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Susan Elizabeth Cook
Ph.D., English Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara; expected June 2009
Women’s Studies Doctoral Emphasis
M.A., English Literature, Boston College, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2004
B.A., English Literature, Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences Honors Program, 2002
Summa cum laude
Oxford University, Mansfield College, Study Abroad, academic year 2000-01

U. California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-3170
email: susan.elizabeth.cook@gmail.com
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Areas of Interest

  • The Victorian novel and nineteenth-century British literary and cultural history
  • Theories of community and individualism
  • Gender, sexuality, and psychoanalysis
  • Empire and nationalism
  • History of photography

Current Projects and Publications

Selected Publications

  • “Subversion without Limits: From Secretary’s Transgressive S/M to Exquisite Corpse’s Subversive Sadomasochism.” Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture 28.1 (Winter 2006)
  • Review of John Kucich’s Imperial Masochism: British Fiction, Fantasy, and Social Class. The Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature 62.1 (Spring 2008)
  • Review of The Affective Turn: Theorizing the Social, ed. Patricia Ticineto Clough. Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 37.3 (April 2008)
Selected Conference Presentations
  • “Nineteenth-Century Incorporations: Food, Bodies, and the Politics of Consumption,” Oct. 2008, Rocky Mountain MLA (RMMLA) Annual Convention, Reno, NV
  • “Documentary Photography, Theatricality, and Gissing’s Nether World,” Feb. 24, 2008, Dickens Project Winter Conference, Davis, CA
  • “The Other of Incorporation: Sadomasochism and the Colonial Scene,” Dec. 28, 2007, Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention, Chicago, IL
  • “Season of Light and Darkness: Solarization, History, and A Tale of Two Cities,” Oct. 11, 2007, North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) Conference, Victoria, BC
  • “Gothic Spaces, Pregnant Bodies, and Maria’s Gender Politics,” Oct. 13, 2006, RMMLA Annual Convention, Tucson, AZ
  • “‘…no true home…’: Displacement, Nationality, and Lucy Snowe’s Villette,” Mar. 13, 2006, Northeast MLA (NEMLA) Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA
  • “Recognizing Body, Gender, and Horror in Interview with the Vampire,” Mar. 26, 2005, Popular Culture Association (PCA) Conference, San Diego, CA
  • “Comprehending Trauma: Caruth, Hiroshima mon amour, and Freud,” Oct. 27, 2002, Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society Conference, Philadelphia, PA

Honors and Awards

MLA Graduate Student Travel Grant, 2007
Dickens Universe Representative, 2007
Frost Memorial Award for the Distinguished Critical Essay by a Graduate Student in English, 2006
UCSB Consortium for Literature, Theory, and Culture Conference Travel Grant, 2006 and 2007
UCSB English Department Fellowship, 2004-05
Boston College English M.A. Teaching Fellowship, 2003-04
Boston College M.A. Tuition Scholarship, 2002-03
Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
Norton Award for Humanistic Scholarship, 2002

Professional Development

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) Culture, Gender, and Aesthetics Research Focus Group
Research Assistant, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2005-Fall 2007
  • Coordinated group events: scheduled presenters, assisted with publicity, and purchased food


    • Race and Pedagogy Project
    Research Assistant, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2005-Summer 2007
  • Developed content and helped design website; wrote article summaries and pedagogy resources


    • Dickens Universe
    Cruise Director (Graduate Student Event Coordinator), Summer 2008

    Rocky Mountain MLA
    Panel Chair, 2008
  • Chaired two panels on Textuality, Visuality and Their Convergence


    • Boston College English Graduate Student Colloquium on Violence
    Colloquium Organizer, Boston College, 2003-04

    UCSB Graduate Student Association
    English Department Representative, Fall 2006-Spring 2008
  • Served on the Classroom Renovation and the Excellence in Teaching Award Selection Committees


    • Boston College Graduate Student Association
    English Department Representative, Fall 2003-Spring 2004

    Languages

    French – Passed translation proficiency exam for Ph.D. in English (Spring 2005, UC Santa Barbara)
    Spanish – Passed translation proficiency exam for M.A. in English (Spring 2003, Boston College)

    Teaching Experience

    UCSB English Department, Santa Barbara, CA
    Teaching Associate, Summer 2006 and 2007
  • English 103B: British Literature from 1789-1900 (Summer 2007)
  • English 10: Introduction to Literary Studies—Reading the Gothic (Summer 2006)


    • UCSB English Department, Santa Barbara, CA
    Teaching Assistant, Academic Year 2005-06, Fall 2007, and Winter 2008
  • English 102: English and American Literature from 1650-1789 (Winter 2008)
  • English 114WR: Women and Representation (Fall 2007)
  • English 50: U.S. Minority Literature (Spring 2006)
  • English 122SA: South Asia in the Popular Imagination (Winter 2006)
  • English 103B: British Literature from 1789-1900 (Fall 2005)


    • UCSB Writing Program, Santa Barbara, CA
    Teaching Assistant, Academic Year 2006-07 and Spring 2008
  • Writing 2: Introduction to Academic Writing—Identity, Society, and Writing


    • Boston College English Department, Chestnut Hill, MA
    Teaching Fellow, Academic Year 2003-04
  • FWS: First-Year Writing Seminar


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