LYNNE M. SIMPSON, Ph.D. Professor of English Presbyterian College Clinton, South Carolina 29325 Office: (864) 833-8446 E-Mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION Ph.D., English 1999 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Areas of Specialization: Shakespeare, Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, English Renaissance Dissertation: "Shakespearean Loss: Mourning Interminable" Director: William Kerrigan, Ph.D.

M.A., English 1989 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA Ph.D. Qualifying Examination, April 1988 A comprehensive oral examination of American and English canonical literature, Unanimous Distinction

B.A., Business and Economics, English Summa Cum Laude 1985 Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA Phi Beta Kappa Ranked 7th in graduating class Benjamin Franklin Prize in Economics and Business Administration, 1985 William Holmes McGuffey Prize in English, 1985 Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honorary Society), 1983 Alpha Psi Omega (Theater Honorary Society), 1983

TEACHING PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1996-2015 Shakespeare; Renaissance Poetry and Drama; Tragedy Evolving; Modern and Contemporary Drama; Surveys of English Literature I & II; Women’s Literature; Composition; Introduction to Literature; Introduction to the Novels of Jane Austen; Apocalyptic Literature

PRESENTATIONS “Imagining the Guagua: The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao as a Mingled Yarn, Good and Ill Together,” College English Association Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 2015

“Welcome to the Terrordome: Teaching the Apocalypse,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2013

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“The Nature of Loss in Claudia Emerson’s Late Wife and Secure the Shadow,” College English Association Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia, April 2013

“Playing Whack a Mole: Managing the Academic Career,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Raleigh- Durham, North Carolina, November 2012

“Shakespeare and the Poetics of Apotheosis,” Southeastern Modern Language Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2011

“’Tears in his eyes, distraction in’s aspect, a broken voice’: Shakespeare’s Hamlet,” College English Association Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 2010

“Grave Departures: Loss and Reconciliation in Emerson’s Late Wife and White’s The Clearing” at the Poetics of Conflict and Reconciliation Conference, Bridgewater State University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, October 2008

“More in Sorrow than in Anger: Shakespeare’s Richard III” for the session “Failed Passages” at the College English Association Annual Conference, Saint Louis, Missouri, March 2008

PUBLICATIONS “Beyond Mourning and Melancholia.” Eds. Maria-Jose Blanco and Ricarda Vidal. The Power of Death:Perceptions of Death in the Western World. Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books, 2015. 22-38. Print.

“’Immortal Longings’: The Death Drive in Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.” Ed. John V. Nance. Spec. issue of The Humanities Review. Jamaica, New York: St. Johns U, 2010. Web.

"The Failure to Mourn in All's Well That Ends Well." Shakespeare Studies 22. Ed. J. Leeds Barroll. Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 1994. 172-88. Print.

Review of Juliana Schiesari's The Gendering of Melancholia and True Rites and Maimed Rites, eds. Linda Woodbridge and Edward Berry. Kritikon Litterarum 21 (1994): 64-66. Print.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Elected via national vote of the membership as Second Vice President of the College English Association for 2015-2016

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Elected via vote of the national membership the Board of Directors of the College English Association (CEA), 2011-2014

Chair, Nominating Committee of the CEA, 2012-2013 Identify, solicit, then evaluate potential candidates to run for election to the Board of Directors

Awards Committee CEA, 2013-2014 Solicited input on changes and updates to current lifetime achievement award and wrote memo with proposed changes; secured nominations and voted on award recipients, presented at the annual conference

Women’s Connection Committee of the College English Association, 2008-2012 Help organize and host the dinner for women members of the CEA at the annual convention; aid in selecting the annual speaker for the Women’s Connection Dinner; moderate panels on behalf of the Women’s Connection for the annual conference

Chair, Women’s and Gender Studies, Presbyterian College 2011-2013 I convened the teaching faculty and friends of WGST in the fall to review the previous year’s events, solicit ideas for programming and recruitment, and introduce our newest faculty members in the program. My goals were to increase awareness of WGST on campus as well as to offer a range of interesting events for students (and faculty) to attend. I created a database of students who attended any WGST function and then used that list to email them about future events. Each semester before advising week began, I posted fliers of all upcoming courses (with full descriptions) around campus and emailed students utilizing my database.

Secretary, Southeastern Renaissance Conference 2008-2009 Meet as the Advisory Council at the South Atlantic Modern Language Convention to conduct business; develop a topic for the South Atlantic Modern Language Association Annual Convention next year and then serve as Program Chair in 2009-2010 by writing a CFP, reviewing submissions, selecting panelists, and organizing and introducing the session

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT “Writer as Reader: Making Connections to the Text,” a one day workshop at the Writing and Thinking Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, November 2008, which focused on King Lear and the Book of Job and demonstrated how writing can help clarify the meaning of literary texts

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“Inquiry Into Essay,” a weeklong, intensive workshop at the Writing and Thinking Institute, Bard College, July 2008, which considered invention and peer response strategies, writing prompts, and the revision process

“Imagining History: Shakespeare and His Legacy” symposium at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, February 2008

“Uncovering the Heart of Higher Education,” a conference sponsored by the Fetzer Institute, San Francisco, California, February 2007

“Teaching Shakespeare,” a two-day workshop led by England’s Royal Shakespeare Company at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, Spring 2005

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS College English Association South Atlantic Modern Language Association