Curriculum Vitae: Sharon Ann Delmendo

Contact Information

Professor Sharon Delmendo, English Department St. John Fisher College - Basil Hall 123 3690 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618 Office Phone: (585) 385-8216 e-mail: sdelmendo@sjfc.edu

Education and Professional Positions

Awards

Areas of Specialization

Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American literature

Multiculturalism and Ethnic Studies

Gender Studies

Philippine-American Studies

Publications

"'Better Than a Trip Through the Philippine Islands': Picturing the St. Louis World's Fair's Philippine Reservation."  In Naked Capital: The (De)construction of Savagery, Barbarism and Civilization,  ed. Barbara M. Posadas, Virgilio R. Pilapil and Felicisima C. Serafica.  Springfield, IL: Philips Brothers Publishing, 2005.

The Star Entangled Banner: 100 Years of America in the Philippines.  Rutgers University Press, 2004.

"The Star Entangled Banner:  Commemorating 100 Years of Philippine (In)Dependence and Philippine-American Relations."  Journal of Asian-American Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press),  1:3 (October, 1998). pp.210-244.

"The American Factor in José Rizal's Nationalism."  AMERASIA Special Issue: "100 Years of Philippine-American History."  24:2, (Summer 1998). pp.35-63.

"Back to Bataan Once More: Pax Americana and the Pacific Theater."  In Literary Studies East and West, Vol. 10,  Special Issue on Multiculturalism and Representation (Winter 1996). Pp. 142-172.  Revised and reprinted in Geopolitics of the Visible: Essays on Philippine Film  Cultures, ed. Roland B. Tolentino. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000.

"Consuming Horror: Richard Bachman's Thinner, Stephen King's The Dark Half."  In Foods of the Gods, ed. Gary Westfahl, George Slusser, and Eric S. Rabkin.  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1996. Pp. 160-171.

"'Born of Misery': Stephen King's (En)Gendered Text."  In Styles of Creation, ed. George Slusser,  Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1992. Pp. 172-180.

Conference Papers and Presentations

"The Balangiga Bells: A Case Study in National History and Mythology,"  Hosted by: The Asian American Studies Graduate Student Writing Group, Community of Scholars Program, English Department Graduate Student Organization, English Department Twentieth-and Twenty-First Centuries Subfield, and MAS(S) Color,  The University of Minnesota, April 28, 2005, Minneapolis, MN.

"The 'Battling Belles of Bataan': Gendering World War II,"  for the Fall 2004 NYCEA (NY College English Assn.) conference, October 1-2, Rochester, NY.

"Magical Realism and Nationalist Imperatives in Tess Uriza Holthe's When the Elephants Dance,"  for the 2004 FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society) convention, July 21-24, St. Louis, Missouri.

"'Better Than a Trip Through the Philippine Islands': Documentary Photography and the St. Louis World's Fair's Philippine Reservation,"  for the 2004 FANHS (Filipino American National Historical Society) convention, July 21-24, St. Louis, Missouri.

"Caught Between the Elephants: Filipino Resistance, 1945,"  for the 2004 ASA (American Studies Assn.) convention, November 3-6, 2004, Atlanta, GA.

"The War on Terror and the New American Empire,"  AAAS (Association for Asian American Studies) national convention, Boston, MA, March 25-27, 2004(/p>

"The Indio Bravo in U.S., Native American, and Philippine Nationalisms,"  MELUS (Multiethnic Literatures of the US) national convention, San Antonio, TX, March 10-13, 2004.

"The Evolution of the Rough Rider in the service of U.S. Imperialism."  Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, January 8-11, 2004, Honolulu, HI. (Proposal accepted.)

"Repatriating the Philippine Diaspora: The 'seminal work' of Nationalist Recuperation in Contemporary Philippine Fiction"  for the NYCEA (New York College English Association) Fall conference, Oct. 10-11, 2003, Rochester, NY.

"'Truly Brother and Sister Now': Recuperation of the Indio/Indian Postcolonial Dynamic,"  American Studies Assn. (ASA) national convention, Houston, TX Nov. 14-17, 2002.

"The Strenuous Life Abroad: Teddy Roosevelt and Juvenile Literature in the Late Imperial Age,"  South Central Modern Language Assn. (SCMLA) convention, Austin, TX Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2002.

"Reflections on Philippine Centennial Historiography,"  Fall 2002 New York College English Assn. (NYCEA) conference, Buffalo Sept. 27-28, 2002.

"A Status Report on the Balangiga Bells,"  Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) National Conference, Los Angeles, CA July 24-28, 2002.

"Early Colonial Juvenilia 'Open[s] up a new continent of faery' in the Philippines."  In a panel on "Centennial Perspectives on the Philippine-American War" for the ASA (American Studies Assn.) national convention, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8-11, 2001.

