KATE NESBIT Department of English w University of Iowa 308 English-Philosophy Building w Iowa City, IA 52242 katherine-nesbit@uiowa.edu http://katenesbit.weebly.com EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Iowa, English, in progress (Expected) 2019 B.A. English, Women s Studies, St. Olaf College 2012 Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude AWARDS AND HONORS Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Center for Teaching, University of Iowa, 2016-2017 Newberry Renaissance Consortium Grant, Center for Renaissance Studies, 2016 Honorarium, Hawkeye Shakespeare : Teaching Shakespeare in Iowa, 2016 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Council on Teaching, University of Iowa, 2016 Dickens Universe Tuition Scholarship, English Department, University of Iowa, 2016 Service Impact Award Nominee, Corporation for National and Community Service, 2013 Sole Recipient of Annual Spohn Award for Excellence in English, English Department, St. Olaf College, 2012 Departmental Distinction: English, St. Olaf College, 2012 Departmental Distinction: Women s Studies, St. Olaf College, 2012 Viola Rossing Prize, Women s Studies Department, St. Olaf College, 2012 St. Olaf College Dean s List, 2009-2012 Viola Rossing Prize, Women s Studies Department, St. Olaf College, 2010 PUBLICATIONS Melodrama s Wordless Elocution: The Vestigial Voice in the Orchestration and Pantomime of Thomas Holcroft s A Tale of Mystery. European Romantic Review. September 2016.
Taste in noises : Registering, Evaluating, and Creating Sound and Story in Jane Austen s Persuasion. Studies in the Novel. December 2015. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Feasting on Morality: Teaching Sympathy and Constructing Class through the banquet that is Shakespeare. Midwest Victorian Studies Association Conference, Oberlin, OH, April 2017. Sound Detection: Fugitive Sounds, Vocalic Bodies, and Conan Doyle s phonograph tricks. Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2017. Remembering the Body: Incorporating Kinesthetic Learning into Writing Center Peer Consulting. Midwest Writing Centers Conference. Cedar Rapids, IA. March 2016. Graduate Killjoys: A Roundtable on Contestation, Containment, and Resistance amidst the Precarity of Graduate Life. National Women s Studies Association. Milwaukee, WI, November 2015. Dramatic Reading of Michael Field s Attila, My Attila! (Lead Role). Midwest Victorian Studies Association Conference, Iowa City, IA, May 2015. Somatic Changes in Poetic Exchanges: Recitation, Memorization, and the Body in L.M. Montgomery s Anne of Green Gables. Craft Critique Culture Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, April 2015. I cannot unself myself for ever and ever : Poetic Attempts to Transcend the Self in Christina Rossetti s A Pageant and Other Poems. Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference, Houston, TX, March 2014. INVITED TALKS Sounding Shakespeare: Recitation, the Dramatic Passions, and Teaching Hamlet. Hawkeye Shakespeare: Teaching Shakespeare in Iowa Conference. University of Iowa, September 2016. Digital Teaching Portfolios. University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, December 2016. Nineteenth-Century American Literature. Co-written and lectured with Faith Avery. Introduction to the English Major, University of Iowa English Department, November 2013. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Positions Held Graduate Instructor, ENGL 1200: Interpretation of Literature, English Department, University of Iowa, Fall 2016-Present.
