Central Washington University - Department of English: Virginia Mack

Teaching Awards and Honors:

Visiting professor, NCSA (Northwest Council on Study Abroad), London Centre, winter 2007
Exchange professor, Department of English Literatures and Cultures, University of Pecs , Hungary , spring 1999.

Publications :

"Mary Beckett."Irish Women Writers: An A-To-Z Guide . Ed. Alexander

G. Gonzales. Westport , CT : Greenwood : 2005.

"Val Mulkerns."Irish Women Writers: An A-To-Z Guide. Ed. Alexander

G. Gonzales.Westport, CT: Greenwood : 2005.

"Challenging the Authority of the Lonely Voice: Val Mulkerns and the

Technique of Radical Ambiguity," New Voices in Irish Criticism 3 . Ed. Karen Vandeveld. Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2002. 94-101.

Review of William Trevor: The Writer and His Work , by Dolores

MacKenna. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 5.1 (1999): 268-69.

"An Interview with Sebastian Barry." The Irish Literary Supplement: A

Review of Irish Books 18.1 (1999): 24-26. Co-authored with Shannon Hopkins.

Selected Papers Presented at Professional Meetings and Other Participation :

"An Introduction to the Work of Michael Coady," American Conference

for Irish Studies, Western Regional Meeting, Greeley , Colorado : Oct. 2004.

"The Aesthetics of Radical Ambiguity in the Works of Val Mulkerns and

Mary Beckett," American Conference for Irish Studies, National Meeting, Milwaukee , Wisconsin : June 2002.

"Val Mulkerns and the Technique of Radical Ambiguity," New Voices

Conference, Galway , Ireland : Feb. 2001.

"Val Mulkerns and Censorship," National Meeting, American Conference

for Irish Studies, Carbondale , Illinois : May 1996.

"Sebastian Barry's White Woman Street ," American Conference for Irish

Studies, Western Regional Meeting, San Francisco : Oct. 1996.

"We Are Still Not Saved: Val Mulkerns'The Summer House ," American

Conference for Irish Studies, Western Regional Meeting, Corvallis , Oregon : Oct. 1994.

"An Introduction to the Work of Val Mulkerns," American Conference for

Irish Studies, Midwestern Regional Meeting, Carbondale , Illinois : Oct.1992.

Discussion Leader, Post-Play Discussion. Topic: Discriminatory Themes

in The Merchant of Venice , Central Washington University : Nov. 1992.

Speaker, English Department Public Lecture Series, Central Washington

University . Topic: Faulkner: Jan. 1990.

Membership and Offices Held in Professional Societies:

President, Western Region, American Conference for Irish Studies: 2003-2005.

Executive Committee Member, American Conference for Irish Studies: 2003-2005.

Member, International Association for the Study of Irish Literature.

Teaching and Research Interests:

Twentieth Century Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama

Irish Women Writers and Feminist Theory

Post Colonial Theory and Irish Writing

Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner and Modernism

Participation in Professional Conferences and Academic Summer Schools

Western Regional Honors Conference, University of Nevada , Las Vegas , spring 2005. Five senior Honors College students presented papers.

Western Regional Honors Conference, University of Montana , Missoula . spring, 2004. Two senior Honors College students presented papers.

James Joyce Summer School, Dublin , Ireland . Summer 1998. This summer school was supported by grants from the Dean of Arts and Humanities and from the Office of International Studies and Programs.

Current Graduate Faculty Status:

Associate member of graduate faculty since 2005

Co-chair, thesis committee, Jeanine Bator, English, present

Thesis committee, member, Angie Maurina, Department of Education, spring 2005

Senior thesis committee, member, Mark Cole, Douglas Honors College, 2005-2006

Other Academic Contributions:

Director of Internship for Leslie Chamberlain, Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, winter, 2006

Douglas Honors College , Lecturer, James Joyce

Douglas Honors College , Lecturer, Virginia Woolf

University Service

General Education Committee, Department of English, 2005-Present

Office of Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee, 2002-Present

Judge, SOURCE Meetings, Spring 2005

Student Support Services Advisory Committee, 2002-2005

Search Committee: Academic Advisor, Student Support Services, Fall 2004

Search Committee: Vice President for Development, CWU: Summer 2004

Search Committee: Development Officers for College of Arts and Humanities, College of the Sciences, College of Business, and Library: Spring and Summer 2004

