Gerise Herndon
Faculty/Staff profile
2009-2010 on sabbatical
Previous teaching experience:
Austin Community College, University of Texas at Austin, Le Lycée Félix-Faure (Beauvais, France)
Conference presentations in France, Egypt, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, Dominican Republic
http://www.linkedin.com/in/geriseherndon
1990-1993 Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
1986-1990 M.A., Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
1981-1985 B.A., Drury University
I believe in challenging and empowering students. Given sufficient knowledge and motivation, students can become agents of positive change, transforming rather than conforming to their milieus.
Courses created or revised:
Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (in French), Women Writing Across Cultures, French Feminisms (team-taught with colleague in Philosophy), Gender and the Art of Film, International Cinema (with colleague in Theatre Arts), Women and Social Change in Mexico (winter term study abroad, taught w/ colleagues in Spanish)
Liberal Arts Seminars (for first-year students):
Women in Film, Interpreting Film and Literature, Culture, Ethnicity & Film, The US Image Abroad, Visual Imperialism (Citizens as Consumers, Education as Media), Identity in Alternative Texts, Citizens Against Apathy, Masterpieces of Literature themes: Sexualities, Encountering the Other
NWU existing courses taught:
African American Literature, U.S. Literature since 1865,Third World Literature, English Composition Pedagogy Practicum, Studies in Nonfiction Prose, Introduction to Textual Studies (literary theory), English, Language & Writing, National Prestige Scholarships, Introduction to Women’s Studies
Masterpieces of Literature themes: Coming of Age, Writing the Self, Revolution, Castaways
2009-2010 on sabbatical
Women's power in Rwanda, African and Caribbean cinema, literature of migration, Caribbean novelist Maryse Condé, Women in Mexican culture, especially in the Zapatista movement
Grant-funded Research:
• Fleming Foundation Student-Faculty Collaborative Research grant, Faculty advisor to Meera Bhardwaj, “Rwanda’s Governmental Transformation: Why the Gods Still Sleep in Rwanda,” Kigali and Butare, Rwanda, July 2009
• Fleming Foundation Student-Faculty Collaborative Research grant, Faculty advisor to Women’s Studies major Lyndie Christensen: “Social Services, Safety Nets and Governmental Indifference: Non-governmental Organizations and Support for the Poor in Mexico,” on-site research in Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2007
• Service Learning Grant, Nebraska Consortium for Service Learning: service with Lincoln Literacy Council in first-year seminar, “As Others See Us: The US Image Abroad,” 2006
Publications:
http://www.africaworldpressbooks.com/servlet/Detail?no=200
http://www.mangoprint.com/ip001.shtml
http://www.ellibs.com/book/9780203872659
http://www.bridgew.edu/SOAS/jiws/fall01/index.htm
http://www.jstor.org/pss/40149571
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3816602
International Seminars attended:
“Sénégal, West Africa: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” Council on International Education and Exchange Faculty Development Seminar. Baobab Center, Dakar, Sénégal, June - July 2002
“Contemporary Cuba,” CIEE Seminar. University of Havana’s Center for U.S. Studies, Havana, Cuba, June 2001
“Perspectives on Women in a Central American Society,” CIEE Seminar, The Monteverde Institute, Monteverde and San Jose, Costa Rica, June 2000
-Middle East/North Africa Hope Advisory Council, Lincoln, Nebraska, August 2009-present
-ESL Tutor for Sudanese, Iraqi and Iranian refugees, MENA Hope and Lincoln Literacy Council, 2007- present
-FIRST Project (For Immigrants & Refugees Surviving Torture) poetry contest coordinator, 2006
-Board of Directors, University Place Community Organization (2003-2005)
-Crisis Line Counselor, Rape/Spouse Abuse Crisis Center (2000-02)
-Board of Directors, Northeast Family Center (1998-2000)
-Service learning in Nebraska Wesleyan University classes:
• Women Writing Across Cultures (MENA Hope English conversation class)
• Introduction to Women’s Studies (Writing Workshop, Fresh Start Home--Homeless Women Without Dependents)
• Liberal Arts Seminar (Lincoln Literacy Council)
• English, Language & Writing (Peoples’ City Mission)
Consultant for Nebraska Humanities Council initiative, “The New Nebraskans”: advised participants on research and literary sources for understanding and welcoming new immigrants as a result of Nebraska’s refugee resettlement status, 2005-09
Honors/Awards:
2008 Accepted to the roster of the Fulbright Senior Specialist Program
2005 Margaret J. Prouty Teaching Award (NWU)
2005 White Award for Internationalization (NWU)
2003 Alice Paul Award, Lincoln-Lancaster County Women’s Commission, in recognition of service to women in the community
Professional Certifications:
ESL Tutor Training: Certification in English as a Second Language & Basic Literacy, Lincoln Literacy Council, Lincoln NE, 2007
Intensive French language and Caribbean Literature, CIRECCA International Center for Research, Exchange and Cooperation between the Caribbean and the Americas, University of the Antilles and Guyana, Fort-de-France, Martinique: 1996 and 2000
Intensive Spanish (reading knowledge, conversation), CETLALIC Progressive Spanish Language School, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 2006- 2008
Professional Organizations:
National Women’s Studies Association
African Literature Association--President, Francophone Caucus of the ALA (2005-2007)
Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars
American Association of University Professors
