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Corey Hickner-Johnson
Department of English
University of Iowa
corey-hickner-johnson@uiowa.edu
INTERESTS
19th/20th century American Literature; diverse feminist cultural studies; bodies, affects, and
feelings; dress/fashion theory; culturally responsive teaching
EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Iowa, English, in progress
Certificate Student in Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies
M.A. University of Saint Thomas, English, 2012
Thesis: A Vindication of Self: Transfiguration of the Captivity Narrative Genre in
Sarah Wakefield’s Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
B.A. College of Saint Benedict, English and Secondary Education, 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Digital Scholarship
“Beyond the Boundaries of Time and Text: Recovering Oral Traditions in American Women’s
Writing.” Edited by The Society for The Study of American Women Writers Editorial Board for
The American Women Writer’s Blog Series, U.S. Studies Online March 27, 2015.
Book Review
Review of The Myth of Seneca Falls: Memory and the Women’s Suffrage Movement, 1848-1898,
Lisa Tetrault, Modern Language Studies 44.2 Winter 2015: 56-58.
Public Scholarship
“Empowered Enough to Respond.” The Press Citizen February 12, 2015.
“Forgetting the Girl: 10 to 17 years-old; Nigerian; Suicide Bomber.” Feministing January 22,
2015.
“A Dakota War Story You Should Know.” The Star Tribune August 15, 2015.
Literary Nonfiction
“Forever A Blazer.” College of Saint Benedict’s Magazine Winter 2015: 16-17.
PRESENTATIONS
Conference Presentations
“Fashioning Narratives: Feminine Power and Racial Politics in Scandal’s Costume Design and
The Limited’s Scandal Collection.” Fashion, Sex, and Power Symposium, forthcoming
September 2015.
“ ‘Clean as Paper Before the Poem’: From Cruel Optimism to Hope in The House on Mango
Street.” NeMLA, forthcoming May 2015.
“Hurston’s Writerly Resistance and Body Politics: Changes and Exchanges in the writing of
Their Eyes Were Watching God.” Craft Critique Culture, April 2015.
“Mythology and Selfhood in Toni Cade Bambara’s ‘The Hammer Man’” Craft Critique Culture,
April 2014.
“A Vindication of Self: Transfiguration of the Captivity Narrative Genre in Sarah Wakefield’s
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees” Society for the Study of American Women Writer’s Conference,
October 2012.
Invited Talks
“Sarah Wakefield and The Dakota War.” Women’s Rhetoric, University of Saint Thomas, 2012.
“A Vindication of Self: Transfiguration of the Captivity Narrative Genre in Sarah Wakefield’s
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees (abbreviated version).” University of Saint Thomas English
Department Colloquium, 2012.
“Differentiated Instruction.” Wayzata Public Schools Board Presentation, 2011.
Blazer Athletics Senior Speech. College of Saint Benedict, 2007.
TEACHING
University of Iowa
Graduate Instructor of Rhetoric, 2013—
Speaking Center Tutor/Advisor, 2014—
Wayzata Public Schools
7th grade Language Arts and Advisory, 2008-2013
6th grade Family and Consumer Science, 2007-2008
8th grade Language Arts, 2007-2008
LICENSURE
Secondary Education, Communication Arts/Literature, State of Minnesota
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
Craft Critique Culture Conference Panel Organizer, 2015
Graduate Advisory Committee Secretary, Department of Rhetoric, 2014-2015
Student Body Liaison, Graduate Advisory Committee, Department of Rhetoric, 2014-2015
Craft Critique Culture Conference volunteer, 2014
Student Teacher Advisor, College of Saint Benedict/Wayzata East Middle School, 2013
Professional Development Leadership Team Chair, Wayzata East Middle School, 2012-2013
iPad Initiative Team, 2011-2012
Academy of Wayzata Educators Study Group Facilitator, 2011-2012
District Department Meeting Facilitator, 2010-2013
7th Grade Weekly Parent Newsletter Editor, 2010-2011
Wayzata District Turning Technologies Committee, 2010-2011
Professional Development Leadership Team Member, 2009-2013
Girls Cross Country Coach, Wayzata Middle Schools, 2009-2011
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
National Urban Alliance Cultural Proficiency Training, 2009-2013
The Skillful Teacher Training, 2012
Response to Intervention Training, 2012
Data Driven Dialogue, 2011
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Women’s Studies Association
Northeast Modern Language Association
Society for the Study of American Women Writers