Design and teach a General Education course as the sole instructor, introducing students to skills of critically reading, responding to, and writing about literary texts. Develop lesson plans and writing assignments that develop students close reading strategies, critical thinking skills, idea generation, and writing organization and composition. Graduate Teaching Fellow in the Humanities, Center for Teaching, University of Iowa, Fall 2016-Spring 2017. Serve as one of the four graduate teaching fellows selected for the 2016-2017 academic year by the university s Center for Teaching. Design and lead universitywide and a department-specific pedagogy workshops. Assist in planning and facilitating the university s New TA Orientation. Develop and complete a capstone pedagogy project on teaching Shakespeare to undergraduate students through elocution manuals and recitation activities. Writing Center Tutor, Rhetoric Department Writing Center, University of Iowa, Fall 2016- Present. Mentor and instruct undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in weekly appointments dedicated to developing written communications skills. Tutor athletes at the Writing Center s satellite location, Gerdin Athletics Learning Center, on writing from courses across academic disciplines. Graduate Writing Tutor, Frank Business Communications Center, University of Iowa, Fall 2014-Present. Mentor and instruct students of the University of Iowa s Tippie College of Business in structuring, composing, revising, and editing various business communications materials, including but not limited to memos, emails, presentations, report decks, grant requests, cover letters, and professional reports. Graduate Instructor, RHET 1030: Rhetoric, University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, Fall 2014-Spring 2016. Designed and taught a General Education course as the sole instructor, introducing students to critical analysis and skilled implementation of collegiate-level writing, speaking, reading, and listening skills. Developed lesson plans and assignments that engage students in multi-modal inquiries into consequential questions and conversations in the public sphere. Professional Development Program Co-Leader, University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, Iowa City, IA. Fall 2015. Co-facilitated weekly meetings on pedagogy and the University of Iowa Rhetoric 1030 curriculum for incoming instructors. Assisted instructors in the creation of course materials, including syllabi, major assignments, and daily lesson plans. Partial Instructor, Introduction to the English Major, University of Iowa English Department, 2013-2014 Designed and taught a weekly discussion section of approximately 20 undergraduate English majors. Developed and implemented lesson plans in literary theory, periodization and literary history, and information literacy. Supervised lectures;
assessed student essays, exams and quizzes; and provided extensive written and oral feedback. College Coach and Kaplan ACT instructor, College Possible, 2012-2014 Designed and taught after-school courses on the math, science, English, reading, and writing sections of the ACT (American College Testing) for low-income high school juniors. Mentored 40 students in their pursuits of college admission and success. Writing Tutor, St. Olaf College Writer s Place, 2011-2012 Facilitated written English fluency for English Language Learners through regular, biweekly tutor sessions. Provided cross-disciplinary writing help for St. Olaf students through hourly appointments. Teaching Assistant, First-Year Writing, St. Olaf College English Department, 2011 Organized and led a weekly peer-editing session of a General Education writing course for first-year students. Assessed student work; provided written and oral feedback on content, structure and mechanics; and mentored students individually in the development of a final writing portfolio. Workshops and Professional Development Eighteenth-Century Shakespeare Graduate Workshop. Fiona Ritchie. Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies, October 2016. Publication Workshop. Carolyn Williams. Dickens Universe, August 2016. ENGL 6960: Colloquium: Teaching Literature. Barbara Eckstein. University of Iowa. English Department. Fall 2016. CNW: 5375: Teaching in a Writing Center. Carol Severino. University of Iowa English Department. Fall 2015. RHET: 5352: Teaching and Professional Development. Megan Knight. University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, Spring 2015. TILE (Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage) Classroom Essentials Training: Technology and Collaborative Learning Strategies. Matt Gilchrist and Tom Keegan, University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, October 2014. RHET: 5350: Professional Development Program: Colloquium: Teaching Rhetoric. Naomi Greyser. University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, September-December 2014. Professional Development Program: Pre-Semester Workshop for New Rhetoric Teachers. Naomi Greyser. University of Iowa Rhetoric Department, August 2014. Kaplan ACT Instructor Training and Certification. College Possible, January 2013. Junior Coach Orientation and Training, College Possible, August 2012.
Training: Tutoring English Language Learners. Su Smallen, St. Olaf College, August 2011. SERVICE & LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Professional Primary representative, Association for Graduate Students in English, University of Iowa, Fall 2016-Spring 2017 Member, Works of Recognition Selection Committee, Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, Spring 2016 Conference co-chair, Craft Critique Culture Conference, University of Iowa, 2016 Co-chair, Paper Acceptance and Panel Compilation Committee, Craft Culture Critique Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2015 Member, Commencement Speaker Selection Committee, St. Olaf College, 2012 Chair, Tenure Promotion Student Committee, St. Olaf College, 2011 Departmental assistant, Office of Advancement, St. Olaf College, 2009-2011 Community AmeriCorps member, College Possible, Minneapolis, MN, 2012-2013 Assistant development manager, AchieveMpls, Minneapolis, MN, 2012 Writer and digital media specialist, HOPE Center for Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse, Faribault, MN, 2011 Member and participant, Blue Key Service and Leadership Honor Society, 2010-2012 LANGUAGE SKILLS French: advanced reading and listening comprehension, intermediate written and conversational fluency PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS National Council of Teachers of English Midwest Writing Centers Association National Women s Studies Association Campaign to Organize Graduate Students (COGS), UE Local 896, University of Iowa Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies International Virginia Woolf Society