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KRISTINA H. REARDON
Dept. of Literatures, Cultures & Languages
337 Mansfield Road
Storrs, CT 06269-1057
kristina.reardon@uconn.edu
Education
Ph.D. (candidate) Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages
University of Connecticut, 2017 (expected)
Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
Graduate Certificate, (candidate) Human Rights Institute
University of Connecticut, 2014 (expected)
Human Rights Studies
Graduate Certificate, (candidate) Program in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies
University of Connecticut, 2013 (expected)
Feminist Studies
M.A.
Department of Literatures, Cultures & Languages
University of Connecticut, 2013
Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
Graduate Certificate, Institute for Teaching & Learning
University of Connecticut, 2012
College Instruction
M.F.A. English Department
University of New Hampshire, 2010
Writing
B.A.
Liberal Arts Honors Program
Providence College, 2008
Majors: English and Spanish; Minor: Women’s Studies
Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Dirigo Leadership Honor Society; Phi Sigma Iota
(president); Sigma Tau Delta (vice-president); Sigma Delta Pi; National Society of
Collegiate Scholars.
University Experience
Assistant Director, University Writing Center
University of Connecticut, August 2012 – present
Graduate assistant 2012 – 13; Assistant Director 2013 – 2014. Co-teach and design graduate seminar in
academic writing; coordinate graduate student writing retreats; train and advise undergraduate writing
tutors; serve as writing tutor; lead all-staff meetings.
Adjunct Instructor, College of Continuing Education
Southern New Hampshire University, June 2013 – present
Instructor of record responsible for online modules, facilitating lesson plans, moderating classroom
discussion, and grading students’ work on Blackboard platform. Pre-approved to teach World Literature I and
II as well as three levels of undergraduate creative writing in fiction.
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages
University of Connecticut, August 2011 – present
Served as TA, holding weekly section discussions, drafting, proctoring, and grading quizzes and exams; and
giving guest lectures to groups of 200+ students in the following courses:
CAMS 1101, Greek Civilization (two sections in 2011)
CAMS 1102, Roman Civilization (two sections in 2012)
CAMS 1103, Classical Mythology (two online sections in 2012; two in 2013)
CLCS 1101, World Literature I, antiquity to 1650 (two sections in 2011)
SPN 1010, Contemporary Spanish Culture & Society Through Film (online in 2012)
Writing Tutor, Student Support Services
University of Connecticut, June – July 2013
Tutor first-generation college students in writing to supplement their daily coursework during the SSS
Summer Institute, which prepares students for the rigors of academic life.
Personal Research Assistant, Department of English
University of Connecticut, Summer 2012, Summer 2013
With Dr. Margaret Higonnet, researching women in World War I and children’s literature
Assisted with research by investigating leads through the UConn library, reading through articles, books, and
old newspapers, advising Dr. Higonnet as to whether or not the sources would be useful for her soon-to-bepublished article on Women, World War I, and the frontlines.
Guest Lecturer, Social Sciences Faculty
University of Ljubljana, Spring 2011
Delivered six 90-minute lectures on social conscience in American literature for Dr. Aleš Debeljak, to a group
of non-native English speaking European exchange students.
Graduate Assistant, Office of Conduct and Mediation
University of New Hampshire, August 2008 – June 2010
Coordinator, Conflict Resolution & Mediation Programs. Re-designed the conflict resolution program and
initiated a student club; administered mediation sessions and trainings; served as legal advocate for students
navigating the hearing process.
Writing Tutor, Connors Writing Center
University of New Hampshire, August 2008 – June 2010
Served as a graduate writing tutor (2008 – 09) and then staff supervisor, advising undergraduate tutors
(2009 – 10).
Research Assistant, Department of English
Providence College, May – September 2007
With Dr. William P. Hogan, researching W. B. Yeats
Researched Yeats’ plays and transcribed several different hand-written drafts of ‘The Golden Helmet’ and ‘The
Green Helmet’ for Cornell Yeats Series. Hogan’s book of manuscript materials was published in 2010.
