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Elizabeth R. Canfield
Assistant Professor
Richmond, VA 23220
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Phone: 804-***-**** (h)
804-***-**** (o)
Women s Studies Department
Virginia Commonwealth University
Starke House
919 W. Franklin Street, RM 107
Richmond, VA 23284-3060
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EDUCATION:
PhD, Media, Art, and Text Program, Virginia Commonwealth University. Coursework Complete,
Summer 2011. Dissertation deadline Fall 2012. Dissertation Concept: Theorizing Radical
Queer Futurity through Utopian Philosophy and Art
M.F.A., Creative Writing/Poetry, Virginia Commonwealth University, May 2001.
Thesis: The Voice of Judas at 3 a.m.
B.A., English, Virginia Commonwealth University, December 1997.
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS/APPOINTMENTS:
EXPERIENCE:
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Academic Advisor, Summer 2009-present, Gender,
Sexuality and Women s Studies Department,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
As the Undergraduate Academic Advisor for our department, I am responsible recruiting
majors, for advising students about their course and career goals, as well as processing
their graduation paperwork. I also run all of the activist and creative programming for
the department, which includes art openings, lectures, activist group meetings, and a
Student Advisory Board. I teach upper-level Feminist and Queer Theory courses, a Queer
Cinema course, a Gender and Literature course, and the Introduction to Gender, Sexuality,
and Women s Studies course.
Assistant Professor and Focused Inquiry Program Coordinator, Fall 2007-Summer 2009,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
As one of two program coordinators, I directed curriculum and textbook revision,
facilitated and conducted faculty development sessions, and have chaired five committees
for the program. I also served as a WAC consultant for the development of writing courses
in other schools across the University. In addition to these duties, I also taught in the
program as well as for Women s Studies.
Assistant to the Writing Program Director, Spring 2005-Spring 2007, Virginia Commonwealth
University, Richmond, VA.
As assistant to the Writing Program Director, I created a multimedia library for Writing
Program Faculty, analyzed data and written reports, and helped coordinate moving our
offices to another location. I also helped with Faculty Development and implementing new
technology in Composition courses. In addition, I worked with a University-wide committee
to revise the freshman courses to include an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on
writing and critical thinking skills.
Writing Program Instructor, Fall 2002-present, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA.
As a
full-timeInstructor with the English Department, I teach English courses with
emphasis on Composition. I have taught Creative Writing/Poetry (ENGL 305). I also teach
cross-listed English/Women s Studies courses, ENGL/WMNS 384 (Women Writers), ENGL/WMNS 352
(Feminist Literary Theory), and ENGL/WMNS 236 (Women in Literature). In addition to my
teaching, I have worked closely with the Writing Program Director on the Writing Program,
implementing new courses and curricula. I have worked extensively on course proposals,
faculty development workshops, and on the Program s structure and meeting practices.
Adjunct Writing Program Faculty, 2001-2002, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA.
As Writing Program Faculty, I have taught English 101,114, and 200. I have made a
significant contribution to curriculum formation and have done extensive research and
planning related to the implementation of the Writing Program. I have facilitated faculty
development workshops and have actively participated in the ongoing assessment of the
Writing Program.
Assistant to Dr. Janet Winston, Spring 2002, Women s Studies Program/English Department,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
As Dr. Winston s assistant, I co-taught Women Writers (English/Women s Studies 384),
Feminist Literary Theory (English/Women s Studies 352), and Lesbian Literature
(English/Women s Studies 391).
Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1998-2001, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
As a graduate teaching assistant, I worked in the Writing Center and taught English 101
and 200. I assisted Dr. Patricia Perry with the Capital Writing Project and I assisted Dr.
Elizabeth Cooper with the revision of The Guide to Composition and Rhetoric (2000-2002).
SPECIAL AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND OTHER HONORS:
Nomination: Best Student Organization Advisor, Amendment journal, 2009.
