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Dawn Elaine Duncan 508 W Hampton Drive
Moorhead, MN 56560
701-388-3478
EDUCATION
Ph.D. English. Concentration in Modern British—Irish Drama. 1994. University of North Texas. Denton, TX.
M.Ed. Secondary Ed/Drama. 1984. North Texas State University. Denton, TX.
B.A. Journalism/Theatre. 1978. Stephen F. Austin State University. Nacogdoches, TX.
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS
19th-20th Century Irish Literature and Drama; Myth and Film; Global and Peace Studies; Service-Learning; Undergraduate Research
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.
Professor of English and Global Studies—since 2007
Associate Professor of English—2000 – 2007.
Assistant Professor of English—1994-2000
University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
Assistant Chair of Sophomore and Freshman English—1992-1994
Teaching Fellow—1990-1994
TEACHING EXPERIENCE (selected)
Literature and Culture courses
Global Literature (Modern World)
Human Values in British and American Literature
From Empire to Independence: British Literature, 1837-present
Postcolonial Literature
Magic of Myth in Literature and Film
Capstone: From Page to Stage to Screen
Focus Author courses: Lady Gregory, Yeats, Shaw, Friel, Nobel Winner
The Moderns
Irish Drama
Writing courses
Inquiry Written Communication (Composition)
Writing for the Social Sciences
Playwriting
Fiction Writing
Screenplay Writing
Interdisciplinary courses
Core Capstone: Film and Literature
Inquiry Seminar: The Magic of Myth in Literature and Film
Culture, Identity, and Dialogue: An Introduction to Global Studies
Principia, an introduction to the Liberal Arts
Classical Literature (Interdisciplinary Core Program at UNT)
Communiversity Courses
Ireland through the Arts
Terrorism in Northern Ireland
Poetry of the Psalms and Sacred Poets
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Irish Myth, Lore, and Legend on Film. Reimagining Ireland Series. Oxford: Peter Lang, Ltd. 2013.
Making Brew Matter: A Curriculum for the 21st Century. Co-edited with Gregg Muilenburg. Concordia College, Aug 2010.
Service-Learning Companion. Student Success Series. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 2008. Co- authored with Joan Kopperud
Postcolonial Theory in Irish Drama from 1800-2000. Studies in Irish Literature, Volume 11. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-7734-6498-0
Chapters/Articles in Books
“Irish Myth Goes Global In America.” Ireland in Drama, Film, and Popular Culture. Margarete Rubik, Julia Lajta-Novak and Sandra Mayer, eds. Vienna: University Press, 2011.
“Reimagining Wilde in the West, or How Irish Miners Refin(e)d an Irish Aesthete.” A Garland of Words: Festschrift in Honour of Maureen Murphy. Edited by Munira Mutran, Laura Izarra, and Beatriz Kopschitz X. Bastos. Sao Paulo: University Press, 2011.
“From Beirut to Belfast: Conal Morrison Stages Issues of Justice.” Irish Studies across Cultures and Continents: Festschrift in Honour of Csilla Bertha and Donald E. Morse. Edited by Marianna Gula, Mária Kurdi and István D. Rácz . Debrecen: University Press, 2011.
“A Postcolonial Perspective on Shaw’s Border-Crossing Saint Joan.” Irish Drama. Festschrift in Honor of Munira Mutran. São Paulo: Asspcoaçāo Editorial Humanitas, 2008.
“From Contemplation to Commitment: Framing the First-Year Service Learning Experience in a Global Studies Course.” Civic Engagement in the First Year of College. National Resource Center/New York Times. Ed. Martha LaBare. 2008. co-authored with Joan Kopperud.
“Compassionate Contact: When Irish Playwrights Reach Out for Others,” Irish Studies in Brazil. Munira H. Mutran and Laura P. Z. Izarra, ed. Pesquisa e Crítica 1. São Paulo: Asspcoaçāo Editorial Humanitas, 2005: 49-67.
“A Flexible Foundation: Constructing a Postcolonial Dialogue,” Relocating Postcolonialism. David Theo Goldberg and Ato Quayson, editors. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2002. 320-333.
“Brinsley MacNamara,” Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 182-193.
“Paul Vincent Carroll,” Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1997. 43- 56.