Grants and Fellowships
Summer Research Lab Grant
Workshop in Scholarly and Literary Translation from Slavic Languages
University of Illinois, Russian, East European and Eurasian Center
June 2013, Grant from the Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
Office of Outreach Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and
Eurasia.
Connecticut Writing Project Summer Institute Fellowship
National Writing Project Site, Connecticut
May – July 2013, for the study composition and writing theory. Research proposal:
Technology in Writing Center Conferences. Upon completing of work worth 6 graduate credits, named
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teacher/consultant for the Connecticut Writing Project, a distinction recognized at any National Writing
Project site.
Tinker Foundation Pre-Dissertation Grant
University of Connecticut, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
June 2012, for travel to Buenos Aires to research translation and work with author
Jimena Néspolo.
AETNA Works-in-Progress Grant
University of Connecticut, Department of English
January 2012, to edit un-published manuscript of short stories
Fulbright Fellowship
University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) Department of Translation
October 2010 – June 2011, to translate women’s fiction (Maja Novak, Lili Potpara, Nina
Kokelj, and Silvija Borovnik)
University of Ljubljana
Language Course Tuition Scholarship, Centre for Slovene
340 hours (Summer 2009; Fall 2010; Winter 2011)
Providence College
Balfour Center for Multicultural Affairs
January 2008. Grant (all expenses) for 2-week service learning project in Costa Rica to visit the Sarapiquí
Rainforest and research the role of women in the community.
Awards
Susan Porter Benson Graduate Research Award
University of Connecticut; Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
May 2013, Award for best seminar paper written by a graduate student during the 2012 – 13 academic year.
Per the award description: “This award recognizes cutting edge research in the field of feminist studies that
takes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach and provides an innovative articulation of theory and
practice.”
Borys & Lida S. Bilokur Award
University of Connecticut, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages
May 2013, for academic achievement in Slavic Studies
April 2012, for academic achievement in Slavic Studies
University of New Hampshire
Department of English
Finalist, Graduate Student Writing Contest, 2010
Providence College
Women’s Studies Program
- St. Catherine of Siena Award in Women’s Studies, for most original scholarship in Women’s Studies and for service
to the Women’s Studies program, 2008
English Department
- Paul van K. Thomson Award, for excellence in English literature, 2008
- Rene E. Fortin Essay Award, for best essay written in English (for senior thesis on Woolf and Cervantes), 2008
- Alembic Award, for best literary work in poetry, 2008
- Student Fiction & Poetry Awards: first place in fiction (2008); first place in prose poetry (2007 and 2008); second
place in fiction (2007)
Scholarships
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- Four-year Merit Scholarships: Robert C. Byrd Scholarship; Ocean State Power Scholarship; Carrick Foundation
Scholarship; Providence College Dean’s Scholarship.
Publications
Reviews, Scholarly Publications, & Essays
“Portrayals of Childhood Innocence in Contemporary Israeli Fiction.” eSharp (University of
Glasgow), Issue 19, Autumn 2012: http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_247026_en.pdf. Web.
“Writing with the Left Hand.” World Literature Today inaugural Translation Tuesday blog post,
July 17, 2012: worldliteraturetoday.com/writing-left-hand-kristina-zdravicreardon#.ULKpi2dioSE. Web.
Scholarly Review of Go Girls! When Slovenian Women Left Home (Ljubljana: Založba ZRC,
2009) in Slovene Studies, Volume 33, Issue 1, 2011:
journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/ssj. Print.
Contributor to Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Work (Facts on File 2010).
Author entries on Ethan Canin (p. 48 – 50); Jennifer Clement (p. 68 – 9); and Po Bronson (p.
45 – 7). Book entry on Canin’s Emperor of the Air (p. 199 – 200):
http://www.infobasepublishing.com/Bookdetail.aspx?ISBN=0816075786. Print.
Translations
“Amerika Street,” by Lili Potpara (an edited version of “The Surprise” from World Literature
Today (2012)). Translated from the Slovene. Flash Fiction International (Norton). Ed. Robert
Shapard, James Thomas and Chris Merrill. Forthcoming 2014.