Nomination: Distinguished Faculty Award, April 2005, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Nomination: Best Student Organization Advisor for the feminist journal, Amendment, April
2005.
Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award, April 2002, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Graduate Poetry Award, April 2001, Virginia Commonwealth University.
School of Graduate Studies Fellowship, September 2000, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Nomination to AWP National Writing Contest, Poetry, April 2000, Virginia Commonwealth
University.
Outstanding Writing Center Tutor Award, April 1999, Virginia Commonwealth University.RESEARCH/CREATIVE WORK:
Queer Ruralities and the Homonormative Violence of the Geographic Solution. SEWSA
Conference, March 2011.
Decolonial Queer Theory and Radical Futurity as Frameworks for a Pedagogy of
Possibility. NWSA Conference, November 2010.
Van Horn, Marcy Carbajal, ed. Teaching with Hacker Handbooks. New York: Bedford St.
Martin s Press, 2010. (Contributing writer).
First Person Relevant: Using Autoethnography as Discovery in the Feminist Classroom
Lilly South Conference, February 2010.
Writing in Open Spaces: Reflections on Blogging in the Classroom podcast (with Bonnie
Orzolek and Jeffrey Nugent):
http://blog.vcu.edu/cte/2009/04/cte_teaching_and_learning_podc_5.html
Cyborg Theories, Meatspace Realities: Using Technology to Make Waves in a First-Year
Writing Seminar (with Bonnie Orzolek). Conference on Composition and Communication, March
2009, San Francisco, CA.
Using Creativity in the Classroom to Inspire Dialogue, Critique, and Community around
Social Justice Issues National Communication Association Conference, November 2008, San
Diego, CA.
Opening Pandora's Box: The Classroom Challenges of Inviting [Open] Digital
Communication (with Jeffrey Nugent and Bonnie Orzolek), Computers and Writing Conference,
May 2008, Athens, GA.
Teaching to Transgress: Dialoging with Hooks and Freire in a First-Year Core Seminar
(with Mary Shelden), SEWSA Conference, April 2008, UNC Charlotte, NC.
Poems Diode Journal. Spring 2008.
http://www.diodepoetry.com/v1n3/content/canfield_l.html
Monotony (poem). THINK. Bowe House Press, Spring 2008.
Focused Inquiry: General Education Reform or Revolution? (with Zachary
Goodell and Daphne Rankin), Lilly South Conference, February 2008, Greensboro, NC.
Myspace, Wikis, Ipods, and Blogs: Multiple Literacies, Cultural Identities, and Building
Communities in the 21st Century Writing Classroom, NCTE Conference, November 2007, New
York, NY.
Making Groups Work: Applying Grassroots Organizing Strategies to the Composition
Classroom, NCTE Conference, October 2006, Nashville, TN.
Internationalism, Feminism, and Politics in a Collaborative Writing Course, Hawaii
International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Agency and Responsibility in an Internationalist Writing Course, National Council of
Teachers of English Conference, November 2005, Pittsburg, PA.
Making Research Matter: An Internationalist Perspective on a Cross-Cultural Classroom,
Conference on Composition, May 2005, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA.
Presenter,"Using Weblogs in Writing Courses," Emerging Technologies Day, April 2005,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Searching for a Connection: Student Writers Reach Out, Innovative Teaching Strategies
for Faculty Using Blackboard Conference, April 2005, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA.
(Re)capturing the Imaginative Self: Self-Determination, Creativity, Spontaneity, and
Building Community in the Classroom, Conference on Composition, May 2004, Virginia State
University, Petersburg, PA. (Peter Elbow, keynote speaker and participant).
TEACHING:
Women s Studies/English 391: Queer Cinema (Spring 2011). This course surveys film,
criticism, and literature that attend to queer identities, from the early 20th c. (early
talkies ) to early 21st century ( New Queer Cinema ). The critical arc of the course
moves from looking at queer inclusion/representation in film to a queer politics of
liberation/radical futurity as seen in late 20th-early 21st film.
