Phd Student, Department of English
Anna C. Ziering
PhD Student, Department of English
University of Connecticut, Storrs
Department of English
University of Connecticut
215 Glenbrook Road, U-4025
Storrs, CT 06269
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EDUCATION
2022Ph.D. English (expected),University of Connecticut, Storrs
2017M.A EnglishUniversity of Connecticut, Storrs
2015M.F.A. PoetryBoston University
2011B.A. American StudiesBarnard College
GRADUATE CERTIFICATES
American Studies (coursework to be completed SP 18)
WGSS (coursework to be completed SP 18)
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Twentieth-century American literature, American Studies, queer of color critique, queer theory, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies.
PUBLICATIONS
Academic Publications
“An Unparalleled Revolution: Louisiana’s Path to Secession,” in The Secession Crisis of 1860-1861: Documenting the March Toward Disunion. New York: The Gilder Lehrman Institute ofAmerican History, 2011.
An Unlikely Choice: Louisiana’s Path to Secession. Documentary film. New York: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, 2010.
Poems
“The Bird,” An Anthology of Loss, Little Lantern Press (forthcoming, 2017)
“Vision As the Ice Shelf Collapses,” What Rough Beasts, Indolent Books (May 31, 2017);
“Driving I-25 Through Casper, Wyoming,” The Slag Review (summer 2016)
“Raveling,” The Slag Review (summer 2016)
“Plum,” The Skylark Review (summer 2016)
“Translation,” Poetic Journeys (spring 2016)
“Litany,” 236 (summer 2015)
“Please,” 236 (summer 2015)
“Afterthought,” The Somerville Times, December 3, 2015.
Book Reviews
“Aja Monet, My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter,” Warscapes (forthcoming).
“The Last Two Seconds by Mary Jo Bang,” The Rumpus, online. August 19, 2015.
“Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy by Joanna Klink,”The Rumpus, online. May 13, 2015.
“Without a Claim by Grace Schulman,” The Rumpus, online. March 29, 2014.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
UConn Graduate Travel Funding Award (2017)
Wallace Stevens Poetry Prize, First Place (2017)
Robert Pinsky and Leslie Epstein Global Fellowship for Creative Writing (2014)
Barnard Academic Commencement Speaker (2011)
John Demos Prize for Excellence in American Studies (2011)
Columbia University LGBTQ Community Leadership Award (2011)
Barnard Bear Pin Senior Leadership Award (2011)
Centennial Scholar (2007-2011)
Early Phi Beta Kappa, Barnard Chapter (2010)
CONFERENCES, COLLOQUIA, INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“The Novella as a Tool of Viral Seduction: Masochistic Temporality in Venus in Furs,” Uncertain Futures, October 2017
“‘Hurt You into Tenderness Finally’: Erotic Masochism and Black Female Subjectivity in Gayl Jones’s Corregidora,” American Literature Association, May 2017.
“‘Hurt You into Tenderness Finally’: Erotic Submission/Masochism Black Female Subjectivity in Gayl Jones’s Corregidora,” Multi-Ethnic Literature Association, May 2017.
“‘We’re Going to Kill Them’: Fantasy, Domesticity, and the Pederast inAnd Baby Makes Seven,” Northeast Modern Language Association, March 2016.
COURSES TAUGHT
Honors I: Literary Study Through Reading and Research (University of Connecticut, ENGL 2011)
Modern Immigrant Narratives
Seminar in Writing Through Literature (University of Connecticut, ENGL 1011)
Who? How?: The Self in Context
Writing and Revolution
Seminar in Academic Writing (University of Connecticut, ENGL 1010)
Negotiating Identity Through Language
Getting to Know You: Writing Across and In-Between
Introduction to Creative Writing (Boston University, EN 202)
SERVICE
UConn Diversity Council, Graduate Student Representative, 2016-present
UConn Reads, 2016-present
English Graduate Student Association, Secretary, 2016-present
Muslim Solidarity Group, 2016
English Graduate Student Association, Diversity Committee, 2015-present
English Graduate Student Association, Professional Development Committee, 2015-present
Editorial Assistant, AGNI Magazine, 2014
Barnard College Strategic Planning Advisory Group, 2011
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Modern Language Association
CREATIVE WRITING CONFERENCES AND RESIDENCIES
Instructor at the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop (2017)
Fellow at the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop (2016)
Kenyon Writers Workshop (2015)
TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS
Pre-Texts Workshop with Doris Sommers (2015)
OTHER ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Judge for Creative Non-Fiction, Connecticut Writing Project (2015, 2016, 2017)
Interim Director of Student Life, Boston University Academy (2015)
Tutor, JBG Educational Group (2014-2015)
Assessments Coordination, Digital Learning Initiative at Boston University (2014)
Admissions Assistant, Boston University Academy (2013-2013)
Program Coordinator, Young Women’s Leadership Institute at Barnard College (2011)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Paralegal, LGBT & AIDS Project, American Civil Liberties Union (2011-2013)
LANGUAGES
French
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