Justine Gieni
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- School: University of Saskatchewan
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- Department: English
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Saskatoon, SK - Dates at University of Saskatchewan: December 2012 - July 2020
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Biography
University of Saskatchewan - English
University Lecturer with a passion for undergraduate education and gender equity.
Higher Education
Justine
Gieni
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
An enthusiastic, motivated and creative professional with nearly 10 years of experience providing undergraduate teaching at higher education institutions in Saskatchewan. Specialized in humanities work in English and Women's and Gender Studies, with particular focus on narrative representations of sexual violence, trauma, and toxic masculinity. Expertise in communications, grammar instruction, expository writing, critical thinking, and literary analysis. Highly skilled in e-learning instruction, computer literacy, content creation, and creative knowledge translation. Author of peer-reviewed academic papers. Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching with strong teaching evaluations.
Experience
University of Regina
Sessional Instructor, English 110: Critical Writing and Reading II
Providing online instruction for undergraduate students. This course explores war literature with a particular focus on military masculinities and trauma.
Course Description: For centuries, warfare has been seen as a rite of passage and proving ground, whereby boys become men by performing their patriotic duty. However, for many soldiers, the realities of warfare and constraints of a patriarchal-military system prove to be traumatic and destructive. Whether referred to as “shellshock,” “soldier’s heart” “nervous disorder” “combat fatigue” “hysteria” or PTSD – the effects of war are apparent in the lives of soldiers who exhibit symptoms that range from nightmares to paralysis, nervous tics to the “thousand yard stare.” In this course, we will discuss literary and cinematic narratives that represent the interconnections between war trauma and hegemonic masculinity in novels by Timothy Findley, Chang-rae Lee, Roy Scranton and Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket.University of Saskatchewan
Clerical Assistant, Prospective Student Service Office
Advised students with the application process by answering inquiries by phone, in person, and by email. Composed and edited written responses to students’ inquiries. Updated and entered data in student applications through Student Banner Information system. Processed sensitive documents from students, including original transcripts, passports, PR cards, etc.
University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Instructor, Women's and Gender Studies
Provides instruction of WGST 112: Introduction of Women's and Gender Studies to undergraduate students.
Course Description: In this course, students are introduced to the intersectional feminist lens as a tool to examine the social constructions of gender and gendered relationships, and how all individuals are affected by these social constructions. This course encourages students to self-reflect on their social position within complex structures of power and privilege.
University of Saskatchewan
Coordinator/Assistant to the Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Culture and Creativity
Provided administrative support for adjudications of applications for an internal funding unit (the ICCC) in the College of Arts & Science, as well as provided academic programming support for Women's and Gender Studies, the MFA in Writing, and Digital Culture & New Media programs. The duties of this role included coordinating monthly meetings, minute-taking, processing speaker fees and travel, tracking applicants using an online database, coordinating and promoting events, compiling and creating annual reports, content creation for promotions, websites and social media, answering student inquiries in person and by email, and processing approvals and override requests.
University of Regina - Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Sessional Instructor: English 100: Critical Reading and Writing I
Provides instruction of English 100: Critical Reading and Writing II to undergraduate students.
Responsibilities include: developing the course materials and syllabi, delivering weekly lectures, maintaining detailed records of grades and correspondence, classroom management and problem solving, providing face-to-face and online support to students through email correspondence, handling confidential student information, evaluations, assessment of learning outcomes.
Education
University of Regina
Master of Arts - MA
English Language and Literature/Letters
University of Regina
Sessional Instructor, English 110: Critical Writing and Reading II
Providing online instruction for undergraduate students. This course explores war literature with a particular focus on military masculinities and trauma. Course Description: For centuries, warfare has been seen as a rite of passage and proving ground, whereby boys become men by performing their patriotic duty. However, for many soldiers, the realities of warfare and constraints of a patriarchal-military system prove to be traumatic and destructive. Whether referred to as “shellshock,” “soldier’s heart” “nervous disorder” “combat fatigue” “hysteria” or PTSD – the effects of war are apparent in the lives of soldiers who exhibit symptoms that range from nightmares to paralysis, nervous tics to the “thousand yard stare.” In this course, we will discuss literary and cinematic narratives that represent the interconnections between war trauma and hegemonic masculinity in novels by Timothy Findley, Chang-rae Lee, Roy Scranton and Stanley Kubrick’s film Full Metal Jacket.University of Saskatchewan
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
English Language and Literature
University of Saskatchewan
Clerical Assistant, Prospective Student Service Office
Advised students with the application process by answering inquiries by phone, in person, and by email. Composed and edited written responses to students’ inquiries. Updated and entered data in student applications through Student Banner Information system. Processed sensitive documents from students, including original transcripts, passports, PR cards, etc.University of Saskatchewan
Sessional Instructor, Women's and Gender Studies
Provides instruction of WGST 112: Introduction of Women's and Gender Studies to undergraduate students. Course Description: In this course, students are introduced to the intersectional feminist lens as a tool to examine the social constructions of gender and gendered relationships, and how all individuals are affected by these social constructions. This course encourages students to self-reflect on their social position within complex structures of power and privilege.
Publications
"Punishing the Abject Child: The Delight and Discipline of Body Horror in Heinrich Hoffman's Struwwelpeter." Unpleasant Tales: The Wonderland of Horror in Children's Literature and Culture. Ed. Jessica McCort
University Press of Mississippi
"Punishing the Abject Child: The Delight and Discipline of Body Horror in Heinrich Hoffman's Struwwelpeter." Unpleasant Tales: The Wonderland of Horror in Children's Literature and Culture. Ed. Jessica McCort
University Press of Mississippi
"Assuming a 'Manly Position': The Crisis of Masculinity in Ian McEwan's Early Fiction." Writing the Last Taboo: Incest in Contemporary Literature. Eds. Emma Miller & Miles Leeson.
Manchester UP.
