Stacey Van Dahm
Curriculum Vitae
vandahms@philau.edu
(215) 437-­‐3766 h / (805) 453-­‐3061 c
Philadelphia University
College of Science, Health, and Liberal Arts
School House Lane and Henry Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of C A Santa Barbara (UCSB), 2007
Dissertation: Nationalism and Narratives of Subjectivity in the Cold War Imaginary Committee: Carl Gutiérrez-­‐Jones, Suzanne Jill Levine, Leo Cabranes-­‐Grant
M.A. Comparative Literature, U CSB, 2002
B.A. English Literature, Pepperdine University, 1992
TEACHING
Assistant Professor
2008-­‐present COLLEGE O F S CIENCE, H EALTH & L IBERAL A RTS, P HILADELPHIA U NIVERSITY
Writing 100G, Introduction to Academic Writing – Global (ELL)
Writing Seminar 101, Finding Philadelphia
Writing Seminar 217, Science, Engineering, Technology & Health Professions
Humanities 225, Exploring World Literature
Junior Seminar 361, Fiction to Film
Junior Seminar 302, Introduction to Narrative (Design, Engineering & Commerce majors)
Junior Seminar 362, The Artist and Society in Literature and Film
Lecturer
2007 – 2008
WRITING P ROGRAM, U CSB
Writing 1 and 1ACE, Approaches to University Writing
Writing 2ACE, Academic Writing
Writing 50, Writing and the Research Process (Topic: Immigrant Culture & ID)
Teaching Assistant or Associate (Independent Instructor)
2002 – 2006 COMPARATIVE L ITERATURE P ROGRAM & W RITING P ROGRAM, U CSB
Writing 1ACE (Acad. Communities for Excellence): Approaches to University Writing (x3)
Writing 2 and 2ACE: Academic Writing (x5)
Writing 2E: Academic Writing for Engineers (x1)
Intro. Writing S TEP (Summer Transitional Enrichment Program, E OP students) (x2)
EOP = Educational Opportunities Program (for first-­‐generation and low income students)
Comparative Lit. 34: Literature of the Americas/U.S. Immigrant Literature (x3)
Teaching Assistant
1999 – 2002 COMPARATIVE L ITERATURE P ROGRAM, W OMEN’S S TUDIES, & B LACK S TUDIES, UCSB
Comparative Lit. 30A, B, & C: Classical, Renaissance, and Modern European Literature
Women’s Studies 40, 60, & 70: Women’s Issues in the Humanities; U.S. Women of Color; Women and Development
Black Studies 38B: Introduction to African American Literature
Instructor
1997 – 1999 PEACE C ORPS VOLUNTEER, T EACHER O F E NGLISH, M OSCOW
English as a Foreign Language, 4th-­‐11th grade, in Svyerdlovsky (Moscow oblast)
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PUBLICATIONS
2012
“Desire, Arenas, and Cold War Discourse: Reinaldo Arenas as Protagonist in Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls” in, Latin American Studies: Critiques of Contemporary Cinema,
Literatures, Politics and Revolution. Editor, David Gallagher. Academica Press.
2009
“iPods and Your Health” with Christopher Dean. In Bedford/St. Martin’s Bedford Select—
WAC/WIC Section. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s. Web.
2004
Translation (Russian to English). Biography of Nikolai Sheptulin, author of “The Fabric of Film.” Nov. Published in the on-­‐line journal ARTMargins, http://www.artmargins.com.
Under Submission
“Community Storytelling and the Rhetoric of Urban Encounter: The Imagining Frankford Mural as Citizenship Project” submitted to Public Art Dialog, September 2013
Research and Writing in Process
“Reinaldo Arenas: Writer, Not Victim.” Translation of Enrique del Risco, “Reinaldo Arenas: víctima imposible, literatura posible.” Originally published in Guayaba Sweet: literatura Cubana en Estados Unidos. (2004) 255-­‐79. (seeking publisher)
“The Politics of Not Belonging: Reinaldo Arenas’ Exile and 1980s Cold War Nationalism” (working title) “Barrio Art: Telling the Story of Puerto Rican Philadelphia though Murals” (working title)
“Using Design Pedagogy in the Composition Classroom” (working title) EDITORIAL W ORK
2007-­‐2011
Advisory Board Member: Translation, a Translation Studies journal at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, U CSB.
