CURRICULUM VITAE SYLVIA MARQUES EDUCATION 2009-present PhD program Michigan State University | History. 2008 MA Concordia University | History, with distinction. 2005 BA Concordia University | History & English, with distinction. WORK EXPERIENCE 2010-present Teaching Assistant, Michigan State University. 2009-2010 Research Assistant, Michigan State University. 2006-2008 Teaching Assistant, Concordia University. 2008 Research Assistant, Concordia University. 2008 Research Assistant, Bishops University. CONFERENCE PAPERS 2010 “Not Getting Hanged ‘Til Thursday: Resisting the Status Quo in 1920s Black Comic Strips.” Comparative Literature Conference | Purdue University | 2 September 2010. 2009 “Lost in the Forest Primeval: Invocations of Imperialism in 1920s American Comic Strips.” Greasy Goose Public Lecture Series | Montreal, QC | 9 July 2008. 2008 “Keeping Up Appearances: Representing Poor Whiteness in 1920s America Comic Strips.” McGill University graduate student conference |15 March 2008. 2008 "The Funny Pages in Black and Not-Quite-White: Essentializing White Poverty in 1920s American Comic Strips." University of Toronto graduate student conference | 9 February 2008. 2007 “Nature, the Sublime, and Emerson’s Puritan Roots.” Concordia University graduate student conference | 3 March 2007. 2007 “Mapping Memorialization: Commemoration and the Battle of Little Bighorn.” York University graduate student conference | 15 February 2007. PUBLICATIONS | FORTHCOMING 2013 “Amos Hokum.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Blondie.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Bungleton Green.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Dick Tracy.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Frank King.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Little Orphan Annie.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “The Gumps.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Moon Mullins.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Mutt and Jeff.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Richard Outcault.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “Rudolph Dirks.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. 2013 “The Yellow Kid.” In Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics, Volume 1. Ed. M. Keith Booker. New York: Greenwood, 1,000 words. CURATORIAL 2011 “Early Comics History from the MSU Library.” Lookout Gallery | Snyder Hall | Michigan State University 01.17.2011 – 01.28.2011. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2009-2014 MSU | Frederick Williams Recruitment Fellowship 2009-2012 FQRSC | Bourse de doctorat en recherche 2006-2008 Concordia University | History Department Assistantship SERVICE 2009-present Volunteer MSU Library Special Collections Assistant to Randall Scott, Comic Art Bibliographer. Michigan State University. 2007-2008 Co–chair History in the Making graduate student conference. Concordia University. 2006-2008 Treasurer Graduate History Students Association. Concordia University. LANGUAGES English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (read). .