Gerise Herndon
Faculty/Staff profile
MWF 2-3:00
Tues 3:30-4:00
Thurs 3:30-4:30
and by appointment
After finishing my BA in southern Missouri, I crossed the Atlantic to teach conversational English to French high school students. Graduate school took me south to Austin, Texas.
I spent my first sabbatical in Cuba and the Caribbean; I spent my most recent sabbatical in France and then in Rwanda teaching English and Gender Studies.
1986-1993 Ph.D., Comparative Literature, University of Texas at Austin
1981-1985 B.A., Drury University, Springfield MO
Classes I have designed:
Rwandan Culture Through Film and Literature, Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Women Writing Across Cultures, Gender and the Art of Film, International Cinema, Feminist Research, Gender Studies Practicum, Women and Social Change in Mexico (winter term study abroad, taught w/ colleagues in Spanish), Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (in French), French Feminisms (team-taught with colleague in Philosophy)
Liberal Arts Seminars (for first-year students):
Beyond Blood Diamond: Cinematic Representations of Africa, Women in Film, Cinema in Drag, 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
Other courses taught:
Feminist Research, Introduction to Women’s Studies, African American Literature, English Composition Pedagogy Practicum, Studies in Nonfiction Prose, Ways of Reading, Introduction to Textual Studies (literary theory), English Senior Workshop, English, Language & Writing, National Prestige Scholarships
Masterpieces of Literature themes: Sexualities, Coming of Age, Writing the Self
ENG-001-03 ENG LANG AND WRITING
MWF 11:00AM
OM 109
ENG-001-04 ENG LANG AND WRITING
MWF 01:00PM
OM109
GEND-101-07 MASTERPCS: COMING AGE
TTH 02:00PM-03:15PM
SC242
ENG-299-01 SENIOR WORKSHOP
Tuesday 4:00PM-06:30PM
OM123
GEND 299-01 FEMINIST RESEARCH
Monday 3:00-4:00
Women's power in Rwanda, African and Caribbean cinema, literature of migration
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
Middle East/North Africa Hope Advisory Board
Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women
Lancaster County Youth Services Center
Lincoln Literacy
Voices of Hope
Honors/Awards:
2008 Fulbright Specialist candidate
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
Professional Organizations:
Rwanda Association of University Women
National Women’s Studies Association
African Literature Association
Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars
American Association of University Professors
