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Stacy Alaimo received her MA in English from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her PhD in English from the University of Illinois at Urbana. She is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she teaches multicultural American literatures, feminist theory, environmental literature, and cultural studies. Her book, Undomesticated Ground: Recasting Nature as Feminist Space (Cornell 2000), examines how women writers, theorists, and activists from the early 19th century to the present have transformed politically-charged conceptions of nature. She has also published articles on popular films, Mexican-American performance art, poetry, and science fiction in such journals as Feminist Studies, camera obscura, MELUS, and Studies in American Fiction. She is currently working on several articles, including "Bodies and Natures: Postmodern Feminisms of the Not-Exactly Discursive," and "The Naked Word: The Intercorporeal Ethics of the Protesting Body." She is also starting a new book tentatively entitled, "The Matter at Hand: Bodies, Natures, and the Practice of Immanence," which will compare divergent models of matter in feminist corporeal theory, environmental philosophy, critical science studies, popular science writing, science fiction, and the practices of yoga and tree sitting. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for the Study of American Women Writers as well as the Editorial Board of LEGACY: A Journal of American Women Writers. She is a passionate scuba diver, loves to watch birds and insects with her children, and has practiced Iyengar yoga for eight years.Link to Paper Abstract; Link to Homepage |
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