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Stephanie L. Hawkins

Title: Associate Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2003
    Major: English
    Dissertation: 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 2326.002American LiteratureSpring 2025
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2025
ENGL 4450.301Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2025
ENGL 5560.001Studies in the Teaching of LiteratureFall 2024
ENGL 3924.001Women's LiteratureFall 2024 Syllabus
WGST 3720.001Women's LiteratureFall 2024 Syllabus
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 2326.003American LiteratureSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3000.004Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
ENGL 4420.001PoetryFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5810.002Survey of Critical TheoryFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
ENGL 3000.005Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.001PoetrySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.301PoetrySpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2022
ENGL 6530.001Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the PresentFall 2022 SPOT
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2022
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2021
ENGL 2326.002American LiteratureSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
ENGL 4450.002Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
ENGL 6820.001Topics in Cultural StudiesFall 2020 SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
ENGL 4450.002Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2020 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
ENGL 6530.001Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the PresentSpring 2019 SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
ENGL 5810.001Survey of Critical TheoryFall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 5810.601Survey of Critical TheoryFall 2018 SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
ENGL 4844.001Studies in American ModernismSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.714Directed ResearchSpring 2017
ENGL 4844.001Studies in American ModernismSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.714Directed ResearchFall 2016
ENGL 4850.001Literature in ContextFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6530.001Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the PresentFall 2016 SPOT
ENGL 3840.002American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2015 SPOT
ENGL 4900.714Special ProblemsSpring 2015
ENGL 4910.714Special ProblemsSpring 2015
ENGL 5530.001Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1914 to the PresentSpring 2015
ENGL 2500.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 2500.003Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
ENGL 4150.001Literary CriticismSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 5810.001Survey of Critical TheorySpring 2014
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
ENGL 4842.001Studies in Modernist LiteratureFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 3840.003American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.714Directed ResearchSpring 2013
ENGL 5520.001Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to 1914Spring 2013
ENGL 6941.714Directed ResearchFall 2012
ENGL 5900.714Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2012
ENGL 3840.001American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 3840.003American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 4951.714Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2012
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisSpring 2012
ENGL 3840.001American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 3840.002American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisFall 2011
ENGL 6900.714Special ProblemsFall 2011
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2011
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2011
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationSpring 2011
ENGL 4951.714Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 6530.001Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the PresentSpring 2011
ENGL 3840.001Studies in American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.714Doctoral DissertationFall 2010
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisFall 2010
ENGL 3840.002Studies in American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 5810.001Studies in Literary CriticismFall 2010
ENGL 6900.714Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
ENGL 4951.714Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2010
ENGL 6530.002Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the PresentSpring 2010
ENGL 3840.001Studies in American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2010
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisFall 2009
ENGL 4900.714Special ProblemsFall 2009
ENGL 5530.001Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the PresentFall 2009
ENGL 5900.714Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2009
ENGL 3000.002Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2009
ENGL 3000.003Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsSpring 2009
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisSpring 2009
ENGL 5890.001Studies in the American Novel, 1914 to the PresentSpring 2009
ENGL 3000.003Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2008
ENGL 3000.004Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2008
ENGL 5950.714Master's ThesisFall 2008
ENGL 5530.001Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the PresentFall 2008
ENGL 2328.001American Literature from 1870 to PresentFall 2007
ENGL 2328.002American Literature from 1870 to PresentFall 2007
ENGL 4400.003American FictionSpring 2007
ENGL 5530.001Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the PresentSpring 2007
ENGL 3000.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2006
ENGL 6530.001Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the PresentFall 2006
ENGL 3840.002Studies in American Literature 1870 to the PresentFall 2006
ENGL 4400.001American FictionSpring 2006
ENGL 3840.001Studies in American Literature 1870 to the PresentSpring 2006
ENGL 4400.003American FictionFall 2005
ENGL 2328.003American Literature from 1870 to PresentFall 2005
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

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.

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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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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