Teaching Award Reception Image source: www.ufl.edu		Dr. Alison Van Nyhuis Assistant Professor of English   Office : Modular Unit Room 112 Email : avannyhu@uncfsu.edu Phone : (910) 672-2506
EDUCATION Century Tower Image source: www.ufl.edu		University of Florida (Gainesville, FL). Ph.D. in English. August 2007. University of Florida (Gainesville, FL). M.A. in English.  May 2003.  Northwestern College (Orange City, IA). B.A. in Humanities, Cultural Studies Minor, and Sociology Minor. Summa Cum Laude. May 2001. Central College Study Abroad (Rhonda and Granada, Spain). Spring 2000. Central College Study Abroad (London, United Kingdom). Fall 1999.
PUBLICATIONS Sargasso Image source: humanidades.uprrp.edu/ingles/index.htm		“Revolution and Modern American Poetry: Genevieve Taggard’s Calling Western Union.” Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses 52 (2006): 129-35.  “Moving Beyond Black and White Issues: Jewishness and Symbols of Womanhood in Abeng.” Journal of West Indian Literature 13.1-2 (2005): 176-95.  “Rev. of Consuming the Caribbean: From Arawaks to Zombies, by Mimi Sheller. ARIEL: A Review of International English Literature 35.3-4. (2004): 207-09. “Nationalistic Myopia: Pocomania’s Reflection and Projection of the Jamaican Nation.” Sargasso: A Journal of Caribbean Literature, Language, and Culture 2 (2002):115-127. “The Genevieve Taggard Effect: Producing Poetic Narratives and Literary Misfits.” How2 2.1 (2003) <http://www.asu.edu/pipercwcenter/how2journal>. “Anthologies Containing Genevieve Taggard’s Work,” compiled with Julia Lisella. How2 2.1 (2003)<http://www.asu.edu/pipercwcenter/how2journal>. 25 entries on Caribbean authors and a literary movement for the Encyclopedia of World Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries. Ed. Marie Josephine Diamond. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2003. Articles and photographs for the Northwest Iowa Review, Summer 2001.
COURSES		Senior Seminar (ENGL 470) Business and Professional Writing (ENGL 344) World Literature II (ENGL 212) World Literature I (ENGL 211) English Composition II (ENGL 120) English Composition I (ENGL 110)
RESEARCH INTERESTS		19th-Century and 20th-Century Literature and Culture, especially Caribbean and American Postcolonial Theory Gender Studies