PhD English Literature and Creative Writing, 2017
University of Birmingham, Department of Creative Writing & Film – Birmingham, England
M.A. Liberal Arts, 2009
St. John’s College, Graduate Institute – Annapolis, MD
Segments: Literature, Politics & Society, Mathematics & Natural Science, Philosophy & Theology
B.A. Communication Studies, Magna Cum Laude, 2008
Florida Gulf Coast University, Communication Department – Fort Myers, FL
Minors: Spanish, Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies
Lengua y cultura Españolas (Spanish Language and Culture – Study Abroad), 2007
Universidad de Oviedo – Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Dissertation:
Viva Examiners:
Dr. Luke Kennard (Internal), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Lynne Tillman (External), University of Albany, New York, NY
2019: Alumni recipient of Writer’s Residency at Hypatia-in-the Woods (Holly House), July 2019
2018: Finalist, Pacific Northwest Writers Association‘s (PNWA) Unpublished Novel Contest – YA Category for Ex Liberis
2018: Recipient of Writer’s Residence at Hypatia-in-the Woods (Holly House), August 2018
2016: Awarded conference scholarship and selected to be one of 25 participants in the Graduate Women International (GWI) Young Leaders Workshop at the 2016 GWI Triennial Conference in Cape Town, South Africa
Women Fiction Writers Association (WFWA), 2018 – Present
Pacific NW Writers Association (PNWA), 2017 – Present
Modern Language Association (MLA), Member, 2012 – Present
Humanities Education and Research Association (HERA), Member, 2013 – 2014
American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Member, 2012 – 2014
“Don Pardlow and Mary Alice Trent have compiled an extremely interesting collection of essays devoted to the purpose of the teaching of transformative pedagogy, i.e. the training of students to be ethical and critical thinkers and ultimately leaders capable of effecting positive, tangible, and realistic change in the global cultures and economies of the 21st century. This is a must-read collection.”
—Dr. Ollie Oviedo, author of Intertextuality: Echoes of Art, Surrealism, and the Faust Motif in Latin American Literature (2015); translator and editor of Irene (2013); co-editor of Small Tech: The Cultural of Digital Tools (2008)