2005-­‐2007
Editor: Translation, a Translation Studies journal at the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, U CSB. (First 2 issues).
SCHOLARLY P RESENTATIONS
March 2014
“Transforming General Education through Outcomes-­‐Based Writing Assessment” paper presentation for the panel, “Transformations, Design, and Redesign: Iterating Composition and Communication Futures at a Liberal-­‐Professional University.” CCCC (Conference on College Composition and Communication), Open | Source(s), Access, Futures. Indianapolis. March 19-­‐22, 2014. (Panel accepted.)
March 2013
“Adapting Design Pedagogy to the Writing Classroom,” paper presentation. CCCC, “The Public Work of Composition.” Las Vegas. March 13-­‐16, 2013.
April 2012
“Narrating Belonging: Latino/a Mural Art in Philadelphia,” paper presentation. 26th Annual
MELUS (Multi-­‐Ethnic Literature of the U.S.) Conference, “Ethnic Literatures and Transnationalism.” Santa Clara University, California. April 19-­‐22, 2012. April 2011
“Teaching World Literature: Balancing Professional Values and Student Edification,” paper
presentation. Annual ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) Conference, “World Literature/Comparative Literature.” Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B C, April
1-­‐4, 2011.
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Oct. 2010
“Philadelphia Mural Art and Latin@ Models of National Belonging: artist Michelle Ortiz,” paper presentation. Annual N EASA (The New England American Studies Association) Conference, “The Arts and the Publics.” Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, October 1-­‐3, 2010.
April 2010
“Desire and National Discourse: A Study of Reinaldo Arenas’ Before Night Falls and Julian Schnabel’s 2000 Film Adaptation,” paper read in my absence due to pregnancy. ACLA Conference, “Creoles, Diasporas, Cosmopolitanisms.” New Orleans, April 1-­‐4, 2010.
Nov 2009
“Literature Appreciation in Online Environments,” paper presentation for panel “How Online Environment Enhances Learning.” NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention, “Once and Future Classics: Reading Between the Lines.” Philadelphia, November 19-­‐24, 2009.
April 2009
“Community Art and Latin@ Models of National Belonging: artist Betsy Casañas,” paper presentation. 23rd Annual M ELUS Conference, “Poetic Justice: Imagination, Empowerment, and Identity in Multi-­‐Ethnic Literatures of the U S.” Washington State University, Pullman, Spokane. April 2-­‐5, 2009. April 2008
“Chicano/a Mural Art and Cuban Community: Art and the Struggle for Home in America,” seminar presentation. 22nd Annual ACLA Conference, “Arrivals and Departures.”
May 2007
“America, the Cold War and National Belonging,” presentation of research. A AUW (American Association of University Women), luncheon, Goleta Valley Branch, C A.
Oct. 2006
“Ricky, Che, Fidel, and Arenas: Trumping Masculinity in U.S./Cuban Cultural Maneuvers,” paper presentation. The United States from Inside and Out: Transnational American Studies, ASA (American Studies Association) Annual Meeting, Oakland, C A.
April 2004
“Narration and Belonging in Reinaldo Arenas’ El portero and selected poems by Joseph Brodsky,” paper presentation. Globalization is/in America, an interdisciplinary graduate student conference. Northwestern University. PEDAGOGICAL D EVELOPMENT
2013
2013
2010-­‐pres.
