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Reva Baylets

Education The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA Masters of Arts in Comparative Literature Bachelors of Arts in Comparative Literature Bachelors of Arts in Womens Studies Minors in English, French, Sexuality and Gender Studies Excellence in Communication Certificate Universit Laval, Qubec, Canada 6wk study abroad: French language immersion experience Honors Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Triota Womens Studies Honor Society Schreyer Honors College Paterno Fellows Program (inaugural member) Deans List (all semesters) Conference Presentations American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA): Toronto, Canada Paper: Discovery and Loss: Intersections of Identity & Home in the Films The Business of Fancydancing and Transamerica National Womens Studies Association (NWSA): Oakland, CA Paper: Rethinking Rigidity: Fluid Genders, Liquid Identities PSU Womens Studies Graduate Organization (WSGO): State College, PA Paper: Rethinking Rigidity: Fluid Genders, Liquid Identities Academic Memberships American Comparative Literature Association National Womens Studies Association Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society

2008-2013

Summer 2012

2012 2012 2009-2012 2008-2012 2008-2012

Spring 2012

Fall 2012 Spring 2012

2013 2012 2012

Publications The Erotic Compass. Agora Publication. Pub. 006. April 2011. Penn State. Cutting Consent. Agora Publication. Pub. 003. November 2010. Penn State. Teaching/Research Experience Teaching Assistant for Dr. Jonathan Abel Fall 2012 Aided professor in teaching CMLIT 105 Literary Humor (110 students) Taught special topics: Humor in Sherman Alexie and Theories of Humor and Memes Created content for I-clicker quizzes and online midterms

Graded papers and extra credit assignments/maintained online grade book Held office hours for students and answered emails promptly Team teaching in WMNST 364: Black and White Sexuality Spring 2011 Requirement to engage 40 students focusing on the intersectionality of race and sexuality for a three hour class period Guest Lecturer on Feminist literary theory ENGL 30H: Honors English Fall 2010 Requirement for ENGL/WMNST 462H: Reading Black, Reading Feminist Lectured and discussed material with 30 students for a one hour class Class facilitation in WMNST 401: Research and Pedagogy Fall 2010 Requirement to serve as expert on the theory surrounding queer pedagogy for a three hour class (15 students) Awards, Grants, and Scholarships CMLIT Graduate Assistantship Tuition Grant Custard-Horton/Graduate School Grant for ACLA Conference Custard-Horton/Graduate School Grant for NWSA Conference Schreyer Honors College Funding for NSWA Conference Liberal Arts Enrichment Award for NWSA Conference WMNST Departmental Funding for NWSA Conference Commission for Woman Funding NWSA Conference Ellen Miller Foster Trustee Scholarship Penn State Academic Grant CMLIT Graduate Assistantship Tuition Grant Joanne W. Haskell Honors Scholarship Paterno Fellow: Mckeon Directors Fund Schreyer Honors College Study Abroad Award Global Programs Study Abroad Scholarship Laura Richardson Whitaker Womens Studies Award Strumpf Trustee Scholarship Yoskowitz Honors Scholarship Yoskowitz Honors Scholarship Strumpf Trustee Scholarship Penn State Academic Grant Mimi Barash Coppersmith Womens Studies Scholarship Penn State University Trustee Scholarship Penn State Academic Competitiveness Grant Penn State University Trustee Scholarship Penn State Academic Competitiveness Grant Languages English- advanced communications (native language) French- proficient communications (32.0 college credits)

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Leadership and Volunteer Activities Phi Beta Kappa Officer: Secretary 2012 AGORA Liberal Arts Publication 2011-2012 -Womens Studies Department Head, Editor, and Writer National Association of Womens Studies Fall 2011 Atlanta Conference Attendee CMLIT Grad Student Travel Fund Committee Fall 2011 Committee member to distribute scholarship funding among applicants Academic Decathlon, Penns Valley Area High School Fall 2010 Volunteer Judge (Interviewing) Centre County Womens Resource Center 5k Fall 2010 Volunteer fundraiser CAS 100 Civic Engagement Public Speaking Contest Fall 2008 Class-selected representative speaker Relevant Coursework CMLIT 003: Introduction to African Literature CMLIT 101U: Human Rights and World Literature CMLIT 300H: Masters Thesis: Discovery and Loss: Intersections of Identity & Home in the Films The Business of Fancydancing and Transamerica CMLIT 406: Women in Islamic Contexts CMLIT 570: Contemporary Literature: Cosmopolitanism CMLIT 596: J.M. Coetzee and African American Literature ENGL 245: Intro to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies ENGL 404: Identity, Difference, and Place: Native American Literature WMNST 008H: Philosophy and Feminism WMNST250: Sexual Identity Across the Lifespan WMNST 346: Black and White Sexuality WMNST 401: Feminist Research and Pedagogy WMNST 462H: Reading Black Reading Feminism WMNST 492W: Capstone Undergraduate Thesis: Rethinking Rigidity WMNST 496: Independent Study: French Feminism and Sexuality