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Rhonda R. McDonnell

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Writer & teacher

Writer & teacherWriter & teacher

Curriculum Vitae

Education

     

July 2021

Master of Fine Arts—Fiction, Solstice MFA 

Creative Thesis: These Small Hours (first 150 pages of a literary fiction novel) 

Critical Thesis: “Southern Hauntings: William Alexander Percy’s Influence on Walker Percy”

Mentors: Sandra Scofield, Steven Huff, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Venice Berry


May 2005

Doctor of Philosophy in English, Arizona State university

Dissertation: Finding Love in the Ruins: The Philosophy of Walker Percy 

Dissertation Advisor D.G. Kehl, Readers Kenneth Laine Ketner and Mark Lussier

Study areas: 20th century American literature, Southern American literature, Middle English   Alliterative literature, Philosophy and literature, Walker Percy, Flannery O’Connor, Toni Morrison, Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, William Blake, critical theory 

 

May 1996

Master of Arts, Arizona State University

Thesis: “Setting Free the Power of Woman”: Gloria Naylor’s Revision of Patriarchy

Thesis Advisor   D.G. Kehl, Readers Jewell Parker Rhodes and James Green

Study Areas: Feminist literature, African American literature, 20th century American poetry, 19th and 20th century American women writers, rhetoric


May 1989

B.S. in Education, Northern Arizona University

Major: English

Minor: Journalism

Work Experience

2019 – Present

English Professor, Northern Virginia Community College—Loudoun Campus


2006 – 2019

English Faculty, Scottsdale Community College


2004 – 2006

English department chairperson, Red Mountain High School


1998 – 2004

Graduate Teaching Associate, Arizona State University


1989 – 2004

English teacher, Red Mountain High School

Courses Taught

First Year Composition, Argumentation, American Literature surveys, British Literature surveys, World Literature surveys, Southwestern Literature, Detective Fiction, Children's Literature 

Publications

     

  • “Southern Hauntings: William Alexander Percy’s Influence on Walker Percy.” The South Atlantic Review, Winter 2023 
  • “Canyonlands” (poem) Lily Poetry Review, Winter, 2022. LilyPoetryReview.blog
  •  “Remembrance” (poem) Ninth Letter. Winter, 2019. University of Illinois,   Urbana.
  • “Walker Percy’s Intersubjectivity: An Existential Semiotic or 3+3=4.” Walker Percy, Philosopher. Leslie Marsh, ed. Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.
  •  “Gloria Naylor’s Linden Hills and the Power of Choice.” Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 375. Ed. Lawrence J. Trudeau. Gale, 2014. 222-24.
  •  “All   the King's Men.” Postwar Literature, 1945-1970 (Research Guide to American Literature). Manly, 2010.
  •  “The Moviegoer.” Postwar Literature, 1945-1970 (Research Guide to American   Literature). Manly, 2010
  •  “Will Barrett (Walker Percy, The Last Gentleman, 1966).” Students Companion to American Literary Characters. Manly, 2006.
  •  “Thomas More (Walker Percy, Love in the Ruins, 1971).” Students Companion to American Literary Characters. Manly, 2006.
  •  “Lancelot Andrewes Lamar (Walker Percy, Lancelot, 1977).” Students Companion to American Literary Characters. Manly, 2006.
  •  “Gloria Naylor’s Vision for the Future.” Notes on Contemporary Literature (27)   1997: 10-12.

Editing

  • The South Atlantic Review, Special Edition: Walker Percy, Winter 2023, (co-editor)
  • Percy, Walker. Symbol and Existence: A Study in Meaning. Mercer University Press, 2019, (co-editor)

Editorial Board

Peirce Studies

Conference Presentations

  • “Solving the Crisis in Psychiatry: Walker Percy’s Therapists at Work.” – Presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association 94th Annual Conference, Jacksonville, Florida, November 11-13, 2022.
  • “Walker Percy’s Reducible Tetrad: Lessons Learned at NIMH.” – Presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association 93nd Annual Conference, A Virtual Conference through Accelevents, November 4-6, 2021.
  • “Southern Hauntings: William Alexander Percy’s Influence on Walker Percy.” – Presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association 92nd Annual Conference, A Virtual Conference through Accelevents, November 13-15, 2020.
  •  “Taking the Mound: An Examination of Gender and Race in Walker Percy’s ‘The Centerfielder.'” – Presented at the American Literature   Association 27th Annual Conference on American Literature, San Francisco, California, May 26-29, 2016.
  •  “Walker Percy and the Semiotic Heart of Madness.” – Presented at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association 87th  Annual Conference, Durham, North Carolina, November 13-15, 2015.
  •  “Alienation, Dislocation, and Restoration: The NIMH and Percy’s Semiotic Anthropology” –Presented at the second bi-annual Walker Percy Conference, Loyola New Orleans, October, 2013.
  • “The Territorial Body: William Blake’s Use of Feminine Space” – presented at the 1999 Southwest Graduate Literature Symposium, March 12-14 1999, Arizona State University.
  • Panel Member: “Rhetorically Incorrect: A Roundtable on Controversial Issues in Writing.” 5th Annual Western States Composition Conference, October 25, 2001. Additional Panel Members: Ron Carlson, Sharon Crowley, Elizabeth Pearce, Joaquin Alvarado, and Laurie Notaro.

Professional Development Presentations

  • “Using Rubrics in Canvas,” Loudoun Campus Professional Development Day. Presented January 11, 2020.
  • “Guided Pathways: Site Navigation,” Scottsdale Community College Large Group Division Chairs   Meeting. Presented November 1, 2018.
  • “Guided Pathways: Next Steps,” Scottsdale Community College All-College Meeting. Presented August 13, 2018.
  • “Guided Pathways,” Scottsdale Community College All-College Meeting. Co-presented with Susan Peterson and Gia Taylor, January 9, 2018 to Scottsdale Community College Employees.
  • “GPS @ SCC,” Scottsdale Community College All-Faculty Meeting. Presented January 8, 2018   to Scottsdale Community College Faculty.
  • “Beyond the Scorecard: Using Rubrics,” Scottsdale Community College Center for Teaching and Learning. Presented March 2, 2016 (SCC), March 3, 2016 (PVCC), and March 9, 2016 (web).
  • “The Impact of Brain Research on Effective Teaching Practices” presented January 25, 2005 to the Red Mountain High School Faculty.
  • “How the Brain Processes Information: Part Two” presented October 24, 2005 to the Red Mountain High School English Department.
  • “How the Brain Processes Information: Part One” presented October 17, 2005 to the Red Mountain High School English Department.
  • “How the Brain Learns: Basic Brain Facts and Brain Development” presented September 19, 2005 to the Red Mountain High School English Department.

Research Projects

  • Walker Percy - Gentry Harris Correspondence (Lead Editor)
  • Walker Percy's Psychiatry: The Impact of NIMH on his Thought and Fiction

Fellowships

  • 2018 Hardwick Fellow - Texas Tech University
  • 2014 Hardwick Fellow - Texas Tech University

Professional Organizations

  • Walker Percy Society - Vice President
  • Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism
  • Modern Language Association
  • South Atlantic Language Association
  • Association of Writers and Poets


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