CURRICULUM VITAE

Anne Dotter

1120 Tennessee

Lawrence, KS. 66044

Tel: (785) 856-0421

Email:

Education:

2001/04: PhD candidate in American Studies at the University of Kansas.

Emphasis: issues of gendered identity construction in articulation with memories of visual representations of Pocahontas.

2001 (fall): DEA (Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies) in American Civilization (University Marc Bloch - Strasbourg)

First year in the American Studies Program at the University of Kansas, as a fully sponsored graduate exchange student (GDX program)

Nomination in Phi Beta Delta honors society

1999 (fall): Masters in American Civilization, with honors (UMB)

Thesis: The Hollywood Indian: Reality versus Fiction

1998/ 1999: Research and teaching experience at Kalamazoo College

1997 (fall): Licence in English Language and Culture

(spring): DEUG (Diplome d’Etudes Universitaires Generales) in English Language and Culture (UMB)

1996 (spring): DUCAV with honors (Diplome Universitaire de Cinema et d’Audio-Visuel) (UMB)

Awards:

2003 Humanities and Western Civilization award for Teaching Writing

Presentations:

August 2004: I will be presenting on feminist re-inventions of myth in

contemporary fiction at the Mythopoetic conference Mythcon, in Ann Arbor, MI

November 2003: Cultural Memories of an Un-Disciplined Body, presented at PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) in Claremont, CA

April 2003: Framing Cultural Memories of Pocahontas, presented at MAASA / GLASA at the University of Iowa

March 2003: Framing Pocahontas: a Foundational Myth Reinvented, presented at UCLA for the annual Thinking Gender conference.

March 2002: Re-Imagining Pocahontas, at the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, organized University of Southern Colorado, at Colorado Springs.

February 2002: Re-Imagining Pocahontas, an early version of the paper presented at the Theater and Film Symposium at the University of Kansas.

January 2002: The many Faces of a Plains Indian Grand Mother, at the Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Professional experiences related to teaching:

2004 (summer): Graduate instructor teaching an independent section of HWC 205

2004 (spring): Graduate instructor for HWC 205

2003 (fall): teaching a course on feminine identities and myth titled: Genealogies of Feminine Identities (HWC 300)

2003 (summer): teaching an independent study in feminine identities and myth (HWC 494)

2002/04: Graduate representative in the Curriculum committee in Humanities and Western Civilization (took part in the revision of the curriculum)

2002/ 03: Graduate instructor in Western Civilization. (for HWC 204, and HWC 205)

2001 / 03 (fall): Graduate student representative on the American Studies faculty meeting.

2001 (Summer): Camp coordinator: 13/ 17 years old in Italy

2000 (Fall): guide and tutor for American students from Kalamazoo College

2000/03 (Summer): Camp coordinator: 8/ 14 years old in the French Alps

(Spring): Camp coordinator and ski teacher in the French Alps

1999/ 2000: Teaching Assistant in American Civilization at the University of Strasbourg, France.

1998/1999: Teaching Assistant in French at Kalamazoo College, MI.

1997/1998: Tutoring for 7 to 10 year olds, in grammar, math, and German

1997/ 2000: Guide and tutor for foreign students in Strasbourg.

1992/ 2000 (Summers): Camp counselors with children or teenagers (7-17)

( Winter Breaks): Ski instructor