DR. ALYSSA D. ROSS
Department of English
Auburn University
9020 Haley Center
Auburn, AL 36849
EMAIL: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Auburn University - Auburn, AL
Ph.D., English: 2016
Dissertation: Feminine Bits: The Passive Bodies and Active Revisions of Cinderella, Snow
White, Rapunzel, and Red Riding-hood
Defended July 2016
Director: Dr. Marc Silverstein, Professor of English
Dr. Sunny Stalter-Pace, Professor of English
Chantel Acevedo, Professor and Novelist
Dr. Chris Keirstead, Associate Professor of English
Dr. Tiffany Sippial, Professor of History
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
Master of Fine Arts in English: 2011
Concentration: Creative Nonfiction
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
Bachelor of Arts in English: 2008
English: Literature
PUBLICATIONS
CREATIVE NONFICTION
“Building a Perfect Cylinder” Still Point Arts Quarterly, a production of Shanti Arts LLC,
Sep. 2016
“Small, Safe Places,” in The Hawaii Pacific Review, Literary Journal of Hawai`i Pacific
University, September 2015.
“Help, I’m Alive” in Issue #11 of Trans Lit Mag, Winter 2014.
“The Blue Sundress” in Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, Literary Journal of the University of
Arkansas-Monticello, 2013.
“Unnamed Harm” in The Voices Project, an educational organization devoted to
empowering women and minority authors, October 2013.
“Tea for Two” in Embodied Effigies, a Creative Nonfiction Literary Magazine, 2012.
“Grieving” in Phoebe, A Journal of Literature and Art Since 1971, Fall 2010.
POETRY
“Slap the Fire” “Woman of the Stars,” “UnFashionable Face” are forthcoming in Vine
Leaves Literary Journal, May 2017.
“Unctuous Organ” in Atlas and Alice, May 2016.
“Sunday Lunch on the Farm,” “Creamed Cruciferous,” “Sugar Preserves,” and “Language
Lessons and Homemade Thai Food” in Meat for Tea: The Valley Review, Vol. 9,
Issue 3, Fall 2015.
“Already-brewed Coffee,” “Oreos, On Leave,” and “Sin” in Typehouse Literary Journal, a
production of The People’s Ink, a Portland, Oregon-based web magazine,
September 2014.
“A Wife Named White,” “View from a Height,” “The Gucci Glass Slipper,” “Rampion
Tower,” and “The Potter’s Wheel” in Bewildering Stories, an electronic publication
featuring speculative since 2002 , Summer 2014.
FICTION
“Wings” in Crack the Spine, September 2014.
“Meatloaf Wednesday” in Halfway Down the Stairs, September 2014.
SCHOLARSHIP
“Misogyny in American Literature.” Co-authored with Lydia Ferguson. Misogyny in
American Culture: Causes, Trends, Solutions. Edited by Letizia Guglielmo. ABCCLIO (under contract).
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
Summer Fellowship Award (PhD): Auburn University English Department, May 2016.
CCE Graduate Student Fellow: Community and Civic Engagement Fellowship in the
College of Liberal Arts. Auburn University, 2015-2016.
“View from a Height” and “The Gucci Glass Slipper” republished in Bewildering Stories’
Editor’s Choice, 2014.
Runner-up Award for best Auburn English Colloquium presentation, Spring 2014
Awarded Teaching Assistantship by Auburn University, 2011
Nominated by the NSCS as an International Scholar Laureate, 2009
Awarded Teaching Assistantship by George Mason University, Spring 2008
Study abroad scholarship awarded from George Mason University’s office of Global
Education, 2007
Academic scholarship awarded at Virginia Commonwealth University, 2004
COURSES TAUGHT
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY - Graduate Instructor/Full-time Instructor, Fall 2011 – Present
American Literature II (ENGL 2260)
World Literature I (ENGL 2200)
World Literature II (ENGL 2210)
British Literature II (ENGL 2240)
Composition I (ENGL 1100)
Composition II (ENGL 1120)
Technical Writing (ENGL 3040)
CHATTAHOOCHEE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - Instructor, Fall 2014 – Present
English Composition (ENGL 101)
English Literature (ENGL 102)
Orientation (ORI 105)
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY – Part-time Lecturer: Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
Composition I (ENGL 1101)
Composition II (ENGL 1102)
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - Graduate Teacher of Record: Aug 2009 - May 2011
Introduction to Composition (ENGL 101)
Introduction to Literature (ENGL 201)
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY - Writing Center Tutor: Aug 2008 - May 2009
FAIRFAX COLLEGIATE – Summer Teacher: May-Aug 2010 and May-Aug 2012
“Introduction to Web Design” 8th grade students
“Reading and Writing Skills” 1st grade students
“Creative Writing” 3rd and 5th grade students
C2 EDUCATIONAL CENTERS – ESL Teacher: Aug 2008 - May 2011
ESL Reading and Writing Skills
Introductory Mathematics
College Preparation Skills
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
20th and 21st Century World Literature | American Studies
Gender Studies | Contemporary Poetry and Nonfiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore
Environmental Science | Interdisciplinary Studies | Social Justice & Civic Engagement
Digital Humanities | Domestic Violence Research | Material Culture Studies
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Academy for Civic Professionalism, hosted by the Community and Civic Engagement Initiative
in Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts, May 10th, 2016.
Professional Clothing Drive, a graduate event sponsored by Auburn University, April 6th, 2016
Graduate Student Resume Workshop, hosted by Auburn University, Jan. 21st, 2016
“Art in the Park,” an undergraduate art event sponsored by Auburn University, Auburn
Arboretum, October 10th, 2015.
Dinner with Judge Myron Thompson, hosted by Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts,
September 17th, 2015.
English Graduate Association Spring Conference: “Looking Back, Working Forward,”
featuring Keynote Speaker Kathaleen Amende, Auburn University, May 1st, 2015.
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Representative for Poetry faculty candidate meetings, Jules Collins Smith Art
Museum, Auburn, Al, January 2017.
BEST Robotics Contest Judge, November 2016
Auburn University Hiring Committee for Tenure-Track positions in Poetry and
Fiction, 2015-2016.
Auburn University Community and Civic Engagement Fellow, 2015-2016.
National Association of Professional Women, 2015-2016.
Auburn University Graduate Student Council (GSC): English Department PhD
President, 2014-2015.
Auburn University (GSC) Senator, 2013-2014.
Auburn University (GSC) Treasurer, 2012-2013.
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
George Mason University Literary Festival Representative, 2011.
“Loud Fire.” Graduate Reading Series sponsored by George Mason University:
Readings by Alyssa Ross, Sandy Marchetti, and Collin Grabarek, October
16, 2009.
Voxpop Magazine Staff Writer, including editorial service and three published
articles, 2007-2008.
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish (limited proficiency)
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Latin (limited proficiency)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Office of Community and Civic Engagement
National Association of Professional Women
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Golden Key International Honor Society: The Mason Chapter
Member of Phi Eta Sigma
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