Dr. Caroline Miles The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies (956) 665-8780 Email: caroline.miles@utrgv.edu EDUCATION PhD, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2002 Major: English MA, The University of Southern Mississippi, 1996 Major: English BA, University of Wales, 1994 Major: English and American Studies EMPLOYMENT Academic - Administrative Assignments Chair of Department, UTRGV (January 2015 - May 2017) Academic - Post-Secondary Associate Professor, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (September 2015) Professional Assistant/Associate Professor, University of Texas-Pan American (August 2005 - August 2015) Lecturer, University of Texas-Pan American (August 2004 - August 2005) Assistant Professor, Thomas University (August 2003 - August 2004) Instructor, Auburn University (August 2000 - August 2003) PUBLICATIONS Book Chapters Caroline Miles. " Economies of Fear: Faulkner s Sound and the Fury and the Genre of Horror." New York: Salem Press: Critical Insights: The Sound and the Fury, 2014: Caroline Miles. " A Fable of Labor: Faulkner s Unread Hostility to Capitalism" Faulkner and Chopin." Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2010: Conference Proceedings Caroline Miles. A Fable: Faulkner s Unread Labor Novel. Modern Language Association Conference Proceedings. (2004) Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 1 of 7
www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/faulkner/mla%202004%20caroline%20miles%20a%20fable.doc Caroline Miles. An Unshapely Whore and an Enchanting Beauty in William Faulkner's Light in August. Publications of the Mississippi Philological Association. (1997): 46-50. Caroline Miles. The Comedy and Gravity of Faulkner's 'Two Dollar Wife' and other Works. University of Mississippi. Journal Articles Other Caroline Miles. Wayward Women: Teaching William Faulkner s Sanctuary and Larry Brown s Fay from a Feminist Perspective.. Cape Girardeau Missouri: Teaching Faulkner. (February 2014) Caroline Miles. The Show Must Go On: Money and Death in William Faulkner's Pylon. Mississippi: The Publications of the Mississippi Philological Association. 29, (2012): 115-129. Caroline Miles. Blood, Guts, and Flexing Muscles: Violence, Injury, and Physical Strength in Stories about Outlaws.. Dime Novel Round Up. 78, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2009): 158-173. Caroline Miles, David Anshen, Rebels, Failures, and Curious Folk.. Mississippi Quarterly. 61, no. 3 (2008): 309-324. Caroline Miles. William Faulkner s Critique of Capitalist Ideology: Reading Wash and Centaur in Brass as Stories about Class Struggle. Mississippi Quarterly. 61, no. 3 (2008): 325-341. Caroline Miles. Incorporating Latin American Women and Philosophy into Women s Studies Courses in the U.S.. American Philosophical Association, Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy. 7, no. 1 (2007): 10-17. Caroline Miles. The (Un)Veiling and Self-Mutilation of the White Laboring Body in Rebecca Harding Davis s Life in the Iron Mills. American Transcendental Quarterly. 18, (June 2004): 89-104. Caroline Miles. Little Men in Faulkner's 'Barn Burning' and The Reivers. The Faulkner Journal. XV. (2000): 151-168. Caroline Miles. Canned Food: Faulkner s If I Forget Thee Jerusalem and Foodways of Global Capitalism.. The Faulkner Journal. Caroline Miles. Aristocrats, Yeomen, and Blue Collar Folk: Understanding Class in the American South. The Southern Literary Journal. 42, no. 1 (2009): 144-148. Caroline Miles. The South, the Nation, and Global Cosmopolitanism. Twentieth-Century Literature. 55, no. 1 (2009): 125-129. Caroline Miles and David Anshen. Faulkner, Labor, and a Critique of Capitalism. Mississippi Quarterly. 61, no. 3 (2008): 1-512. Caroline Miles. Faulkner and the Great Depression: Aesthetics, Ideology, and Cultural Politics by Ted Atkinson. Mississippi Quarterly. 59, no. 2 (2006): 376-379. Caroline Miles. Two-Up by Eric Miles. Southwestern American Literature XXXI. (2006): 85-86. Caroline Miles. Violence, the Body, and The South, American Literature. Spec.issue. Dana D. Nelson and Houston A. Baker (Ed.) The Southern Quarterly. 41, (2002): 133-136. Caroline Miles. The Critical Response to Tennessee Williams. George W. Crandell (Ed.) Journal of Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 2 of 7
