Lynette D. Myles
Department of English
P. O. Box 870302
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
(480) 965-3853
lynette.myles@asu.edu
www.public.asu.edu/~tre9116
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English, Arizona State University, May 2006.
Dissertation: Beyond Borders: Black Women, Space, and Female Subjectivity in African American Women’s Narratives of Enslavement
The study examines five female narratives (Hopkins, Larsen, Petry, Marshall, and Butler) that look at black women’s experiences from spatial and transformative perspectives and considers women-centered locations as sites for black female resistance and change. The dissertation also theorizes black female movement, showing black female characters figuratively and literally crossing borders of marginalization and repositioning themselves outside margins that keep them restricted. As methods of scrutinizing black female consciousness and female subjectivity, the study also offers the concept of the “Transient Woman,” as a new paradigm which considers Homi K. Bhabha’s “Third Space” and Gloria Anzaldua’s “New Mestiza.” The project concludes that black female transformation and autonomy are realized in women-centered sites and continued when African American women return to hegemony spaces of location.
Committee: Professors Neal A. Lester (Chair, African American Literature and Women’s Studies), Keith Miller (Literature/Rhetoric and Composition), and Lisa M. Anderson (Women and Gender Studies/Theater)
M.A., English, Arizona State University, February 2003.
B.A., English, Arizona State University, May 1997.
Minor, African American Studies.
PUBLICATIONS
Book(s) in Progress
Beyond Borders: Black Women, Space, and Female Subjectivity in African American Women’s Narratives of Enslavement. Under review with Palgrave Publishers.
- Peter Lang Publishers. Book offer August 2007. Declined.
PUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: Considering Sapphire's Works for Scholarship and Pedagogy. Co-editor with Doveanna Fulton, Neal Lester, and Elizabeth McNeil.
Shifting Identities: Transformative Black Women in Paradoxical Spaces. Investigates further questions raised in my study of space and black women’s autonomy. Relative to African American women’s newly formed autonomy and as a result of restrictions imposed by marriage, the examination looks at questions of how space and marriage are negotiated for continuing black female subjectivity and for an identity separate from the transformational experience. Further, it interrogates how black female self-possession, a process of reclaiming the lost self, is continued once the “Transient Woman” inherits additional identities through marriage.
Book Chapter(s)
Myles, Lynette D. and Jai Young Park. “A Case Study: AFH 394 ‘(Un)Ruly Voices of African American Women’: Engendering and Reclaiming Black Female Realities at Arizona State University.” Navigating the Frontline of Academia. Ed. Deirdre Raynor. Seattle: University of Washington P. (Forthcoming 2008)
Scholarly Articles
Myles, Lynette D. and Jai Young Park. “AFH 394: (Un)Ruly Voices of African American Women: Engendering and Reclaiming Black Female Realities at Arizona State University.” Studies on English Language and Literature 32.1 (2006): 145-158.
Myles, Lynette D. “At the Crossroads of Black Female Autonomy, Or Digression as Resistance in Quicksand and The Street.” Journal of English and American Studies 4 (2005):123-167.
-----. “At the Crossroads of Black Female Autonomy, Or Digression as Resistance in Quicksand and The Street.” Proceedings of the 2nd Ewha Institute of English and American Studies International Conference, October 31, 2005: Reading the Hyphen in Asia(N)-America. Seoul: Ewha Institute of English and American Studies, 2005. 77-85.
-----. “Location, Female Autonomy, and Identity in Pauline Hopkins’s Contending Forces.” Proceedings of the 40th Annual International Conference of the American Studies Association of Korea, October 28-30, 2005: Americas in Conflict. Gyeongju: American Studies Association of Korea, 2005. 213-219.
Scholarly Entries
Myles, Lynette D. “Anna Julia Cooper.” Encyclopedia of American Literature. New York: Fact on File. October 2007.
Myles, Lynette D. “Amanda America Dickson.” African American National Biography. Eds. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham. New York: Oxford U P. (Forthcoming 2007)
Myles, Lynette D. "Owen Vincent Dodson." Black Drama: 1852 to Present. CD. Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street P, January 2002.
Local Publications
Myles, Lynette D. “Realizing Dreams through Studying and Teaching African American Literature: A Reflection from an African American Studies Minor.” Legacy: African American Studies Newsletter 2006: 7.
Myles, Lynette D. and Jai Young Park. Theatre Companion Guide: James Weldon Johnson's God's Trombones. Phoenix, AZ: Black Theatre Troupe Production, February 2001, 1-12.
