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Education

• Ph.D. in Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, 1995.
• Dissertation: "Cora Sandel: Norwegian Realist or European Modernist?" Dissertation Advisor: Jan I. Sjåvik
• M.A. in Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of Washington, 1992
• B.A. in Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College, 1989

Positions Held

• Associate Professor of Scandinavian, University of Oregon, 2006-present
• Assistant Professor of Scandinavian, University of Oregon, 2004-2006
• Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Arizona State University, 2002-2004
• Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Arizona State University, 1996-2002
• Visiting Lecturer in Scandinavian Literature, Åbo Akademi, Finland, 1995-1996
• Instructor in Norwegian, Rosenhof voksenopplæringssenter, Norway, 1994-1995
• Instructor in Norwegian, Bellevue Community College, 1991-1993
• Teaching Assistant in Norwegian, University of Washington, 1989-1993

Books

• Figurative Space in the Novels of Cora Sandel. Laksevåg, Norway: Alvheim & Eide akademisk forlag (forthcoming).
• On the Margins: Nordic Women Modernists of the 1930s. Norwich, UK: Norvik Press, 2005.

Refereed Articles

• "Over-Determined Topography in Knut Hamsun's 'Dronningen av Saba.'" Scandinavian Studies 80.1 (2008): forthcoming
• "Gyntian Simulacra: 21st-Century Appropriations of Peer Gynt ." Scandinavian Studies 79.4 (2007): 427-448
• "Border Crossings in Gunnar Larsen's To mistenkelige personer." Edda 3 (2007): 256-267
• "Holy Witch and Wanton Saint: Gothic Precursors for Isak Dinesen's 'The Dreamers.'" Scandinavian Studies 78.4 (2006): 333-348
• "'What is a Woman?': The (Trans)Gendered Body in Contemporary Norwegian Documentary Cinema." Scandinavica 45.1 (2006): 75-88.
• "Personal Ideology and Collective Cinema: Folk flest bor i Kina and Contemporary Norwegian Political Consciousness." Northern Constellations: New Readings in Nordic Cinema. Ed. C. Claire Thomson. Norwich, UK: Norvik Press, 2006. 97-110
• "Mellom jazz og dramatikk: Om Kjøp ikke Dondi." De upåaktede liv: Om Cora Sandels forfatterskap. Ed. Henning Howlid Wærp. Tromsø: Unipub, 2005. 117-128
• "Mottakelsen av Cora Sandels bøker i USA." De upåaktede liv: Om Cora Sandels forfatterskap. Ed. Henning Howlid Wærp. Tromsø: Unipub, 2005. 35-40
• "Gunnar Larsens leting etter det egentlige Norge i Bull." Norsk litterær årbok (2004): 63-79
• "In My Father's House are Many Mansions: Transgressive Space in Three Dogme 95 Films." Scandinavica 43.2 (2004): 165-182
• "Reanimating Thomasine Gyllembourg: Anne Marie Ejrnæs' Som svalen." Fortællingen i Norden efter 1960. Ed. Søren Gornitzka, et al. Aalborg: Aalborg Universitetsforlag, 2004. 379-386
• "Dreaming of the Medieval in Kristin Lavransdatter and Trollsyn." Scandinavian Studies 75.3 (2003): 399-416
• "'Hudens angst': The Function of the Female Nude in the Opening and Closing Scenes of Alberte og friheten." On the Threshold: New Studies in Nordic Literature. Ed. Janet Garton and Michael Robinson. Norwich, UK: Norvik Press, 2002. 272-278
• "Problems of Prose Modernism and Frigidity in Stina Aronson's 'The Fever Book' and Edith Øberg's 'Man in Darkness.'" Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 20.2 (2001): 237-252
• "Escape from the Novel: Cora Sandel's Kranes konditori." Scandinavian Studies 72.2 (2000): 181-198
• "Sadism, Art and Healing: Reexamining Karo Espeseth's Sår som ennu blør." Edda 3 (2000): 256-267
• "Sores that Still Bleed: Germany, The Great War and Violence Against Women in the Modernist Literary Imagination." Conquering Women: Women, War and Sexuality in the German Cultural Imagination. Ed. Hilary Collier Sy-Quia and Susanne Backmann. Berkeley: International and Area Studies Publications, 2000. 62-74
• "Hagar Olsson's Chitambo and the Ambiguities of Female Modernism." Scandinavian Studies 71.2 (1999): 191-205
• "På spor av modernismen i Cora Sandels Alberte-trilogi." Edda 2 (1997): 209-221
• "Cora Sandel's Kjøp ikke Dondi: '...som de snakker, de menneskene.'" Scandinavica 34.2 (1995): 221-235
• "The Riddle Solved: Cora Sandel's 'En gåte.'" Studies in Short Fiction 31.1 (1994): 13-21

