Faculty Profile

Stephanie Hawkins

Title
Associate Professor
Department
English
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003. 
Major: English
Dissertation Title: Spectral Realities: Science and the Occult in Modern American Literature
MA, Wake Forest University, 1995. 
Major: English
BA, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993. 
Major: English





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ENGL 2326.003, American Literature, Spring 2024 Syllabus
ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 4420.001, Poetry, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5810.002, Survey of Critical Theory, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4420.001, Poetry, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4420.301, Poetry, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2022  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4450.001, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 2326.002, American Literature, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4450.002, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 6820.001, Topics in Cultural Studies, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 4450.002, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 4450.001, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Survey of Critical Theory, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5810.601, Survey of Critical Theory, Fall 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 4844.001, Studies in American Modernism, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 4450.001, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.714, Directed Research, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 4844.001, Studies in American Modernism, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.714, Directed Research, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 4850.001, Literature in Context, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2015  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4900.714, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 4910.714, Special Problems, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1914 to the Present, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 2500.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 2500.003, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Spring 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Survey of Critical Theory, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 4842.001, Studies in Modernist Literature, Fall 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2013 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6941.714, Directed Research, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 5520.001, Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to 1914, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.714, Directed Research, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.714, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4951.714, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 4450.001, Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s), Fall 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W2 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.714, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.714, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Studies in Literary Criticism, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6900.714, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.714, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.002, Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.714, Special Problems, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.714, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.003, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5890.001, Studies in the American Novel, 1914 to the Present, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.003, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.714, Master's Thesis, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 2328.001, American Literature from 1870 to Present, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 2328.002, American Literature from 1870 to Present, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 4400.003, American Fiction, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 4400.001, American Fiction, Spring 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 4400.003, American Fiction, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 2328.003, American Literature from 1870 to Present, Fall 2005 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Hawkins, S. L. (2010). American Iconographic: National Geographic, Global Culture and the Visual Imagination. University of Virginia Press. 
Book Chapter
Hawkins, S. L., Whitaker, H., Smith, C.  "William James and the Theater of Consciousness". Mind and Brain: Essays on the "Hard Problem" in the History of Neuroscience. Springer. 
Book Review
Hawkins, S. L. (2008). Review of Presenting America's World: Strategies of Innocence in National Geographic, 1888 - 1945. By Tamar Rothenberg. 48(4), . American Studies Journal. 
Journal Article
Hawkins, S. L. (2011). "William James, Gustav Fechner, and Early Psychophysics.". Frontiers in Fractal Physiology. 
Hawkins, S. L. (2008). Savage Visions: Ethnography, Photography, and Local-Color in National Geographic. Arizona Quarterly. 64(2), 33-63. 
Hawkins, S. L. (2005). The Science of Superstition: Gertrude Stein, William James, and the Formation of Belief. Modern Fiction Studies. 51(1), 60-87. 
Hawkins, S. L. (2004). Stalking the Biracial Hidden Self in Henry James's 'The Jolly Corner' and The Sense of the Past. The Henry James Review. 25(3), 276-284. 
Hawkins, S. L. (2004). Building the 'Blue' Race: Miscegenation, Mysticism, and the Language of Cognitive Evolution in Jean Toomer's 'The Blue Meridian'. Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 46(2), 150-180. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Service   
King, K. L. (Co-Principal), Roberts, L. (Co-Principal), Hestand, C., Hawkins, S. (Co-Principal), "Civil discourse and conflict resolution," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $2500 Funded. (2022 – 2023).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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