Yasmine Shamma
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Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature in English
University of Reading
2019 - Present

Courses Taught
EN3MT: #MeToo: Women's Writing as Resistance  (New Contribution to Part 3 Modules)*
EN3RR: Roots and Routes: Migration on Contemporary World Literature (New Contribution to Part 3 Modules)*
EN3PE: Postcolonal Ecopoetics (New Contribution to Part 3 Modules)*
EN3AP: Contemporary Poetry (Part 3 Module)
Modern Literature (Masters Module)
Modern Literary Feminisms (Masters Module)
EN1TCL: Twentieth Century American Literature (Part 1 Module)
EN1PE: Poetry in English (Part 1 module)
                         *Courses I created and implemented

Service
Diversity and Inclusion Lead for School of Languages and Literatures
PhD, Masters, and Undergraduate Thesis Supervision


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Co-FUND Wirl Research Fellow in English
Durham University
2017 - 2019

Appointmented as research fellow in English Department and Institute of Advanced Studies.
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Assistant Professor of American Literature
Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University
2014 - 2017

 Courses Taught
AML2010: Honors American Literature Beginnings to 1865
AML2020: Honors American Literature 1865 -1945
LIT2010:    Honors Interpretations of Fiction
LIT4930:    Honors 20th Century Women’s Poetry*
LIT4434:    Honors Literature and the Environment
LIT4930:    Honors Literature and the Environment: New York City*
AML4302: Honors Major American Author: "Visions and Revisions:" T.S. Eliot*
LIT4930:    Honors Major Irish Author: "Stitching and Unstitching": W.B Yeats
LIT4383:    Women’s Literature: American Women’s Poetry*
 IDS4930:   Reading and Writing Poetry
                 *Courses I created and Implemented

Service
Affiliate Faculty, Peace, Justice and Human Rights Initiative. FAU. 2016 - 2017.
Committee Member, Promotion and Tenure Review. 2016 - 2017.
Digital Humanities Research Supervisor. 2015 - 2017.
Search Committee, Dean of Honors College. 2015 - 2016.
Search Committee, Assistant Professor of Printmaking, College of Arts and Sciences. 2015 - 2016.
Writing Committee. 2014 - 2015; 2015 - 2016.
Ad Hoc Committee for Designing Bachelor of Science Degree. 2015.
American Studies Concentration Advisory Board. 2014 - 2017.
English Literature Concentration Advisory Board. 2014 - 2017.
Philosophy Concentration Advisory Board. 2016 - 2017.
Writing Concentration Advisory Board. 2016 - 2017.
American Literature Curriculum Development. 2014 - 2017.
College Representative, South Florida Culture Committee. 2015 - 2017.
College Representative, STEAM Initiative. 2014 - 2017.
Flaglar Scholarship Interviewer and Assessor. 2015.

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Stipendiary Lecturer in English Literature
Brasenose College, Oxford University
2012 - 2014

Courses Offered
Paper 1: Introduction to Literary Studies  (Classes, Tutorials and Lectures)
Introduction to Poetry (Classes)
Paper 4a: Victorian Literature (Classes and Tutorials)
Paper 4b: Modern Literature (Classes and Tutorials)
Paper 7: Yeats  (Tutorials)
Paper 8: The Modern Sonnet

Service
Graduate (MSt.) Dissertation Examiner. 2013; 2014.
Masters Dissertation Examiner, Faculty of French, Oxford.
Senior Dissertation Supervisor, Various Colleges, Oxford.
Senior Dissertation Examiner, Faculty of English, Oxford.
Open Day / Access Activities: English Faculty. 2013; 2014.
Open Day Lecturer and Presenter: Brasenose College 2012; 2013; 2014.
Admissions: Assessor and Interviewer for English. 2011-2014

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Stipendiary Lecturer in English Literature
St. Catherine's College, Oxford University
2010 - 2014

Courses Taught
​Paper 1: Introduction to Literary Studies  (Classes, Tutorials and Lectures)
Introduction to Poetry (Classes)
Paper 7: Yeats  (Tutorials)
Paper 8: The New York Schools
                Hip Hop as Poetry
                Modern Poetry: Frost and Bishop
                Women’s Literature
                Beatnik Literature
                Postcolonial Poetry
                Modern American Poetry

Service
​ Admissions: St. Catherine’s Interviewer for English. 2013
​ Access Activities and Presentations: St. Catherine’s College. 2011.
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