Myles, Lynette D. “Dr. Neal Lester, Distinguished Public Scholar: Helping Us Find ‘Meaning and Manner’ in the Humanities.” Arizona Informant Newspaper 21 Nov. 2001: 12.
-----. Theatre Companion Guide to McKinley Johnson’s Train is Comin.’ Phoenix, AZ: Black Theatre Troupe Inc. Production, 2000: 1-10.
-----. “Black Theatre Troupe: Staging Cultural and Artistic Diversity.” Legacy: African American Studies Newsletter 2000: 7-8.
-----. Companion Guide to Black Theatre Troupe Production of "Spunk, Three Tales by Zora Neale Hurston." Phoenix, AZ: Black Theatre Troupe Inc. Production, 1999, 1-11.
Works Under Review for Publication
“Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘The Gilded Six-Bits’: A Story of Materialism and Sexism.” Meridians.
“Location, Female Autonomy, and Identity in Pauline Hopkins’s Contending Forces.” Journal of American Studies.
Works in Progress
“Locating Sites for Writing and Transformation in Sapphire’s Push.” Book chapter for PUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: Considering Sapphire's Works for Scholarship and Pedagogy.
“Sojourner Truth’s ‘Genealogy of Morals’: Redefining Literacy as Female Empowerment.”
Referee for Manuscripts Submitted to Journal
“Traveling with Susie King Taylor.” Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture, Vancouver, BC, Canada. August 2007.
“The ‘Theoretical’ Madwoman: Feminist Theory and the Female Gothic.” Thirdspace: A Journal of Feminist Theory and Culture, Vancouver, BC, Canada. June 2007.
LECTURES AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
International Lecture(s)
“Early Beginnings of American Literature.” ENG 200. Chunbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea, October 25, 2005.
Guest Lectures
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, AFS 394 Black Child in America, Arizona State University, March 1, 2006. 2005.
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye, AFS 394 Black Child in America, Arizona State University, October 17, 2005.
“Slave Narratives.” Black History Month Lecture Series. The National Society of Black Engineers, Arizona State University Chapter, Tempe, AZ, February 7, 2002.
Presentations
Keynote Speaker. “Black Female Self-Definition in African American Women’s Works: ‘From Stereotype to Character.’” Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. “Essence of a Woman through Literature” Finer Womanhood Luncheon. Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, April 22, 2007.
“Pervasive Constructions: Images of African-Americans in Popular Culture and Stereotypes of African American Women.” NAACP Student Chapter at Arizona State University Speaker Series. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, March 2007.
Conference Presentations
“Zora Neale Hurston’s ‘The Gilded Six-Bits’: A Story of Materialism and Sexism.” National Association of African American Studies National Conference. Baton Rouge, LA. February 11-16, 2008.
“Locating Sites for Writing and Transformation in Sapphire’s Push.”
PUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: A Symposium on the Works of Sapphire. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 28, 2007.
“Location, Female Autonomy, and Identity in Pauline Hopkins’s Contending Forces.” 2005 American Studies Association of Korea International Conference (ASAK). Gyoungju, Korea, Oct. 28-30, 2005.
“At the Crossroads of Black Female Autonomy, Or Digression as Resistance in Quicksand and The Street.” Ewha Women’s University English and American Studies Institute International Conference. Seoul, Korea. October 31, 2005.
“Beyond the Borders: Women of Resistance Transgressing Boundaries in Female Slave Fictions.” 2003 Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, April 1-3, 2004.
“Rethinking the Political in Teaching African American Women’s Literature.” The 7th Annual Conference at the Peaks, Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, AZ, April 4-5, 2003.
“Pauline Hopkins’s, Transient Black Women Going Against the Grain in Contending Forces.” 2003 Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, March 28-30, 2003,
“Sojourner Truth’s ‘Genealogy of Morals’: Redefining Literacy as a Construct for Female Empowerment.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention. Scottsdale, Arizona, October 10-12, 2002.
“A Case Study: AFH 394 [Un]Ruly Voices of African American Women: Engendering and Reclaiming Black Female Realities at Arizona State University.” The Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS): Pedagogy, Praxis, and Politics: Multi-ethnic Literature in U.S. Education. Seattle, WA: Best Western University Tower, April 13, 2002.
“Surviving and Thriving Graduate School at ASU.” The ASU Women of Color Conference: Desert Women: Surviving and Thriving in the Academy. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ February 8, 2002.
“Samuel Johnson: Uplifting and Cultivating Women in the Eighteenth-Century.” The Annual Meeting of the Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 2001: The Enlightenment: Moving West. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 18, 2001.
