Martha Marinara
mmarinar@mail.ucf.edu
Campus Location: CNH 411 I or TA 420
Education
- Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Lehigh University (1993)
Research Interests
- Queer Theory and Composition
- Gender Studies and Feminist Theories
- Fiction
- Poetry
Selected Publications
Books
- Forthcoming An Informed Choice: A Handbook for Writers. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2008 (forthcoming October 2009).
- Forthcoming Writing Outside the Lines: Stories of Literacy (with Peggy Ellington). Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Articles/Essays
- “Transforming Assessment: University of Central Florida, General Education Case Study” (with Kristina Tollefson). Case Studies in Assessing General Education. Marilyn Bresciani, editor. Boston, MA: Anker Publishing, 2007: 186-200.
- “Making Sense of the ‘loose baggy monster’: Assessing Learning in a GEP Program is a Whale of a Task.” The Journal of General Education 53.1 (2004): 1-19.
- “Cartography and Adoption: Identity and Difference Beyond the Politics of the Comfort Zone.” Review of Education/Pedagogy/Cultural Studies. 25.2 (April-June 2003): 139-152.
- “Bi, Butch, and Bar Dyke: Pedagogical Performances of Class, Gender, and Sexuality” (with Michelle Gibson and Deborah Meem). The Journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication 52.1 (September 2000) : 69-95. Reprinted in Feminism and Composition: Critical Sourcebook. Kirsch, Gesa E. et all, editors. Boston: St. Martin’s Press, 2003: 466-487. Reprinted in Teaching Composition: Background Readings 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s Press, 2007: 536-558.
- “When Working Class Students 'Do' the Academy: How We Negotiate With Alternative Literacies.” Journal of Basic Writing 16.2 (Fall 1997): 3-16.
Creative Publications
- Forthcoming “Sunday Afternoon at the Museum of Natural History.” Broken Bridge Review, forthcoming in Fall 2008.
- “Eve’s Garden” and “Her Chinese Robe.” White Pelican Review. (Spring 2008): 9, 41.
- “Reflection in a Well House, Tuscumbia, Alabama, 1987.” White Ink. Rishma Dunlop, Editor. Toronto: Demeter Press, 2007: 300.
- Street Angel. Waterbury, CT: Fine Tooth Press, 2006.
- “Pumpkin Picking.” The Alembic (Spring 2003): 27.