Hannah Biggs

 HannahM. Biggs

Hannah M. Biggs

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Biography

Rice University - English



Experience

  • Rice University Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

    PhD Candidate

    Dept. of English: Dissertation: Regional Agrarian Modernism: Farming Fiction and Rural Modernity in English and American Prose

  • The Women's Institute of Houston

    Faculty

    Teach film courses at WIH

  • Rover.com

    Petsitter

    Hannah worked at Rover.com as a Petsitter

  • Houston Polo Club

    Riding Instructor

    Hannah worked at Houston Polo Club as a Riding Instructor

  • Lone Star College

    Adjunct Faculty

    Instructor of two English composition courses, ENGL 1301 & 1302. Taught as both traditional classes and online courses.

  • Lone Star College

    Adjunct Faculty

    Instructor of English composition course, ENGL 1301. Taught as an online course.

  • Lone Star College

    Speaker and facilitator for faculty workshop: “A Compassionate and Accountable Classroom
    Atmosphere,” Lone Star College-Kingwood, 13 April 2017.

  • Jewish Family Services

    Volunteer lecturer/educator for Jewish Family Services Neighbors4Neighbors Network
    (http://www.jfshouston.org/neighbors4neighbors.php), “Surveying the Golden Age of Hollywood,” 4 June 2017.

Education

  • Rice University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    English
    Dissertation title: Regional, Agrarian Modernism: Farming Fiction and Rural Modernity in English and American Prose

  • Rice University

    Master’s Degree

    English

  • Otterbein University

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

    English Literary Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
    Graduated summa cum laude with honors Honors Program Undergraduate thesis: The Horneyan Feminine Masochist: Abandonment and Incest in Mary Shelley's Mathilda

Publications

  • “Midwestern Literature at its Best: Review of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 and Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature.”

    Middle West Review

    Forthcoming 2018

  • “Midwestern Literature at its Best: Review of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 and Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature.”

    Middle West Review

    Forthcoming 2018

  • "Tycoons in the Age of Trump.” Review of the pilot episode of ​The Last Tycoon​ from Amazon Prime Instant Video

    The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review

  • “Midwestern Literature at its Best: Review of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 and Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature.”

    Middle West Review

    Forthcoming 2018

  • "Tycoons in the Age of Trump.” Review of the pilot episode of ​The Last Tycoon​ from Amazon Prime Instant Video

    The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review

  • Dominance and Companionship: Animals in Behn and Defoe

    Sigma Tau Delta Review

    "Although similarities between animal and human interactions remain in both Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe in the form of an intense desire to maintain ordered separation between so-called lower order animals and higher order humans, differences in how said groups interact show stark contrast as well. Oroonoko asserts violent power over animals in an attempt to prove his masculinity to onlookers and reassure his status as a forceful, dominant being whereas Crusoe, on many occasions, labels animals as his companions and “family” rather than asserting patriarchal, violent domination over them. Thus, we see a transition from violent domination over animals as means to assert masculinity and control in Oroonoko to the compassionate caretaking of animal well being stemming from a feeling of kinship with non-human species in Robinson Crusoe."

  • “Midwestern Literature at its Best: Review of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 and Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature.”

    Middle West Review

    Forthcoming 2018

  • "Tycoons in the Age of Trump.” Review of the pilot episode of ​The Last Tycoon​ from Amazon Prime Instant Video

    The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review

  • Dominance and Companionship: Animals in Behn and Defoe

    Sigma Tau Delta Review

    "Although similarities between animal and human interactions remain in both Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe in the form of an intense desire to maintain ordered separation between so-called lower order animals and higher order humans, differences in how said groups interact show stark contrast as well. Oroonoko asserts violent power over animals in an attempt to prove his masculinity to onlookers and reassure his status as a forceful, dominant being whereas Crusoe, on many occasions, labels animals as his companions and “family” rather than asserting patriarchal, violent domination over them. Thus, we see a transition from violent domination over animals as means to assert masculinity and control in Oroonoko to the compassionate caretaking of animal well being stemming from a feeling of kinship with non-human species in Robinson Crusoe."

