EMILY STOW

400 East College Street

Georgetown, Kentucky 40324

502-863-7993

Emily_Stow@georgetowncollege.edu

EDUCATION                      

Ph.D. (2006) Hispanic Literature, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Dissertation Title: Is it All About the Mother?  Family Systems Theory in Woman-Authored, Post-Civil War Spanish Novels (Director: Dr. Maryellen Bieder)

Concentration: 20^th-Century Literature in Spain; Spanish Women Writers

            Minor: French Literature

M.A. (1998) Hispanic Literature, University of Cincinnati.

B.A. (1995) cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio.

            Majors: Spanish, Political Science  

            Minor: Global Studies

Junior Year Abroad (1993-1994). Salamanca, Spain.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Supervisory Positions

Indiana University (2003-2004) – Supervisor, Introduction to Hispanic Culture (S275). 

Indiana University Honors Program for High School Students in Foreign Languages (Summer 2001) – Student Director in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Teaching Positions

Georgetown College – Associate Professor of Spanish                                          2004 to present

Courses:

Teaching of World Languages

Post-Civil War Literature

Advanced Grammar

Hispanic Women Writers

Survey of Spanish Literature

Spanish Civilization and Culture

Spanish-American Civilization and Culture

Business Spanish

Spanish Intensive Grammar

Intermediate Spanish

Elementary Spanish II

Elementary Spanish I

Indiana University, Bloomington – Teaching Assistant & Lecturer                    1998-2004

Courses:

Business Spanish

Expository Writing in Spanish

Spanish Grammar and Composition

Introduction to Hispanic Culture

Second Year, Second Semester Spanish

University of Cincinnati – Instructor                                                                      1996-1998

Courses:

Intensive Elementary Spanish I, II, and III

Other Teaching Experience

Kentucky Institute for International Studies (Summer 2009) – Spanish Poetry course in Segovia, Spain.

Kentucky Governor’s Scholar Program (Summer 2007) – Advertising course and Children’s Literature course at Bellarmine University.

Indiana University Honors Program for High School Students in Foreign Languages (Summer 2001) – Spanish American Literature, Phonetics, and Drama classes in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Cincilingua Language School (1996-1998) – English, Spanish & French courses to business men, women and their families.

Olney Friends School (1997-1998) – Private French Literature course.

Wittenberg University (1994-1995) – Spanish Tutoring.

TEACHING INTERESTS 

20^th-Century Spanish and Spanish American Literature

Post-Civil War Literature of Spain

Hispanic & French Women Writers

Spanish and French Language (Composition, Conversation and Grammar) & Culture

Business Spanish

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE   

Educational Testing Service (Summer 2005) – Advanced Placement Exam Spanish Reader.

Wittenberg International Education Office (1991-1995) – Student Assistant.

Little Professor Book Company (1991-1995) – Floor Supervisor.

Greater Cincinnati Council on World Affairs (Winter 1994) – Administrative Intern.

HONORS                                          

2010.   Outstanding Advising Award, Georgetown College.

2007.   Phi Kappa Phi National Honorary Society.

2007.   Sigma Delta Pi National Spanish Honorary.

2003.   Agapito Rey Summer Dissertation Fellowship, Indiana University.

2002.   Nominated, Associate Instructor Teaching Award for the Spanish & Portuguese Department, Indiana University.

2000.   Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University.

1995.   Phi Beta Kappa National Honorary Society.                                     

1995.   Wittenberg University Global Awareness Award.

1994.   Omicron Delta Kappa Senior Honorary Society.

1993.   Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary Society.

1992-1995. Dean’s List, Wittenberg University.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

Georgetown College

2009-2010. Co-chair, General Education Implementation and Oversight Committees.

2009-2010. Chair, Cultural Awareness Flag Committee.

2008-2010. President-elect, Phi Kappa Phi.

2008-2010. Secretary (in 2009-2010) & Member, Curriculum Committee.

2008-2009. Chair, Designated Issue Sub-Committee for Capstones, General Education Revision.

2008-2009. Member, General Education Revision Synthesis Committee.

2008-2009. Member, Meredith Scholarship Committee.

2007-2010. Chair, Humanities Division.

2007-2010. Chair (in 2009) & member, Committee on Committees.

2007-2010. Member, Honors Council.

2007-2008. Chair (in 2008) & member, General Education Revision Committee for Core.

2007-2008. Member, Retention Committee.

2005-2007. Member, Admissions and Scholarship Committee.

2004-2010. Member, Humanities Division.

2004-2010. Member, Phi Beta Kappa Committee.

2004-2005. Secretary, Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Culture.

Indiana University Bloomington, Department of Spanish & Portuguese                       

            2002-03. Member, Lecture Committee.

            2001-02. Member, Honors Committee.

            1999-2000. Member, Teaching Awards Committee.

            1998-2000. Member, Graduate Student Advisory Committee.

University of Cincinnati, Department of Romance Languages.

            1997-98. President, University of Cincinnati Romance Language Graduate Students Governance Association.

            1997. Reception Committee, University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

CONFERENCES & PROFESSIONAL WORK

2010.   Elected Secretary for the 2010 Women Writers of Spain & Latin America Panel. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference.

2009. “Family Dysfunction in Ana María Matute’s Trilogy Los mercaderes.”  South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference.

2009.  Cassidy, Virginie, and Emily Stow.  “Collaboration Inside and Outside the Classroom: Using a Wiki.”  Southern Conference on Language Teaching.

2008.  “The Complex Prostitute Figure in Isabel Allende’s Hija de la fortuna.”  South Atlantic Modern Language Association.

2008.  Cassidy, Virginie, and Emily Stow.  “Learning and Having Fun with Moodle.”  Kentucky World Language Association Conference.

2008.   “A Detached Mother, an Absent Father and Three Hopeful Sisters: Family Relations in Lucía Extebarría’s First Novel.”  Louisiana Conference on Hispanic Languages and Literatures.

2007.   Session Chair, “Resonancia de la Guerra Civil Española.”  University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

2007.   “Daughters trapped in their Mother’s Shadow: Family Dysfunction in Nineteenth-Century Spanish Novels.”  University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

2007.   “Dysfunctional Society, Dysfunctional Families:  Growing up in Nada by Carmen Laforet.” Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media, Northern Illinois University.

2006.   17th Annual Conference on International Business for Spanish Professors.  University of South Carolina.

2000.  “La imagen maternal en La Regenta como símbolo de la decadencia en España.” University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

2000.  “La nueva opción femenina: La mirada hacia el Otro (y la Otra) en Carme Riera y Marina   Mayoral.” Indiana University Catalan Colloquium.

1999.  “Nada y Primera memoria: Dos novelas históricas y sociales de la literatura de posguerra.” University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

1998.   Session Chair, University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

1998.  “La guillotina ilustrada y su función en el porvenir caribeño.” University of Cincinnati   Romance Language Conference. 

1997.   Session Chair, University of Cincinnati Romance Language Conference.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Spanish and French Women Writers in the 20^th and 21^st Century

Family Relations in Spanish and French Novels of the 19^th & 20^th Century

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Modern Language Association (MLA)

South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA)    

Feministas Unidas

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)