Other Publications

• Review of Ibsen on the Cusp of the 21st Century, edited by Pål Bjørby, Alvhild Dvergsdal, and Idar Stegane. Scandinavica 46.1 (2007): 82-86
• Review of Nordic Orientalism: Paris and the Cosmopolitan Imagination 1800-1900, by Elisabeth Oxfeldt. Scandinavica 46.1 (2007): 68-71
• "Cora Sandel's Fiction of Quiet Rebellion." Biographical essay and translation. Female Voices of the North II. Ed. Inger Olsen and Sven H. Rossel. Vienna: Edition Praesens, 2006. 167-180
• Review of European and Nordic Modernisms, edited by Mats Jansson, Jakob Lothe and Hannu Riikonen. Scandinavian Studies 77.2 (2005): 304-307
• Review of Hitom himlen, by Stina Aronson. Swedish Book Review 1 (2005): 60
"Introduction." Scandinavian Women Writers: Contemporary Critical Approaches. Spec. issue of Scandinavian Studies 76.2 (2004): 119-120
• "Cora Sandel." Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century Norwegian Writers. Ed. Tanya Thresher. Detroit: Gale Group, 2004. 264-275
• Translation of "Paal-Helge Haugen," by Unni Langås. Dictionary of Literary Biography: Twentieth Century Norwegian Writers. Ed. Tanya Thresher. Detroit: Gale Group, 2004. 151-158
• Review of Bortom ödelandet: En studie i Stina Aronsons författarskap, by Caroline Graeske. Scandinavica 43.1 (2004): 110-112
• "A Call to Action?: Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century." NORTANA Newsletter (Fall 2004): 22-24
• "A Quiet Renaissance in Cora Sandel Scholarship." Review Essay. Scandinavian Studies 75.4 (2003): 591-600
• Review of Understanding Isak Dinesen, by Susan C. Brantly. Scandinavian Studies 74.4 (2002): 548-550
• Review of Detta är jag: Stina Aronsons litteraturhistoriska öde, by Petra Broomans. Scandinavica 41.1 (2002): 103-105
• Review of Ghosts, Marshall W. Mason, Director, Arizona Theatre Company. Ibsen News and Comment 21 (2001): 10-12
• Review of Hedda Gabler, Michael Wiener, Producing Artistic Director, Actors Theatre of Phoenix. Ibsen News and Comment 19 (1999): 14
• Review of Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1995, by Helena Forsås-Scott. Scandinavian Studies 70.2 (1998): 279-280

Invited Lectures

• "Adaptasjon av Cora Sandels tekster til andre sjangrer og medier. Problemer og reaksjoner." Department of Scandinavian Studies and Comparative Literature (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) 2004
• "Om Kjøp ikke Dondi - og Sandel i USA." Ordkalotten Literary Festival (University of Tromsø) 2003

International Conference Presentations

• "The Rhetorical Turn in Peer Gynt," Ibsen Society of America/International Ibsen Committee 11th International Ibsen Conference (Oslo, Norway) August 2006
• "Henrik Ibsen, Cora Sandel, and the Impossible Heroine," Ibsen Society of America/International Ibsen Committee 10th International Ibsen Conference (Brooklyn, NY) 2003
• "Reanimating Thomasine Gyllembourg: Anne Marie Ejrnæs' Som svalen," International Association of Scandinavian Studies Conference (Aalborg, Denmark) 2002
• "'Hudens angst': The Function of the Female Nude in the Opening and Closing Scenes of Alberte og friheten," International Association of Scandinavian Studies Conference (Norwich, UK) 2000

