CEA EXECUTIVE BOARD

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I first encountered CEA at a statewide affiliate conference back in 2012 and have enjoyed attending and presenting at conferences ever since. It's a wonderful association with collegial folks who have great senses of humor. I am in my 15th year at Anderson University -- the one in Indiana, not South Carolina :) -- where I'm an Associate Professor teaching composition, Language Arts methodology, and YA Lit. 

I am an Associate Professor of English, as well as a student of Chinese language and literatures, who joined the faculty of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania in 2005. I teach postcolonial, British, and other world literatures, along with graphic novel, linguistics, literary criticism and theory, biblical and other religious literatures, and composition. Currently, I serve on the Board of Directors of the College English Association, as well as Past President of the South Asian Literary. My research interests include conversations among literatures of South Asia and neighboring or otherwise in-contact regions.

I am an  Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Note how surprisingly young I look for my age. I  channel my youthful curiosity into researching animal representations in literature and Digital Humanities. Not one to be bored, I got aboard with the Board of Directors of CEA, and also serve on the Graduate Committee and the Allied Organizations Committee. I am also Veep at the South Asian Literary Association and Executive Secretary and Treasurer for the Conference of College Teachers of English (Texas). And I love my cat, Minu.

I have been a member of CEA since 2013 and fell in love with the organization when I first attended the conference in Baltimore in 2014. I was an adjunct for many years, and I credit my ability to transition from adjunct to full-time to CEA. If it was not for their guidance and mentorship, I would not be where I am today as the Composition Coordinator at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX. I teach composition, sophomore level literature, and advanced professional writing and communication courses. I live in San Antonio with my wonderful husband and two daughters.  

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I am a Professor of English at Nazareth University in Rochester, NY, where I teach courses in American and Latinx literatures as well as writing courses. Over the years, I have served as Director of the Honors Program, as well as the College Writing Program, and I served as department chair for two terms. My research focuses on issues of identity construction, diaspora and displacement, and exile within Cuban-American literary production. I was first introduced to the CEA by my dissertation director, Dr. Fred L. Standley, who encouraged me to attend my first CEA conference in Baltimore in 1997--and I was immediately hooked! Since then I have been a long-standing participant at the CEA, delivering papers on Latinx literature and moderating various panels. I was also awarded the Robert Hacke Scholar-Teacher Award in 2000 and was honored to serve as the CEA’s Diversity Luncheon speaker twice. I first served as a member of the CEA’s Board of Directors (2007-09), contributing to the work of the Diversity and Graduate Paper Committees. Since 2008, I have enjoyed serving the CEA as the Special Topics Chair in Latinx Literature. I am excited to be working, once again, with such highly dedicated and hard-working colleagues on the Board.

 I'm an Associate Professor of English at the University of TN at Chattanooga where I teach courses on verse, Victorian literature, and disability. I’ve been attending the CEA annual conference for almost a decade now. What I like most about the organization is how it celebrates what we do as teacher-scholars. We're living in an anti-intellectual age. It’s reasonable to think that the sky is falling. Even so, CEA members exude the joy and curiosity that brought us to this discipline in the first place. That energy is infectious, and I’m grateful for it.