Laura J. Kuhlman
Curriculum Vitae
Department of English Updated August 2017
University of Iowa Email:
356 English-Philosophy Building Website: laurajkuhlman.com
Iowa City, IA 52242
Education
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2017
Department of English, 20th and 21st century American Literature
M.A. en passant, University of Iowa, 2014
English Literature
B.A., Ball State University, 2011
Summa cum laude, Honors College Graduate
Majors in English Literature and German, Minor in Creative Writing
Teaching Certificate, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Spring 2016
Honors and Awards
University of Iowa
Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship, Spring 2017
Three Minute Thesis Finalist, November 2016
Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Summer Fellowship, May 2015
English Department, Post-Comprehensive Exam Research Fellowship, Spring 2015
Ball State University
Presidential Scholarship, 2007-2011
Undergraduate Teaching Fellowship, 2008-2011
Knights of Columbus Scholarships, 2009, 2010
Golden Key Scholarship, 2009
Teaching Experience
University of Iowa
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, 2017-2018
Interpretation of Literature Instructor, Department of English, 2014-2016
Rhetoric Instructor, Department of Rhetoric, 2012- 2014
Teaching Assistant, Department of English, 2011- 2012
Ball State University
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow, Department of History, 2008-2011
Teaching Interests
20th and 21st century American literature, gender studies, poetry, apocalyptic fiction, science fiction, book history, book studies, and book arts
Mentoring Experience
University of Iowa
Professional Development Program Co-Leader, Department of Rhetoric, Fall 2013
Ball State University
Peer Mentor Program, Honors College, Fall 2008, 2009, 2010
Service
Graduate Advisory Council Member, Department of Rhetoric, 2012-2014
Dissertation
The Beat Goes On: Women Writers of the Beat Generation. Defended May 2017.
Articles
“Faulkner’s Corpse Bride: Revenging the Ravaged and Queering the Funeral.” Submitted and
under review.
“Lit in the Living Room: Women Writing and Publishing ‘Beat.’” Submitted and under review.
“‘I HAVE GOT PLENTY OF NOTHING:’ Brenda Frazer’s Troia: Mexican Memoirs, Beat
Motherhood, and the Poetics of Loss,” in progress.
Conference Papers
“A Road of Her Own: Jan Kerouac’s Trilogy.” Presented paper. American Literature
Association, May 2017.
“The Literary Movement in the Living Room.” Presented paper. Post45 Graduate Student
Symposium, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, February 2016.
“I Have Got Plenty of Nothing:” Brenda Frazer’s Troia: Mexican Memoirs, Beat Motherhood,
and the Poetics of Loss.” Presented paper. American Literature Association, May 2014.
“Same Beat, Different Song: Reading Hettie Jones and a Feminist Beat Aesthetic.” Presented
paper. Jakobsen Conference, University of Iowa, April 2013.
“Hettie Jones and Bonnie Bremser: Beat Femininity Filling the Void of ‘Missing Men.’”
Presented paper. Craft, Critique, and Culture Conference, University of Iowa, March
2013.
Memberships
Modern Language Association
Beat Studies Association
Book Binding Exhibitions
Eye on Art Gallery, Handmade Journal and Book Show, Carmel, Indiana, October 2011
Gordy’s Fine Art and Framing, Downtown Muncie Arts Walk, Muncie, Indiana, October 2011