KRIS RAFFERTY
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EDUCATION
Current Ph.D. Student – English: Literature, Culture, and Media June 2022
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
M.A. English May 2022
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC, USA
B.A. Theatre Arts Dec 1991
University of Massachusetts at Boston, MA, USA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Teaching Assistant (English Composition) Sept 2022 - present
Florida State University, English Department
Peer Mentor (English) Jan 2022-May 2022
University Learning Center, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Writing Consultant (Level II certification) Aug 2021-May 2022
Department of English, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Department of English, University of North Carolina at Wilmington FICTION
ARTICLES UNDER CONSIDERATION
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
Florida State University Graduate Conference Travel Award (AWARDED $750) 2022
Melissa and Daniel Berger Graduate Fellowship (AWARDED $3000) 2022
2022 Schnog Travel Award for Holocaust Studies (AWARDED $3000) 2022
OIP Education Abroad Grant (AWARDED $1,000) 2022
Wentworth Travel Fellowship (AWARDED $1,700) 2021
Wilma Magazine “Women to Watch” Scholarship 2018
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society (STD) 2021-present
Modern Language Association (MLA) 2021-present
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 2021-present
Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2014-present
TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY
Learning management systems Canvas, TutorTrac
Cloud document management Google Drive, OneDrive
Content management systems Weebly, WordPress, Craft Web Editor
Multimedia design Canva
Virtual presentation software PowerPoint, Google Slides
Computer Software Packages Microsoft Office Suite
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Awarded Boy Scouts of America’s Mentor Pin 2015
Steve White’s Manchester Karate Studio SWAT [teaching] Member 2004-2014
Earned 3rd Degree Black Belt American Kenpo Karate 2013
Parenthood (three beautiful and kind children) 1996-present
Freelance Writer 1991–present
REFERENCES
Available upon request
EDUCATION
Current Ph.D. Student – English: Literature, Culture, and Media June 2022
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
M.A. English May 2022
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC, USA
B.A. Theatre Arts Dec 1991
University of Massachusetts at Boston, MA, USA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Teaching Assistant (English Composition) Sept 2022 - present
Florida State University, English Department
Peer Mentor (English) Jan 2022-May 2022
University Learning Center, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Writing Consultant (Level II certification) Aug 2021-May 2022
Department of English, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
- Employed as a faculty-recommended and trained peer writing consultant
- Employed as a Peer Mentor for Professor M. Manning’s English Composition classes
Department of English, University of North Carolina at Wilmington FICTION
- Rafferty, Kris. “Stop! Mom!” Portals, Cape Fear Community College’s Literary Magazine, 2019.
- ---. Caught By You, Kensington Publishing, 2018.
- ---. Catch a Killer, Kensington Publishing, 2018.
- ---. Deadly Past, Kensington Publishing, 2018.
- ---. Seduced by Sin, Entangled Publishing, 2017.
- ---. Betrayed by a Kiss, Entangled Publishing, 2016.
- ---. Tempted by a Touch, Entangled Publishing, 2016.
- ---. Call Me Tiffany, Harlequin, 2014.
- ---. The Seduction of Lucy, Harlequin, 2014.
ARTICLES UNDER CONSIDERATION
- Rafferty, Kris. Submitted Aug 15, 2021. “Territories and Bodies: Cultural Violence in Wide Sargasso Sea.”
- Presenter, "Don Quixote and Hannah Arendt: What’s Totalitarianism Got to Do with It?" The 119th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference, 11-13 November 2022, Los Angeles, CA.
- Presenter, “Identity Politics in Wiesenthal’s Writings” Holocaust, Genocide, and Mass Violence Conference, Metropolitan State University of Denver, 21-23 September 2022, Denver, Colorado.
- Chair/Presenter, "Self-Identification and Wiesenthal's The Sunflower: Who Exactly Are We Forgiving and What Are We Forgetting?" 5th International Interdisciplinary Conference "Memory, Forgetting and Creating," University of Wroclaw, 14 January 2022, Warsaw, Poland. (Online)
- Presenter, “Territories and Bodies: Cultural Violence in Wide Sargasso Sea.” 118th Annual Conference 2021, PAMLA Conference, 13 November 2021, Las Vegas, NV. (Online)
- Presenter, “Territories and Bodies: Cultural Violence in Wide Sargasso Sea.” 3rd International Interdisciplinary Conference “Memory, Trauma and Recovery,” 17 September 2021, University of Wroclaw, Warsaw, Poland. (Online)
- Presenter, “Memory and Self-Representation: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees.” 4th Migration, Adaptation and Memory: International Interdisciplinary Conference, 18 June 2021, University of Wroclaw, Warsaw, Poland. (Online)
- Presenter, “Memory and Self-Representation: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees.” University of North Carolina at Charlotte 21st Annual English Graduate Student Conference, 9 April 2021, Charlotte, NC. (Online)
- Presenter, “Memory and Self-Representation: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees.” Carolina Rhetoric Conference 2021, 26-27 March 2021, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. (Online)
AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS
Florida State University Graduate Conference Travel Award (AWARDED $750) 2022
Melissa and Daniel Berger Graduate Fellowship (AWARDED $3000) 2022
2022 Schnog Travel Award for Holocaust Studies (AWARDED $3000) 2022
OIP Education Abroad Grant (AWARDED $1,000) 2022
Wentworth Travel Fellowship (AWARDED $1,700) 2021
Wilma Magazine “Women to Watch” Scholarship 2018
- $500 (short story competition: AWARDED for “Invisible”)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS/MEMBERSHIPS
Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society (STD) 2021-present
Modern Language Association (MLA) 2021-present
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) 2021-present
Romance Writers of America (RWA) 2014-present
TECHNOLOGICAL PROFICIENCY
Learning management systems Canvas, TutorTrac
Cloud document management Google Drive, OneDrive
Content management systems Weebly, WordPress, Craft Web Editor
Multimedia design Canva
Virtual presentation software PowerPoint, Google Slides
Computer Software Packages Microsoft Office Suite
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Awarded Boy Scouts of America’s Mentor Pin 2015
Steve White’s Manchester Karate Studio SWAT [teaching] Member 2004-2014
Earned 3rd Degree Black Belt American Kenpo Karate 2013
Parenthood (three beautiful and kind children) 1996-present
Freelance Writer 1991–present
REFERENCES
Available upon request
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