“George Bernard Shaw,” Reader's Guide to Literature in English. London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1996. 716-719.
“Irish Drama,” Reader's Guide to Literature in English. London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1996. 214-215.
“Melodrama,” Reader’s Guide to Literature in English. London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1996. 478-479.
Articles in Journals
“Lady Gregory and the Feminine Journey: The Gaol Gate, Grania, and The Story Brought By Brigit,” The Irish University Review: A Journal of Irish Studies, Special Issue: Lady Gregory (Spring/Summer 2004). 133-143.
“Poetic Evolution: Barry Rows forward with Prayers of Sherkin,” Barcelona English Language and Literature Studies: Literature and Culture Issue. 11 (2000): 33-40.
“Banville’s Fiction Comes of Age as It Lays to Rest Old Ghosts,” ABEI Journal: The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies. 2 (June 2000): 53-60.
“Edna O’Brien and Virginia: A Melody of Fine Feminine Madness,” Canadian Journal of Irish Studies: Special Edition on Edna O’Brien 22.2 (1996): 99-105.
“Pushing the Post-Colonial Boundaries: Freeing the Irish Voice in Brian Friel's Translations,” Studies in the Plays of Brian Friel. Working Papers in Irish Studies 94.3 (1994): 1-10.
Reviews
John Banville: Exploring Fictions by Derek Hand, Canadian Journal of Irish Studies 28.1 (2002): 151-152.
Samuel Beckett’s Artistic Theory and Practice: Criticism, Drama and Early Fiction by James Acheson; Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by James Knowlson, Comparative Drama 32.3 (1998): 456-462.
Dissertation
“Language and Identity in Post-1800 Irish Drama.” Diss. University of North Texas, 1994.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Rebellion, Sacrifice, and the Struggle for Heroic Identity in Irish Film: Filtering the Past for Present Purposes.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures, Montreal, Canada, July 2012.
“Looking for Love in Irish Places: The Quiet Man and The Matchmaker.” Midwest Region of American Conference for Irish Studies. Moorhead, MN, Oct 2011.
“Irish Myth Goes Global In America.” American Conference for Irish Studies, National Meeting. Madison, Wisconsin, Apr 2011.
“When Children Bring Parents Home: Traveling Past Grief to a Healing Place in Three Irish Films.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures Annual Conference, Porto, Portugal, July 2008.
“Acting, Reflecting, and Sharing: The Power of Storytelling in Service-Learning.” Houghton Mifflin Fall Energizer. Santa Ana Pueblo, NM, Oct 2007. Presented with Joan Kopperud.
“From Contemplation to Commitment: Framing the First-Year Service-Learning Experience.” Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Addison, TX , Feb 2007. Presented with Joan Kopperud
“Clara Dillon Darrow, Irish-American Pioneer,” A Dramatic Recreation and Scholarly Conversation. American Conference for Irish Studies-Western Region, Oregon State University , Oct 2005.
“From Beirut to Belfast: Conal Morrison Stages Issues of Justice,” Global Issues in Drama. International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2005.
“The Value and Virtue of Service-Learning in Composition and First-Year Seminars,” Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Phoenix, AZ, Feb 2005. Presented with Joan Kopperud.
“Contemplating the Book of Esther as Community Activism,” Annual Conference of Association for Core Texts and Courses, Irving, TX, Apr 2004.
“Compassionate Contact: When Irish Playwrights Reach Out for Others.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literature. Debrecen, Hungary , July 2003.
“The Power of Drama, An Active Communal Method of Improving Communication.” 4th Children and Culture SIGS Symposium, BRAZ-TESOL. São Paulo, Brazil, May 2003.
“ Brian Friel, The Irish Playwright Abroad.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literature. São Paolo, Brazil, July 2002.
“ Lady Gregory’s Challenge Via the Feminine Journey.” American Conference for Irish Studies. Milwaukee, May 2002.
“A Question of Character: Performative Aspects of Job.” Association of Core Texts and Courses. Montreal, Apr 2002.
“The Visit and The Oresteia: How Durrenmatt Makes Us Re-Visit An Ethics of Responsibility.” Notre Dame University, Apr 2001.
“A Postcolonial Perspective on Shaw’s Border-Crossing Saint Joan.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literature. Bath, England, July 2000.