2011-­‐2012
2011
2008-­‐09
2007
2004
2004
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2002
2001
Participation in Inter-­‐Cultural Communication Seminar addressing pedagogical implications of growing number of international students on campuses
Participation in E DUCAUSE 2013 Virtual Annual Conference “Framework for Assessing Open Educational Resources”
Led faculty development for Writing, Humanities, and Social Science courses, PhilaU
Participant in ongoing Assessment Workshop, PhilaU
Participated in Smart Design Workshop on design models of teaching, PhilaU
Participated in faculty teaching workshops, PhilaU
CCUT (Certificate in College and University Teaching), U CSB
FITT (Faculty Institute for Teaching with Technology), U CSB
STIA (Summer Teaching Institute for Associates), U CSB
Course: Teaching Technical Communication (Madeline Sorapure), U CSB
Course: Practicum in Academic Writing Instruction (Susan McLeod), U CSB
TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), U C Extension, Santa Barbara
UNIVERSITY S ERVICE
Philadelphia University
2012-­‐pres.
Chair, College Assessment Committee
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2012-­‐pres.
2012-­‐2013
2011-­‐2013
2010-­‐2012
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2010-­‐2011
2010-­‐2012
2009-­‐2012
2011-­‐2012
2008-­‐2012
2011 2011
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2009
2009-­‐10
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2009-­‐10
Assessment Advocate for College of Science, Health and Liberal Arts
Leader in WAC Academy Teaching Circle to promote Writing Across the Curriculum
Academic advisor for first-­‐year, undeclared students in the D IY (Do-­‐It-­‐Yourself) program
Revisioning College Studies working group
Nexus Learning Grant selection committee
Coordinator for Social Science I course group
Coordinator for Humanities I course group
School of Liberal Arts Assessment committee
Graduate education curriculum committee
School of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Education (Curriculum) committee
Writing Professor search committee
Organizer and faculty liaison for annual Unity Week events, celebrating diversity
Coordinator for Writing I I course group (interim)
Community summits on College Studies committee
Working group to create Narrative course for D EC (Design, Eng., Commerce) curriculum
Ethics/Philosophy Professor search committee
Working group to create Ethnography course for D EC curriculum
Discussion leader on summer reading with first year students for F YE and S TART
Grader for Writing placement exams
WAC Director Search committee
Academic advisor for first-­‐year students
Summer Reading selection committee
University of California Santa Barbara
2007
Curriculum committee for Writing 1, 50, ACE, & “Starting Lines” (student anthology) 2006
Conference co-­‐organizer: “Translation in a Non-­‐Literary Age”
2005 -­‐ 2006
Research assistant for Translation Studies Research Focus Group
2002 – 2006
CLAS (Campus Learning Assistance Services) writing tutor mentor
2003 – 2006
Grader for Analytical Writing Placement Exam (formerly Subject-­‐A), U C-­‐wide
2004 – 2005
Curriculum committee for Writing for Engineering
2003 – 2005
Co-­‐organizer, presenter, assist., manual writer for new TA training (CompLit & W P)
2004 – 2005
Annual W.E.B. Du Bois event co-­‐organizer, Writing Program
FELLOWSHIPS A ND AWARDS
2006/2007
2004
2003/2004
2003
-­‐AAUW (American Association of University Women) Dissertation Fellowship
-­‐Philip & Aida Siff Educational Foundation Graduate Fellowship Grant
UCSB Humanities and Social Sciences Research Fellowship
UCSB Graduate Opportunity Fellowship
Comparative Literature Grant for two-­‐months study in Cuba
REFERENCES
Susan McLeod, Research Professor, U CSB Writing Program, mcleod@writing.ucsb.edu, 805 893 7488
Valerie Hanson, Associate Professor of Writing, Philadelphia Univ., hansonv@philau.edu, 215 951 2795
Carl Gutiérrez-­‐Jones, Professor of English, U CSB, carlgj@english.ucsb.edu, 805 893 2226
Suzanne Jill Levine, Professor of Spanish, U CSCB, sjlevine@spanport.ucsb.edu, 805 893 2131
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Leo Cabranes-­‐Grant, Associate Professor of Spanish, U CSB, cabranes@spanport.ucsb.edu, 805 893 2131
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