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Erin Hendel
- PhD Candidate
- Associate Instructor
320 Voorhies
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Email:
eehendel@ucdavis.edu
Biography:
Fergus Falls, MN
Research and Teaching Interests
Eighteenth and nineteenth-century American literatures, Native American literatures, nineteenth-century women's writing, literature and environment
Dissertation
We the Many Peoples: Literatures of Alternative Nationalisms in the United States, 1820-1903
Designated Emphasis in Native American Studies
Teaching Experience
As Associate Instructor at UCD
- NAS 5: Introduction to Native American Literatures
- ENL 3: Introduction to Literature
- UWP 1: Expository Writing
As Teaching Assistant at UCD
- Early American Literature
- African American Literature
- Introduction to Fiction
At University of Montana Missoula
- Basic Writing
- Expository Writing
- Introduction to Critical Analysis
Publications
'"Work and Wait": Louisa May Alcott's Female Artists." Women and Work: The Labors of Self-Fashioning. eds. Christine Mower and Susanne Weil. Cambridge Scholars Press. 2011.
Recent Conference Presentations
- "Figuring Cherokee Resistance in William Apess's Indian Nullification of the Unjust Laws of Massachusetts." Native American and Indigenous Studies Association. Sacramento, CA. May 20, 2011
- "'No Language But her Own'": Language Play and Cultural Authority in Zitkala-Sa's Magazine Fiction." Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Oct. 21-24, 2009
- "'Work and Wait": Louisa May Alcott's Female Artists.” Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference. San Francisco, CA, Nov. 6-7, 2009
- "Writing “Real Indian Life”: Nature and Narrative in Mourning Dove’s Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range." Society for the Study of American Women Writers Conference. Philadelphia, PA. Nov. 8-11, 2006
Honors and Awards
- Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) Scholar (2011-2012)
- Professors for the Future Fellow (2011-2012)
- TA Consultant, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (2011-2012)
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UC Davis English Department Research Fellowship (Summer 2009)
Related Activities
- Co-chair, UC Davis American Cultures and Politics Research Cluster, 2008-2010
Education
M.A. English, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 2006
B.A. English and French (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. 1999
B.A. English and French (cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA. 1999