National Conference Presentations

• "'Man skal ej læse for at sluge men for at se, hvad man kan bruge': Ibsen in Selected Norwegian Novels, 2001-05" SASS (Oxford, MS) 2006
• "Personal Ideology and Collective Cinema: Folk flest bor i Kina and Contemporary Norwegian Political Consciousness" SASS (Portland, OR) 2005
• "In My Father's House are Many Mansions: Transgressive Space in Lars von Trier's Idioterne" SASS (Minneapolis, MN) 2003
• "Magical Realism and Atavistic Modernism in Isak Dinesen's Seven Gothic Tales" MLA (New York, NY) 2002
• "The Significance of Zanzibar in Seven Gothic Tales," SASS (Salt Lake City, UT) 2002
• "War, Internationalism, and the End of Literature in the Work of Cora Sandel," Representing Regionalism, Nationalism and Internationalism in The Space Between, 1914-1945 (Fayetteville, AR) 2001
• "Rescripting the Medieval: Ideology and Intertextuality in Kristin Lavransdatter and Trollsyn," SASS (Chicago, IL) 2001
• "'En skitten strøm': Karo Espeseth, Sigurd Hoel, Rolf Stenersen and the 1931 'kjønnlitteratur' Debate," SASS (Madison, WI) 2000
• "Don Juan on Ice: The Johannes Tradition in Scandinavian Literature, 1843-1993," MLA (Chicago, IL) 1999
• "The Disappearing Man in Week-end i evigheten and Mann i mørke," SASS (Seattle, WA) 1999
• "Hagar Olsson as Gatekeeper: Finland's Portal to European Modernism," MLA (San Francisco, CA) 1998
• "Moa Martinson, Ebba Witt-Brattström and the Storming of Modernism," SASS (Champaign, IL) 1997
• "Modernism Marginalized: Hagar Olsson's Chitambo," MLA (Chicago, IL) 1995
• "Cora Sandel's Alberte og Jakob as a Modernist Text," SASS (Pullman, WA) 1995
• "Stein Mehren and Myth: An Analysis of Selected Poems," SASS (Amherst, MA) 1991

Regional Conference Presentations

• "Holy Witch and Wanton Saint: Gothic Precursors in Isak Dinesen's 'The Dreamers,'" Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference (Portland, OR) 2004
• "'Who are you?': Voice and Ideology in Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen's 'The Dreamers,'" Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (Vancouver, BC) 2001
• "Goldfasänchens Lehrjahr: A Norwegian Modernist Prose Exploration of Interwar Germany," Conquering Women: Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary German Studies Conference (Berkeley, CA) 1997
• "Feberboken: Stina Aronson's Response to Swedish Primitivism," Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association Conference (Irvine, CA) 1996
• "Stina Aronson's Feverish Vision of a Different Modernism," The Interpretation of Culture and the Culture of Interpretation Conference (Uppsala, Sweden) 1996

State and Local Conference Presentations

• Panelist, "Using Films as Authentic Cultural Texts," Arizona Language Association Conference (Wickenburg, AZ) 2001
• "The Uses of Cultural Portfolios in Foreign Language Instruction," Arizona Language Association Conference (Tempe, AZ) 1998
• "Sores that Still Bleed: The Great War and Violence Against Women in the Modernist Literary Imagination," Arizona Women's Studies Council Conference (Phoenix, AZ) 1998

Grants Received

• Oregon Humanities Center Ernest G. Moll Research Fellowship in Literary Studies, 2006
• UO Summer Research Award, 2006 ($4500)
• UO New Faculty award, 2005 ($4000)
• UO Junior Faculty Development grant, 2005 ($1000)
• ASU Women's Studies Summer Research Awards grant, 2003 ($2000)
• American-Scandinavian Foundation grant for research in Norway, 2003 ($3000)
• Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation grant for Swedish instruction at ASU, 2002 ($10,000)
• Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America stipend, 2001 ($250)
• Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition mini grant, 2001 ($1000, declined)
• American-Scandinavian Foundation grant for a Scandinavian film festival, 2000 ($2000)
• Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs travel grant, 2000 ($1500)
• Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs grant for Norwegian instruction at ASU, 1998 ($4000)
• Arizona State University Faculty-Grant-In-Aid for research in Scandinavia, 1997 ($5700)
• Swedish Information Service SASS travel grant, 1996 ($1000)
• CIMO grant for research in Finland, 1995-1996 ($12,000)
• Lois Roth Endowment grant, 1994 ($1000)
• American-Scandinavian Foundation grant for study in Norway, 1994 ($2200)
• Fulbright-Hays fellowship to Norway, 1993-1994 (approximately $9000)
• American-Scandinavian Foundation fellowship to Norway, 1993-94 ($15,000, declined)
• Norwegian Information Service SASS travel grant, 1992
• Sons of Norway Foundation King Olav V Norwegian-American Heritage Fund grant, 1992
• Norwegian Commercial Club scholarship, 1991
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Presidential Award, 1991, 1995

Courses Taught at University of Oregon

• First-year Norwegian
• Second-year Norwegian
• Genres in Scandinavian Literature (Short Stories and Tales)
• Topics in Scandinavian Literature (Idiots, Madmen, and Geniuses)
• Revisions of the Scandinavian Dream
• Scandinavian Women Writers

Courses Taught at Arizona State University

• First-year Norwegian
• Second-year Norwegian
• First-year Swedish
• Masterpieces of Scandinavian Literature
• Scandinavian Cinema
• Introduction to Scandinavian Culture
• European Drama from Ibsen to 1914

