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JAY JAY STROUP

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
TCU BOX 297270
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
FORT WORTH, TX 76129
EMAIL: J.STROUP@TCU.EDU

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Education | Professional Experience | Research Interests | Selected Conference Presentations | Professional Development | Professional Organizations & Affiliations | Academic Service & Leadership | Awards & Honors | References

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., ABD in English
Texas Christian University
Women and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate
New Media Composing & Teaching Graduate Certificate, in progress

2012     M.A. in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies
University of Central Florida

2008     B.A. in Literature
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Minor in Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

2016     Graduate Assistant
Associate Provost for Research & Dean of Graduate Studies and University Programs

2015–2016     Graduate Instructor
Department of English
ENGL 20623 Introduction to Women’s Writing, Spring 2016
ENGL 20803 Writing as Argument, Fall 2015

2015–2016     Studio Assistant
New Media Writing Studio

2015     Instructor
Extended Education
Expanding Your Online Presence and Skills, Fall 2015 and Spring 2015
Introduction to Photoshop, Spring 2016 and Spring 2015

2014–2015     Assistant Director
New Media Writing Studio

2013–2015     Tutor
Athletic Academic Services Office

2013–2014     Graduate Instructor
Department of English
ENGL 10803 Writing As Inquiry, Spring 2014
ENGL 10803 Writing As Inquiry, Fall 2013

2012–2013     Ida M. Green Doctoral Fellow
Department of English

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
2011     Teaching Assistant: Grader
Department of English
LIT 3482 Literature & Popular Culture (Fayeza Hasanat), Fall 2011
LIT 3313 Science Fiction (Patrick D. Murphy), Spring 2011

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Digital Humanities
Early American Literature
Archives in American Literary History & Culture

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Co-presented with Jackie Hoermann and Carrie Leverenz. “Achieving Coherence in ePortfolios through Multiple Modes of Communication.” AAEEBL Western Regional Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, February 2016.

“Embracing Collaboration: Incorporating Writing Groups into Graduate Research.” Society of Early Americanists, Savannah, Georgia, February 2013.

“Making Connections: ‘An Essay on Friendship’ from Milcah Martha Moore’s Book.” Society for the Study of American Women Writers, Denver, Colorado, October 2012.

“Reevaluating Daniel Bowen’s Columbian Museum: Women and Children as Curious Citizens.” Reimagining Subjects: Inaugural English Symposium, Orlando, Florida, April 2012.

“Fatal Consequences: Assessing Queer Identity and Compulsory Heteronormativity in the Southern Vampire Series.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2012.

“‘The amateurs of the curious and wonderful in art and nature’: Investigating Curiosity & Wonder in Daniel Bowen’s Columbian Museum Broadsides.” Graduate Research Forum, Ninth Annual Showcase of Diverse Student Research, Orlando, Florida, April 2012.

“The Martha Graham Academy and the AnooYoo Spa: The Production/Reproduction of Feminine Space in Atwood’s Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood.” Composing Spaces, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2011.

“Rediscovering Bonds of Intimacy: The Female Homosocial and Lesbian Continuum in Milcah Martha Moore’s Book.” American Studies Symposium, West Lafayette, Indiana, April 2011.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Digital Antiquarian Workshop, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, June 1-5, 2015.

THATCamp Feminisms Texas 2015, Texas Christian University, March 2015.

Digital Humanities Summer Institute, “Feminist Digital Humanities: Theoretical, Social, and Material Engagements” course, Victoria, British Columbia, June 2014.

Digital Humanities Summer Institute, “Digital Humanities Databases” course, Victoria, British Columbia, June 2013.

Teaching as a Reflective Practice: Graduate Student Professional Development Pedagogy Certification, Koehler Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas Christian University, Summer 2013.

THATCamp SEA, Society of Early Americanists’ Eighth Biennial Conference, Savannah, Georgia, February 2013.

The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students’ 25th Annual National Conference, Boulder, Colorado, October 2011.

Preparing Future Faculty Program, Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Central Florida, Summer 2011.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

Modern Language Association
Iota, Iota, Iota

ACADEMIC SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
Fall 2016          Member, Recruitment Committee, English Department
2015–2016      Vice President, Graduate Student Senate
2015–2016      Graduate Student Representative, Appeals Committee
Spring 2016      Gradate Student Representative, By-laws Committee for Women & Gender Studies Program
2014–2016      Organizer, Women & Gender Studies Program Book Club
2015–2016      Co-chair, GSS’s Health Insurance Proposal Committee
2014–2015      Organizer, THATCamp Feminisms Texas 2015
2014–2015      President, Graduate Student Senate
2014      Safe Zone Training, Inclusiveness & Intercultural Services
2014      Mentor, Purple Partnership, R. L. Paschal High School’s PIP Conference
2013–2015      Graduate Student Representative, Library Committee
2013–2014      Co-Chair, American Culture Interest Group
Spring 2013      Graduate Student Representative, Promotion and Recruitment
Committee, Women & Gender Studies Program

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
2012      Co-Chair, Reimagining Subjects: Inaugural English Symposium
2011–2012      Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee of the Graduate Council
2011–2012      Treasurer, Graduate Student Association
2011      Chair, Graduate Student Association Budget Committee
2011–2012      Ex-Officio Member, Graduate Student Advisory Board, Graduate
Student Association

AWARDS & HONORS

2015–2016      Global Outlooks Institute Ambassador, TCU
2015      Outstanding 3rd – 5th Year Graduate Student, English, Department of English, TCU
2014      The David John Ball Memorial Prize for a Writing Portfolio, TCU Creative Writing Awards
2012      Ida M. Green Fellowship, Department of English, TCU
2011      Frances R. Lefkowitz Endowed Scholarship, Department of English, UCF

REFERENCES

Sarah Ruffing Robbins
Lorraine Sherley Professor of Literature
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297270
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Email: s.robbins@tcu.edu
817-257-7125

Charlotte Hogg
Associate Professor of English and Director of Composition
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297270
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Email: c.hogg@tcu.edu
817-257-6257

Mona Narain
Associate Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies
Texas Christian University
TCU Box 297270
Fort Worth, TX 76129
Email: m.narain@tcu.edu
817-257-7284