“Shakespeare, Stanislavsky, and the Student Creator’s Personal History,” Association of Core Texts and Courses. San Francisco, Apr 2000.
“Remarks on the Role of Arts as Agents of Social Change.” Peace Prize Forum. St. Olaf College, Feb 2000.
“Poetic Evolution: Barry Rows Forward with Prayers for Sherkin.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures. Barcelona, Spain, July 1999.
“Portrait of the Artist as a Young Scientist: Kepler and Principia.” Association of Core Texts and Courses. New Orleans, Apr 1999.
“What is Too Much to Hope?: Troubled Unions in Edna O’Brien’s House of Splendid Isolation.” International Association for the Study of IrishLiteratures. Limerick, Ireland , July 1998)
“Is There Any Hope? The Peace Movement in Northern Ireland.” Peace Prize Forum. Concordia College, Feb 1998.
“Shaw and Soyinka: Drama of Native Defiance.” Modern Language Association. Toronto, Canada, Dec 1997.
“Refracting and Re-figuring Shaw: H.G. Well’s Tono-Bungay.” South Central Modern Language Association. Dallas, TX , Nov 1997.
“Hearing Our Own Echoes as Brookner’s Cripples Cry ‘Look At Me’.” South Central Modern Language Association. San Antonio, TX , Nov 1996.
“Reimagining Wilde in the West, or How Miners Refin(e)d an Irish Aesthete.” American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Region. San Francisco, CA, Oct 1996.
“The Power of Language Acts to Effect Change in Yeats’s Cuchulain Cycle.” Canadian Association for Irish Studies, National Meeting. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, June 1996.
“Banville’s Fiction Comes of Age as It Lays to Rest Old Ghosts.” International Association for the Study of Irish Literature. Cork, Ireland, July 1995.
“The Substance of Paul Vincent Carroll’s Healing Dramas.” Joint Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies and the Canadian Association for Irish Studies. Belfast, Northern Ireland , June 1995.
“Alicia LeFanu's Dramatic Plea for Equality in Sons of Erin.” American Conference for Irish Studies, National Meeting. Omaha, NB, Apr 1994.
“Edna O’Brien and Virginia: A Melody of Fine Feminine Madness.” South Central Modern Language Association. Austin, TX, Oct 1993.
“The Link Between Language and Identity in The Countess Cathleen: The Power to Harm or the Power to Heal.” American Conference for Irish Studies, Southern Region. Tulsa, OK, Feb 1993.
“Pushing the Post-Colonial Boundaries: Freeing the Irish Voice in Brian Friel’s Translations.” Conference on Theory of Transition/Transition of Theory. Denton, TX, Feb 1993.
“A Trinity of Gothic Protagonists in William Faulkner’s Light in Aug.” American Studies Association of Texas. Denton, TX, Nov 1992.
“Boucicault’s Shot at the Victorian Canon: Laughing in the Face of Political Oppression.” South Central Modern Language Association. Memphis, TN, Oct 1992.
"The Irish Immigrant in the West: Creating a Composite Portrait Based on Fact and Fiction." Western Literature Association. Reno, Nevada, Oct 1992.
“Becoming Conversant with Canon Creation,” co-authored with Robert Ellison. Conference on Firing the Canon. Saint Louis, MO, Mar 1992.
“The Marriage of Self to Self in the Dead of Night: Why This Edna O’Brien Novel Works.” South Central Modern Language Association. Houston, TX , Nov 1991.
“A Texas Two-Step: Horton Foote and Preston Jones On Stage.” Western Literature Association. Estes Park, CO, Oct 1991.
“Tennyson’s View of the Poet’s Role: A Right to Isolation and a Duty to Society.” Graduate Students of English Conference. Denton, TX, Apr 1991.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Archival Research into Irish Myth, Lore, and Legend on Film.” Centennial Scholars Lecture, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, Feb 2012.
"Taking Service Learning to the Next Level." National Workshop for Service-learning Coordinators of Globe University Campuses. Woodbury, MN, Feb 18, 2011. Co- presented with Joan Kopperud.
“Learning Inside and Outside of the Classroom.” Orientation Lecture. Concordia College. June 2008, June 2009, June 2010.
