Professor
678-839-4868
rharriso@westga.edu
Technology Learning Center - Room 2225
Office Hours
See Course Syllabus.
Dr. Rebecca L. Harrison, Professor of English, teaches courses in Southern and American women writers and innovative pedagogy. Her research interests include overlooked and underappreciated women authors of the U.S. South; genre revision and the captivity narrative; womens literature and theory; secondary education for English/Language Arts; and STEM to STEAM curricula. Harrison, the 2015 Robert Reynolds Awardee for Excellence in Teaching and UWGs 2016 winner of the University System of Georgia Regents Scholarship of Teaching & Learning award, has published articles on Southern writers such as Eudora Welty and Beatrice Witte Ravenel, and she served as the 2016 Obama Fellow for Southern literature at the Transnational American Studies Institute at Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. Her book length works reflect her diverse research interests as well. Her co-edited edition Inhabiting La Patria(2013) is the first critical collection devoted to the works of Julia Alvarez, and her two most recent books,Revitalizing Classrooms: Innovations and Inquiry Pedagogies in Practice(2017) andTeaching, Pedagogy, and Learning: Fertile Ground for Campus and Community Innovations(2017), showcase cross-disciplinary inquiry based learning strategies.
- B.A., Special Honors Curriculum, Hunter College: City University of New York, 1994
- M.A., English, Georgia State University, 1997
- Ph.D., English, Georgia State University, 2007
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II-Honors)
- ENGL-2130 (American Literature-Honors)
- ENGL-2190 (Literature by Women)
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology)
- ENGL-4005 (AmLitII-The No/Good Wives Club)
- ENGL-4109 (FilmAsLit:Language(Un)Bound)
- ENGL-4180 (Regional Lit: Southern)
- ENGL-4185 (Studies in Literature by Women)
- ENGL-4286 (Teaching Internship)
- ENGL-4310 (Lit Theory: Southern Feminism)
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar)
- ENGL-5005 (AmLitII-The No/Good Wives Club)
- ENGL-5109 (Film as Literature)
- ENGL-5180 (Regional Lit: Southern)
- ENGL-5185 (Studies in Literature by Women)
- ENGL-5310 (Studies in Literary Theory)
- ENGL-5383 (Rdg for the Comprehensive Exam)
- ENGL-6120 (Seminar in American Lit II)
- ENGL-6385 (Teaching American Literature)
- ENGL-6399 (Thesis)
- XIDS-2100 (Arts and Ideas: UWise)
Spring 2021 Sections
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 02W View Syllabus External Resource
- ENGL-4109 (Film as Lit: Language Unbound) Section: 01W View Syllabus External Resource
- ENGL-5109 (Film as Literature) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
- ENGL-6120 (Seminar in American Lit II) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- ENGL-1102 (English Composition II-Honors) Section: 25H View Syllabus External Resource
- ENGL-2190 (TheShortStoryOfAmericanWomen) Section: 01 View Syllabus External Resource
- ENGL-4109 (FilmAsLit:Language(Un)Bound) Section: 02W View Syllabus External Resource
- ENGL-5109 (Film as Literature) Section: 02 View Syllabus External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- ENGL-5383 (Rdg for the Comprehensive Exam) Section: E01
- ENGL-6385 (Teaching American Literature) Section: E01
- ENGL-6399 (Thesis) Section: 01
Spring 2020 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Intro to Gender Studies) Section: 07 Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar-AmCaptivityNarr) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-6399 (Thesis) Section: 01
Fall 2019 Sections
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-4109 (FilmAsLit:Language(Un)Bound) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-4185 (LitByWomen:AmIntersections) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-5109 (Film as Literature) Section: 02
- ENGL-5185 (Studies in Literature by Women) Section: 01
Summer 2019 Sections
- ENGL-4005 (AmLitII:ParadoxFemaleBody) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-5005 (Studies in American Lit. II) Section: 01
Spring 2019 Sections
- ENGL-3000 (Research and Methodology) Section: 03W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-6120 (American Lit II-Southern Lit) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Fall 2018 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Language, Culture, Film-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-4310 (Lit Theory: Southern Feminism) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-5310 (Studies in Literary Theory) Section: 01
Summer 2018 Sections
- ENGL-6385 (Teaching American Literature) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [PDF]
Spring 2018 Sections
- ENGL-2190 (Literature by Women) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-4005 (AmLitII-The No/Good Wives Club) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-5005 (AmLitII-The No/Good Wives Club) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Fall 2017 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Language, Culture, & Film) Section: 03 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-4185 (Studies in Literature by Women) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [PDF]
- ENGL-5185 (Studies in Literature by Women) Section: 01
Spring 2017 Sections
- ENGL-4180 (Regional Lit: Southern) Section: 01W Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-5180 (Regional Lit: Southern) Section: 01
- ENGL-6120 (American Lit II: Southern Lit) Section: 02 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Spring 2016 Sections
- ENGL-2130 (American Literature-Honors) Section: 25H Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-4286 (Teaching Internship) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Fall 2015 Sections
- ENGL-4286 (Teaching Internship) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-4384 (Senior Seminar) Section: 02W Download Syllabus [DOC]
Summer 2015 Sections
- XIDS-2100 (Arts and Ideas: UWise) Section: U01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
Spring 2015 Sections
- ENGL-4286 (Teaching Internship) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]
- ENGL-6120 (Seminar in American Lit II) Section: 01 Download Syllabus [DOC]