Jeanne Hamming
Associate Professor of English
Centenary College of Louisiana
2911 Centenary Blvd.
Shreveport, LA 71104-3335
(318)869-5082
(318)426-0338 (cell)
jhamming@centenary.edu
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(last updated 11.09)

Education

Ph.D. English, West Virginia University, 2003.
M.A. English, West Virginia University, 1997.
B.A. English, Grand Valley State University, 1995.

Research Interests

Environmental Humanities
New Media Studies
Gender and Sexuality Studies
20th Century American Literature

Publications

"Nationalism, Masculinity and the Politics of Climate Change in the novels of Michael Crichton and Kim Stanley Robinson." (in progress).

"Wallowing in the 'Great Dark Lake of Male Rage'": The Masculine Ecology of Don DeLillo's White Noise." Journal of Ecocriticism. (January, 2009).

"The Feminine 'Nature' of Masculine Desire in the Age of Cinematic Techno-Transcendence," Journal of Popular Film and Television (Winter, 2008).

"'New City' as New World: SimCity 2000 and the Ecology of Late-Capitalism." SimCity. Mapping the Virtual City. Ed. Matteo Bittanti. "Ludologica. Videogames d'Autore" funded by Libera Università di Lingue e Comunicazione (IULM)/Cariplo Foundation, 2004.

"The Dialogics of New Media: Video, Visualization, and Narrative in Red Planet: Scientific and Cultural Encounters with Mars" co-author with Helen Burgess and Robert Markley. In Eloquent Images: Writing Visually in New Media, eds. Michelle Kendrick and Mary Hocks. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.

Red Planet: Scientific and Cultural Encounters with Mars. DVD-ROM. co-author with Robert Markley, et al. August, 2001. University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse." In Genders. Issue 34. 2001. <http://www.genders.org>

"Dildonics, Dykes, and the Detachable Masculine." In European Journal of Women's Studies. Vol. 8(3). August, 2001. 329-341.

Reviews:

Review: Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge. Environmental Ethics. Lisa H. Sideris and Kathleen Dean Moore (Eds) SUNY University of New York Press, 2008. (forthcoming)

Review: Queer Online: Media Technology and Sexuality. Kate O'Riordan and David J. Phillips (Eds), Peter Lang Publishing, 2007. New Media and Society

Review: re:skin. Mary Flanagan and Austin Booth (Eds), MIT P, 2007. Hyperrhiz: New Media Culture 04: elit. <read here>

“Does Nature Nurture?” Review of Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature Deficit Disorder. Scientific American Mind. 2005.

“Is Brain Disease Mental Slavery?” Review of Bebe Moore Campbell’s 72 Hour Hold. Scientific American Mind. 2005.

(Selected) Grants and Awards

Fall, 2008. Granted funds from the Mellon Foundation through the Associated Colleges of the South to support a two-year Environmental Studies Post-Doctoral fellow.

Centenary Pacesetter Award, 2008.

Centenary College Endowed Professorship in the Humanities, 2007-2009

Fall, 2005. Louisiana Board of Regents Grant for Undergraduate Enhancement. “Enhancing Humanities Computing at Centenary College of Louisiana.” 10,000.00.

Spring, 2005. Honorary Maroon Jacket for dedication and service. Centenary College of Louisiana Division of Student Life.

Spring, 2005. Granted funds by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Curriculum and Faculty Development Alliance award for “Ecology, Technology, Culture: an Environmental Humanities Course.”

Spring, 2004. Granted funds by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Curriculum and Faculty Development Alliance award for “Ecology, Technology, Culture: an Environmental Humanities Course.”

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, 2002.

Jackson Family Dissertation Fellowship, West Virginia University, 2002-2003.

Jackson Family Scholarship, West Virginia University, 2000-2002.

James Paul Brawner Graduate Essay Award, First Place, "Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse," 2000.

Teaching

Associate Professor, English, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2008-present.
Assistant Professor, English, Centenary College of Louisiana, 2003-2008.

