CURRICULUM VITAE
Anne Dotter
1120 Tennessee
Lawrence, KS. 66044
Tel: (785) 856-0421
Email: annele@ku.edu
Education:
2001/04: PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Kansas.
Emphasis: issues of gendered identity construction in articulation with
memories of visual representations of Pocahontas.
2001 (fall): DEA (Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies) in American Civilization
(University Marc Bloch - Strasbourg)
First year in the American Studies Program at the University of Kansas, as
a fully sponsored graduate exchange student (GDX program)
Nomination in Phi Beta Delta honors society
1999 (fall): Masters in American Civilization, with honors (UMB)
Thesis: The Hollywood Indian: Reality versus Fiction
1998/ 1999: Research and teaching experience at Kalamazoo College
1997 (fall): Licence in English Language and Culture
(spring): DEUG (Diplome d’Etudes Universitaires Generales) in English
Language and Culture (UMB)
1996 (spring): DUCAV with honors (Diplome Universitaire de Cinema et
d’Audio-Visuel) (UMB)
Awards :
2003 Humanities and Western Civilization award for Teaching Writing
Presentations :
August 2004: I will be presenting on feminist re-inventions of myth in
contemporary fiction at the Mythopoetic conference Mythcon, in Ann Arbor, MI
November 2003: Cultural Memories of an Un-Disciplined Body, presented at
PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) in Claremont, CA
April 2003: Framing Cultural Memories of Pocahontas, presented at MAASA /
GLASA at the University of Iowa
March 2003: Framing Pocahontas: a Foundational Myth Reinvented, presented at
UCLA for the annual Thinking Gender conference.
March 2002: Re-Imagining Pocahontas, at the Society for the Interdisciplinary
Study of Social Imagery, organized University of Southern Colorado, at Colorado
Springs.
February 2002: Re-Imagining Pocahontas, an early version of the paper presented
at the Theater and Film Symposium at the University of Kansas.
January 2002: The many Faces of a Plains Indian Grand Mother, at the Rocky
Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, at the University of Colorado at
Boulder.
Professional experiences related to teaching:
2004 (summer): Graduate instructor teaching an independent section of HWC 205
2004 (spring): Graduate instructor for HWC 205
2003 (fall): teaching a course on feminine identities and myth titled: Genealogies
of Feminine Identities (HWC 300)
2003 (summer): teaching an independent study in feminine identities and myth
(HWC 494)
2002/04: Graduate representative in the Curriculum committee in Humanities and
Western Civilization (took part in the revision of the curriculum)
2002/ 03: Graduate instructor in Western Civilization. (for HWC 204, and HWC
205)
2001 / 03 (fall): Graduate student representative on the American Studies faculty
meeting.
2001 (Summer): Camp coordinator: 13/ 17 years old in Italy
2000 (Fall): guide and tutor for American students from Kalamazoo College
2000/03 (Summer): Camp coordinator: 8/ 14 years old in the French Alps
(Spring): Camp coordinator and ski teacher in the French Alps
1999/ 2000: Teaching Assistant in American Civilization at the University of
Strasbourg, France.
1998/1999: Teaching Assistant in French at Kalamazoo College, MI.
1997/1998: Tutoring for 7 to 10 year olds, in grammar, math, and German
1997/ 2000: Guide and tutor for foreign students in Strasbourg.
1992/ 2000 (Summers): Camp counselors with children or teenagers (7-17)
( Winter Breaks): Ski instructor