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Jenny Shanahan, Ph.D.
Office location:
Watters Hall #146
Mailing Address:
Saint Mary's University
of Minnesota
700 Terrace Heights #82
Winona, MN 55987-1399
507-457-6607
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Jenny Shanahan is the Director of Lasallian Honors Program and a tenured Assistant Professor of English at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota.
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Scholarly and Creative Interests
American Literature
Ethnic Studies
African American and Chicana/o Literatures
Courses Taught Recently at SMU
Origins of Human Thought and Culture
The Classical World
American Literature I
English Composition
Argumentative/Research Writing
Professional Organizations
Modern Language Association
Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
Education
Ph.D., English, Marquette University,2000
M.A., English, San Francisco State University,1993
B.A., English, Saint Mary's College of California,1991
Teaching Experience
2000 to Present: Assistant Professor, Department of English and Lasallian Honors Program,
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
1994-2000: Instructor, Department of English, Marquette University
1993-1994: Instructor, Department of English, Ohlone College, CA
Other Professional Experience
Grant Writer, The Trust for Public Land, San Francisco, CA ,1992-1994
Honors
Valedictorian, Saint Mary's College of California
De La Salle award for academic excellence, Saint Mary's College of California |
Selected Presentations
"Roses in December: Sandra Cisneros's Revisions of La Virgen de Guadalupe" to be presented at the Image Journal conference, Seattle, WA, November 2003
"Passing Chicano by Playing with Form: Raymond Barrio's Negotiations of Ethnic Identity" presented at the MELUS national conference, April 2003 (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the U.S.)
"What is Ethnic about Ethnic Literature? The Politics of Identity in American Literary Studies" presented as part of the English Department evening lecture series, Saint Mary's University, February 2003 |
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