Thesis and Dissertation Committees

• Member, Ph.D. committee for Roger Adkins (UO Comparative Literature), present
• Member, M.A. committee for Renae Watchman (ASU German), 2001
• Member, M.A. committee for Brad Keller (ASU German), 1997

Service to the Profession

• Elected member, Ibsen Society of America Council, 2003-2005, 2006-2008
• Appointed member, MLA Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, 2003-2004
• Secretary, NORTANA Executive Committee, 2002-2005
• Elected member, SASS Advisory Committee, 1999-2002
• Session chair, SASS Conferences, 1998-2003
• Panel organizer, "Scandinavian Literature," PAMLA (Claremont, CA) 1998
• Member, SASS Conference planning committee, 1997-1998
• Reader for manuscripts and grant applications submitted to Scandinavian Studies, Literature and Christianity, and the National Humanities Center

Service at University of Oregon

• Member, Off-Campus Scholarship and Grants Committee, 2005-2007
• Chair, Scandinavian Studies Committee, 2005-2006
• Member, German Studies Committee, 2005-2006
• Facilitator, Scandinavian GTF training workshop, 2004, 2005
• Member, Friends of Scandinavian Studies Fundraising Committee, 2004-present
• Community outreach, Junction City Scandinavian Festival, 2004, 2005
• Advisor, UO Study Abroad programs in Finland and Norway, 2005-present

Service at Arizona State University

• Member, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences College Requirements Committee, 2002-2003Coordinator, Classical and Middle Eastern Section, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
• Member, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Committee on Committees, 2000-2002
• Member (appointed by CLAS Dean), department chair search committee, Fall 2000
• Member, Language Fair planning committee, 2000
• Presenter, International Programs Office pre-departure orientation, 1999, 2002
• Instructor, ASU Discovery Tour, Fall 1999
• Member, Department of Languages and Literatures Advisory Committee, 1999-2001, 2001-2003, elected chair 2000-2001, 2001-2002, Fall 2002
• Member, Fulbright fellowship interview committee, 1998 (5 applicants), 1999 (1), 2002 (3)
• Affirmative Action representative and voting member, faculty search committees, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000
• Teaching demonstration instructor and facilitator, TA Training Workshop, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002
• Undergraduate Advisor, German and Scandinavian Section, Spring 1997-Spring 1998
• Member, Language Lab Committee, Spring 1997-Fall 1998
• Graduate College representative for thesis and dissertation defenses, 1997, 1998, 2000-2002

Community Lectures

• "Cora Sandel's Alberta and Jacob and Problems of Autobiographical Fiction," Eugene Friends of Scandinavian Studies, November 2004
• "Finnish Identity," Scandinavian Club of Sun City, April 2003
• "Immigration Issues in Norway Today," Norse Federation (Tucson Chapter) January 2003
• "Current Events in Norway," Torske Klubben (Sun City Chapter) February 2002
• "Danish 'Dogma 95' Films," Spirit of the Senses, July 2001
• "Supernatural Iceland," Spirit of the Senses, July 2000
• "Norway," 4th/5th grade class, Whittier Elementary School, 2, 9 and 11 May 2000
• "Scandinavia-The Series," OASIS (Phoenix Chapter), 3, 10 and 17 March 2000
• "Norwegian Folk Costumes," (co-presenter with Lori Talcott) Sons of Norway (Sun City Chapter), October 1999
• "Contemporary Scandinavia: The Third Way," Spirit of the Senses, June 1999
• "Scandinavian Women Writers," Norsemen's Federation (Phoenix Chapter), March 1997; Scandinavian Club of Sun City, January 1999
• "Henrik Ibsen's Life and Works," Sons of Norway (Sun City Chapter), October 1998; Sons of Norway (Phoenix Chapter), October 1998
• "Scandinavian Program at Arizona State University," Sun Lakes Scandinavian Club, February 1997; Sons of Norway (Phoenix Chapter), May 1998; Torske Klubben (Sun City Chapter) December 1999; Sons of Norway (Mesa Chapter) May 2000 "Scandinavian Women Writers in the Modernist Period," Norsemen's Federation (Tucson Chapter), February 1997

Professional Memberships

• Ibsen Society of America, member since 1999
• Modern Language Association of America, member since 1995
• Norwegian Researchers and Teachers Association of North America, member since 1996
• Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study, member since 1991
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies, member since 2000

Language Skills

• Native proficiency in English
• Near-native proficiency in Norwegian
• Strong oral and written comprehension in Danish and Swedish
• Reading knowledge of French, Spanish, and Old Norse