"The Philippine 'Insurrection' Revisited: A Centennial Perspective on Balangiga."  In a panel on "Debating War: Literary Perspectives on America's Armed Conflicts" for the M/MLA (Midwest Modern Language Assn.) conference, Cleveland, OH, Nov. 1-3, 2001,

"'All the separate action of woman': Hawthorne as Misogynist or Feminist in The Scarlet Letter?"  In a panel on "Teaching Nathaniel Hawthorne in the 21st Century" for the Spring NEMLA conference, Hartford, CT, March 30-31, 2001.

"Legal Fictions': Using American Case Law in Literature Courses."  In a panel on "Old Texts, New Tricks: Cross-Disciplinary Pedagogies for Multiethnic American Literature Courses" for the SCMLA 2000 conference, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 9-11, 2000.

"All Accounts Balance: Justice and Its Discontents in Rose Madder."  In a panel on "Visions and Revisions of Criminal Justice" for the Fall 2000 NYCEA conference, Buffalo, NY Sept. 29-30, 2000.

"Lousia May Alcott's Little (Wo)Men: Regenotiating the Alcott Paterfamilias."  In a panel on "Separate Spheres Double-Cross," NEMLA (North East Modern Language Assn.) conference, Buffalo, NY, April 7-8, 2000.

"Amistad and Melville's 'Benito Cereno.'"  In the "Teaching with Film: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cinema Studies conference, Daemen College, October 15-16, 1999.

"Canto del Viajero: F. Sionil José's Restorative 'Passage.' In a panel entitled 'The Problem of Home in the Filipino Diaspora.'"  Canadian Assn. of American Studies (CAAS)/ American Studies Assn. (ASA) joint National Convention. Montreal, Canada, Oct. 28-31, 1999.

"Making a Place at the Table for the Learning Community Program's Poor Stepchild."  In a panel entitled "Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Critical Points of Articulation in a First Year Learning Community Program." 1999 Washington Center Conference: Transforming the Campus Through Learning Communities. Seattle, WA, May 20-23, 1999.

"Kalayaan 1998: Commemorating the Philippine Centennial."  American Studies Assn. (ASA) National Convention, Seattle, WA, November 19-21, 1998.  Note: I was the organizer of this panel.

"Reconstructing American Realism, Diversifying English 386."  In a panel entitled "Teaching American Literature Multi-Ethnically." South Central Modern Language Assn. (SCMLA) convention, New Orleans, Nov. 12-14, 1998.

"Commemorating the Philippine Centennial: 100 years of (In)Dependence."  Assn. for Asian American Studies (AAAS) National Convention, Honolulu, HI, June 24-28, 1998.

"Manifest Destiny, Then and Now: American Rationalizations of the Philippine-American War."  International conference on "1898 and the World: Context and Transformations," hosted by the University of the Philippines-Diliman. Quezon City, Philippines, June 9-11, 1998.

"Halu-Halong History."  An invited talk, the inaugural presentation in the Lina Espina Moore Lecture Series, De La Salle University, Manila. June 8, 1998.  Part of De La Salle's Linggo ng Sentenyal Aktibidades, June 8-12, 1998.

"Commemorating Filipino-American Relations."  American Studies Assn. (ASA) National Convention, Washington, D.C., Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1997.

"'Braving' the Indios: American Conquest in the Philippine 'Insurrection' and the American Indian Wars."  New York College English Assn. (NYCEA) conference on "The Uses of Fiction," St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, Sept. 19-20, 1997.

"Taon ng mga Bayani: The 1996 Philippines Centennial."  1997 national convention of the Assn. for Asian American Studies (AAAS), Seattle, WA, April 16-20.

"The Philippine Revolution in Retrospect."  A one-hour TelePress Conference for the American Studies Association of the Philippines (ASAP) 1996 General Assembly, Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Makati, Manila, Philippines, Dec. 7, 1996.

"On Becoming Filipino: Carlos Bulosan and Ethnic Identity in the Filipino Diaspora."  American Studies Assn. (ASA) National Convention, Kansas City, Missouri, October 31- November 3, 1996.

"'The Philippines a Century (W)Hence': José Rizal and the Philippine Centennials."  International Conference on the Centennial of the 1896 Philippine Revolution. August 21-23, 1996. Manila, Philippines.

"Philippine Studies and American Studies at the Centennial Threshold: Comparative Perspectives."  Fulbright End-of-Grant Presentation. Philippine-American Educational Foundation, Makati, Manila, August 16, 1996.

"Gender and Revolution." Comments for "Women and the Revolution" panel.  5th International Philippine Studies Conference, Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 15-17, 1996.

