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Josephine Bottoms

Northeastern State University at Writing Center

  • english literature
  • Class of 2021
  • Tahlequah, OK

Member since March 2020

About

Education
҉ Pursuing MA in English, Northeastern State University
- Expected graduation December 2021
- 4.0 GPA
҉ BA in English, Northeastern State University, 2019

Research Interests:
Folklore and mythologies, Epic and Medieval literature, Southern literature, Grotesque literature, Irish literature, Gothic literature, Theory, Feminist Theory, Cultural Theory, Psychology and Psychoanalysis, Communications, Typography, and Religion.

Certification
҉ Online Education Certificate (OEC 1) – Spring 2020
Training and Services
҉ South Central Writing Centers Association Spring 2021 Conference
҉ Northeastern State University Teaching Assistant Training Seminar Panel
- Fall 2020

Panels
҉ Northeastern State University’s 2021 Visions Conference
- Feminist Panel: “Sexual Abuse in Gothic Literature”
- April 2021
҉ 37th Annual Conference for the Illinois Medieval Association – “The Medieval Present”
- Teaching the Medieval Present: A Reevaluation of Pedagogical Practices When Teaching Students of Medieval Plagues During A Modern Plague
- February 2021
҉ Northeastern State University’s 2020 Visions Conference
- Racial and Spatial Settings of a Feminist: Rhetorical Devices of Zora Neale Hurston’s “Sweat”
- Accepted to present – conference cancelled until 2021.

Publications
҉ “The Presence of Sexual Abuse in Gothic Literature: Carmilla and “Goblin Market” and the Relevance in Centuries to Follow” in The Talon Literary Journal 2020 ed.

Teaching Experience
҉ Graduate Teaching Assistant, Composition I, English 1113, Fall 2019
҉ Graduate Teaching Assistant, Composition II, English 1213, Spring 2020
҉ Graduate Teaching Assistant, Composition I, English 1113, Fall 2020
- All composition courses instructed independently under guidance of Dr. Christopher Flavin, Chair, College of Liberal Arts
҉ Graduate Teaching Assistant, Russian Myth and Folklore, English 4923/5643, Spring 2021
- Under guidance of Dr. Irina I. Strout, professor, and Dr. Christopher Flavin, Chair, College of Liberal Arts

Tutoring Experience
҉ Northeastern State University Writing Center, Fall 2019
҉ Northeastern State University Writing Center, Spring 2020
҉ Northeastern State University Writing Center, Fall 2020
҉ Northeastern State University Writing Center, Spring 2021
- 150-160 hours per semester

Education

  • Northeastern State University

    English M.A.

    2019 – 2021

  • Northeastern State University

    English B.A., minors in Communications and Pyschology

    2015 – 2019

Honors and awards

  • scholarship

    Sigma Tau Delta Regent Scholarship: Southwestern Region, 2020-2021

  • dean's list

    Northeastern State University President's Dean's List, Spring 2019

  • honor roll

    Northeastern State University's President's Dean's Honor Role, Spring 2018

  • deans list

    Northeastern State University's President's Dean's List, Fall 2015

Goals and interests

Career goal

Editing, proofreading, education, publication, copywriting

Graduate school interests

Stockholm University
Stockholm University of Arts
University of Toronto
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin in Madison
University of Colorado Boulder
Uppsala University
University of Gothenburg
George Mason University

Experience

  • Northeastern State University

    Writing Center

    Aug 2019 – Dec 2021

  • Sales Associate

    Walmart, Inc. Jewelry Department

    Nov 2016 – Dec 2021

Languages

  • English (US) Advanced