Courses

English/Communication 383: Digital Cultures
English 357s: Sexual Diversity in Literature and Film
English 290: Ecology, Technology, Culture
English/Communication 282: Multimedia Writing and Literature
English 291: Literature of the Environment
English 201: Contemporary Fiction
English 201: Science Fiction
FYE 101: First Year Experience
English 101: Rhetoric and Culture

Teaching Assistant, English, West Virginia University, 1996-1997, 1998-2002:
English 242: American Literature from 1865 to the Present
English 258: Popular American Culture
English 288: Sexual Diversity in Literature and Film
English 101 and 102: Composition in Rhetoric

Visiting Lecturer, English, West Virginia University, 1997-1998:
English 101 and 102: Composition and Rhetoric

Presentations

Invited Lecturer. "The Dialectics of New Media: Multimedia Scholarship and the Academy." Department of English, University of Texas at Arlington, 2006.

Invited Lecturer. "Technology, Nature, and the Future of Nostalgia." West Virginia Humanities Council and Smithsonian Institution Exhibition, Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future. West Virginia, 2002-2003.

Invited Lecturer. Hands-on Educational Multimedia Demonstration. University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, 2000.

Invited Lecturer. "Multimedia on Mars: A DVD project on Mars Exploration." co-presented with Helen Burgess. Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, West Virginia Wesleyan University, Buckhannon, West Virginia, 1999.

"Engendering Global Climate Change: Masculinity and the Politics of Nature in the novels of Michael Crichton and Kim Stanley Robinson. Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Vancouver Island, BC, 2009.

Participant. Conference Seminar: "Science Studies and Ecocrticism." Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 2007.

"Complex Matters: Technology and Transformation in DeLillo's Fiction." Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2006.

"The Dialectics of New Media: Toward a Quasi-Understanding of Multimedia Scholarship in Academia." Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 2005.

"Techno-Heroism" and the Toxic "Carrier-Bag" in Kurt Vonnegut's "The Big Space Fuck." Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Eugene, Oregon, 2005.

"Wallowing in the 'great dark lake of male rage': the Masculine Landscape of Don DeLillo's White Noise." Society for Literature and Science, Durham, North Carolina, 2004.

"Ecology, Technology, Culture: An Online ecomedia project." Associated Colleges of the South Environmental Programs Faculty Development Conference. Atlanta, Georgia, 2004.

"The Global Climate of Sexuality in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness." Globalicities, Lansing, Michigan, 2001.

"Sado-Masochism and the Crocodile Hunter." Society of Literature and Science, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000.

"New City Awakens": SimCity 2000 and the Ecology of Capital." Society of Literature and Science, Norman, Oklahoma, 1999.

"Dildonics, Dykes, and the Detachable Man." Society of Literature and Science, Gainesville, Florida, 1998.

(Selected) Professional Activities and Service

Member, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Citizens Advisory Council. City of Shreveport (by appointed of the Mayor). 2009-present.

Editorial Board, Hyperrhiz.

Faculty Fellow, Environmental Programs, Associated Colleges of the South (ACS). 2005-Present.

Mentor, ACS Environmental Studies Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program. 2009-2011.

Member, Learning Resources Committee. 2006-2007.

Chair, Learning Resources Committee. 2007-2008.

Secretary, Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. 2008-2009.

Secretary, Media Committee. 2009-present.

Member, Steering Committee for Provost and Dean. 2009-1010.

Faculty Advisor, Centenary Wilderness Club. 2003-Present.

Faculty Advisor, Centenary Environmental Organization. 2005-Present.

Faculty Advisor, Pandora Literary Magazine. 2009-present.

Group Study Exchange Team Member, District 6190/2440 to Turkey, Rotary International, 2006.

Contracted Scholar and Lecturer, West Virginia Humanities Council and Smithsonian Institution Exhibition, Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future.

References

Robert Markley, Professor of English, Dissertation Committee Chair, University of Illinois.
(217) 244-6613 or rmarkley@uiuc.edu

Jeff Hendricks, Professor of English/Department Chair, Centenary College of Louisiana.
(318) 869-5086 or jhendric@centenary.edu

Gregory Van Hoosier-Carey, Associate Professor of Communication, Centenary College of Louisiana.
(318) 841-7273 or gvanhoos@centenary.edu