  • “This is Really an Introduction in Disguise.” Critical Introduction to Irvin S. Cobb's The Abandoned Farmers

    Hastings College Press

    https://sites.google.com/hastings.edu/hastings-college-press/available-titles/forgotten-texts?authuser=0 https://www.amazon.com/Abandoned-Farmers-Irvin-S-Cobb/dp/1942885415/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1522176854&sr=8-6&keywords=hannah+biggs

  • “Midwestern Literature at its Best: Review of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 and Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature.”

    Middle West Review

    Forthcoming 2018

  • "Tycoons in the Age of Trump.” Review of the pilot episode of ​The Last Tycoon​ from Amazon Prime Instant Video

    The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review

  • Dominance and Companionship: Animals in Behn and Defoe

    Sigma Tau Delta Review

    "Although similarities between animal and human interactions remain in both Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe in the form of an intense desire to maintain ordered separation between so-called lower order animals and higher order humans, differences in how said groups interact show stark contrast as well. Oroonoko asserts violent power over animals in an attempt to prove his masculinity to onlookers and reassure his status as a forceful, dominant being whereas Crusoe, on many occasions, labels animals as his companions and “family” rather than asserting patriarchal, violent domination over them. Thus, we see a transition from violent domination over animals as means to assert masculinity and control in Oroonoko to the compassionate caretaking of animal well being stemming from a feeling of kinship with non-human species in Robinson Crusoe."

  • “This is Really an Introduction in Disguise.” Critical Introduction to Irvin S. Cobb's The Abandoned Farmers

    Hastings College Press

    https://sites.google.com/hastings.edu/hastings-college-press/available-titles/forgotten-texts?authuser=0 https://www.amazon.com/Abandoned-Farmers-Irvin-S-Cobb/dp/1942885415/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1522176854&sr=8-6&keywords=hannah+biggs

  • “A Fallow Field No More: Review of The Farm Novel in North America: Genre and Nation in the United States, English Canada, and French Canada, 1845-1945.”

    German Journal Amerikastudien/American Studies

    Forthcoming 2018

  • “Midwestern Literature at its Best: Review of the Dictionary of Midwestern Literature, Volume 2 and Critical Insights: Midwestern Literature.”

    Middle West Review

    Forthcoming 2018

  • "Tycoons in the Age of Trump.” Review of the pilot episode of ​The Last Tycoon​ from Amazon Prime Instant Video

    The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review

  • Dominance and Companionship: Animals in Behn and Defoe

    Sigma Tau Delta Review

    "Although similarities between animal and human interactions remain in both Oroonoko and Robinson Crusoe in the form of an intense desire to maintain ordered separation between so-called lower order animals and higher order humans, differences in how said groups interact show stark contrast as well. Oroonoko asserts violent power over animals in an attempt to prove his masculinity to onlookers and reassure his status as a forceful, dominant being whereas Crusoe, on many occasions, labels animals as his companions and “family” rather than asserting patriarchal, violent domination over them. Thus, we see a transition from violent domination over animals as means to assert masculinity and control in Oroonoko to the compassionate caretaking of animal well being stemming from a feeling of kinship with non-human species in Robinson Crusoe."

  • “This is Really an Introduction in Disguise.” Critical Introduction to Irvin S. Cobb's The Abandoned Farmers

    Hastings College Press

    https://sites.google.com/hastings.edu/hastings-college-press/available-titles/forgotten-texts?authuser=0 https://www.amazon.com/Abandoned-Farmers-Irvin-S-Cobb/dp/1942885415/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1522176854&sr=8-6&keywords=hannah+biggs

  • “A Fallow Field No More: Review of The Farm Novel in North America: Genre and Nation in the United States, English Canada, and French Canada, 1845-1945.”

    German Journal Amerikastudien/American Studies

    Forthcoming 2018

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