Schenectady, New York 12303 USA
cjostrow@nycap.rr.com
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
EDUCATION
TEACHING
PUBLICATIONS
CONFERENCE PAPERS
WEBWORK
LANGUAGES
SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS
AWARDS & HONORS
Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetoric, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. 1993.
Major Area: Style and Metaphor Theory
Minor Areas: Rhetorical Theory
Modernist Fiction
Dissertation: The Syntactic Metaphor in Prose Fiction. Abstract.
M.A. in Comparative Literature, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 1974.
B.A. in English with Honors, Summa Cum Laude, Syracuse University. 1973.
Honor's Thesis: Time in Nabokov's Later Work.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, NY. 1976 - present. Current rank: Professor.
| Rhetoric Courses: | Literature Courses: |
|---|---|
| Classical Rhetoric * | Archetype of Femme Fatale * |
| Women's Oratory in 19th C. U.S. * | Early 20th C. Novel |
| Language, Women, and Gender * | Literary Science Fiction * |
| Introduction to Speech | British Literature I and II |
| Technical & Professional Writing ** | Honors English |
| College Composition | Introduction to Literature |
| Women's Literature * | |
** Course co-author | |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Adjunct Lecturer:
Spring 2003--Rhetoric and Writing;
Fall 2002--Writing to the World Wide Web.
T.A., Fall 1983 & Spring 1985: Technical & Professional
Communication.
Empire State College, Schenectady, NY. Summer 1990;
Adjunct, British Romanticism.
U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 1973-1974. T.A., Rhetoric and Writing.
Syracuse University, Spring 1973. T.A., French-English Translation.
PUBLICATIONS
"The Clothesline Project: Women's Stories of Gender-Related Violence." Women and Language 19.1 (Spring 1996): 36-42.
"Women and the Power of the Internet: The Story of the 'Four-players of Cornell.'" NWSAction 7.2 (Spring 1996): 9-10.
"Technical Writing: It Is a Humanities Course." Colleague (1988): 29-35. Judy Karmiohl, co-author.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
"Feminist Fiction in Poland: Olga Tokarczuk's House of Day, House of Night." International conference on Contemporary European Women Writers: Gender and Generation. (To be held in March 2005, Bath, UK).
"Deliberative Rhetoric in Susan Glaspell's Trifles: Women's Ways of Knowing." National Women's Studies Association conference (1996).
"Demarginalizing: Women's Initiation into Expert Discourse." Penn State Conference on Rhetoric and Composition (1995). Michal Anne Moskow, co-author.
"Negotiating the Border of 'Victim' and 'Survivor' in the Clothesline Project." New York State Women's Studies Association conference (1995).
"The Weaving of Narrative in the Clothesline Project: the Self-Representation of Women Survivors of Violence." International Conference of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature (1994).
"Construction of a Course on Women and Language." State University of New York consortium (1994).
"The Clothesline Project: The Construction of Self by Women Survivors of Violence." Northeast Modern Language Association conference, Feminism and Cultural Studies session (1994).
"Bradbury's Use of Syntax to Create Metaphor in The Martian Chronicles." International Conference of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature (1993).
"The Identity and Status of the Battered Woman." New York State Women's Studies Association conference (1992).
"Music: the Soul of Shelley's Poetry." Northeast Modern Language Association conference, Literature and Music session (1988).
"Metaphor and Discourse Analysis," Modern Language Association conference, Discourse Analysis session (1986).
"Syntactic Metaphor in Joyce's Portrait of the Artist." Modern Language Association conference, Syntax and Literature session (1986).
"Metaphor as a Means of Invention." Northeast Modern Language Association conference, Teaching Composition session (1985).
"Syntax as Metaphor: an Element of Fictional Style." Northeast Modern Language Association conference (1985).
"Syntax as Metaphor," Midwest Modern Language Association conference, Linguistics session (1983).
WEBWORK
Polish Literature in English Translation, October 2003 - present.
Ancestral Streams: cultural/genealogical site with pages spotlighting the history and culture of two areas in Poland, 2002 - present.
Southern Saratoga County YMCA Barracudas Swim Team, December 1999 - Summer 2004.
Schenectady County Community College Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, 1998 - present.
LANGUAGES
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteer English Teacher, Kosciuszko Foundation-UNESCO Language Immersion Summer Camp, Warsaw, Poland, Summer 2003 and 2002.
Member by legislative appointment, Schenectady County Human Rights Commission (1993-1999); Chair, Task Force on Violence Against Women (1995-1999).
Member, Alternatives to Violence Task Force -- Schenectady County coordinated community response to domestic violence (1994-1996).
Lecturer, Friends of the [Schenectady County Public] Library "Books Sandwiched In" series:
Louisa May Alcott's Unmasked (1996)
Toni Morrison's Jazz (1994)
Mary Gordon's The Rest of Life (1994)
Assistant Coordinator, 1993 International Conference on Narrative; Society for the Study of Narrative Literature.
Member, State University of New York Women's Studies Council (1987-present).
Member and/or Chair of several SCCC faculty committees, eg.: Library-Faculty Committee, academic search committees, College Webpage Committee, Cultural & Community Events Committee, Gender Equity team, Academic Diversity Advisory team, Humanities/Social Sciences Program Review Committee.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Modern Language Association.
Association for Women in Slavic Studies.
Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America.
The Kosciuszko Foundation.
Rhetoric Society of America.
International Society for the History of Rhetoric.
Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition.
AWARDS & HONORS
Joanne Wagner Dissertation Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1992-93).
State University of New York course development grant (Spring 1994).
Sabbatical, Schenectady County Community College (Spring 1993 and Fall 1983. Competitive, not automatically granted; maximum of 2 per year).
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa, Phi Sigma Iota (1973).
Louise Pietrafesa Award for English, Syracuse University (1973).