“The Dorado Woman,” by Jimena Néspolo. Translated from the Spanish. Brooklyn Rail,
InTranslation. January 2014.
“Early Butterfly,” by Nina Kokelj. Co-translated from the Slovene with Aleksandra Velise.
Brooklyn Rail, InTranslation. January 2014.
Three poems (“Death at Dachau,” “Shared Grave,” “On Entering the Death Camp.”) Cotranslated from the Slovene with Matevž Kersnik. My Shadow in Dachau: Poems and
Biographies of the Survivors and of the Dead from Dachau Concentration Camp (Camden
House Press, 2013). Ed. Stuart Taberner & Dorothea Hesier. Print.
“Guti’s Stories,” by Silvija Borovnik. Co-translated from the Slovene with Jaka Čibej. Slovene
Studies (forthcoming 2013). Print.
“The Beggar,” by Nina Kokelj. Co-translated from the Slovene with Jaka Čibej. Slovene
Studies (forthcoming 2013). Print.
“Ana’s Note” by Suzana Tratnik. Co-translated with Matevž Kersnik. Slovene Studies
(forthcoming 2013). Print.
“The Girls Remove Unwanted Hair on Friday Nights, but Derrida is Dead,” by Odette
Casamayor Cisneros. Translated from the Spanish. Confluencia in the Valley: The First Five
Years of Converging with Words. Ed. Marianela Medrano and Juleyka Lantigua-Williams
(Naugatuck Valley Community College), 2013. Print.
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“The Vision,” by Carmen Boullosa. Translated from the Spanish. World Literature Today,
September/October 2012. Print.
“The Surprise” by Lili Potpara. Translated from the Slovene. World Literature Today,
September/October 2012. Print.
“The Ghosts are Schrodinger Cats” by Maja Novak. Co-translated from the Slovene with Nina
Dolgan. Words Without Borders, December 2011. Web.
“Highway” by Lili Potpara. Co-translated from the Slovene with Matevz Kersnik. The Montreal
Review, August 2011. Web.
“Saint Teresa Visits Beth Israel” by Carmen Boullosa. Translated from the Spanish. PEN/USA
Website, February 2011. Web.
Non-Fiction
“Matilda in Ljubljana.” Honorable Mention (2nd place), Non-Fiction Category, 2013 Connecticut
Writing Project Teacher Writing Contest. And Then the Guy Got Up and Left: Teacher-Writer
Vol. V (Fall 2013): Connecticut Writing Project Teacher/Scholar Annual Publication. Print.
“On Compressed Non-Fiction.” Matter Press (blog), December 2012. Web.
“White Goddess Ghosts,” The Montreal Review, February 2011. Web.
“Greedy Girl,” South Loop Review, Fall 2010. Web.
Fiction
“The Anatomy of Sound.” Honorable Mention (2nd place), Fiction Category, 2013 Connecticut
Writing Project Teacher Writing Contest. And Then the Guy Got Up and Left: Teacher-Writer
Vol. V (Fall 2013): Connecticut Writing Project Teacher/Scholar Annual Publication. Print.
“The Last Will and Testament of Alen Kopitar.” And Then the Guy Got Up and Left: TeacherWriter Vol. V (Fall 2013): Connecticut Writing Project Teacher/Scholar Annual Publication.
Print.
“Providence,” The Montreal Review, January 2012. Web.
“In the Desert,” Eastown Fiction, Fall 2010. Web.
“Easter 1941” and “A Bit of Kindness,” Newport Review, Summer 2009. Web.
“Bombs,” The Alembic, 2008. Web.
Journalism
Freelance writer, Rhode Island Monthly (magazine), Providence, RI
January 2008 – present
Weekly Columnist, Stonebridge Press, Southbridge, MA
September 2003 – December 2012
Conference papers and panels
“The Body of Word and Image in ‘Kew Gardens.’” International Virginia Woolf Society Panel at
the 40th Anniversary Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900.”
