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Maria McGarrity
Academic History
Maria McGarrity completed her undergraduate work at Rutgers
University. She earned an MA in English from the University
of New Orleans and her PhD in English from the University
of Miami. She sits on the Editorial Board of the Caribbean
journal, Anthurium
and has previously served as Managing Editor of the James
Joyce Literary Supplement. Her interests include Modern
British, Irish, Caribbean, and Postcolonial Literatures and
Theory; Twentieth-Century and Transatlantic Studies.
Teaching Experience
I have taught at Long Island University since the fall of
2002. Prior to LIU, I taught at Rutgers University, University
of Miami, La Salle University, and the University of New Orleans.
The following are courses I have taught at LIU-Brooklyn.
| "The Artist in Society," English
129: British Literature II |
| "Modern Irish Literature: Joyce's Ulysses,"
English Department, Joint MA and advanced BA Seminar |
| "Field Studies: Literary Dublin," Honors Program,
Brooklyn and CW Post |
| "Modern Ireland: Literature, History, and Film,"
Honors Program |
| "Methods and Research: British Modernism Beyond
the Boundaries," MA Seminar, Department of English |
| "Postcolonial Literature and the Atlantic World,"
MA Seminar, Department of English |
| "Haiti: Literature and Revolution," Honors
Program |
| "Postcolonial Literature: the Caribbean,"
Department of English, spring 2006 |
| "The Ulysses Myth: Celebrating the Bloomsday Centenary,"
Honors Program |
| "The Senior Seminar," (ENG 190) |
| "City-as-Text: Rebuilding New York," Honors
Program (team-taught) |
| "Twice-Told Tales," Department of English |
| "The Twentieth Century, Age of Extremes,"
Honors Program |
| "Non-Western Literature," (ENG 64) |
| "European Literature 1," (ENG 61) |
| "European Literature 2," (ENG 62) |
| "English Composition," (ENG 16) |
| "Composition for Non-Native Speakers," (ENG
16x) |
| "Developmental Composition," (ENG 14) |
| "Developmental English Composition
for Non-Native Speakers," (ENG 14X) |
Honors and Awards
| Columbia University, University Seminars, Leonard Hastings
Schoff grant, 2008--subvention to support the publication
of Washed by the Gulf Stream: the Historic and Geographic
Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature. |
| National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Summer
Seminar, 2007, Trinity College Dublin, "James Joyce's
Ulysses: Texts and Contexts"--research at the Library
of Trinity College Dublin and the National Library of
Ireland exploring Irish Primitivism through James Joyce,
Roger Casement, and the Congo. |
| Center for Latin American Studies, Doctoral Research
Grant, 2000-2001, for research at the National Library
at the Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, examining the papers
of Peter Browne Howe, Marquess of Sligo, last Governor
of Jamaica under slavery. |
| Department of English, Doctoral Research
Grant, 2001, for research at the National Library of Ireland
and Library of Trinity College Dublin using the NLI's
Index of the Irish Abroad, West Indies |
| University of Miami, Award of Academic Merit,
2001 |
| University of Trieste, Italy, Summer Study
Scholarship, 2000 |
| Samuel Kriloff Travel Award, 2000, 2001 |
| Department of English Travel Grant, 2000, 2001 |
| Graduate Activity Travel Grant, 2000, 2001 |
| Provost's Award for Graduate Travel, 2000 |
| University College Dublin, Summer Study Scholarship,
1999 |
| Rutgers University Cours d'été, Scholarship,
1990 |
| Garden State Awards, Scholarship, 1988-1992 |
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