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          Education: 
           
           

          Ph.D. in English –CCUNY Graduate School and University Center.

          Dissertation: "Heirs to `Astrea's Vacant Throne': Behn's Influence on Trotter, Pix, Manley and Centlivre."

          M.A. in English College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
          B.A. in English  Russell Sage College, Troy, NY.
           
          Professional Experience:  
           
          1999-2002 Adjunct Instructor, Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland.
          1997-1998 Instructor of Advanced English Conversation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China on Taiwan.
          1995-1998 Associate English Professor, Fu Jen Catholic University
          1989-1995 Adjunct Instructor, City University of New York
           
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          Vasterlanggatan 7 S731 60 Valskog Sweden
          (+46) (0221) 32662
          E-mail: mrc@fillibabba.com
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
         
         
        Specialization
         
        1. Restoration and Eighteenth Century British Literature, especially drama
        2. Renaissance Drama
        3. Modern British and American Fictions
        4. Chaucer
        5. Irish Literature
        6. Feminist/New Historicist Criticism

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        Awards and Honors
         
      • Outstanding Teacher Award, English Department, Fu Jen University, 1998
      • Member, Delta Epsilon Sigma, National Honor Society.
      • Member, Sigma Delta Tau, National English Honor Society
      • Listed, National Register of Outstanding College Graduates
      • Departmental Honors, English Department, Russell Sage College
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        Publications
         
          • "Susanna Centlivre: Playwright and Whig Apologist." Fu Jen Studies 31 (1999): 27-39.
          • "Lois Long." Dictionary of American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999.
          • "Mary Margaret McBride." Dictionary of American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1999.
          • "Power, Mothers and Lovers: The Women of Shakespeare's Late Tragedies."” Fu Jen Studies          29 (1997):38-54.
          • "Delarivier Manley: An Anonymous Pamphleteer Revealed."”  Fu Jen Studies 28 (1996):78-87.
          • "Catherine Trotter: An Unknown Child?"”  ANQ 8 (1995):11-14.
          • Four Writing Exercises.” Teaching College Writing, Peter Miller, ed. New York: College of Staten Island, 1990.
        1. Conference Papers
          • "Cosmetics Use and the Ideal of Beauty in Shakespeare's Time."”  The Renaissance Faire,  Providence College, Taichung, Taiwan, April 1997.
          • "Using Computers in the ESL Writing Classroom: A Methodology and Resource List."” International Conference of the English Teachers Association of the Republic of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, November 1996.
          • "Delarivier Manley: An Anonymous Political Pamphleteer Revealed."  Aphra Behn Society Conference, San Marino, CA, October 1994.
          • "Catherine Trotter: A New Understanding."”  Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, Cortland, NY, October 1994.
        2. Stage Productions
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            Director The Prodigal Son by Garnson Keillor, Fu Jen English Dept Play Contest, March 1998
            Author/Director Dreams of Glory, Fu Jen Evening Division Play Contest, November 1997
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            Romeo and Juliet Go for the Gold, Fu Jen Evening Division Play Contest, November 1996.
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            The Beau Defeated by Mary Pix, Fu Jen English Department Annual Play, May 1997
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            The Golden Doom by Lord Dunsany, Fu Jen English Department Play Contest, March 1997
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            Mrs. Warren's Profession, Act 4, by George Bernard Shaw, Fu Jen English Department Play Contest, March 1996
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            The Golden Doom by Lord Dunsany, Fu Jen Evening Division Play Contest, March 1996.
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            Much Ado About Nothing, Act 3-4.1, Fu Jen Evening Division Play Contest, November 1995
             
        3. Online Publications
        • Database:
          • World Religions
          • British Literature: Period Introductions
          • Restoration Drama: Historical background and introduction to six playwrights.
          • Jane Austin
        • Courses:
          • Gems of Life: Appreciating English Short Stories and Poems
        1. Work in Progress
          • A critical biography of Delarivier Manley.
          • Radical Re-Visioning of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

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        Teaching
         
          Courses Taught
          Graduate School: 
        • Restoration and 18th Century British Literature 
        • Seminar on Chaucer
        • Restoration Drama
        • Undergraduate: 
        • Seventeenth Century British Literature 
        • Eighteenth Century British Literature
        • British Novel and Film,”B
        • British Literature 1” (Beowulf to Johnson)
        • Western Civilization and World Cultures
        • Junior-level composition and conversation courses 
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      • Junior Class Composition Coordinator
      • Junior Class Advisor
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