Title: Graduate Instructor

Research Group: Queer Theory Reading Group at the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities
Department: English

Office: 3-31 Buttrick
Cell Phone: 615.584.7050
Email: nicole.e.seymour@vanderbilt.edu

Degrees

• M.A. in English Literature, Vanderbilt University, 2004.

Research Area

• 19th Century Literature; Contemporary Literature; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Current Courses

• English 100, Section 4 (Composition).

Current Positions

• Graduate Instructor, English Department, 2004-.
• Women's and Gender Studies Program Assistant, 2004-.
• President, English Graduate Student Association, 2006-.

Previous Positions

• Teaching Affiliate, Center for Teaching, 2005-06.
• Vice President, English Graduate Student Association, 2005-06.

Professional Societies

• Modern Language Association.
• American Studies Association.
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

Professional Honors

• Rose Alley Press Achievement Award in English Studies, 2006.
• Center for the Americas Fellowship, 2005-06.
• John M. Aden Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Writing, Vanderbilt English Department, 2005.
• Susan F. Wiltshire Award for Best Graduate Essay on Women’s Studies/Gender, Vanderbilt University, 2005.

Publications

• “The Revolution Will Be Harmonized: Dee Moshbacher’s Radical Harmonies.” (Review.) Journal of Popular Music Studies 17.1, 2005.
• “White Out: Hollywood’s Tired Old Race Games.” Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture. Summer 2003.

Biography

Nicole graduated summa cum laude and with college honors from UCLA in 2001, with a bachelor's in American Literature and Culture and a minor in Women's Studies.

Miscellaneous

Office hours Wednesdays 10-12 at 3-31 Buttrick, and by appointment.