Chair, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies, City College of San Francisco

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ARDEL MARIE THOMAS, Ph.D.

Chair, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies, City College of San Francisco

1221 Gilman St., Berkeley, CA 94706

cell: + 01 415-830-0871 – home: +01 510-559-9621

Pronoun: They, please

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Modern Thought and Literature, Minor in History

Stanford University, June 1998

Dissertation: Victorian Monstrosities: Sexuality, Race, and the Construction of the Imperial Self, 1811-1924

M. A., English Literature

University of Colorado, Boulder, 1992

Thesis: I Am Beloved and She is Mine: Lesbian Language in Toni Morrison's Fiction

B. A., Women's Studies and Creative Writing

University of Colorado, Boulder, 1987

PUBLICATIONS

Books

As Ardel Haefele-Thomas:

Transgender: A Reference Handbook. Co-authored with Aaron Devor. Los Angeles: ABC-CLIO Press, forthcoming 2018. Book

Introduction to Transgender Studies. New York: Harrington Park Press, forthcoming 2017. Book

Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity. University of Wales Press (distributed in the U.S. by University of Chicago Press), 2012. Book

As Ardel Thomas:

Writing for Real: A Handbook for Writers in Community Service (co-authored with Carolyn Ross). New York: Addison, Wesley, and Longman, 2003. Book

Invited Journal Editor

As Ardel Haefele-Thomas

Trans Victorians. Victorian Review, forthcoming 2019. Peer Reviewed Journal Editor

Articles

As Ardel Haefele-Thomas:

“Gothic and the Modern Theatre” (working title). In Gothic and the Arts, David Punter (ed.), Edinburgh University Press, 2018/19 (projected). Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“‘We Had Disgraced Ourselves as Englishmen Forever’: Transforming Imperial, Religious, and Cultural Rhetoric in Three fin-de-siècle Werewolf Tales.” In TransGothic for the Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature Series, Jolene Zigarovich (ed.), Routledge Press, 2018 (projected). Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“’Keeping An Eye On Me’: Queer Specters”. In The Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story, Scott Brewster and Luke Thurston (eds.), Routledge Press, 2017 (projected). Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“Queer American Gothic.” In The Cambridge Companion to the American Gothic, Jeffrey Weinstock (ed.), Cambridge UP, 2016 (in press). Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“‘What am I, I wonder? Perhaps something new in the world’”: Sodomy and Transmasculinity in C.J. Sansom’s Heartstone. In Textus: Culture Issue, “Narratives of Gender, Sexuality and Embodiment in Modern and Contemporary English Culture,” Silvia Antosa and Joseph Bristow (eds.), 2016 (in press). Journal article (peer-reviewed)

“Queering the Female Gothic.” In The Edinburgh Companion to Women and the Gothic, Sue Zlosnik and Avril Horner (eds.), Edinburgh UP, 2016 (in press). Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“‘Those Most Intimately Concerned’: The Strength of Chosen Family in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Gothic Short Fiction.” In Gothic Kinships, Sue Zlosnik and Agnes Andeweg (eds.), Manchester UP, 2013. [p. 30-47. 18 p.] Chapter (peer-reviewed)

As Ardel Thomas:

“Queer Victorian Gothic” in The Victorian Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion. Andrew Smith and William Hughes, editors. Edinburgh University Press, 2012. [p. 142-155. 14 p.] Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“Equity Denied: How Global Colonization and Imperialism Inhibits Lesbian Identity and Mobility.” Ed. Lisa Driscoll. Forum on Public Policy Volume 4, Number 2, 2008. [p.43-56. 14 p.] Journal article (peer-reviewed)

“Gothic Landscapes, imperial collapse and the queering of Adela Quested in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India.” In Queering the Gothic, William Hughes and Andrew Smith (eds.), Manchester UP, 2006. [p.89-104. 16 p.] Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“Thieves at the Dinner Table: Queer, Racial, and National Amalgamations in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone.” Fictions of Unease: The Gothic From Otranto to the X-Files. Ed. William Hughes. Bath: Sulis Press, 2002. [p. 84-99. 16 p.] Chapter (peer-reviewed)

“Dangerous Connections.” Lesbian Ethics 4:3, 1992. Journal article (peer-reviewed)

Reference Articles

As Ardel Thomas:

“Mummies.” The Encyclopedia of the Gothic. Eds. William Hughes, David Punter, and Andrew Smith. Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. Entry for encyclopedia

“Gay and Lesbian Culture in London”; “Lesbian Detectives”; “Queer Sexuality and Empire” (co-authored with Leslie Minot). The Reader's Guide to Gay and Lesbian Studies. Timothy Murphy, editor. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1999. Reference article (peer-reviewed)

Biographies of Cheryl Clarke and Pat Parker. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. Cathy N. Davidson and Linda Wagner-Martin, editors. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Reference article (peer-reviewed)

Book Reviews

As Ardel Haefele-Thomas:

Review of Queer Victorian Families: Curious Relations in Literature. Eds. Duc Dau and Shale

Preston. Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature. New York: Routledge, 2015. For Review 19: Assessing New Books on English and American Literature of the Nineteenth Century. Reviewed November 2015. Online: http://www.nbol-19.org/view_doc.php?index=413

As Ardel Thomas:

Review of Gibson, Matthew. Dracula and the Eastern Question: British and French

Vampire Narratives of the Nineteenth-Century Near East. New York: Palgrave, 2006. Reviewed in English Literature in Transition 1880-1920. Vol. 51, no. 3, 2008. [p.340-343, 4p.]

