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Western Carolinian Volume 71 Number 09

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  • Dr. Annette Debo | By Jessica Cregger Wnewsmagazine : Its Dr., not Mrs., Debo to her English students at the beginning Bode Dissertation Prize for the best graduate of each semester. She is proud of her doctorate dissertation about American literature. , degree and rightly so. _ this position because | liked the faculty "and students | met at Western during _ my interview, said Debo. Since then, | committee. Through working with LCE, -eventstocampus. => , a Dr. Debo is. involved with | the rierary Festival Committee for the English department; Western Women on Wednesdays for the Womens Center; thesis committees for M.A. students; and the Council on Distinguished Scholarships, | for prestigious scholarships. She is | also the library liaison for the English | department, making sure the library has materials professors and students need. of a $6,000 grant from the American SSOR PROFILE American: HD. | Doolittle. comprehensive exams, and | just fell in love with her poetry. H.D. serves as an important subject for study because of her versatile career that stretched from 1909 to 1961: she was a major American writer who As a Maryland native and an 86 graduate of Virginia Tech, Dr. Debo earned her Masters of English in 90 also from Virginia Tech and her Ph.D. of English in 98 from the Says Dr. Annette University ot Manvland: In 1999 she won the Carl: I came to WCU in 2001. | accepted. _. | she has kept herself busy by serving | onnumerous committees, such as the - _ Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions _ Dr. Debo is able to help bring cultural , | which helps WCU students apply Dr. Debo was also the oacieht Association: of University Women to -assist in. finishing her book The _ Nationality. and _Modernist Identity, which addresses. f the signifi cance of nationality in the artistic vision - of modernist Hilda SOG th reat #H. D. for the. first ime when | was studying for my MA. lived her adult life abroad, a poet who also wrote experimental novels, a white writer with ties to the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual who collaborated on avant-garde films, and an upper-middle- class woman who refused to _ follow gender conventions, said Debo. Dr. Debo - is also co-chairman of the H.D. International Society, where she peer-reviews articles for the African American Review and Tulsa Studies for Women S Literature. As a testament to her credibility Debo hasbeen published in popular academicjournals such as. South Atlantic Review, Callalloo, African American Review, Quarterly Review of Film and Video, and College Literature. She is also primary author of textbook Emily -Dickinsons Fascicle 24: Exploring Poetry - through Manuscript Study. Dr. Debo is an assistant professor of English who specializes in areas such as critical theory, African American literature, American literature, Modernism, womens literature and feminist theory, and cultural studies. She is currently teaching English 231, Interpretation of Literature; English 365, African American Literature; and English 477, Literature and Gender. Though she is a Pos among students of the English department for her wealth of. knowledge and easy-going a personality, her classes are not easy. Her classes. are challenging, but | guarantee you will learn a lot, said senior English education | major Brittany McManus. I would recommend her to anyone, specifically those wg are e willing todo the work. Be Sas SSRN? THER Me, ET Bes Es ee os Se. z moron ee Sop Sy Lr cee ees eo eee z. Pre eT y= era 4 eat
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