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Naomi Jacobs
Professor and Chair
304A Neville Hall
(207) 581-3823
naomi.jacobs(nospam)@umit.maine.edu
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RESEARCH
Utopian Literature, Women's Literature, The Novel
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1982 University of Missouri, Columbia
Theory and History of the Novel M.A. 1977 University of Missouri, Columbia
B.A. 1975 Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, summa cum laude
HONORS
University of Maine
Society for Utopian Studies
Larry E. Hough Award for Distinguished Service, 2008
Post-Tenure Merit Increase, 2006
Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Faculty Member, 1997
University of Missouri
G. Ellsworth Huggins Graduate Scholarship, 1979-81
D.R. Francis Fellowship in Creative Literature, 1978-79
English Department Teaching Fellowship, 1977-79
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1977
First Place, Mahan Awards for Fiction, 1977
Luther College
National Merit Scholar, 1971-75, Dean's List, 1971-75
COURSES TAUGHT
Graduate Courses
Undergraduate Courses
PUBLICATIONS
Book
The Character of Truth: Historical Figures in Contemporary Fiction. Crosscurrents in Modern Fiction, Third Series. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990.
Articles and Book Chapters
"Utopian Studies and the Beloved Community." Utopia-Method-Vision. Ed. Tom Moylan and Raffaella Baccolini. Oxford and Berne: Peter Lang. Forthcoming, 2007.
"Assent, Dissent and the Body in Nineteen Eighty-Four." Utopian Studies 18.1(2007):3-20.
"Barbara Kingsolver's Anti-Western: 'Unraveling the Myths' in Animal Dreams." Americana: Journal of American Popular Culture 2.2 (Fall 2003): 1-13.
"Posthuman Bodies and Agency in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy." Dark Horizons: Science Fiction and the Dystopian Imagination. Ed. Tom Moylan and Raffaella Baccolini. New York and London: Routledge, 2003. 91-112.
Click here to view Naomi Jacob's full C.V. in PDF format.
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