Office Schedule
See this schedule for spring term office hours:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday |
3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Seminole, LI 260 | 12:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Seminole, LI 260 | 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Seminole, LI 260 | 12:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Seminole, LI 260 |
Biography
“A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.” ~Benjamin Disraeli
Greetings!
I have a B.A. in English from Rollins College, M.A. in English from the University of South Florida, Ph.D. in English from the University of South Florida, and Certificate in Digital Humanities from Oxford University (Merton College). I have served as secretary, vice president, and president of the Florida College English Association. I work closely with our Interdisciplinary Studies Program and edited the inaugural volume of META: An Interdisciplinary Journal. I also launched the online version of the publication as well as our digital META Project.
My courses include Interdisciplinary Studies I & II, British Literature I & II, American Literature I & II, Western Humanities I & II, and East-West Synthesis. I am committed to innovative, interdisciplinary, and student-centered teaching. To that end, I encourage students to read assiduously and to appreciate, as Aldous Huxley rightly observes, that “every [individual] who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.” In teaching writing, I accentuate the relationship between thinking and writing central to the Writing to Learn movement (Rossenwasser & Stephen). Moreover, I believe that students benefit from curricula focused on global awareness in this interconnected world and participate in programs abroad. While at the University of South Florida, I was honored to receive the James Parrish Award for Outstanding Teaching.
My primary research focuses on global history as a theoretical approach to aesthetics and literary studies. In 2008, I was honored to win a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to pursue study of W. B. Yeats at the National University of Ireland and Trinity College. W. B. Yeats: A Reassessment required alliance with scholars from the USA, Ireland, and the UK as well as joint publication. I recently won National Endowment for the Humanities grants to study Shakespeare at the Folger Library: From the Globe to the Global and Modernism at Stanford University: Cultures of Interwar Urban Modernism. My most recent book, The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory (Routledge, 2005), makes use of postcolonial theory to track both the tensions and intersections between modernism and imperialism in the modern novel. The Imperial Quest and Modern Memory is part of Wellesley's Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory Series. I am currently co-editing a book that evolved from NEH research at Stanford University: Transnational Modernism and Urban Conflict in the Interwar Era. Our project examines cultural vanguards and sites of urban conflict in the interwar period. I enjoy my profession and remind students that, in Emily Dickinson's words, “The Possible's slow fuse is lit / By the Imagination.”
See you in class; we will have a great semester!
Fiat Lux.
INKLINKS INTERVIEW: Dr. Julia Rawa-White
META: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL: http://meta.spcollege.edu/
Subjects Taught
Humanities, English Language & Literature, Interdisciplinary Studies & Honors
Course Schedule
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| 0470 Summer Term 2013 |
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HUM 2210 WESTERN HUMANITIES: ANCIENT TO RENAISSANCE
| 1164 | CL | Online | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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"G" Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or appropriate score on the CPT. This course examines Western cultural and aesthetic perspectives from the Ancient to Renaissance periods with an emphasis on the visual, literary, philosophical, and performing arts. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is only given for one of the following: IDS 1101H, HUM 2210, or HUM 2210H. (Students who received credit for HUM 2250 cannot also receive credit for HUM 2210 or HUM 2233.) 47 contact hours. |
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HUM 2233 WESTERN HUMANITIES: BAROQUE TO CONTEMPORARY
| 471 | SEM | Online | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or satisfactory score on the SPC placement test. This course examines Western cultural and aesthetic perspectives from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods with an emphasis on the visual, literary, philosophical, and performing arts. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. HUM 2210 is not a prerequisite for this course. Credit is only given for one of the following: HUM 2233 or HUM 2233H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours. (Students who received credit for HUM 2250 cannot also receive credit for HUM 2210 or HUM 2233.) |
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LIT 2110 WORLD LITERATURE I (Ancient World Through Renaissance)
| 1605 | SEM | Online | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisites: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) and (REA 0017 or appropriate score on the placement test or EAP 1695). This course is designed to study the major poetry, fiction, drama, and essays of world literature from the Ancients through the Renaissance. Emphasis is on the intellectual and moral issues in literature that unite humankind despite differences in time, place, and language. This course also emphasizes methods of library research and composition of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. Credit is not given for both LIT 2110 and LIT 2110H. 47 contact hours. |
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LIT 2120 WORLD LITERATURE II (Renaissance to the Present)
