Faculty Profile

Jacqueline Foertsch

Jacqueline Foertsch

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

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1998. 
Major: dissertation:  Enemies Within:  The Cold War and AIDS Crisis as Postmodern "Plagues,"
MA, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1989. 
BA, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1986. 





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023 
ENGL 4245.001, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Spring 2023 Syllabus
ENGL 4245.310, Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Spring 2023 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ENGL 3110.004, Academic Writing in the Humanities, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 1310.209, First Year Writing I, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3924.001, Women's Literature, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    WGST 3720.001, Women's Literature, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.006, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.717, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Fall 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W2 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W1 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 4610.001, Children's and Young Adult Literature, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.006, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 8W2 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.001, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3000.007, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5800.001, Studies in Literary Genres, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020 
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5760.601, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3924.001, Women's Literature, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    WGST 3720.001, Women's Literature, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 4850.001, Literature in Context, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3450.005, Short Story, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2019 
                    

                    ENGL 5560.001, Studies in the Teaching of Literature, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1914 to the Present, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 5530.601, Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1914 to the Present, Spring 2018  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4845.001, Studies in Contemporary American Literature, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4850.001, Literature in Context, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6530.002, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2017 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.002, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3450.003, Short Story, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Summer 5W1 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016 
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Spring 2016  SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 4845.001, Studies in Contemporary American Literature, Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 4900.717, Special Problems, Fall 2015 
                    

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

                    ENGL 3830.003, American Literature to 1870, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2015 
                    

                    ENGL 3924.001, Women's Literature, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    WMST 3720.001, Women's Literature, Spring 2015 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4480.001, American Drama, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4480.002, American Drama, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 3840.003, American Literature 1870 to the Present, Fall 2014 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 4951.717, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2014 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Spring 2014 
                    

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

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 5W2 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 10W 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature and Culture, 1865 to the Present, Spring 2013 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 3912.001, Topics in American Literature, Fall 2012 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Summer 5W2 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Spring 2012 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature and Culture, 1914 to the Present, Fall 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2011 
                    

                    ENGL 3913.001, Topics in World Literature, Spring 2011 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 4480.001, American Drama, Fall 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 4150.001, Literary Criticism, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Summer 5W1 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3450.001, Short Story, Summer 3W1 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.702, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5910.702, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.005, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Spring 2010 Syllabus
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2010 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Spring 2010 
                    

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

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Summer 5W1 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.702, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5910.702, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5910.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6900.717, Special Problems, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.001, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2009 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3913.001, Topics in World Literature, Fall 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 3450.001, Short Story, Summer 3W1 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.701, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5910.701, Special Problems, Summer 10W 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4800.001, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 5810.001, Studies in Literary Criticism, Spring 2008 
                    

                    ENGL 4480.002, American Drama, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Fall 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 3450.001, Short Story, Summer 3W1 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 4400.002, American Fiction, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 6941.717, Directed Research, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.002, Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, Spring 2007 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5760.001, Scholarly and Critical Writing, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Fall 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5950.717, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W2 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 6910.717, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2006 
                    

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

                    ENGL 4800.001, Special Seminar in Literature or Language, Spring 2006 
                    

                    ENGL 6950.717, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 3000.004, Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation Skills, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 6530.001, Seminar in American Literature, 1865 to the Present, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Fall 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Spring 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 3840.002, Studies in American Literature 1870 to the Present, Spring 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Spring 2005 
                    

