Dr. Abigail Fagan, PhD (sie/ihr)

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 

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

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

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