| 713 | SEM | Online | May 13 2013 | Jul 19 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisites: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) and (REA 0017 or appropriate score on the placement test or EAP 1695.) This is a course designed to study the major poetry, fiction, drama, and essays world literature from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is on the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural issues in literature that unite humankind despite differences in time, place, and language. This course also emphasizes research and composition of the research paper and the essay of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. World Literature I is not a prerequisite for this course. Credit is only given for LIT 2120 or LIT 2120H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours. |
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| 0465 Spring Term 2013 |
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ENL 2022 BRITISH LITERATURE II (Since 1800)
| 794 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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Prerequisite: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) and (REA 0017 or EAP 1695) or appropriate score on the SPC placement test. This course is a study of British literature of the 19th and 20th centuries from the same approach as that of British Literature I. This course also stresses methods of library research and emphasizes composition of the research paper and the paper of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. British Literature I is not necessarily a prerequisite to this course. 47 contact hours. |
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HUM 2233 WESTERN HUMANITIES: BAROQUE TO CONTEMPORARY
| 412 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisite: ENC 0025 or EAP 1695 or satisfactory score on the SPC placement test. This course examines Western cultural and aesthetic perspectives from the Baroque to the Contemporary periods with an emphasis on the visual, literary, philosophical, and performing arts. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. HUM 2210 is not a prerequisite for this course. Credit is only given for one of the following: HUM 2233 or HUM 2233H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours. (Students who received credit for HUM 2250 cannot also receive credit for HUM 2210 or HUM 2233.) |
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IDS 1112H HONORS INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES: THE MODERN WORLD
| 3445 | SEM | Blended | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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6 |
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Prerequisite(s): (ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H or IDS 1110H) or (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H and acceptance into the Honors College) or Dean’s approval. This survey course emphasizes interdisciplinary study of the modern era with emphasis on history, philosophy, religion, science, technology, literature, and aesthetics. This Honors cultural studies course will include collaborative learning opportunities and an emphasis on the analysis and synthesis of central questions and ideas related to the period. Students who complete Honors Interdisciplinary Studies: The Modern World will receive credit toward the completion of the general education program for the following courses: ENC 1122H and HUM 2233H. Each student will be required to write a minimum of 8,000 words. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. 92 contact hours. |
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LIT 2120 WORLD LITERATURE II (Renaissance to the Present)
| 2875 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisites: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) and (REA 0017 or appropriate score on the placement test or EAP 1695.) This is a course designed to study the major poetry, fiction, drama, and essays world literature from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is on the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural issues in literature that unite humankind despite differences in time, place, and language. This course also emphasizes research and composition of the research paper and the essay of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. World Literature I is not a prerequisite for this course. Credit is only given for LIT 2120 or LIT 2120H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours. |
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LIT 2120 WORLD LITERATURE II (Renaissance to the Present)
| 3059 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisites: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) and (REA 0017 or appropriate score on the placement test or EAP 1695.) This is a course designed to study the major poetry, fiction, drama, and essays world literature from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is on the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural issues in literature that unite humankind despite differences in time, place, and language. This course also emphasizes research and composition of the research paper and the essay of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. World Literature I is not a prerequisite for this course. Credit is only given for LIT 2120 or LIT 2120H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours. |
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LIT 2120 WORLD LITERATURE II (Renaissance to the Present)
| 4234 | SEM | Online | Jan 7 2013 | May 3 2013 |
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3 |
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"G" Prerequisites: (ENC 1101 or ENC 1121H or IDS 1101H) and (REA 0017 or appropriate score on the placement test or EAP 1695.) This is a course designed to study the major poetry, fiction, drama, and essays world literature from the Renaissance to the present. Emphasis is on the intellectual, philosophical, and cultural issues in literature that unite humankind despite differences in time, place, and language. This course also emphasizes research and composition of the research paper and the essay of literary interpretation. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. World Literature I is not a prerequisite for this course. Credit is only given for LIT 2120 or LIT 2120H or IDS 1102H. 47 contact hours. |
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