Ms. Stephanie Wilhelm
Lecturer
Campus Phone: (810) 766-6672
E-mail: swilhelm@umflint.edu
Education
Master’s in Library Science and Information, Wayne State University, May 2012
Focus: Academic Libraries and Teaching with Technology
Master of Arts, English, Wayne State University, August 2006
Focuses on eighteenth and nineteenth century American and African-American literature and history; nineteenth century legal narratives
Master’s Thesis: Olaudah Equiano and the Mutability of Identity
Bachelor of Arts, English and history (double-major), University of Michigan-Dearborn, December 2003
Graduate/Post-Graduate Work in:
~Histories of American slavery
~Slave narratives
~Nineteenth- and twentieth-century African-American fiction and non-fiction
~(White) women’s writings
Areas of Specialization/Interest
Literary and rhetorical theory
Writing the self in early American literature
Histories of literacy in America, especially in African-American communities in the nineteenth century
Urbanization and the urban university in conversation with composition studies
Digital literacy and its impact on teachers and students of composition
Representations of race, gender, and class in popular culture
Publications
“Imperial Plastic, Republican Fiber: Speculating on the Post-Colonial Other,” published book chapter, in Finding the Force in the Star Wars Franchise, eds. Matthew Kapell and John Shelton Lawrence (Peter Lang, 2006): 175-83.
“The Origins and Development of an Oral and Written Literature among Slaves and Freedmen through 1829,” published entry, in Encyclopedia of the New Nation, ed. Paul Finkelman (Oxford UP, 2005).
“Slave Narratives” and “Detroit: The Gateway to Freedom,” published entries, in Encyclopedia of African American History: From the Colonial Period through the Age of Frederick Douglass, 1619-1895, eds. Paul Finkelman and Diane Barnes (Oxford UP, 2005).
“Visions of Hope, Freedom of Choice, and the Alleviation of Social Misery: A Pragmatic Reading of The Matrix,” co-written with Matthew Kapell, published book chapter, in Jacking In To the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation, eds. William G. Doty and Matthew Kapell (Continuum, 2004): 125-40.
Courses I Teach
Eng. 112 Critical Reading & Writing