William O. Douglas Honors College Visioning Committee: Spring 2003

College of Arts and Humanities Scholars Committee: 2001-02

Volunteer, History Day: Spring 2002

Session Chair, SOURCE Meetings: Spring 2002

Back to Faculty English Home Curriculum Vitae Awards & Publications Virginia		Virginia Mack, Ph.D. Awards Publications & Interests Teaching Awards and Honors: Visiting professor, NCSA (Northwest Council on Study Abroad), London Centre, winter 2007 Exchange professor, Department of English Literatures and Cultures, University of Pecs , Hungary , spring 1999. Publications : "Mary Beckett."Irish Women Writers: An A-To-Z Guide . Ed. Alexander G. Gonzales. Westport , CT : Greenwood : 2005. "Val Mulkerns."Irish Women Writers: An A-To-Z Guide. Ed. Alexander G. Gonzales.Westport, CT: Greenwood : 2005. "Challenging the Authority of the Lonely Voice: Val Mulkerns and the Technique of Radical Ambiguity," New Voices in Irish Criticism 3 . Ed. Karen Vandeveld. Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2002. 94-101. Review of William Trevor: The Writer and His Work , by Dolores MacKenna. Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 5.1 (1999): 268-69. "An Interview with Sebastian Barry." The Irish Literary Supplement: A Review of Irish Books 18.1 (1999): 24-26. Co-authored with Shannon Hopkins. Selected Papers Presented at Professional Meetings and Other Participation : "An Introduction to the Work of Michael Coady," American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Regional Meeting, Greeley , Colorado : Oct. 2004. "The Aesthetics of Radical Ambiguity in the Works of Val Mulkerns and Mary Beckett," American Conference for Irish Studies, National Meeting, Milwaukee , Wisconsin : June 2002. "Val Mulkerns and the Technique of Radical Ambiguity," New Voices Conference, Galway , Ireland : Feb. 2001. "Val Mulkerns and Censorship," National Meeting, American Conference for Irish Studies, Carbondale , Illinois : May 1996. "Sebastian Barry's White Woman Street ," American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Regional Meeting, San Francisco : Oct. 1996. "We Are Still Not Saved: Val Mulkerns'The Summer House ," American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Regional Meeting, Corvallis , Oregon : Oct. 1994. "An Introduction to the Work of Val Mulkerns," American Conference for Irish Studies, Midwestern Regional Meeting, Carbondale , Illinois : Oct.1992. Discussion Leader, Post-Play Discussion. Topic: Discriminatory Themes in The Merchant of Venice , Central Washington University : Nov. 1992. Speaker, English Department Public Lecture Series, Central Washington University . Topic: Faulkner: Jan. 1990. Membership and Offices Held in Professional Societies: President, Western Region, American Conference for Irish Studies: 2003-2005. Executive Committee Member, American Conference for Irish Studies: 2003-2005. Member, International Association for the Study of Irish Literature. Teaching and Research Interests: Twentieth Century Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama Irish Women Writers and Feminist Theory Post Colonial Theory and Irish Writing Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner and Modernism Participation in Professional Conferences and Academic Summer Schools Western Regional Honors Conference, University of Nevada , Las Vegas , spring 2005. Five senior Honors College students presented papers. Western Regional Honors Conference, University of Montana , Missoula . spring, 2004. Two senior Honors College students presented papers. James Joyce Summer School, Dublin , Ireland . Summer 1998. This summer school was supported by grants from the Dean of Arts and Humanities and from the Office of International Studies and Programs. Current Graduate Faculty Status: Associate member of graduate faculty since 2005 Co-chair, thesis committee, Jeanine Bator, English, present Thesis committee, member, Angie Maurina, Department of Education, spring 2005 Senior thesis committee, member, Mark Cole, Douglas Honors College, 2005-2006 Other Academic Contributions: Director of Internship for Leslie Chamberlain, Health, Human Performance, and Recreation, winter, 2006 Douglas Honors College , Lecturer, James Joyce Douglas Honors College , Lecturer, Virginia Woolf University Service General Education Committee, Department of English, 2005-Present Office of Undergraduate Research Advisory Committee, 2002-Present Judge, SOURCE Meetings, Spring 2005 Student Support Services Advisory Committee, 2002-2005 Search Committee: Academic Advisor, Student Support Services, Fall 2004 Search Committee: Vice President for Development, CWU: Summer 2004 Search Committee: Development Officers for College of Arts and Humanities, College of the Sciences, College of Business, and Library: Spring and Summer 2004 William O. Douglas Honors College Visioning Committee: Spring 2003 College of Arts and Humanities Scholars Committee: 2001-02 Volunteer, History Day: Spring 2002 Session Chair, SOURCE Meetings: Spring 2002 Curriculum Vitae \| Awards & Publications \| Virginia \| Top Of The Page
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