Curriculum Vitae
Elisabeth R. Bayley
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola Hall, 307
(773) 508.2305
Educational Background
2013 Doctorate in Literature
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
· Thesis entitled: “Beyond Lies and Self-Deception: Willa Cather and a Transformative Political Imagination”
· Promoter: Prof. Theodoor D’Haen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
· Co-Promoter: Prof. Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania
2008 Master of Arts, Literary Studies
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
· Thesis entitled: “An Ecocritical Analysis: Reading John Steinbeck’s ‘To a God Unknown’ Through the Works of Wendell Berry”
· Honored Cum Laude
2007 Women’s Studies Certificate
Saint Louis University, Missouri
· Thesis entitled: “René Girard and Judith Butler: A Comparative Analysis of Violence and Conversion”
· Presented thesis at 2007 Women’s Studies Colloquium
2007 Master of Arts in Theology
Aquinas Institute of Theology, Missouri
· Thesis entitled: “A Feminist Anthropological Understanding of Original Sin: An Exegesis of the Parable of the Talents”
2003 Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Saint Louis University, Missouri
· One year accelerated program
· Honored Cum Laude
1998 Bachelor of Science, Health Science
Truman State University, Missouri
Teaching and Academic Experience
Lecturer, Loyola University Chicago,
Chicago IL, Fall 2014-Present
English Department
Adjunct Faculty, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, Summer-Fall 2013
Adjunct Faculty, Aquinas Institute of Theology, St. Louis, MO, Summer 2012
Courses Taught
· “Interpreting Literature”
· “Bioethics Capstone”
· “Religion and Literature”
· “Exploring Fiction”
· “Introduction to Theology”
· “American Authors in Rome”
· “Loyola Seminar: Vulnerability and Failure”
Loyola University Chicago Online Teaching Certificate, Summer 2015
Publications
Journals
“An Ecocritical Analysis of JohnSteinbeck's To a God Unknown.” Steinbeck Review. Spring 2016 Forthcoming
“The Conflict of Legends and the Corrective lens of Love in Willa Cather’s ‘Death Comes for the Archbishop’: A Girardian Analysis.” The Heythrop Journal 54.5 (September 2013) : 835-845.
Book Chapters
“Becoming-queer? Searching for a Resonance Between Queer Theology and Contemporary Continental Thought” Co-authored with Colby Dickinson. In Queering Theology’s Object: Redefining the Quest for God, Eds. Colby Dickinson and Aimee Upjohn Light. Forthcoming
“Mimesis, Desire and Lack in John Steinbeck’s East of Eden” in Henry Veggian, ed. East of Eden’s 60th Anniversary. Amsterdam, Holland: Rodopi, 2013 (in press).
“To Accept in Order to Create: Albert Camus” in Colby Dickinson, ed. The Postmodern Saints of France: Refiguring ‘The Holy’ in Contemporary French Philosophy, London: T&T Clark, 2013 (May 23, 2013).
“Identifying the Mystical in Literature: Space versus Place in the Works of Willa Cather.” in Kurian Kachappilly, ed. Mystic Musings in Art and Poetry. New Delhi: Christian World Imprints, 2013.
Book Reviews
Review of Milanich, Jerald T. and Root, Nina J. Hidden Seminoles: Julian Dimock’s Historic Florida Photographs. University Press of Florida. Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South. (Summer/Fall 2013)
Conferences
James Baldwin Conference
Paris, France, May 2016
· “Teaching James Baldwin’s ‘Going to Meet the Man’: Avoidance of Vulnerability and Grief” Forthcoming
The Poetry and Poetic Life of Denise Levertov
Chicago, IL, October 2015
· “Exploration of the “Sublime Paradox” in Denise Levertov’s Poem “The Showings: Lady Julian of Norwich, 1342-1416”
2015 Willa Cather International Symposium
Red Cloud, NE
· “Cather and the ‘Art’ of Dying, Death, and Mourning in My Mortal Enemy”
Modern Language Association Convention
Vancouver, January 2015
· Moderator for Western Literature Association Panel
2014 Willa Cather Spring Conference
Red Cloud, NE, June 2014
· “Willa Cather’s Psychological Geography in Lucy Gayheart”
Modern Language Association Convention
Chicago, IL, January 2014
· Moderator for Western Literature Association Panel entitled “Global Art: Western American Context”
· Paper presentation: “The Art of Intrusion in Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop”
2013 International Steinbeck Conference
San Jose, CA, May 2013
· “An Ecocritical Analysis of John Steinbeck’s To a God Unknown”
· Awarded travel stipend
Subverting the Norm II: Can Postmodern Theology Live in the Churches?
