Excellence Task Force (Phase II), Sub-committee member, Spring 2006
  • Policy Center on the First Year of College "Foundations of Excellence" Task Force (Phase I), Spring 2005
  • Planning Committee for First Year Seminar Instructor Retreat, Spring 2005
  • Colloquium Planning Committee, UW Colleges, Spring 2004

COURSES TAUGHT

English

  • Composition I
  • Composition II
  • Introduction to Literature
  • Interdisciplinary Studies Introduction to Literature
  • Women in Literature
  • Religious Traditions in Literature (team-taught in a Learning Community with Philosophy course)

Spanish

  • First Semester Spanish through Fourth Semester Spanish
  • Spanish Conversation
  • Various Literature Independent Study Courses

First-Year Courses

  • Math & Writing Anxieties
  • First-Year Seminar: Journeys
  • First-Year Seminar: Intro to College (team-taught course)
  • First-Year Seminar: Leadership

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Composition/Writing
  • Scientific Fiction (especially related to Mathematics and Physics concepts)
  • Math and Writing Anxieties
  • British Literature 1700-1901
  • Nineteenth-Century Fiction and Poetry
  • Religion and Literature
  • Women and Literature
  • Multicultural Literature

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • George Eliot Fellowship
  • Modern Language Association

TEACHING AWARDS

  • Professor of the Year, UW-Marinette, 2004, 2006, 2008
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