DIANA HOPE POLLEY
School of Arts and Sciences
Robert Frost 218
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH 03106
603.662.2211 (x2539)
d.polley@snhu.edu
www.dianahpolley.wordpress.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), 2005
M.Phil. in English, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), 2001
B.A. in English, Dartmouth College, Summa cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1992
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of English, Department of English, Southern New Hampshire University,
2010Specializing in American Literature before 1914 and Literary Theory.
Coordinator of the English Language and Literature Program, Southern New Hampshire
University (Dean Appointment), 2008Develop and maintain curriculum for the major, manage course rotation and course
assignments for faculty, supervise Department internship program and act as faculty
director for interns in the major, recruit new students and promote the major, coadvise SNHU chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society), as
well as compile and edit the bi-annual Program newsletter (The Road Less Traveled).
Chair of the General Education Committee, Southern New Hampshire University (Provost
Appointment), 2008-2011
Appointed as Chair of this newly-formed University Committee, which was given the
following charge, as stated in the 2008 three-year University Strategic Plan: “to develop
a transformative, competency-based General Education program that engages students,
provides academic success, career readiness, and the ability to understand and navigate
cultures different from their own.” In role as Chair, applied for, received, and acted as
project director for $152,050 grant from the Davis Educational Fund to revise and
implement new General Education Program at Southern New Hampshire University.
Assistant Professor of English, Southern New Hampshire University, 2006-2010
Assistant Professor of English, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, 2005-2006
Co-Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum, Borough of Manhattan Community College,
CUNY (Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Appointment), 2005-2006
Instructor of English, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, 2004-2005
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of English, Hunter College, CUNY, 2001-2004
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Writing Fellowship, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College, CUNY,
1999-2001
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, Queens College, CUNY, 1998
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, Baruch College, CUNY, 1995-1999
COURSES DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT
Southern New Hampshire University (Day Campus)
On the Road: Exploration and Identity in American Literature and Culture (Seminar in American
Literature)
Literary Theory
Nineteenth-Century American Novel
Conflicts in American Literary History (taught using “Reacting to the Past” game modules: The
Trial of Anne Hutchinson and Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-76)
American War Literature and Culture (Honors)
Early American Literature
American Renaissance
American Realism and Naturalism
English Composition I (Honors)
English Composition I and II
Southern New Hampshire University (Online)
Literary Theory (Graduate, Course Author: created lecture notes, activities and assignments,
discussion board questions, and rubrics)
Literary Theory (Undergraduate)
Early American Literature
American Realism and Naturalism
City University of New York (CUNY)
American Women’s Literature
Narrative Theory
Beowulf to Milton
Anglo-Saxon Literature to Romanticism
Introduction to Literature
English Composition
Intensive Writing
UNDERGRADUATE THESES COMMITTEES (SNHU)
Kiley Murphy, 2011 (director)
Vincent Cacsiato, 2009 (reader)
GRANTS, PRIZES, AND AWARDS
Sabbatical Leave, Southern New Hampshire University, Fall 2013
Summer Research Grant, Southern New Hampshire University, 2013
Faculty Travel Grant, Southern New Hampshire University, 2013
Summer Research Grant, Southern New Hampshire University, 2012
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Faculty Travel Grant, Southern New Hampshire University, 2011
Applicant and Project Director for 3-year $152,050 grant from the Davis Educational
Foundation to revise and implement new General Education at Southern New Hampshire
University, 2010-2011
Summer Research Grant, Southern New Hampshire University, 2008
Summer Research Grant, Southern New Hampshire University, 2007
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Seminar, “Reading Emerson’s
Essays.” University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 2005
Lynn Kadison Dissertation Year Award, CUNY Graduate Center, 2004
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Hunter College, 2001-2004
Writing Fellowship, Baruch College, 1999-2001
Student Representative, CUNY Graduate Center. “Dickens Universe,” University of California,
Santa Cruz, 1999
Research Assistantship, CUNY Graduate Center, 1997-2001
University Fellowship, CUNY Graduate Center, 1996-1999
PUBLICATIONS
“J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer and Sketches of EighteenthCentury America: A Critical Edition.” Book in progress.
Transhistorical Emerson: “Republic of the Spirit” in Twain, James, Wharton, and Cather. Book in progress.
“When is the Interview Over?” Article under consideration.
“Americanizing Cather: Myth and Fiction in My Ántonia.” Willa Cather’s My Ántonia: Bloom’s
Modern Critical Interpretations. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Bloom’s Literary Criticism 2008.
141-49.
“Americanizing Cather: Myth and Fiction in My Ántonia.” Willa Cather Newsletter and Review 49.3
(Winter-Spring): 61-64.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
“The Even Bigger Read: Making American Literature National—A Case for J. Hector St. John
de Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer.” Northeast Modern Language Association,
Boston, MA, 2013
“The Accidental Spiral: Integration as a Driver of Program Development & Campus Buy-In.”
