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Dong Isbister

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Dong Isbister

ESL Instructor

Institute for International Studies


"I believe in integrated learning that incorporates different knowledge, sources, experiences, cultures, and skills to motivate students and help them profoundly understand and critically analyze their own lives and the world around them."

 

Dong Isbister 

Education

Ph.D., Women's Studies
Ohio State University

M.A., Literatures in English
Michigan State University

M.A., TESOL
Lanzhou University

 

Highlighted Publications 

“Rainbow.” (poetry) Transnational Literature 3.1 (2010).

“Self As Diasporic Body: Hung Luis Self-Portrait Resident Alien.” Intersections: Women’s and Gender Studies in Review Across Disciplines 7 (2009): 15-25.

“A Transnational Feminist Reading of Kyoko Morris Polite Lies.” Global Perspectives on Asian American Literature. Eds. Huang Guiyou and Wu Bing. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (2008): 276-289.

“Feminism and Asian America.” Ed. Guiyou Huang. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature. Westport: Greenwood Press (2008).

 

Areas of Specialization

College and ESL English Composition
Feminist Media Studies
Film Studies
Gender and Diversity Studies
Global & Transnational Feminisms
Memory and Reconstruction of

  History/Culture
Narrative, Culture & Representation
Race, Sexuality & Identities
Women of Color Writers

 

 

 

Courses Taught

GDS 201: Introduction to Gender and Diversity
Body Representation in Women's Literature
Composition
Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Popular Culture
New Immigrant Women Writers
Transnational Feminism
U.S. Women Writers: Text and Context
Women's Memoirs/Autobiography
Women's Travel Narratives


Awards and Distinctions

Joellen Thomas Writing Award: Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University
Fulbright Fellowship, U.S. Department of State


Professional Memberships and Affiliations

National Women’s Studies Association
Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature
Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States

Contact

Dong Isbister

Woods Hall 120

Murray State University

Murray KY 42071-3341

270-809-3263

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