Dr. Abigail Fagan, PhD (sie/ihr)

© Felix Brinker
Dr. Abigail Fagan, PhD (sie/ihr)
Address
Königsworther Platz 1
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
635
© Felix Brinker
Dr. Abigail Fagan, PhD (sie/ihr)
Address
Königsworther Platz 1
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
635
Positions
Executive Board
English Department
Research Staff
Office hours
Wed. 11:00 - 12:00 just in the lecture-free period
Please arrange an appointment
English Department

Resume

  • Professional Career

    Assistant Professor, Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, since May 2019
    Lecturer and Research Assistant, Leibniz University, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 2017-2019
    Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA, 2013-2016
    Writing Center Tutor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2012-2013
    Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2011-2013
    English Teaching Assistant, Dientzenhofer-Gymnasium, Bamberg, Germany, 2010-2011
    Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, Berufsbildendene Schulen II, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2009-2010 

  • Education

    Mai 2019
    Promotion in Englisch, University of Connecticut, Themenbereiche: Nineteenth-Century American Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    Dissertation: "Bloated: Power and the Body in American Temperance Literature"

    Mai 2013
    M.A. in Englisch, University of Cincinnati, Themebereiche: Comparative Literature, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    MA Arbeit: "'Not Just a Devil and a Destroyer:' Deconstructing Gender and Reconstructing Subjectivity in Ernest Hemingway's The Garden of Eden"

    July 2008
    B.A. in Englisch und Politikwissenschaften, Pacific Lutheran University, BA Arbeit, Englisch: "Like Calling Kissinger," creative nonfiction, BA Arbeit, Politikwissenschaften: "Columns: Press Freedom and Divided Society in Jordan"

  • Memberships and Offices

    Memberships

    American Studies Association
    European Association of American Studies
    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien
    National Women's Studies Association
    University of Connecticut English Graduate Student Association

    Offices

    Supervisor: Transnational Islamic Feminisms: A Students' Conference, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 27 January 2018
    Reading Tour: Palm Art Press, Berlin, Germany, 2015-2016
    Academic Coordinator:
    Chair: English Graduate Student Association Diversity Committee, University of Connecticut, 2014-2015
    Practicum Leader: Teaching Practicum for Graduate Assistants, University of Connecticut, 2014-2015; 2016-2017
    Certified Tutor: College Reading and Learning Association-International Tutor Training Program Certification, University of Cincinnati Learning Assistance Center, Academic Writing Center, 2012-2013
    Chair: "Being Undisciplined," University of Cincinnati's Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, April 6, 2013
    President: English Graduate Organization, University of Cincinnati, 2012-2013
    Graduate Mentor: English Composition Program, University of Cincinnati, 2012-2013
    Member: Composition Advisory Committee, University of Cincinnati, 2012-2013
    Secretary: Shark Eat Muffin Theatre Company, Board of Directors, 2012-2013
    Student Coordinator: New Student Orientation, Pacific Lutheran University, 2008
    Editor: Saxifrage, an undergraduate literary journal, Pacific Lutheran University, 2006-2007
    President: The Mark, an undergraduate creative writing group, Pacific Lutheran University, 2006-2007

  • Awards and Scholarships

    Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Connecticut, 2016

    Departmental Award for Excellence in Graduate-Student Teaching and Service, University of Cincinnati, 2012-13

    Fulbright Grant for English Teaching Assistantship, Germany, 2009-10

    Wallace Stevens Poetry Prize, First Place, University of Connecticut, 2015

    AETNA Creative Nonfiction Graduate Prize, First Place, University of Connecticut, 2015

    AETNA Creative Nonfiction Graduate Prize, First Place, University of Connecticut, 2014

    Graduate Playwriting Prize, University of Cincinnati, 2013

    Graduate Playwriting Prize, University of Cincinnati, 2012

    Academy of American Poets, Graduate Prize, Honorable Mention, University of Cincinnati, 2012

    Graduate Student Governance Association Research Fellowship in support of Master’s Thesis Project, University of Cincinnati, 2013

    Graduate Student Travel Award, University of Connecticut, 2016

    PAMLA 2012 Conference Graduate Student Scholarship, 2012

    Certificate of Accomplishment in Leadership and Service, Pacific Lutheran University, 2008

    Humanities Scholarship for Excellent Academic Work, Pacific Lutheran University, 2007

    Knudsen Scholarship for an Excellent Creative Writing Portfolio, Pacific Lutheran University, 2006