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KRIS RAFFERTY
LinkedIn
krisrafferty.com

TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS: 
Contemporary and 20th Century American and British Literature; Transatlantic Literature; Drama, Modern and Postmodern Critical Theory; Rhetorical Theory; English Composition

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Student – English: Literature, Culture, and Media                                              Starting Sept 2022
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
 M.A. English                                                                                                                                         May 2022
University of North Carolina at Wilmington, NC, USA
Current GPA: 3.97
B.A. Theatre Arts                                                                                                                                   Dec 1991
University of Massachusetts at Boston, MA, USA
 
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Peer Mentor (English)                                                                                                                Jan 2022-present
University Learning Center, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
 Writing Consultant (Level I certification)                                                                                Aug 2021-present
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
  • Level II certification
Teaching Assistant                                                                                                                               Spring 2020
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
CONFERENCES
  • 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, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Conference, Sahara Las Vegas Hotel, 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
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
Virtual collaborative platforms                                         Slack
Learning management systems                                        Canvas, TutorTrac
Data visualization tools                                                      Google Analytics
Cloud document management                                         Google Drive, OneDrive
Content management systems                                         Weebly, WordPress, Craft Web Editor
Multimedia design                                                             Adobe Creative Suite, 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
Classical Pianist                                                                                                                     2000-present
Parenthood
  • Parenting three beautiful and kind children                                                           1996–present
Freelance Writer                                                                                                                    1991–present
 
REFERENCES
Available upon request