“Zora Neale Hurston’s Own Horizon: ‘Act[ing] and Do[ing] Things According’ to Her Truth.” Black Writers Forum: Message of Hope for a New People with a New Desire. First Institutional Baptist Church, Phoenix, AZ, February 27, 2000.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century African American Literature; Slave Narratives; African American Women’s Writing and Feminist Practice; African American Drama; Discourse and Representations of Race, Gender, Class in American Culture, and Sexuality and Spatial Studies.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Department of English, Arizona State University, 2006- Present.
- ENG 353: African American Literature: Beginnings Through the Harlem Renaissance. One Section Fall 2007 and Summer 2006.
- ENG/AFH 394: Unruly Voices of African American Women: Post-Harlem Renaissance. Online. Summer 2007.
- ENG 102: First Year Writing Composition. Three Sections for Spring 2008 and One Section Fall 2007.
- ENG 101: First Year Writing Composition. Fall 2006.
Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of English and African and African American Studies Program, Arizona State University, 2001-2006.
- AFH/ENG 394: Unruly Voices of African American Women: Pre-Harlem Renaissance. Taught six times. 2001-2005.
Cross-listed in Humanities, Sociology, Political Science, and Women and Gender Studies.
- AFH/ENG 394: Unruly Voices of African American Women: Post-Harlem Renaissance. INTRT. Taught three times. 2005-Present.
Cross-listed in English, Humanities, Sociology, Political Science, and Bachelor of Liberal Studies
- AFH/ENG 394: Unruly Voices of African American Women: Post-Harlem Renaissance. Taught four times. 2002-2005.
Cross-listed in Humanities, Sociology, Political Science, and Women and Gender Studies.
- ENG 101: First Year Writing Composition. Taught five times. 2001-Present.
- ENG 102: First Year Writing Composition. Taught three times. 2002-2003.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Undergraduate Academic Services, Arizona State University, August 1999-May 2001.
- UNI 100: Academic Success at the University. Taught seven times. 1999-2001.
Course Created and Developed
AFH/ENG 394 (Un)Ruly Voices of African American Women: Pre and Post Harlem Renaissance (2001).
Special Topics Course Syllabi Developed
African American Female Slave Narratives: “Subjects of Slavery Breaking Silence”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant. Dr. Eugenia DeLamotte. Arizona State University, Department of English, Spring 2002. Assisted and completed research on works for Pauline Hopkins’ book; researched on nineteenth-century magazine novels for article and book; assisted in research of Gates of Freedom: Voltairine de Cleyre and the Revolution of the Mind.
FACILITATED WORKSHOP(S)
“Writing Workshop: Reflecting Through Film and Writing on the Civil Rights Movement, 1961-63.” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. February 22, 2004.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2008 Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Arizona State University (Nomination)
2007 Most Inspirational Faculty Member. Intercollegiate Athletics Board, Arizona State University (Recognition)
2005 Division of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship. Arizona State University
2005 Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Arizona State University (Nomination)
2005 Graduate College Travel Grant. Arizona State University. Gyoungju, Korea.
2005 Graduate Scholars English Association (GSEA) Travel Grant. Arizona State University. Gyoungju, Korea,
2004 Graduate College Grant-In-Aid Fellowship, Arizona State University.
2004 English Department/Graduate College Travel Grant. Seoul, Korea,
2003 Selected, Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Scholarship, Phoenix, Arizona.
1998-2005 ASU Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Arizona State University.
2002 English Department Travel Grant, Arizona State University
2002 Graduate College Travel Grant, Arizona State University
2001 Regents Graduate Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2008 “Arizona State University Composition Conference.” Writing Programs, Arizona State University, March 22, 2008.
2007 “Online 2007: A Workshop for Effective Online Instruction.” Department of English, Arizona State University, May 21-24, 2007.
2005 “Teaching Writing with Technology at ASU: A 2-Day Workshop on CMC, Hybrid, and Online Course Design.” Department of English, Arizona State University, January 11-12, 2005.
2002 Computer-Mediated Workshop for Training On-Line Teaching
of Writing Composition. Department of English, Arizona State University, August 2002.
2002 Computer-Mediated Communication Workshop. “How and Why to Use Web Board”/“How and Why to Use Microsoft Comments/Annotations Feature for Peer Evaluation and Grading.”
2001-02 English 594: Conference and Workshop for Teaching Assistants and Associates. Instructors: Drs. Jeanne Dugan and John Ramage.
