Debra K. Peterson
Curriculum Vitae
Department of English21 Broadway South, Apt. 509
North DakotaStateUniversityFargo, ND58103
320GMinard HallOffice Phone: 701.231.7156
Fargo, ND58105email:
Current Position
InstructorDepartment of English, North DakotaStateUniversity
Education
2006Ph.D. (expected), English, WayneStateUniversity
1996M.F.A., English, WesternMichiganUniversity
1992B.A., English, MichiganStateUniversity
Publications
Essays and Chapters
“Disney’s Erotic Exotic.” Under consideration at The Journal of Popular Culture.
“The Femme Fatale Mother in Cold-War Noir.” Under consideration at Quarterly Review of Film and Video.
“Disney’s Celebration: Citizens and the Corporate Community.” Contemporary Justice Review. Forthcoming special issue on social justice.
"A Room With a View: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and the Use of MOO Spaces." The Pedagogical Wallpaper: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" in the Classroom. Ed. Jeffrey Weinstock. New York: Peter Lang, 2002.
Encyclopedia Entries
“Fractured Fairy Tales.” Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Ed. Donald Haase. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. [Forthcoming]
“Splash—Ron Howard.” Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Ed. Donald Haase. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. [Forthcoming,]
“Walt Disney.” Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales. Ed. Donald Haase. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. [Forthcoming.]
Reviews
Rev. of Film Genre Reader III, edited by Barry Keith Grant, Austin, TX: U of Texas P, 2003. Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies. 4 (February 2005)Institute of Film Studies, University of Nottingham <
Rev. of Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant-Garde, by Esther Leslie, London and New York: Verso, 2002. Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies. 2 (June 2005)Institute of Film Studies, University of Nottingham <
Presentations
“Mothers and the Femme Fatale in Noir Film.” Twenty-Ninth Annual Colloquium on Literature and Film: Constructing and Deconstructing Motherhood in Literature and Film. Morgantown, West Virginia. 30 September-2 October, 2004.
"'If It Ain’t Broke, Don't Fix It, or, If It Is Broken, Did Disney Fix It?” Disney's Recent Family Films and Their Reception." Midwest Popular Culture Association. Minneapolis, MN. 17-19 October 2003.
“‘O’hana Means Family, Family Means Nobody Gets Left Behind.’ Disney's Family Films,” Cultural Studies Association. Pittsburgh, PA. 5-8 June 2003.
“Stalking the Mouse: Doing Disney Studies.” Modern Language Association. New Orleans, LA. December 2001. (Panel Organizer and Chair.)
“Escape to Tom Sawyer’s Island: Designated and Discovered ‘Free Zones’ in Walt Disney World.” Rethinking Disney: Private Control and Public Dimensions. Public Intellectuals Program, FloridaAtlanticUniversity. Ft.Lauderdale, FL. November 2000.
"Beyond the Disney Version: The Postmodern Fairy Tale.” Twentieth-Century Literature Conference at the University of Louisville.Louisville, KY. February 2000.
Service
2005-2006Co-Chair, Department Curriculum Committee, North DakotaStateUniversity
2003-2005Chair, Department Curriculum Committee. North DakotaStateUniversity.
2003-2006Member, Department Assessment Committee. North DakotaState
University.
2004-2006Manuscript Reviewer, Marvels & Tales: A Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies.
2005-2006Member, Film Selection Committees: Animation, Experimental Films, and Narrative Shorts. Fargo Film Festival, Fargo, ND
2003-2006Member, Black History Month Committee.
2003-2004Judge, Penning with the Pros. Fiction and essay judge for K-12 creative
writing contest organized by the Great Plains Network.
Teaching ExperienceCourse Taught, North DakotaStateUniversity
2002-2006English 110: College Composition I
120: College Composition II
English 220: Introduction to Literature
English 262: American Literature II
English 342: Nineteenth-Century American Short Story
English 343: Twentieth-Century American Short Story
English 344: American Drama
English 345: Themes in American Culture
English 345H: Themes in American Culture (Honors)
English 473/673: Contemporary American Literature
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