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Education
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Education:
Ph.D. in English CCUNY Graduate School
and University Center.
Dissertation: "Heirs to `Astrea's Vacant Throne':
Behn's Influence on Trotter, Pix, Manley and Centlivre."
M.A. in English College of
St. Rose, Albany, NY.
B.A. in English Russell
Sage College, Troy, NY.
Professional Experience:
1999-2002 Adjunct Instructor, Webster University,
Geneva, Switzerland.
1997-1998 Instructor of Advanced English Conversation,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China on Taiwan.
1995-1998 Associate English Professor, Fu Jen Catholic
University
1989-1995 Adjunct Instructor, City University of New York
Address G
Vasterlanggatan 7 S731 60 Valskog Sweden
(+46) (0221) 32662
E-mail: abp92w@r.postjobfree.com
Specialization
Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature, especially drama
Modern British and American Fictions
Feminist/New Historicist Criticism
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Awards and Honors
Outstanding Teacher Award, English Department, Fu Jen University,
1998Member, Delta Epsilon Sigma, National Honor Society.
Member, Sigma Delta Tau, National English Honor Society
Listed, National Register of Outstanding College Graduates
Departmental Honors, English Department, Russell Sage College
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Publications
"Susanna Centlivre: Playwright and Whig Apologist."
Fu Jen Studies 31 (1999): 27-39."Lois Long." Dictionary of American National Biography,
Oxford University Press, 1999."Mary Margaret McBride." Dictionary of American
National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999.
"Power, Mothers and Lovers: The Women of Shakespeare's Late
Tragedies." Fu Jen Studies
29 (1997):38-54. "Delarivier Manley: An Anonymous Pamphleteer Revealed."
Fu Jen Studies 28 (1996):78-87. "Catherine Trotter: An Unknown Child?" ANQ
8 (1995):11-14. Four Writing Exercises. Teaching College Writing,
Peter Miller, ed. New York: College of Staten Island, 1990.Conference Papers "Cosmetics Use and the Ideal of Beauty in Shakespeare's Time."
The Renaissance Faire, Providence College, Taichung, Taiwan,
April 1997. "Using Computers in the ESL Writing Classroom: A Methodology
and Resource List." International Conference of the English
Teachers Association of the Republic of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan,
November 1996. "Delarivier Manley: An Anonymous Political Pamphleteer Revealed."
Aphra Behn Society Conference, San Marino, CA, October 1994. "Catherine Trotter: A New Understanding." Central
New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, NY,
October 1994.Stage Productions
Director The Prodigal Son by Garnson Keillor, Fu Jen English
Dept Play Contest, March 1998
Author/Director Dreams of Glory, Fu Jen Evening Division
Play Contest, November 1997
Author/Director
Romeo and Juliet Go for the Gold, Fu Jen
Evening Division Play Contest, November 1996.
Director
The
Beau Defeated by Mary Pix, Fu Jen English Department
Annual Play, May 1997
Director
The Golden Doom by Lord Dunsany, Fu Jen
English Department Play Contest, March 1997
Director
Mrs. Warren's Profession, Act 4, by George
Bernard Shaw, Fu Jen English Department Play Contest, March
1996
Director
The Golden Doom by Lord Dunsany, Fu Jen
Evening Division Play Contest, March 1996.
Director
Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3-4.1, Fu Jen
Evening Division Play Contest, November 1995
Online PublicationsDatabase:
British Literature: Period
IntroductionsRestoration
Drama: Historical background and introduction to six playwrights.Courses:
Gems
of Life: Appreciating English Short Stories and PoemsWork in Progress A critical biography of Delarivier Manley. Radical Re-Visioning of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
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Teaching
Courses Taught
Graduate School:
Restoration and 18th Century British Literature
Undergraduate:
Seventeenth Century British Literature Eighteenth Century British Literature British Literature 1 (Beowulf to Johnson) Western Civilization and World Cultures Junior-level composition and conversation courses
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Other activities and service
Junior Class Composition Coordinator
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