2001 Graduate Scholars of English Association, Professional Development Workshop Series.
- Developing Portfolio Papers
- Preparing for the Comprehensive Exam
- Developing Prospectus and Colloquy
- Writing Conference Abstract
- Applying for Travel Grants
2001 Writing Across the Curriculum Faculty Development Workshop, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
1999 UNI 100: Academic Success at the University Workshop, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
1999 “Awakenings: Educational Strategies for Raising Social Consciousness,” Intergroup Relations Center Workshop, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. July 1999.
SERVICE
To the Profession
2007-2008 Committee Member, Awards Committee, Department of English, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2007 Volunteer, American Association of University Women (AAUW) National Convention. Phoenix, AZ, June 29, 2007.
2006-2007 Committee Member, Planning Committee, “PUSHing Boundaries, PUSHing Art: A Symposium on the Works of Sapphire.” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 28, 2007.
2006-2007 Committee Member, Devil’s Print, Writing Programs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2006-2007 Committee Member, Service Learning Composition Course Support Committee, Writing Programs, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2004 Panel Chair. Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference. “Big Rhetorics, Big Literacies: The Discourse of Power.” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October 22-23, 2004.
2004 Conference Volunteer, Western States Rhetoric and Literacy Conference. “Big Rhetorics, Big Literacies: The Discourse of Power.” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, October 22-23, 2004.
2004-Present Faculty Advisor, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2003 Conference Volunteer, The ASU Women of Color Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 2003.
2002 English Reader for the Korean Writer, Un-kyo. Korean Writer’s Reading in U.S. Daesan Foundation. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Sept. 29 – Oct. 10, 2002. (Participating Writers and Universities: Hwang Seok-Young, Kang University, Un-kyo, University of California Berkeley, and University of Southern California Los Angeles).
2002-2005 Faculty Advisor, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2001 Abstract Reader, Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2001-2002 Representative, Graduate Scholars of English Association (GSEA) for the Department of English Affirmative Action Committee, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
2001 Panel Chair, The Annual Meeting of the Western Society for Eighteenth-Century
Studies Conference. Panel: “Samuel Johnson and the Life of Learning.” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 17, 2001.
2001 Member, Program Committee, The Annual Meeting of the Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, February 16-18, 2001.
1999-2001 Member, Search Committee for African Americanist of African American Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Fall 2000-Spring 2001. Hired Angelita Reyes who has served as Professor in African and African American Studies Program and Department of English for four years.
To the Community
2005 Facilitator, “College.” Phoenix Housing Division. Phoenix, AZ. May 21, 2005.
- Presentation given to inner city high school students on preparing for college, locating financial sources, taking entrance tests, and selecting a college.
2005 Facilitator, “Selecting a College: Taking a Sensible Approach.” College Workshop. First Institutional Baptist Church, Phoenix, AZ. January 07, 2005
- Presentation given to high school students of Jack and Jill of Phoenix organization.
1995 Co-Chair, Regional Conference for Jack and Jill of America, Phoenix, AZ.
1994-95 Board Member, KPNX-TV Minority Advisory Board, Phoenix, AZ.
1994 Member, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee, Phoenix, AZ.
1993-97 Chair, Black Women’s Task Force, Phoenix, AZ.
1993 Volunteer, “Victory Together,” Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Initiative,
Phoenix, AZ 1993.
- MLK Day became state paid holiday by Arizona voters.
1992-2005 Board Member, Black Women’s Task Force, Phoenix, AZ.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rocky Mountain Modern Literature Association (RMMLA)
Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS)
Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC)
National Council of Teachers of English (NNCTE)
LANGUAGES
Spanish: Reading Proficiency
REFERENCES
Dr. Neal Lester, Professor and Chair
Department of English
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
(602) 965-3535
Email: neal.lester@asu.edu
Dr. Keith Miller
Professor, Department of English
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
(480) 965-7893
Email: keith.miller@asu.edu
Dr. DoVeanna S. Fulton, Director
African American Studies
Associate Professor
American Studies
P. O. Box 870214
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
(205) 348-5760
Email: dfulton@as.ua.edu
Dr. Lisa M. Anderson
Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies Program
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-3404
(480) 965-8597
Email: lmanderson@asu.edu
Dr. Stanlie M. James, Professor and Director
African and African American Studies Program
Wilson Hall 145
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
(480) 965-6432
Email: stanlie.james@asu.edu
Dr. Jai Y. Park
Assistant Professor, Department of English Education
College of Education
Chonbuk National University
664-14 1-ga Dukjin-dong Jeonju
Jeonbuk 561-756 South Korea
Phone: +82-63-270-2733
E-Mail: jaipark@chonbuk.ac.kr |