Brief Bio
1. Personal Information
Name: Kirsten Hemmy
E-mail: kabadji@squ.edu.om
Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
Department: English
Specialization: Literature
Minor specialization: Creative Writing
Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman.
2. Employment History
Place of Work (Institution)
Year
Occupation
Centre de’Etudes Avancees et de Researche En 2013-2014
Professor, Literature and Writing
Management d' Projet, Programme, et
Portefeuille, Dakar, Senegal.
Assane Seck University, Senegal
2012-2013
Fulbright Fellow, English Department
Johnson C. Smith University, USA
2006-2014
Tenured Associate Professor, English;
Gardner-Webb University, USA
Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary
Studies, Philosophy and Religion
Assistant Professor, English
2004-2006
3. Education and Qualifications
3- 1 Qualifications
Year
Qualification
Institution
2004
Ph.D. Literature
Western Michigan University
2000
M.A. Literature
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
1996
University of Hawai’i – Manoa
B.A. English
3-2 Courses Taught
Level
Academic Writing
Ph.D. , M.A., B.A.
Ph.D., M.A., B.A.
Research/Thesis Project
Ph.D., M.A., B.A.
Creative Writing (Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction)
M.A., B.A.
African American Literature
M.A., B.A.
African Literature
B.A.
Textuality
African American Identity
B.A.
B.A.
Studies in Fiction
B.A.
Studies in Poetry
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
Interdisciplinarity I, II, III
Literary Theory
World Literature
American Literature !, II
Modern Poetry
Introduction to Modernism
Rhetoric and Composition
Thesis Writing
Capstone Course(s) in African American Studies, Literature, Political
Science, and Social Entrepreneurship, African American Culture,
Islam in African America
Research Methods
Practicum
Global Studies
Cultural Studies
Interdisciplinary Theory
Senior Seminar
Junior Seminar
Internship
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Religious Studies
Global Leadership
African Studies
African American Studies
Identity: African American and Other Cultures
Creative Writing
Introduction to African American Literature
Business Writing
Textuality and Literature
African American Women Autobiography
Asian American Literature
Reading Minority Cultures
Literature and our Lives
Contemporary American Women Poets
Advanced Poetry Writing
Introduction to Fiction and Poetry
Thought and Writing
4. Research
4-1 Research Interests
Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction – the art of, creation of, and study of
Race and Literature
Postcoloniality
Contemporary World Literature
African Literature
American Literature, especially from nonwhite writers
Islam in the (American) Literary Imagination
Whiteness Studies
Women’s Studies
Teaching Race in Literature
Multiculturalism and Diversity in Literature
Art as Resistance
Art as Social Activism
Environmental Literature
4-2 Papers (5 most recent papers)
“Islamia in Senegal.” Histoire Senegal. UNESCO. Forthcoming, 2016.
Teaching Shakespeare in the Arab World. Editors Kirsten Hemmy and Jamal En-nehas. Forthcoming (2016), VDM Publishing.
“Locating Desires: Romance Tourism, Digital Media and Feminism in West Africa,” International Journal of Arts and Sciences.
December 2015.
“Three Poems,” Compose Magazine. Spring 2014.
“The Poetics of Woman’s Survival: The Fractured Body in Amma Darko’s Faceless,” Lagos Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Fall
2014. Essay.
“Post-Racial,” Moon City Review. April 2013.
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4-3 Conferences (5 most recent conferences)
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1. Paper Presentation, “Teaching Shakespeare in Oman,” Shakespeares: Critical Perspectives Past and Present, RLCC Annual
International Conference, Beni Mellal, Morocco, March 2016.
2. Paper Presentation (by proxy), “Locating Desires: Dark Tourism, Social Media and White Western Feminism,” International
Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities, Freiburg, Germany,
December 2015.
3. Paper Presentation (by proxy), “Technologies of Race and the Futurity of Desire: Feminisms, Gendered Narratives, and
Cyberspace,” National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, San Juan, November 2015.
4. Keynote Speaker, “Understanding Federalism.” Meeting of Leaders for Peace in Casamance,
Ziguinchor, Senegal, June 27 2013.
5. Keynote Speaker, Association of English Professeurs in Senegal. Ziguinchor, Senegal, June 2013.
4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses)
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Osseynou Seck, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop. 2014-present.
Jeremiah Chapman, Johnson C. Smith University. 2012.
Markeviah Hawkins, Johnson C. Smith University. 2008.
Brittany Penn, Johnson C. Smith University. 2008.
Dr. Casarae Gibson, Johnson C. Smith University. 2007.
5. Awards
Fulbright Grant. IIE and U.S. State Department.September 2012-August 2013.
Sit Lux Award, JCSU. Award for Highest Teaching Evaluations in University. 2011-2012.
Leadership Charlotte. Awarded Scholarship in 2-year program as one of Charlotte, NC’s leaders. 20102012.
Linda Flowers Literary Award, North Carolina Humanities Council, January 2009. Award included cash
prize, publication, and interview.
Scholarship Recipient, West African Research Association (WARA) Summer Institute, Accra, Ghana,
2005.
Recipient, Excellence in Teaching Award, NOEL Program, Gardner-Webb University, Spring 2005. One
of four University faculty to receive a commendation for excellent teaching from the University’s
NOEL program, which accommodates the 30% of GWU’s student population who have
disabilities.
Fulbright Grant Recipient, Tradition and Transition in Senegal Project. May 2003-May 2005.
Doctoral Assistantship, Western Michigan University, 2000-2002, 2003-2004.
Graduate College Assistantship, Western Michigan University, 2002-2003
WMU Creative Writing Awards, contest finalist, 2001, 2002, 2003.
Scholarship Recipient, Midwest Poetry Festival, Michigan State University, April 2002.
Association of Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Award Nominee, 2002: “Plantation,” “Landscape with Sisters.”
So to Speak, Feminist Literary Journal contest finalist, 2001.
Illinois State Poetry Society contest runner up, 2001.
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Academy of American Poets Award, 1999: “Easter Garden.”
Association of Writing Programs (AWP) Intro Award Nominee, 1998: “Small Cravings.”
6. Community Service
6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….) -- Selected
Feature, Furious Flower Collegiate Poetry Summit. James Madison University, Spring 2012.
Keynote Speaker, “James Baldwin and the Amen Corner.” Duke Energy Theatre, Charlotte NC. 2012.
Commissioned Poet, “Romare Bearden.” Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC. April 2012.
Keynote Speaker, “Un homme qui crie.” Theatre Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. November 2012.
Commissioned Poet, “ArtFusion, Sheila Hicks: 50 Years.” Mint Museum of Design, 2011.
Presenter, TedxCharlotte. Charlotte, NC. October 2011.
Featured Poet, “Free Radicals.” Clinton Junior College, October – December, 2011.
Reader, Lucille Clifton Tribute, “73 Poems for 73 Years.” Furious Flower Center, James Madison University. With Nikki Giovanni,
Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, Rita Dove, Toni Morrison. 2010.
6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees)
1. Faculty Lecture Series Committee, SQU, 2014-2016.
2. Program Review Committee, SQU, 2015-2016.
3. Research Committee, SQU, 2015-2016.
4. Rapporteur, English Department Board, SQU, 2016.
5. Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Philosophy and Religion, Johnson C. Smith University,
2009-2013.
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