Department of English 11102 Windpoint Drive

Curriculum Vitae

J’aimé L. Sanders

Department of English 11102 Windpoint Drive

University of SouthFlorida Tampa, Florida33635

Tampa, Florida33620 (813) 855-1113

(813) 974-2421 (813) 781-6309

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EDUCATION:University of SouthFlorida

Degree: Ph.D. (Fall 2007)

Field: 19th and 20th Century American Literature

Dissertation: The Art of Existentialism: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer and the American Existential Tradition.

University of SouthFlorida

Degree: M.A. (May 2004)

Field: Literature

Thesis: “Discovering the Source of Gatsby’s Greatness: Nick’s Eulogy on a “Great” Kierkegaardian Knight.”

SyracuseUniversity

Degree: B.A. (May 1993)

Field: English and Textual Studies

TEACHINGVisiting Instructor/MA Advisor, University of South

EXPERIENCE:Florida, Tampa, Spring 2007-Present.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida,Tampa, 2002-Fall 2007.

COURSESComposition I and II,Introduction to Fiction, Modern

TAUGHT:Literature, Expository Writing,Professional Writing, Cultural Studies and the Popular Arts.

TEACHING19th and 20th Century American Literature; Existentialism

INTERESTS:and American Literature; Fiction Studies; Cultural Studies; Florida Studies; Florida Authors.

PUBLICATIONS:Faces of Florida: Critical Studies of the SunshineState.

J’aime’ L. Sanders and E. Stone Shiflet, eds.Forthcoming.

“Fitzgerald’s Eckleburgian Vision: The Great Gatsby and Fitzgerald’s Vision of Jazz Age New York.” Fitzgerald’s New York Modernism.Hofstra UP. Forthcoming.

The Art of Existentialism: Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Mailer and the Existential Tradition in America. Diss. University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, 2007.

“The Journalistic and Philosophic Observation of Men in Hemingway’s 1930’s Literature.” Florida Studies: Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the FloridaCollege English Association.Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006.

“Discovering the Source of Gatsby’s Greatness: Nick’s

Eulogy on a ‘Great’ Kierkegaardian Knight.” Fitzgerald Review3(2004): 108-127.

CONFERENCESPresenter, “Technical Mistake, Ocular Confusion, or

PRESENTATIONS:PoeticLicense?Examining Dr. Eckleburg’s Retinas and

Fitzgerald’s Nietzschean Vision.” 9th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, University of London, London, England, July 2007.

Panel Moderator, “Fitzgerald’s American and British Appropriations.” 9th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, University of London, London, England, July 2007.

Panel Coordinator, “Finding Florida: An Update on Archiving Heroes, Villains, and the History of Paradise.”

FloridaCollege English Association Conference, Lakeland, Florida, November 2006.

Presenter, “Finding Hemingway: Biographical, Historical, and Critical Approaches to Teaching Hemingway’s To Have and Have NotAcross the Curriculum.”Florida College English Association Conference, Lakeland, Florida, November 2006

Presenter, “The Importance of Being E(a)rnest: Death in the Afternoon as Hemingway’s Manifesto on Living Earnestly.” 12th Biennial Hemingway Society Conference, Rhonda, Spain, June 2006

Panel Moderator, “‘His Own Worst Character’ as a Character in Fiction by Others.”12th Biennial Hemingway Society Conference, Rhonda, Spain, June 2006.

Panel Coordinator, “Florida Writers on the Coasts.” 37thAnnualCollege English Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2006

Presenter, “Writing Florida, Writing the World: Ernest Hemingway’s Universal Struggle.” 37thAnnualCollege English Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, April 2006.

Roundtable Member, “Exploring Florida Writers in College English Classrooms.”FloridaCollege English Association Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida, November 2005.

Panel Coordinator, “Hemingway’s Writings in Florida

Praxis.” FloridaCollege English Association Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida, November 2005.

Presenter, “The Journalistic and Philosophic Observation of Men in Hemingway’s 1930’s Literature.” FloridaCollege English Association Conference, Daytona Beach, Florida, November 2005.

Presenter, “Fitzgerald’s Eckleburgian Vision: Advertising

Correct(ive) Lenses for the Modern Individual.” 8th International F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Hofstra University, New York, April 2005.

Panel Coordinator, “21st Century Approaches to Teaching Literature.” FloridaCollege English AssociationConference, Lake Worth, Florida, October 2004.

Presenter, “Teaching Hemingway in the Classroom: How to Perform a Close Reading of a Text: Hemingway’s ‘A Day’s Wait’ as a Cultural Artifact.” FloridaCollege English Association Conference, Lake Worth, Florida, October 2004.

Presenter, “As Religion Lays Dying: From Hegel’s Death of God to Faulkner’s Death of Addie.” Conflict in Southern Literature Conference, Troy State University, Montgomery, Alabama, September 2004.

Presenter, “Discovering the Source of Gatsby’s Greatness: Nick’s Eulogy for a ‘Great’ Kierkegaardian Knight.”

7thInternational F. Scott Fitzgerald Conference, Vevey,

Switzerland, June 2004.

Presenter, “The Concentric Layers of Pearl: From the Mortification of the Sensitive Soul to the Valley of Bewilderment.” Graduate Student Colloquia, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, March 2003.

AWARDS,HONORSJim and Nancy Hinkle Award, Ernest Hemingway Society,& GRANTS: June 2006.

John F. Kennedy Library Ernest Hemingway Research Grant, Ernest Hemingway Society, May 2005.

Jack B. Moore Memorial Award for Excellence in American Literature and Culture, Department of English, University of South Florida, Tampa, 2005.

John Kuehl Fellowship, F. Scott Fitzgerald Society, April 2005.

Estelle J. Zbar Award for Teaching and Academic Excellence, Department of English, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, 2003.

MEMBERSHIPS:College English Association, 2005-2008.

FloridaCollege English Association, 2003-2008.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Society,2004-2008.

Ernest Hemingway Society,2004-2008.

NCTE, 2002-2008.

Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, 2002-2007.

Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, 2002-2007.

SERVICE:Volunteer, 12th Biennial Ernest Hemingway Society Conference, Rhonda, Spain, June 2006.

Writing Consultant, IB Program Thesis Writing Workshop, University of South Florida, June 2005.

Vice President, EGSA (English Graduate Student

Association), University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, 2004-2005.

Volunteer, F. Scott Fitzgerald Museum Fundraiser, Montgomery, Alabama, January 2005.

Volunteer, 11th Biennial Ernest Hemingway Society Conference, Key West, Florida, June 2004.

Fundraising Chair, Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, 2003.

Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Laura Runge, Director of English Graduate Studies, Spring and Summer 2003.

Founding Member, Graduate Student Colloquia, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa, 2003.

REFERENCES:Lawrence Broer, Department ofEnglish, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa. Dissertation Director.

Kirk Curnutt, Chair, Department of English, Troy State University, Montgomery Alabama; Vice President, F. Scott Fitzgerald Society; Board Member, Ernest Hemingway Society. Dissertation Committee Member.

Charles Guignon, Department of Philosophy, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa. Dissertation Committee Member.

Lt. Col. James Meredith, Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado; President, Ernest Hemingway Society. Dissertation Committee Member.

Phillip Sipiora, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa. Dissertation Committee Member.

Joyce Karpay, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa.

Laura Runge-Gordon,Director of Graduate Studies, University of SouthFlorida, Tampa.