Assistant Professor of English and Writing Coordinator in the Jose Calhoun Learning Center Dunton Hall 334 One Brennan Circle Poultney, VT 05764-1199 Email Address: pernalm@greenmtn.edu 802-287-8269; Fax: 802-287-8080 "I am happy to be here at Green Mountain College. I am especially happy about the environmentally sustainable vision of the college. My field in English is primarily Gender Studies/Women's Studies and Multicultural Literature. I have a book out on Multicultrural Women's Literature which includes gender diversity as an aspect of multiculturalism. I am also a bit of a generalist, and I enjoy teaching a variety of literature and writing courses." Education Ph.D. English, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, (Sept. '96 - May 2000) M.A. English, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, (Sept. '94 - May '96) M.A.T. English, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, (Sept. '94 - Dec. '95) B.A. English, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York, (Sept. '81- May '85) Research Interests Creative Fiction, Gender Studies, Multicultural Literature, Buddhist Philosophy and Literature. Courses Taught Buddhist Literature, World Literature, Voices of Civil Disobedience, Multicultural Literature, Native American Literature, Literature of Nature, Introduction to Creative Writing, Creative Writing: the Short Story, Introduction to Literary Theory, Images of Nature, Voices of Community, Women's Literature, Vegetarian Lifestyle, Literature of Disobedience, Early British Literature, and Unique Visions in Contemporary Literature Teaching Experience Mary is currently a fifth year Assistant Professor of English at Green Mountain College. Post University, Waterbury, Conn., Assistant Professor of English, 2001 to 2005 Dine College, Tsaile, Ariz., English instructor, 2001 Binghamton University, graduate instructor in English, 1996 to 2000 Tompkins-Cortland Community College, adjunct professor in women's studies and English, 2000 The Alternative Community School, Ithaca, N.Y., student teaching high school students, 1995 Overseas work as ESL Instructor in Thailand and India with Tibetan Refugees Peace Corps, Lamut, Ifugao, of the Philippines instructor of college-level biology and English Experience Abroad Led a group of students on a two-week trip to Berlin and Prague, with a course on contemporary European Literature, as part of Teikyo Post University’s study abroad program, May 2002. Awarded a university grant to study abroad in Krakow, Poland. Studied Polish literature for one month, with an emphasis on poetry, as well as art with professors from Jagellonian University, July 2003. Chosen as an alternate for a six-week summer Fulbright program to Argentina and Peru for 2004. In summer 2010 Mary will be co-leading a trip to Dharamsala, India for students at the Layola University in New Orleans, where she will be teaching a course in Buddhist Literature. The same course is held at GMC. Publications My dissertation has recently been published as a book by Peter Lang Publications. It is part of a series on the intersections within cultural studies of feminism and issues relevant to race and gender discrimination. The title of my book is Explorations in Contemporary Feminist Literature. In it I examine works of fiction by 20th century and late 19th century women writers with the intention of demonstrating that literature is an effective avenue for expressing complex theoretical arguments regarding social injustice, the need for social change, and the means for effecting that change on personal and public levels. It also addresses the intersections between of issues gender identity, race and feminism. In a sense it is an attempt to define contemporary feminism while recognizing its complexity due to avenues of connection with other social and personal issues. Authors who are given particular attention in the book include Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Sarah Orne Jewett, Willa Cather, and others. I have also presented papers at various national conferences, including the Popular Culture and American Culture Conferences, and others. Membership in Professional Associations Modern Language Association, Trustee of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences (representing Green Mountain College). Honors and Recognitions Accepted as a visiting scholar into the program: Buddhist Traditions of Tibet and the Himalayas through National Endowment for the Humanities Institute for College and University Faculty in 2009. Attended a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute program in summer 2009 on Tibet and the Buddhism of the Himalayas at the College of the Holy Cross in Worchester, Massachusetts
