Shamim Us-Saher Ansari

Department of English, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208

Office Phone: 303-871-2851

E-mail: sansari@du.edu; Home Page: http://www.du.edu/~sansari

 

Education:

Ph.D. Candidate, English: University of Denver, Denver, Colorado (Expected Graduation 2004)

M.A. English summa cum laude: Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Nov. 1997.

B.A. English: Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Mar. 1992

 University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Jan.1991 - Mar. 1991. 

University of East Carolina, Greenville, North Carolina, Aug. 1989 - Dec. 1990.                           

Major Areas: 

19th and early 20th Century American Literature , Ethnic Literature with emphasis on South East Asian, Asian American and African American Literature, Immigrant Writing, Comparative Literature, and Willa Cather. 

Languages:

 German and Hindi (fluent/trilingual), Latin (reading knowledge)

Teaching Experience:

First-Year English Instructor, University of Denver, 09/99 - Present

Writing Instructor, The Write Place, University of Denver, 09/99 - Present

Courses Taught

American Literature:

East Meets West: Asian American Literature (winter 2000)

Wild Land, Noble Savages, and Kissing Bees: The Representation of Nature in American Literature (winter 2001)

Composition:

Critical Reading and Writing (fall:1999, 2000, 2001)

Argument and Research (winter 2000)

Writing About Literature (spring: 2000, 2001, 2002)

Business Technical Writing (fall 2002, winter 2002, spring 2002)

Other Work Experience: (selected)

Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of American and Canadian History, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany, 1994-1997

    Collated information from historical sources
    Trans-scripted manuscripts such as census and financial records
    Advised students in historical research

Freelance Court Interpreter: German/English/Hindi translation for the District Court in Bochum, Germany, 1995-1997.

Computer Skills:

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, FrontPage, and Microsoft Power Point. Use of computer technology such as Blackboard to teach writing, research, and literature.

Awards/Grants:

Teaching Fellowship, University of Denver, Fall 1999 - Spring 2002

John F. Kennedy Institute research grant, Berlin, Germany, Summer 1994.

Conference Presentations:

“The ‘Poetry of Motion’ in Willa Cather’s My Ántonia,” The International Cather Seminar 2003: Cather as Cultural Icon, Bread Loaf Campus, Middlebury College, Ripton, Vermont, May 2003.

“Visual Inter-Textuality: Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities and William Hogarth’s Engravings,” Fourth Annual Colloquium in Comparative Literature: Exploring Perceptions-Understanding Cultures, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, April 2003.

Electronic Exercises: Grammar, Communication and Composition," Provost's Conference: Education and the Digital Age, Denver University, November 1999.

Professional Affiliations:

Modern Language Association

The Willa Cather Society

Society for the Study of American Women Writers