Dana J. Gavin
Curriculum vitae
29 May 2018
dgavi001@odu.edu
EDUCATION
2015-present PhD English (Spring 2020 anticipated graduation)
Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)
My research thus far focuses on the industry forces acting upon the developing print culture in Victorian England. I am interested in the relationships between publisher/producer, author, and reader, as well as those between the economy and the acquisition of material goods necessary for production and innovation of the print culture. I am interested in The Strand Magazine and focus on the work of Arthur Conan Doyle. I hope to create digital projects to enhance my research in these areas. I am also invested in feminist rhetoric, nostalgia, and “fandom” and fan communities.
2004-2006 MA, English Literature with Creative Writing, Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
1994-1998 BA, English Literature with Distinction, Southern Methodist University
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
April 20, 2018 Technology, Masculine Performance, and Fan Production in BBC’s Sherlock, Humanities Unbound
April 12, 2018 Expect Resistance (To the Message): Effective Design in Protest Signs from 2017 Women’s Marches, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
February 8, 2018 “It is a hobby of mine to have an exact knowledge of London:” the allure of geography and nostalgia in Sherlock Holmes: The Devil’s Daughter, Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA)
ESSAY POSTS
Uncompromised Combatant Bodies. Media Commons, 1 May 2018.
“[T]hey want to be a part of something”: Creating Community through Fantasy Football. In Media Res, 26 March 2018.
Mastering The Master: A Holmesian in the Crossfire Between Scholarship and Screeds. Media Commons, 5 Feb. 2017.
AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS
2015 Distance Education Faculty Certification Recipient
2004-2006 Graduate and teaching fellowships, Southern Methodist University
2004 Gary Parks Scholarship to attend the Dance Critics Conference
GRANTS AND TRAVEL AWARDS
2018 English Graduate Organization Conference Travel Award
2017 Rhetoric Society at Old Dominion University Conference Travel Award
TEACHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION
2007- Present Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY)
Courses taught:
Writing for College
Intermediate Writing for College
Introduction to Professional Writing
Literature and Gender
College Writing I and II
2005-2006 Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX)
ACADEMIC SERVICE
2017-Present English Graduate Organization, President
2016-2017 English Graduate Organization, Distance Student Liaison
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS)
Modern Language Association North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS)
North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA)
Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA)