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faculty
Jacqueline O'Dell, PhD she/her
Associate Teaching Professor
English & Communication
Contact
508-999-8274
jodell@umassd.edu
Liberal Arts 216
Education
Tufts University | PhD |
Tufts University | MA |
New York University | BA |
Teaching
- First-Year Writing
- Studies in Literature
Teaching
Courses
Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.
Argument-focused course that introduces students to scholarly reading and writing strategies. Students practice widely-applicable methods of reading, writing, and revising arguments. Students read college-level arguments from diverse popular, public, and academic genres in order to develop their academic skills of analyzing single arguments, synthesizing multiple perspectives, and composing informed responses to an ongoing conversation.
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
A study of selected readings dealing with a special topic chosen by the instructor. Recent special topics include New England Literature, Children's Literature, the Artist in Literature, Black Music, and Black Literature. May be repeated with change of content. Cross-listed as BLS 200; LST 200.
Research
Research interests
- Contemporary American Literature
- Literature After the Internet
- Digital Culture
- Genre
Select publications
- Jacqueline O'Dell (2023).
'I Can’t Live in Your Book Anymore': The Limits of Genre in Spike Jonze’s Her
Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture, 56 - Jacqueline O'Dell (2019).
One More Time with Feeling: Repetition, Contingency, and Sincerity in Ben Lerner’s 10:04
Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 61 - Jacqueline O'Dell (2017).
The Gift Network: Dave Eggers and the Circulation of Second Editions
NANO: New American Notes Online, 11