English/Women s Studies 387: Queer Theories/Lesbian Texts (Summer 2009--present): This
course focuses on queer theoretical approaches to literature, culture, and politics and
probes the construction of lesbian in literature, film, and new media texts.
Women s Studies 201: Introduction to Women s Studies (
Summer 2008-present): This course
serves as the introductory course to the Women s Studies major. It is an interdisciplinary
survey of the field of Women s Studies through an exploration of a number of topics,
including Reproductive Rights, Women s Health, Public Policy, Gender and Religion, Women
in the Arts, etc.
English/Women s Studies 352: Feminist Literary Theory (Fall 2006-present): This course
is an intense study of feminist/womanist/queer literary and social theory, focusing on
recent (last 20 years) developments in the fields of Women s Studies, Gender Studies,
Sexuality Studies, and Literary Studies.
UNIV 111-112: Focused Inquiry I and II (
Fall 2006-Spring 2008): This course designed to
teach critical thinking, writing, oral communication, information retrieval and analysis,
ethical reasoning, and collaboration. I have taught both face-to-face and online with this
course.
English/Women s Studies 236: Women in Literature (
Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Summer 2008):
This course is an introductory course to literary studies and feminist/queer theoretical
approaches to literature. I taught this course as a survey of late 19th-early 21st century
literature that featured themes related to gender/sexuality. The theme of this course was
The Social Constructions of Gender and Madness
English/Women s Studies 384: Women Writers (Summer 2006): This course is a more in-depth
study of gender and body image as it relates to 20th and early 21st century literature
written primarily by women and other feminized people. The theme of this course was
Gendering the Body.
Creative Writing/Poetry 305: (Summer 2006): This course is workshop-based, and guides
undergraduate students through a detailed study of poetic form(s). Students read and
responded to published poems in writing journals, wrote one poem a day, and participated
in a daily workshop of their peers poems. The final project for this course was a
creative portfolio and critical short paper about form.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Chair, Women s Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board, Fall 2009-present.
Faculty Advisor, Queer Action, Spring 2010-present.
Faculty Advisor, Decibel, Spring 2010-present.
Member, University College Dean Search Committee, Spring 2009.
Member, Women s Studies Advisory Committee, Fall 2008-present.
Chair, FI Textbook Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2009.
Chair, FI Curriculum Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2009.
Chair, FI Expo Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2009.
Chair, FI Technology Committee, Fall 2007-Spring 2009.
Faculty Advisor, Amendment Journal, Fall 2003-present.
Faculty Senate Member, Fall 2004-present, Virginia Commonwealth University
Faculty Senate Corresponding Secretary, Fall 2007-present.
Faculty Senate Recording Secretary, Summer 2006-Fall 2007.
Member, Faculty Senate AA/EEOC Committee, Fall 2004-present.
Member, Faculty Senate Student Affairs Committee, Fall 2004-present.
Member, Blackbird Advisory Board, Fall 2005-Spring 2007.
Member, English Department Technology Committee, Fall 2005-Spring 2006.
Member, English Department Composition Committee, Fall 2004-Spring 2006.
Member, Search Committee for Women s Studies/English Professor, Fall 2006-Spring 2007.
Member, Search Committee for Coordinator of Undergraduate Advising, Spring 2006.
Member, University Equity and Diversity Committee, Summer 2006-Spring 2009.
Member, LGBT Subcommittee of the Equity and Diversity Committee, Summer 2006-present.
Faculty Advisor, Campus Anti-War Network, Fall 2005-Spring 2009.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Board Member, Richmond Peace Education Center
Organizer, Richmond Peace Essay Contest
Curator, Von Gribley s Reading Series at Chop Suey Books
Main Organizer, Richmond Zine Fest
Member, Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project
Member and Volunteer, Flying Brick Library
Member, Richmond chapter of NOW
Member, Food Not Bombs Richmond
Member, RVA Monroe Park Initiativ
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