SAMANTHA BAAL

sbanal@fiu.edu

Education
Ph.D. English, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Expected December 2017
Dissertation Title: Finding Dorian: The Evolution of Living Art from Wilde to
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Director: Dr. Christopher Snodgrass

M.A. English, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL December 2012

Concentration in Victorian literature

B.A. English, Florida International University, Miami, FL April 2010

Honors College
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Academic Interests
Victorian literature, especially the fin de sicle; nineteenth-century aesthetic theories and
movements in Britain and France; gender studies and queer theory; 19th century British
imperialism; new media as Neo-Victorian texts; British Romanticism.
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Honors & Awards

University of Florida Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2012-2013
Department of English Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2012-2013
Kirkland Doctoral Fellowship, 2012-2016
Magna cum laude M.A., 2012
Summa cum laude B.A., 2010
Phi Beta Kappa
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Teaching Experience
Adjunct Professor, Florida International University Fall 2016 Present
Developed Syllabi for and Taught the following courses:
LIT1000: Introduction to Literature
ENL4251: Victorian Literature

Instructor, University of Florida Fall 2010 Spring 2015

Developed Syllabi for and Taught the following courses:
AML2070: Survey of American Literature
AML2410: Issues in American Literature and Culture Transatlanticism
ENC1101: Writing Academic Arguments
ENC1102: Rhetoric and Academic Research
ENC3254: Professional Communication
ENL2012: Survey of British Literature: Medieval to 1750
ENL2022: Survey of British Literature: 1750 to the Present
LIT2120: Survey of World Literature: 17th Century to Modern
For sample syllabi and other classroom material, please visit: http://sambanal.weebly.com
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Presentations
British Women Writers Association Conference Chapel Hill, North Carolina June 2017
Virginia Woolfs Anachronistic Aestheticism in To the Lighthouse

Northeastern Modern Language Association Conference Toronto, Canada April 2015

#PostNoSelfie: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Selfie
Chaired panel on New Media

Wilde Days in Paris Conference Paris, France June 2014

ARTPOP: A Recovery of Wildean Aesthetics in Millennial Pop Music

MarketWise Workshop Series Gainesville, Florida October 2013

Teaching Philosophies and Teaching Portfolios

Popular Culture Association Conference Boston, Massachusetts April 2012

Dead Mens Fingers: The Lucretian Madness of Ophelia in Sons of Anarchy

International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts Orlando, Florida March 2012
The Infernal Creations in Blakes The Tyger and Shelleys Frankenstein
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Exhibitions
Co-curated Aesthetics and Values FIU, Miami, FL March 2009
Co-curated Shapeshifte*d Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL January 2009
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Skills
Proficient in online teaching systems, including Blackboard, Sakai, and Canvas
Fluent in Spanish
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References
Dr. Christopher Snodgrass snod@ufl.edu
Dr. Jodi Schorb jschorb@ufl.edu
Dr. Pamela Gilbert pgilbert@ufl.edu
Dr. Alison Reynolds ali.reynolds@ufl.edu