Carol-Ann Farkas, PhD
Professor of English
School
School of Arts and Sciences
Department
School of Arts and Sciences
Office Location
Fennell 222
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.732.2852
About
Education
- PhD, English, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada
- BA and MA, English, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby British Columbia, Canada
Research Interests
- 19th Century British Fiction, esp. to do with women doctors
- Expert and Non-Expert Knowledge
- Feminism
- Health Humanities
- Popular Culture, primarily representations of women's health, fitness, and strength
- Wellness and Contemporary Popular Culture
- Writing Center Theory and Practice
Programs
Featured Affiliations
Northeast Victorian Studies Association
WebsitePopular Culture Association
WebsiteInternational Writing Center Association
WebsiteEducation
- PhD, English, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada
- BA and MA, English, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby British Columbia, Canada
Research Interests
- 19th Century British Fiction, esp. to do with women doctors
- Expert and Non-Expert Knowledge
- Feminism
- Health Humanities
- Popular Culture, primarily representations of women's health, fitness, and strength
- Wellness and Contemporary Popular Culture
- Writing Center Theory and Practice
Programs
Awards and Honors
- Farkas, CA. Well, or Weak?: The Construction of Knowledge, Agency, and Competence in Womenns Wellness Magazines." Forthcoming in anthology from Cambridge Scholars Press, edited by Margaret Wiley.
- Bodies at Rest, Bodies in Motion: Women's Fitness and Physical Competence. Genders Online. (Spring 2007).
- The Woman Athlete Revealed: The Problem of Get-Ups and Glitter for Female Olympians. Popular Culture Review. 18.1 (Winter 2007): 49-60.
- Rev. of Walt Disney: Conversations. Ed. Kathy Merlock Jackson. Journal of Popular Culture. 39.6 (December 2006): 1094-96.
- Rev. of Chick-Lit: The New Womanns Fiction. Eds. Suzanne Ferriss and Mallory Young. Journal of Popular Culture. 39.5 (October 2006): 902-903.
- Rev. of Pictures of Girlhood: Modern Female Adolescence on Film. Sarah Hentges. Journal of Popular Culture. 39.4 (August 2006): 680-82.
- "Idle Assumptions Are the Devills Plaything: The Writing Center, the Comp Faculty and the Reality Check." Writing Lab Newsletter. 30.7 (March 2006): 1-5.
- Rev. of Female Gladiators: Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America by Sarah K. Fields. Journal of American Culture, 28.3 (September 2005): 319-20.
- "Writing Back to the Writing Exam: Can Writing Centers Teach and Test Without Trauma?" Writing Lab Newsletter 29.2 (October 2004): 6-8.
- "Beauty is as Beauty Does: Action and Appearance in Brontt and Eliot." Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction.
- Eds. Stanley Friedman, Edward Guiliano, and Michael Timko. Vol. 29. New York: AMS Press, 2000: 323-349.
More Affiliations
- National Council of Teachers of English
- New England Writing Center Association
- Modern Language Association
- MCPHS Writing Proficiency Exam Committee (Chair)
- MCPHS First-Year Composition Faculty Committee (Chair)
- MCPHS First-Year Summer Reading Committee
- MCPHS Student Conduct Code Review Task Force
- MCPHS Academic Standing Committee
- MCPHS Faculty Council
- Oral and Written Communication Working Group