PRESENTATIONS

Conference Papers

“Making Safe Spaces For Non-Binary Students.” Trans Spectrum Conference: St. Louis, MO,

November 2016 – presenting with two of my graduate student advisees.

“From Norman to Nomi: Criminality in Gothic Transgender Narratives.” Captivating

Criminality 3: Bath Spa University, England, June 2016.

“‘This Is Work’: The Silencing of Sex Work in the Lives of Miss Major, Georgina Beyer

and Sylvia Rivera.” The Second Biannual Moving Transgender History Forward Conference, University of Victoria and the UVic Transgender Archives, Canada, March 2016.

“‘My Real Name Would Be Uncouth To Your Ears’: Global Gender Transgression in Three Fin-de-Siècle Werewolf Stories.” The Thirteenth Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Vancouver, Canada, July 2015.

“Do The Clothes Fit?” Co-Presentation with Ms. Bob Davis. The First Biannual Moving Transgender History Forward Conference, University of Victoria and the UVic Transgender Archives, March 2014.

“Sylvia Rivera and Georgina Beyer: Transwomen of Color and Leadership Roles.” Oxford University Women’s Leadership Symposium, Magdalen College, Oxford, England, December 2013.

“‘I’m Ready For My Close-Up, Mr. DeMille’: Camp Gothic in Angels in America and Zero Patience.” The Twelfth Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Surrey, England, July 2013.

“Developing an A.A. Degree in LGBT Studies.” Expanding the Circle LGBTQ Educators Conference, San Francisco, June 2012.

“In Defence of Her Queer Community: Vernon Lee’s Coded, Decadent Gothic.” The Eleventh Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Heidelberg, Germany, August 2011.

“Elizabeth Gaskell’s Lois the Witch and the Condemnation of Empire.” The Eleventh Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Lancaster, England, 2009.

“Queer Family Structures in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Short Gothic Fiction.” Points of Exit Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2009.

“The Queer World of Arthur Machen.” The Ninth Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Aix en Provence, France, 2007.

“Global Lesbian Issues.” Oxford Roundtable, Pembroke College, Oxford, England, 2007.

“Ghost Stories in M.E. Braddon and Elizabeth Gaskell.” Panel presentation with Andrew Smith and William Hughes. The Seventh Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Montreal, Canada, 2005.

“Queer Matters in Rhetoric and Composition - Articulating Pedagogical, Theoretical, and Disciplinary Definitions.” Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), San Antonio, Texas, 2004.

“The Monstrous Nothingness of the Imperial Self in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India. Gothic Ex/Changes: The Sixth Biannual Conference of the International Gothic Association, Liverpool Hope University College, Liverpool, England, 2003.

“Collaborations in the Classroom and in the Community: A Feminist Pedagogical Experiment.”A collaborative panel co-presented with undergraduate students Afua Nyanin, Katie Pfeiffer, and Anna Chen at the Conference on College Composition and Communication [CCCC], New York, New York, 2003.

“‘But We Have A Queen Already’: The Fusion of Imperial and Domestic Violence in Henry Rider Haggard's She.” The Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States (VISAWUS) Annual Conference, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2001.

“Service-Learning and Community Service Writing: Moving from Theory to Practice with ‘Real’ World Writing.” Co-written and presented with Carolyn Ross, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia's [HERDSA] Annual International Conference, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia,1999.

Guest Presenter with Carolyn Ross on Community Service Writing at Stanford University, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia,1999.

“Thieves at the Dinner Table: Queer, Racial, and National Amalgamations in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone.” The Third International Gothic Association Conference, St. Mary's University, Strawberry Hill, England, 1997.

“‘The Monstrous Genitalia’: Queer Native Bodies in The Case of Miss Marianne Woods and Miss Jane Pirie Against Dame Helen Cumming Gordon and Richard Marsh’s The Beetle.” The Third Annual Meeting of the Group for Early Modern Cultural Studies, Dallas, Texas,1995.

“‘Unnatural, Uncanny, and Un-Dead’: Victorian Vampires and the Fear of Multiplicity,” The Second International Gothic Association Conference, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, 1995.

“‘The Wrong Place, Indeed!’ Or, ‘Whither the Truth?’ Lesbian Historiography and The Case of Miss Marianne Woods and Miss Jane Pirie Against Dame Helen Cumming Gordon,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, Claremont, CA, 1994.

Guest Presenter on the libel case of Miss Marianne Woods and Miss Jane Pirie Against Dame Helen Cumming Gordon, for the Graduate Program in Comparative Literature's Roundtable, University of California, Berkeley,1993.

