Jesse Sopher
I am a generalist in English studies with an expertise in queer theory and literature, with a particular emphasis on late 19th and 20th century American literature. In addition to my literary studies, I have also completed coursework and research in Rhetoric and Composition, as well as practical pedagogies and higher education. Over the last six years, I have taught courses in literature, writing, rhetoric, and research.
- Education
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Doctor of Philosophy, English
Ball State University, 2019 (expected)
Dissertation: From Codes to Communities: Establishing Communities and Recovering Identities through Queer Sexological Discourse
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Master of Arts, Liberal Studies (literature concentration)
Indiana University Kokomo, 2014
Thesis: A Queer Golden Age: Negotiating Influences of Advocacy, Community, and Heteronormativity in Queer Television Narratives
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Bachelor of Arts, English
Indiana University Kokomo, 2012
Capstone: Feminism in Modern Myth: An Exploration of Girl Power in Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Teaching Experience
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Ball State University, 2014-present
- ENG 230: Reading and Writing about Literature (Instructor of Record)
- ENG 103: Writing and Rhetoric (Instructor of Record)
- ENG 104: Composing Research (Instructor of Record)
- ENG 217: Introduction to Queer Literature and Queer Theory (Teaching Assistant)
- ENG 260: British Literature I: Beginnings to 1780 (Teaching Assistant)
Indiana University Kokomo, 2013-2014
- ENG-W132: Reading, Writing, and Inquiry II (Teaching Assistant)
- Research Interests
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- Queer theory and literature
- Sexology
- Archival theory
- Queer literary recovery
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Masculinity studies
- References
- Available on request