Lisa Ann Elwood-Farber
Assistant Professor, English
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315-866-0300 x8693, CA 119
Education
B.A., Marymount College
M.A., New Mexico State University
Research & Interests
Both my BA and my MA are in English, but with minors in Women’s Studies. My Master’s degree program focused on Race Theory and Women’s Literature from the 19th century; I examined autobiographies by women of color, for example, the slave narrative.
I have presented papers about these topics in literature and other topics on writing at different conferences throughout New York State and the rest of the country, which has been rewarding in keeping up to date with my own research. In writing the Gender Studies program for HCCC, I was able to speak with colleges and universities across the state about their own programs and implementation, which helped me to design the program for HCCC students. I feel it is a great program to start here at HCCC and perhaps finish at the four-year institution.
2008
Delivered: “White Teachers/Black Students: A Pedagogical Approach to Courses about Race.” Successful Teaching Conference, Ithaca, NY, Oct. 30-31, 2008.
Delivered: “Writing 101: Retention vs. Relearning.” At the 2008 Annual Conference of the SUNY Council on Writing called Inevitable Intersections: Writing at the Crossroads of Public and Private Discourse in the 21st Century, April 25-26, 2008 at Stony Brook University
Delivered: “Women, Power, and Harriet Wilson’s Our Nig” at Binghamton University in the Department of Romance Languages and Literature’s annual conference, March 14, 2008.
2002
Delivered: “Internalized Notions of Racism in the Antebellum North” at the New York State Conference Association on Literature and Work at Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, April 13, 2002.
2001
Delivered: “A Look at the Tacit Approval of Violence Committed Against Women” at the 11th Annual Mardi Gras Graduate Conference on Language and Literature, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Feb. 2001.
1999
Delivered: “A Multitude of Perspectives on Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” at Sigma Tau Delta (National English Honors Society), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, Dec. 1999.
Professional Affiliation
National Women’s Studies Association.
United University Professions (UUP)
Two-Year College English Association National Council of Teachers of English
New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
School Board President - West Canada School Board, May 2006-present