“‘Dangerous Connections’: Contemporary Lesbian Sado-Masochism and a Nineteenth-Century American Slave Narrative,” Common Bonds Gay and Lesbian Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder,1991.

“‘Mom Is a Lesbian Vampire’: The Mother-Daughter Relationship in J. Sheridan LeFanu’s Carmilla,” Flaunting It: First Annual Gay and Lesbian Graduate Student Conference, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, 1991.

“The Lesbian Look in Cherríe Moraga’s Giving Up the Ghost,” Sub/Versions: Graduate Student Conference on Disruptive Voices in Literature and Film, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1991.

“The Public Voice Speaking Female Space: Christine de Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies,” Colorado Women's Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1990.

“‘The Erotic, the Grotesque and the Proper’: The Embodiment of Gender and Class in David Copperfield,” Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference, California State University, Long Beach, 1990.

Invited Presentations

Introduction to Transgender Studies Workshop. Expanding the Circle LGBTQ Educators

Conference, San Francisco, June 2015.

“Do The Clothes Fit? Early Transgender Identity and Communities.” Guest

presentation with Ms. Bob Davis at the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, CA, November 2014.

“The Spinster and the Hijra: How Queer Save Heterosexual Marriage in Wilkie Collins’s The Woman in White and The Moonstone.” Modern Times Bookstore – Meeting the Author Series, San Francisco, May 2013.

“Escaping Heteronormativity: Queer Family Structures in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Lois the Witch and ‘The Grey Woman.’ International Women’s Week, City College of San Francisco, March 2013.

National Coming Out Day – 30 Years Later. A guest lecture introducing George Takei at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, CA, October 2007.

Queer Activism in Class and in the Community. Roosevelt Institution, Stanford University, May 2005.

Keynote speaker, International Women's Week at Stanford University, April 2004.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Short-listed for the Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize in Gothic Criticism for Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity, 2013.

Short-listed for the Sonya Rudikoff Award for best first book in Victorian Studies for Queer Others in Victorian Gothic: Transgressing Monstrosity, 2013.

Oxford University Women Leadership Symposium, Magdalen College, Oxford, England, December 2013.

Oxford Roundtable, Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, April 2007

Online Teaching Award, City College of San Francisco, January 2007

Professional Development Grant, Lexington Community College, for participation in the Mandala Diversity Training Program, Lexington, April 2005

Professional Development Grant, Lexington Community College, for participation in the Queer Caucus at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, San Francisco, March 2005

International Travel Grant, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University, for participation on a multicultural service-learning panel at the Higher Education Resources and Development Association Conference in Melbourne, Australia, 1999

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University, 1998-99

Graduate Student Instructor/Participant, The Dickens Project, University of California at Santa Cruz, July 27- August 2, 1996

Scholarship from the Humanities Center for the workshop “Teaching Multicultural Texts in an Historical Context,” University of Colorado, Spring 1991

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Current Reader and Outside Advisor to the Following Doctoral Students:

Gregory L. Chwala: Indiana University Pennsylvania student in English. Doctoral thesis on de-colonial ecologies and imperial gothic.

Breana Hansen: University of San Francisco doctoral student in Education. Doctoral thesis on intersecting identities and restorative justice within pedagogical practice.

Deirdre Clyde: University of Hawai’i doctoral student in Anthropology and Cultural Studies. Doctoral thesis on queer fandom culture in Japanese animé and manga.

City College of San Francisco, 2005-present

Chair and Professor, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies

Selection of Courses Taught for Mixed Groups Including Advanced Undergraduate, Graduate and Returning Students in LGBT Studies:

AIDS in America (with a focus on music, film, visual and performance art)

Global LGBT Art and Culture

Transgender Lives, Culture and Art

History of Homosexuality in Film

Pre-Stonewall Writers and Cultures

Selection of Courses Taught for Beginning Undergraduate Students in LGBT Studies:

Introduction to LGBT Studies

U.S. LGBT Art and Culture (with a focus on intersections of race, class, gender identity and sexual orientation)

LGBT Culture and Politics

Selection of Courses Taught for Introductory Undergraduate Students in English:

English 96: Introduction to Research and Writing

English 1A: Intermediate Research and Writing

Berkeley City College, spring 2013

Guest professor, Introduction to Women’s Studies Fall 2016

Guest professor (sabbatical replacement), Feminist Philosophy Spring 2013

Lexington (KY) Community College, 2004-2005

Instructor in English and Women’s Studies

Undergraduate courses taught:

English 101: Introduction to Research and Writing

English 102: Intermediate Research and Writing

English Special Topics: Victorian Crime and Horror

Women’s Studies 101: (with a unit focus on feminist Gothic)

Stanford University, 1993-2004

Program in Writing and Rhetoric

Program in Writing and Rhetoric (several courses taught on writing in the community)

Modern Thought and Literature and Feminist Studies (post-doctoral courses taught in 19th Century British culture and society)

Stanford's Continuing Studies Program – Master’s in Liberal Arts: