My name is Amy and I am Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning Enhancement and Associate Professor of English at Lamar University, a member of the Texas State University System, in sunny Southeast Texas. I moved here in 2009 from upstate New York where I had lived and studied for most of my life. Before that, I was born in the UK and spent my early years in Tanzania. After attending Smith College for two years, I transferred closer to home to attend the State University of New York at Binghamton, as it was known then, and complete my bachelors degree in Philosophy. I entered the Department of Comparative Literature at Binghamton to pursue graduate work in Philosophy, Literature, and the Theory of Criticism (PLC), under the guidance of classicist Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit and scholars in European and Latin American modernism. This interdisciplinary MA and PhD program allowed me to develop my philosophical interests in world literature, and after considering several options, I was inspired by Fred Garber to write my dissertation about Virginia Woolf's engagement with Greek myth. My scholarly work and teaching have always extended beyond this topic, but this project has formed the basis of my first book.
While in the PLC program, I began co-translating Korean short stories with a friend. What started out as a favor turned into a passion that has enhanced my long study of Asian philosophy, religions, and literature, and over the past several years Ally Hwang and I have translated two collections of short stories by Seo Hajin. The first of these, A Good Family, was published in 2015 by Dalkey Archive Press.
At Lamar University, I discovered an unexpected passion for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and for faculty development. I have had the good fortune of working with some of the leading scholars in this field, and after assisting with a faculty development project for two years at Lamar, I now run a program for new faculty dedicated to providing support and mentoring to advance their research agendas and teaching.
When I am not teaching, mentoring students and colleagues, participating in campus service, or pursuing my scholarly interests, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, cooking, singing Jazz, and making jewelry.
While in the PLC program, I began co-translating Korean short stories with a friend. What started out as a favor turned into a passion that has enhanced my long study of Asian philosophy, religions, and literature, and over the past several years Ally Hwang and I have translated two collections of short stories by Seo Hajin. The first of these, A Good Family, was published in 2015 by Dalkey Archive Press.
At Lamar University, I discovered an unexpected passion for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and for faculty development. I have had the good fortune of working with some of the leading scholars in this field, and after assisting with a faculty development project for two years at Lamar, I now run a program for new faculty dedicated to providing support and mentoring to advance their research agendas and teaching.
When I am not teaching, mentoring students and colleagues, participating in campus service, or pursuing my scholarly interests, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, cooking, singing Jazz, and making jewelry.
