Fellowships and Awards

Alicia María Garnica
University of Southern California
Department of English
Taper Hall of Humanities, 404
3501 Trousdale Parkway
University Park
Los Angeles, CA90089-0354
323.401.7579

Education

Ph.D. / University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA / English Literature / Expected
2009
M.A. / University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA / English Literature / 2004
M.A. / DePaulUniversity, Chicago, IL / English Literature / 2001
B.A. / University of Nebraska at Omaha,Omaha, Nebraska,magna cum laude / English Literature / 1997

DISSERTATION

“TheCurious Life of the Corpse in Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture.”
Professor Hilary Schor, director; Professors James Kincaid and Philippa Levine, committee members. This project offers a social history of the corpse in early- to mid-nineteenth century England. This social history is extracted from the corpse narratives created in novels, medical discourse, parliamentary debates, and coroners’ inquests.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Provost’s Fellowship for Dissertation Research and Writing, University of Southern California / 2006-2007
James Irvine Foundation Fellowship / 2002-03
Pass with Distinction, M.A. Examination (DePaulUniversity) / 2001
Sigma Tau Delta (International English Society) / 1996-97
Golden Key National Honor Society / 1995-97

Publications and papers

“Dead Lips Speaking: Narrating the Body’s Tale in the Nineteenth-Century Inquest” (under consideration, Victorian Studies).
“Desire, Sacrifice, and a Pretty Face: The Heroine Paradigm in Disney's The Little Mermaid,” Association of English Graduate Students Conference on Beauty: University of Southern California, Los Angeles,CA, April 2004.

Teaching Experience

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Assistant Lecturer,“Writing and Critical Thinking.”Taught six classes of seventeen students each, conducted one-on-one conferences, and administered all grades.My writing courses were linked and shared texts with the following social issues courses:“The Holocaust,” “Social Issues in Gender,” “Psychological Perspectives on Social Issues,” and “Race and Class in Los Angeles,” this latter having been a three-semester long link. / 2007-present
2004-2005
WaubonseeCommunity College, Sugar Grove, IL
Adjunct Instructor, “First Year Composition.” Taught four classes of between twenty-four and eight students each and developed course structure. / 2001-2002
Adjunct Instructor, “Introduction to Literature.” Designed course structure, syllabus, and assignments. Taught three courses, including once-weekly and night courses, of between twenty-two and seven students each. In addition to Irish and American nineteenth- to twentieth-century literature, I taught Renaissance- to contemporary-era British prose, poetry, and drama.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Tutor, The WritingCenter. Conducted thirty- to fifty-minute appointments with students. / spring 2006
Research Assistant to Joseph Boone, then Chair of the English Department. Assisted in procuring texts for a book project and researched grants and awards. / 2003-2004
DePaulUniversity, Chicago, IL
Tutor, The WritingCenter. Conducted thirty- to fifty-minute one-on-one appointments with students and fifty-minute class workshops on MLA bibliography format. Updated and managed the WritingCenter’s website. / 1999-2001

Languages

French, Spanish: basic speaking and reading knowledge.

ACADEMIC REFERENCES

Hilary Schor, Professor of English, University of Southern California
Jim Kincaid, Professor of English, University of Southern California
Philippa Levine, Professor of History, University of Southern California
Tania Modleski, Professor of English, University of Southern California
Jack Blum, Senior Associate Director of the Writing Program, University of Southern California