                    ENGL 6944.717, Directed Research, Fall 2004 
                    

                    ENGL 5900.717, Special Problems, Fall 2004 
                    

                    ENGL 5530.001, Studies in American Literature, 1914 to the Present, Fall 2004 
                    

                    ENGL 3912.001, Topics in American Literature, Fall 2004 

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
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Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Foertsch, J. M. (2013). Reckoning Day: Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America. Vanerbilt UP. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2008). Bracing Accounts: The Literature and Culture of Polio in Postwar America. Fairleigh Dickinson UP / Associated University Presses. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2007). American Culture in the 1940s. American Culture Series, Edinburgh UP. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2007). Conflict and Counterpoint in Lesbian, Gay, and Feminist Studies. Palgrave. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2001). Enemies Within: The Cold War and AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film and Culture. University of Illinois Press. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc948086/
Book Chapter
Foertsch, J.  (2020). "Mutually Assured Destruction in Cold War/Postwar America". Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture. 175-86.  Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2010). Reprint: "The Bomb Next Door: Four Postwar Alterapocalyptics." in Ray Bradbury , ed. Harold Bloom. Chelsea House. 
Foertsch, J. M., Field, D.  (2005). "A Battle of Silence: Women's Magazines and the Polio Crisis in Postwar US and UK". Culture Unbound: Anxieties and Border Crossings in the Cold War Era. 17-33.  Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP. 
Foertsch, J. M., Thomas, C.  (2000). "In Theory if Not in Practice: Straight Feminism's Lesbian Experience". Straight With a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality. 45-59. University of Illinois Press. 
Book Review
Foertsch, J. M. (2006). Laboring to Play by Melanie Dawson. 71(3), . South Atlantic Review. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2005). Jane Austen, Or: The Secret of Style by D.A. Miller. 70(2), 141-43. South Atlantic Review. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2001). Out In the South by Carlos L. Dews and Carolyn Leste Law, eds. 66(4), 171-73. South Atlantic Review. 
Conference Proceeding
Foertsch, J. M. (1991). A Structured Sharing: H.D.'s Sea Garden as Early Epic Gesture. 99-105. West Virginia University Papers. 
Journal Article
Foertsch, J.  (2019). “On the Road, In Cold Blood, and the End of the American Road Trip.”. Midwest Quarterly. 60(4), 390-401. 
Foertsch, J.  (2019). “Tools of the Trade:  Working Women in Texts of the Sexual Revolution.”. 81(2), 100-116. 
Foertsch, J.  (2017). “Cautionary Tales from the Sexual Revolution:  Freedom Gained and Lost in 1970s Novels, Films, and Memoirs.”. 40(3), 1-10. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2012). "Last Man Standing: Interracial Sex and Survival in Postnuclear Films, 1951-2007.". Modern Language Studies. 42(1), 30-47. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2010). "Against the Starless Midnight of Racism and War: African American Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Agenda.". Philological Quarterly. 88(4), 407-30. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2009). Historicizing Polio's Happy Ending in Recent American Children's Fiction. Childrens Literature Association Quarterly. 34(1), 21-37. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2007). 'Heads, You Win!': Newsletters and Magazines of the Polio Nation. Disability Studies Quarterly. 27(3), . 
Foertsch, J. M. (2007). Extraordinarily Convenient Neighbors: African American Characters in White-Authored Post-Atomic Novels. Journal of Modern Literature. 30(4), 122-38. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2007). No Time for Tears?: Gender and Denial in Polio Memoirs. Prose Studies. 29(2), 238-56. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2007). Ordinary Pocket Litter: Paper, the Papers, and One's Papers in Cold War Novels of Intrigue. Contemporary Literature. 48(2), 278-306. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2006). Books as Broccoli? Images as Ice Cream?: Providing a Healthy Menu in a College English Classroom. Pedagogy. 6(2), 209-230. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2004). Introduction: 'The Terror! The Terror!'. Studies in the Novel. 36(3), 285-293. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2004). The Trials of Trialoguing in Gay, Lesbian, and Feminist Studies. Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture. 15, 76-95. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2003). Bombs Away and Smash Hits at Home: Dissolving Boundaries in The War of the Worlds. Popular Culture Review. 15(1), 51-64. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2003). Incredible Shrinkage: The Perils of Patriotism in 1960s Spy Films. Studies in Popular Culture. 25(3), 33-48. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2001). The Right, the Wrong, and the Ugly: Teaching Shelley's Several Frankensteins. College English. 63(6), 697-711. 
Foertsch, J. M. (2000). The Circle of Learners in a Vicious Circle: Derrida, Foucault, and Feminist Pedagogic Practice. College Literature. 27(3), 111-29. 
Foertsch, J. M. (1999). Angels in an Epidemic: Women as 'Negatives' in Recent AIDS Literature. South Central Review. 16(1), 57-72. 
Foertsch, J. M. (1999). Not Bombshells but Basketcases: Gendered Illness in Nuclear Texts. Studies in the Novel. 31(4), 471-88. 
Foertsch, J. M. (1997). The Bomb Next Door: Four Postwar Alterapocalyptics. Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture. 30(4), 333-58. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Grant - Research   
Way, J. E. (Co-Principal), Foertsch, J. M. (Principal), "Faculty Mentoring Grant: 2017 Postwar Studies Faculty Colloquium," Sponsored by Faculty Success, Office of the Provost, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (2016 – 2017).
Foertsch, J. M., "Team Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (August 2016 – May 2017).
Way, J. E. (Co-Principal), Foertsch, J. M. (Principal), "Faculty Mentoring Grant: 2016 Postwar Studies Faculty Colloquium," Sponsored by Vice Provost for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (August 2015 – May 2016).
Foertsch, J. M., "Team Mentoring Grant," Sponsored by Office of Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (August 2015 – May 2016).
Foertsch, J. M., "UNT Scholarly and Creative Achievement," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (May 2014 – August 2014).
Foertsch, J. M. (Other), "Freedom's Ring: Rhetorics of Liberation from Civil Rights to the Second Wave," Sponsored by UNt/Research and Creativity Enhancement, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2013 – 2013).
Foertsch, J. M. (Principal), "Reckoning Day:  Race, Place, and the Atom Bomb in Postwar America," Sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities/Sumer Stipend, Federal, $6000 Funded. (2010 – 2010).
Foertsch, J. M. (Principal), "Bracing Accounts:  The Literature and Culture of Polio in Postwar America," Sponsored by Nationl Endowment for the Humanities/Summer Stipend, Federal, $5000 Funded. (2004 – 2004).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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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):
				
      
					
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			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):
				
      
					
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