Springfield, MO, April 2013
· “Encouraging Self-Critical Reflection in Churches”
Modern Language Association Convention
Boston, MA, January 2013
• Western Literature Association panel
• “The Influence of the American West on the Author Karl May”
• Awarded conference grant
The International Cather Seminar
Northampton, MA, June 2011
· “Caught between the Truth and the Lie: The Dependence of the Split Subject on the Arousal of Desire in Willa Cather’s Alexander’s Bridge”
· Awarded conference grant
Mysticism Without Bounds International Conference
Bangelore, India, January 2011
· “Identifying the Mystical in Literature: Space Versus Place in the Works of Willa Cather”
Toni Morrison Society Sixth Biennial Conference
Paris, France, November 2010
· Invited to participate in the Language Matters Teaching Initiative Workshop
Colloquium on Violence and Religion
South Bend, IN, June 2010
· “Can the ‘Art’ of Peace become a Work of Violence? Explorations
of Religious ‘Works of Peace’ in Willa Cather’s Death Comes for the Archbishop”
· Awarded conference grant from the Colloquium on Violence and Religion
Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference
Red Cloud, NE, June 2010
· “The Repetition of the Myth: The Garden of Eden and Hiding behind Blame in Willa Cather’s O’ Pioneers!”
British Association for American Studies Conference
Norwich, England, April 2010
· “The Circling of Consumerism and Desire in the Early 20th Century: Flawed Notions of Totality Depicted in Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth”
Organization Representative
Western Literature Association
· Western Literature Association Liaison to the Modern Language Association
March 2013 – January 2015
Awards and Grants
The Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage
Loyola University, Chicago
· Course Development Grant 2015
· Course Entitled: “The Seven Deadly Sins: Passions Portrayed in Literature”
Provost Fellowship
Loyola University Chicago 2015
· Supervision of project “Carrying the Fire: Western Christianity and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road”
Professional Membership
· Modern Language Association, April 2010-Present
· Willa Cather Society, May 2010-Present
· Edith Wharton Society, June 2010-Present
· Western Literature Association, January 2013-Present
Professional Experience
Director of Ministry of Care and Bereavement,
Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Wilmette, IL
August 2013-August 2014
· Perform administrative duties and oversee over eighty volunteers in the ministry of care and bereavement programs. Direct six week grief group sessions.
Editor, Faculty of Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
2009- 2012
· Editor of Academic Journal Articles, Book Reviews, Dissertations and Applications
Registered Nurse, United States Embassy, Brussels, Belgium.
2008- 2009
· Nurse educator, organized and instructed CPR/First Aid training for all State and local employees and Marines, maintained staff medical charts, assessed vaccination records, administered vaccinations, taught health classes on current topics, counseled embassy staff concerning medical care and referrals, administered first aid, assessed patients.
Registered Nurse, Sisters of Saint Mary Home Health, Hospice
Saint Louis, MO 2005- 2007
· Home Hospice Nurse, giving medical care to patients who were diagnosed with a terminal illness.
· Taught patient and family education concerning the dying process and individual patient illnesses.
Registered Nurse, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Oncology Unit, Saint Louis, MO
2003- 2005
· Registered Nurse working on an oncology floor with a focus in hematological cancers Chemotherapy Certified 2003. Administered Chemotherapy on a daily basis. Charge nurse, oversaw daily routine of the floor. Preceptor to new nurses.