"An American Representation of Filipino Nationalism: John Wayne and Andres Bonifacio."  Invited Presentation, Literature Week, De La Salle University, Manila. March. 11, 1996. (Also given at the University of the Philippines-Diliman as part of the English Department Anniversary, Francisco Arcellana Library. July 30, 1996.)

"ReOrienting American Studies: America and the Philippines, Some Pre-Centennial Reflections."  Australian and New Zealand American Studies Association convention, Feb. 2-6, 1996, Christchurch, New Zealand.

"Internationalizing American Studies: Internet Resources."  American Studies Association of the Philippines (ASAP) General Assembly, Manila, Philippines, October 28, 1995. Hosted jointly by the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, the U.S. Information Service (Fulbright), and the Philippine-American Educational Foundation.

"'An Actual and Present Danger': Ethnic Taxonomy in People v. Hall."  American Studies Association national convention, Nov. 9-12, 1995, Pittsburgh, PA. (Panel on "Racial Identities")

"Framing History: Americanism and the Pacific Theater, 1945."  American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch conference, Maui, Hawai'i, August 4-7, 1995. (Panel on "Nationalism, Colonialism, and Identity")

MLA/FIPSE Curriculum Review Project Round Table Discussion: "Teaching Multicultural Literature"  Moderator and presentor. 1994 Modern Language Association in San Diego, CA.

"What's on the Books? A Practical Look at Teaching Multiculturalism."  American Women Writers of Color Conference, Ocean City, Maryland, October 14-16, 1994.

"The Civil War as Fratricidal Trauma: Louisa May Alcott and Practicing Gender in the 'House Divided.'"  Nineteenth-Century Interdisciplinary Conference, Williamsburg, VA, April 7-10, 1994.

"Reconfiguring 'American' Literature: Cross Cultural Literature and Cross-Purposes in the Changing Curriculum?"  Presentation on the "New Configurations of American Literature: Pedagogical Implications of Changing Theoretical and Critical Practices" panel, Modern Language Association 1993 Convention, Toronto, Canada, Dec. 27-30, 1993.

"The American Literary 'Field Imaginary': The Cultivation of Early American Literature."  American Studies Association, Boston, MA, Nov. 4-7, 1993.

"Reading the Asian American Menu: A Place at the Table of Literary Representation."  Association of Asian American Studies convention, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, June 6-8, 1993.

"Problems of Filipino Identification."  Presentation in the Hampshire College Office of Multicultural Affairs Lecture Series, October 29, 1992.

"Filipino Representation and Identity."  American Studies Association: "Exploration/Exploitation: The Americas," Costa Mesa, CA, November 5-8, 1992.

"Mestizo Literature: Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters."  SUNY-Binghamton: Conference on "New World Regionalism Versus Old World Domination," Binghamton, NY, April 24-25, 1992.

"Reading the Apocalypse: The Seventh Sign."  West Georgia College: International Conference on Myth and Fantasy, Atlanta, Georgia, October 25-27, 1991.

"Consuming Horror: Richard Bachman's Thinner, Stephen King's The Dark Half."  University of California, Riverside: J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy: "Food of the Gods," April 19-21, 1991.

"Brown's Mervyn: Illness in the House of America."  St. Bonaventure University: New York College English Association Conference on "The Narrative Art," March 16, 1991.

"'Born of Misery': Stephen King's (En)Gendered Text."  University of California, Riverside: J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy: "Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds," April 14-16, 1989.

"Stephen King's Misery: Postmodern Horror in the Checkout Line?"  SUNY at Buffalo Center for Cultural Studies Colloquium, "Postmodernism All Over?" October 26, 1988.

Professional Activities During Fulbright Grant,
     Sept. 1, 1995- Sept. 1, 1996

Fulbright Speaking Series: Visayas, May 7-10, 1996

Fulbright Speaking Series: Cebu and Mindanao, June 26-29, 1996.

Pre-Departure Orientation Program for 1996-97 Fulbright/East-West grantees.  Participated in informal forum on cultural aspects of the United States. PAEF library, Makati, Manila, July 19, 1996.

Fulbright Selection Committee for academic year 1997-98.  Interviews conducted at the Thomas Jefferson Cultural Center, Makati, July 25-26, 1996.

Reader for Philippine Fulbright Scholar Program proposal on "A Study of Contemporary Black American Literature: Strategies of Decolonization."  Evaluated proposal and gave recommendation on funding.

Closing Remarks at Book Launching of Isagani R. Cruz and the Other Other: Interventions in Philippine Kritika by David Jonathan Bayot.  De La Salle University, July 29, 1996.

Governance and Service

Governance, St. John Fisher College

Service to the Profession