General Education and Assessment: A Sea Change in Student Learning, American
Association of Colleges and Universities, Boston, MA, 2013
“The Simpsons: Keeping the Perfect Pop-Culture Assignment ‘Pop.’” Popular Culture and
American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, 2013
“’Where’s the Text?’: Pedagogy versus Curriculum in the Evolving Literature Classroom’” (Panel
Chair and Presenter). Northeast Modern Language Association, Rochester, NY, 2012
“Reacting to the Past: When the Curriculum Gets in the Way of Good Pedagogy.” Arts &
Humanities: Toward a Flourishing State? American Association of Colleges & Universities,
Providence, RI, 2011
“Illusion and Disillusion in Crèvecoeur’s Letters from an American Farmer.” Northeast Modern
Language Association, New Brunswick, NJ, 2011
“Applying a Stakeholder Approach to General Education Reform.” General Education and
Assessment 3.0: Next-Level Practices Now, American Associations of Colleges and
Universities, Chicago, IL, 2011
“Henry James’s Hawthorne and American Romanticism: A Study in Literary Conflict.” Northeast
Modern Language Association, Montreal, Quebec, 2010
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“The Miner and the ‘Littery’ Men: Mark Twain’s ‘Bewildering Blunder’ of 1877.” Modern
Language Association, San Francisco, CA, 2008
“Developing Critical Reading and Thinking Skills” (Facilitator and Presenter). Southern New
Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, 2007
“Ralph Waldo Emerson and Mark Twain: Passing the Torch.” Invited Lecture. Southern New
Hampshire University, Manchester, NH, 2007
“Escape to Freedom: Women on the Road.” Popular Culture and American Culture
Association, Albuquerque, NM, 2007
“In Their Shoes: Sex and the City and the Traditional Woman’s Narrative” (Panel Chair). Popular
Culture and American Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, 2006
“‘And So We Beat On’: Fitzgerald’s Grand Illusions of Disillusionment.” NEMLA, Pittsburgh,
PA, 2004
“‘Disillusion is the Last Illusion’: Writers of the ‘Lost Generation’” (Panel Chair). NEMLA,
Pittsburgh, PA, 2004
“Americanizing Cather: Myth and Fiction in My Ántonia.” The International Cather Seminar,
Breadloaf, VT, 2003
“The Awakening: Breaking the Boundaries of Social and Psychological Reality.” “Reading the
Lines” CUNY Graduate Student Conference, New York, NY, 2001
“Outside the Circle: Frederick Douglass’s Autobiographical Revisions.” “Envisioning Revisions”
CUNY Graduate Student Conference, New York, NY, 2000
“The Awakening: Kate Chopin’s Validation of the Female Psyche.” Winter Dickens Conference,
University of California, Riverside, 2000
“The Shattering of Charlotte Brontë’s Romantic Illusions.” “Witnessing Pain and Terror.”
CUNY Graduate Student Conference, New York, NY, 1999
“Written on the Body: A Radical Re-visioning of Love.” CUNY CLAGS Conference, New York,
NY, 1997
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS, CONFERENCES, AND
INSTITUTES
Summer Institute on General Education and Assessment, American Association of Colleges and
Universities, San Jose, CA, 2011. Team Leader (Southern New Hampshire University)
“THE WIT, THE WILL…AND THE WALLET: Supporting Educational Innovation, Shaping
our Global Futures,” American Association of Colleges & Universities Annual Meeting,
Washington, D.C., 2010. General Education Committee Representative (Southern New
Hampshire University)
Summer Institute on General Education and Assessment, American Association of Colleges and
Universities, Minneapolis, MN 2009. Team Leader (Southern New Hampshire University)
“READY OR NOT: Global Challenges, College Learning, and America’s Promise,” American
Association of Colleges & Universities Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2009. General
Education Committee Representative (Southern New Hampshire University)
“Reacting to the Past”: Annual Summer Institute. Participant. Barnard College, New York, NY,
2008
“Intentional Learning, Unscripted Challenges.” American Association of Colleges & Universities
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC., 2008. Campus Representative (Southern New
Hampshire University)
“Sharing Responsibility for Essential Learning Outcomes.” American Association of Colleges &
Universities Network for Academic Renewal Conference, Savannah, GA, 2007. Campus
Representative (Southern New Hampshire University)
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“Writing Across the Curriculum, Eighth International Conference,” Clemson, SC, 2006. Team
Leader (Borough of Manhattan Community College)
“Reading Emerson’s Essays,” National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer
Seminar, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 2005
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
Southern New Hampshire University (University)
Equity Committee, Southern New Hampshire University Professional Employees Association,
2012Member, Library/Learning Commons Task Force: University Task Force to build new
library/learning commons on campus (Presidential Appointment), 2011Advisory Board, College Unbound, 2009Campus Representative, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), 2007Faculty Participant, Student Project Exhibitions, College Unbound, 2011-2013
Seminar Faculty Leader, College Unbound, 2011- 2012
Member, General Education Committee, 2008-2012
Chair, General Education Committee, 2008-2011
Hiring Committee, General Education Coordinator, 2011
Faculty Senator, Faculty Senate, 2007-2011
Hiring Committee, College Unbound Academic Coordinator, 2010
Member, Committee to develop M.A.T. in English, 2009-2010
Steering Committee, Faculty Center for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching, 2007-2009
University Laptop Committee, 2006-2007
Southern New Hampshire University (English Department)
Hiring Committee, English Department Composition and Rhetoric Faculty, 2013
Hiring Committee, English Department Romantic and Victorian Literature Faculty, 2011
Faculty Co-Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society), 2009Coordinator, English Language and Literature Program, 2008Member, English Department Assessment Committee, 2008Editor, “The Road Less Traveled,” the Literature Major Newsletter, 2007Faculty Advisor, The Book Club, 2007-2009
Member, English Department Website Committee, 2006-2007
Hiring Committee, English Department Renaissance Literature Faculty, 2006-2007
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Co-Coordinator, Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Program (As part of Program duties,
supervised and lead weekly seminar on WAC for four Writing Fellows/Ph.D. Candidates
from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York), 2005-2006
Member, Writing Across the Curriculum Committee, 2005-2006
Member, Composition Committee, 2004-2006