Ms. Sarah Stanley糖心传媒Marquette Hall, 247
MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-6848sarah.stanley@marquette.eduMy primary fields of research are gender and sexualities studies, late-Victorian romance, Tolkien studies, and fantasy literature. I am fascinated by the intersections of Victorian and modern popular culture, as well as by the shifting stakes of their production, distribution, and cultural capital.
I am currently working on two projects. The first is a co-authored book chapter exploring the ways in which HBO鈥檚 Watchman (2019) television series renegotiates the racial and gender politics of Alan Moore鈥檚 landmark comic and of Zack Snyder鈥檚 film adaptation thereof. The second is my book-length doctoral dissertation examining the thematic continuities between Bram Stoker鈥檚 Dracula and J.R.R. Tolkien鈥檚 The Lord of the Rings. My aim is to complicate conventionalized discussions of gender in both works, to鈥攊n feminist visionary Adrienne Rich鈥檚 words鈥斺�渞e-vision鈥� them by seeking out long-submerged feminist possibilities latent within each text.
I have been teaching at the university level for the past nine years. I have taught everything from freshman writing courses to World Literature, Mythology, Literary Theory, and Introduction to Gender and Sexualities Studies. Regardless of subject matter, I strive to create an inclusive classroom in which students feel safe exploring new ideas and methodologies. My courses promote discussion and reflective writing, fostering a learning community in which my students and I can mutually grow. I aim to help students find connections between our class and their 鈥渞eal鈥� lives and to put into practice the social justice we read and write about. I encourage my students to recognize the power of words鈥攖heirs and others鈥欌�攁nd to wield them precisely and responsibly. Because effective writing and analysis arises through a process of ideation and revision, I encourage students to re-submit work until they are happy with it. Speaking from my own experience, I believe it鈥檚 more important to keep working through an idea and learn along the way than to get it 鈥渞ight鈥� on the first try.
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