Panel Chair: Lauren Short. Co-panelists: Denise A. Ayo, Illya Nokhrin, and Audrey M. Lehr.
February 2014.
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“Poetic Justice and Human Rights.” Panel on Media Studies and Human Rights, chaired by Dr.
Molly Land of the University of Connecticut School of Law. UConn Human Rights Institute
10th Anniversary Conference: Contexts of Human Rights. Storrs, CT. September 2013.
“Writing Support Across the Graduate Curriculum: Lessons from Year One of a Writing Center’s
Efforts.” Panelist with Dr. Tom Deans and Gerald Jalette, Miho Iwata, and Michelle MaloneyMangold. NEWCA (Northeast Writing Centers Association) Conference: Writing
Enriched, Writing Enhanced: Writing Centers and Writing Across the Curriculum as Partners
and Agents for Change. Durham, N.H. April 2013.
“Small Worlds: Flash, Sudden, and Other Very Short Fiction, Internationally and at Home.”
Associated Writing Programs (AWP) Conference. Panel with Robert Shapard, Susan
Bernofsky, Christopher Merrill, Robin Hemley, and Pamela Painter. Boston, Mass. March 7,
2013.
“Translation and Poetic Justice.” Panelist with Adriana Vega and Soledad Romero Egea with
“Translating Languages and Identities.” LANGSA (Language Graduate Student
Association) 2013 Conference, University of Connecticut. Theme: Open Humanities:
Multifaceted Approaches for the 21st Century. Storrs, C.T. February 2013.
“Fragmentation on Both Sides of the Border: Hemingway and Ivan Cankar’s World War I
Narratives.” Presented with the Society for Slovene Studies’ Young Scholars panel. 44th
Annual Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian
Studies. New Orleans, L.A., November 2012.
“Nanin listič” (“Ana’s Note”), by Suzana Tratnik, translated with Matevž Kersnik. Read at
bilingual readings panel at the Annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA)
Conference. Rochester, N.Y., October 2012.
“The Female Gaze on the New ‘Other’: Slovene Women’s Writing Since the Break-up of
Yugoslavia.” 18th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics,
Literature, and Folklore. Seattle, Wash., March 2012.
“Translating Slovenian Literature.” Fulbright Conference sponsored by the American
Commission for Education Exchange, Sofia, Bulgaria, April 2011.
“Translating Forgotten European Literatures.” University of Rhode Island Graduate Student
Conference in English, April 2010.
“A Third Voice Amidst The Waves.” New England Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, April
2007.
Committees & Service Activities
Treasurer, Language Graduate Student Association (LANGSA)
University of Connecticut, 2013 – 2014
Elected by peers to manage funds for Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages programming,
including an annual conference, professional development activities, and social events.
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Reader, Norton’s Flash Fiction International anthology, Ed. Robert Shapard, James Thomas
and Christopher Merrill (forthcoming 2014/2015). Reviewed, ranked, and commented on 100+
short stories under consideration. Spring/Summer/Fall 2013.
Search Committee Member, worked with four other staff and faculty members to review
applications for, interview, and select the assistant director for the UConn Office of National
Scholarships. Summer 2013.
Preliminary Judge, 2014 Translation Prize, American Literary Translators Association. Spring
2013.
Panelist, UConn Graduate School Fellowships Workshop
University of Connecticut, April 2013, September 2013
Presented on personal statements at the request of the dean of the graduate school, Dr. Kent Holsinger.
Graduate Student Representative, Department of Literatures, Cultures and Languages
University of Connecticut, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013
Elected by peers to represent students at program meetings for Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies
two times a semester.
Memberships & affiliations
Modern Language Association (MLA); Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA);
American Literary Translators Association (ALTA); Association for Women in Slavic Studies;
International Virginia Woolf Society; Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian
Studies; Society for Slovene Studies
Languages
English: native proficiency
Spanish: advanced writing, reading, and speaking skills
Slovenian: intermediate writing, reading, and speaking skills
Italian: elementary writing and speaking skills; intermediate reading skills
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