“Saint Patrick, Ireland, and the Irish in Western Minnesota.” Moorhead Kiwanis Club, Mar 2010.
“Integrating Service-Learning at the Minnesota Business Colleges.” MBC Faculty Workshop, Aug 2009. Presented with Joan Kopperud.
“How I Learned to Love Rembrandt: a Narrative of Appreciation and Affection.” The Religious Prints of Rembrandt van Rijn and Albrecht Dürer. Rourke Art Museum , Nov 2008.
“Implementing Service-Learning Via The Service-Learning Companion.” Houghton Mifflin WebEx Training for Instructors and Administrators. Multiple sessions,Mar 2008. Presented with Joan Kopperud.
“Service-Learning: What It Is, Why Do It, and How to Do It.” Moorhead Public Schools In-Service for Teachers and Administrators. Moorhead, MN, June 2007. Co-presented with Joan Kopperud.
“Living with Disability.” Panel Presentation for Disability Awareness Week. Concordia College, Mar 2007. Repeated Nov 2007.
“Ireland through the Arts.” Celtic Festival, Moorhead, MN. Communiversity. Fargo, ND, Mar 2006
“Constructing a Postcolonial Dialogue in Our Troubled World,” Unitarian Universalist Church, Fargo, ND, (Mar 2005
“Ireland—A Photo Tour of the Place and Culture,” Celtic Festival, Moorhead, MN, Mar 2005
“The Sirens,” a reading from James Joyce’s Ulysses, Rourke Art Gallery, May 2004.
“Calypso,” a reading from James Joyce’s Ulysses, Rourke Art Gallery, June 2004.
“Relocating Postcolonialism: a Series of Seminars on Irish Playwrights and Tactical Moves toward Wholeness and Peace.” Visiting Scholar in Residence. Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Humanities. University of São Paulo, Brazil, May 2003.
“Dickens: His Irish Connections and His Theatrical Life.” Evening Lecture. University of São Paulo, Brazil, May 2003.
“Exploration Seminars: The Dublin Model.” Concordia Faculty Emeriti Luncheon. Concordia College, Apr 2003
“Pray, Speak, Act Peace.” Chapel Homily. Concordia College, Apr 2003
“Global Literature—Human Quest: A Journey to Create an Anthology.” Centennial Lecture. Concordia College, Oct 2002; repeated for Library Staff In-Service, Nov. 2002, and for Excellence in Teaching, Mar, 2003
“A Question of Character: Performative Aspects of Job.” Principia Faculty Workshop. Concordia College, Aug 2002
“Teaching Last Standing Woman.” New Principia Faculty Workshop. Concordia College, July 2002
“Terrorism in Northern Ireland.” History/Political Science courses. Concordia College and North Dakota State University. Feb 2002 and Mar 1998.
“A Flexible Foundation: Constructing a Postcolonial Dialogue.” Faculty Colloquium. Concordia College, Oct 200).
“The Power of Language to Colonize—Response to The Merchants of Cool.” Faith and World Affairs Symposium. Concordia College, (eptember 2001.
"The Visit and The Oresteia: How Durrenmatt Makes Us Re-Visit An Ethics of Responsibility.” Principia Spring Lecture. Concordia College, Feb 2001.
“Women in the Irish Peace Process.” Irish History. Concordia College, Mar 2001
“Public Moral Philosophy.” Faith and World Affairs Symposium. Concordia College, Sept 2000.
“The Healing Power of Forgiveness.” Chapel Presentation. Concordia College, Nov 1999.
“The Living Word in the Lives of Poets.” Chapel Presentation. Concordia College, Nov 1998.
“Ireland: Its History, Culture and People.” Great Plains-MIcrosoft, Mar 1998; assorted community organizations (Lions Club, Rotary, etc.) 1997-current
“Irish Mythology.” Myths and Legends. Concordia College, Mar 1997
“Brian Friel, Postcolonialism and Other Staged Themes.” Cast and Crew of Dancing at Lughnasa. Concordia College, Sept 1996.
“Creating Characters in Dickens.” Fun With Dickens Society and Wordsworth Bookstore. Fargo, ND, Oct 1995; North Texas Regional Dickens Fellowship. Denton, TX , Nov 1991.