Brenda Duge

Post-Secondary Education

Texas State University
Bachelor of Arts
Psychology

Texas State University
Master of Arts
Literature

Teaching Experience

Brenda J. Duge

bduge@austincc.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., A.B.D. in English, Kent State University, Aug. 2001-present. Concentration-American literature and critical theory.

• M. A. in English, Texas State University, August 1999-May 2001.Concentration-cultural theory and women’s studies.

• B. A. in Psychology, Texas State University, August 1990-May 1992. Minor in Philosophy.

Teaching Experience:

• English Composition I and English Composition II, Austin Community College, Fall 2006-to present.
• College Writing I, Texas State University, Spring 2005.
• College Writing I and College Writing II, Kent State University,Fall 2001-Spring 2004.
• Great Books II: 1700-Present, Kent State University, Summer 2003 and Fall 2003.
• College English I and College English II, Texas State University, Fall 2000-Spring 2001.

Publications:

• “Fight Club”-entry in Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 1, 2004.
• “Karen Horney,” “Anais Nin,” “Georgia O’Keeffe”-entries in Interdisciplinary Biographical Dictionaries of the Western World’s Great Cultural Eras. Vol. 8 (publication pending).
• “A Report on SWT’s ‘Council for Women in Higher Education.’”The Southwest File. August/September, 1999.
• “Do Not Read This Review: Eyes Wide Shut.” The Southwest File. August/September, 1999.

Research Projects:

• “Enlarging Gender Schema in the College Classroom” (dissertation topic).
• “Skirting Conventions: Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
• “Floundering: Fight Club and the Postmodern Masculine Identity Crisis” (master’s thesis).

Professional Associations:

• Modern Language Association

Professional Publications