Dramatic Theory and Criticism. 2, (1998): 150-153. Under Submission Conference Proceedings Caroline Miles. The Comedy and Gravity of Faulkner's 'Two Dollar Wife' and other Works. University of Mississippi. AWARDS AND HONORS Faculty Excellence Award in Service. (2014) Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award, UT System (2012) Distinguished Faculty Award for Outstanding Service, University of Texas-Pan American (2006) PRESENTATIONS Caroline Miles. "The Comedy and Gravity of Money in Faulkner's Two Dollar Wife and other Works," Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi. (July 23, 2017) Caroline Miles. "Faulkner's Wild Palms and the Foodways of Global Capitalism," Modern Language Association Conference, Modern Language Association, Vancouver, Canada. (January 5, 2015) Caroline Miles. "Money Talks: Social and Economic Currencies in Faulkner's Wild Palms and Zora Neale Hurston's Mules and Men," The Faulkner and Hurston Conference, Southeast Missouri State University, Missouri. (October 23, 2014) Caroline Miles. "The Economic Ghosts of Absalom, Absalom!," Mississippi Philological Association Conference, Mississippi Philological Association, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. (February 8, 2013) Caroline Miles. "Faulkner and Ecological Economics," Modern Language Association Conference, Modern Language Association, Seattle. (January 5, 2012) Caroline Miles. "Faulkner, Hollywood, and Consumer Capitalism," Mississippi Philological Association Conference, Mississippi Philological Association, Jackson, Mississippi. (February 18, 2011) Caroline Miles. "Faulkner, the 50s, and the Blue-Collar South." Modern Language Association Conference, Philadelphia. (December 27, 2009) Caroline Miles. "Writing with Hands of Labor: Writing the Body in The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of It by James J. Davis." 29th Annual Meeting of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, New Mexico. (2008) Caroline Miles. "Immigration and Genre in Dime Novels." Nineteenth Century Studies Association National Conference, Miami, Florida. (2008) Caroline Miles. "Faulkner s A Fable and Latin American Liberation Theology." The Faulkner and Chopin Conference, Cape Giradeau, Missouri. (2008) Caroline Miles. "Reasons for Incorporating Latin American feminist thought into Women s Studies courses in the U.S," American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, San Francisco. (2007) Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 3 of 7
Caroline Miles. "Faulkner, Revolution, and the Critique of Capitalism." South West American Studies Forum, Exeter, UK.. (2007) Caroline Miles. "Jesse James: Middle Class Villain/Working Class Hero." College English Association Annual Conference, San Antonio Texas. (2006) Caroline Miles. "Reading William Faulkner s A Fable as Labor Fiction." Modern Language Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (2006) Caroline Miles. "The Body of the Outlaw: Dime Novel Violence and the Visibility of Labor." Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Atlanta, Georgia. (2006) Caroline Miles. "Corporeal (Per)Versions and the Promotion of Industrial Manhood in Harriet Beecher Stowe s Uncle Tom s Cabin," The Southern Comparative Literature Association, Austin, Texas. (2003) Caroline Miles. "Race, Anger, and Class Struggle in Faulkner s Short Story Wash. Society for the Study of Southern Literature: Labor, Literature and the U.S. South." Birmingham, Alabama. (2003) TEACHING Courses Taught Am Lit of the South Continuing Thesis Ethnic Women Writers Intro to American Lit Intro to Literature Rhetoric & Composition II Studies in Amer Lit Studies in Eng Lit Studies in Ethnic Lit Studies in Gender & Lit Studies in Gender & Lit Studies in Single Author Survey of Am Lit Thesis Women's Literature Directed Student Learning Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Delilah Ferris,, Department of Literatures and Cultural Studies. (August 2017) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Teresa Hernandez,, Department of Literatures and Cultural Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 4 of 7
Studies. (September 2016 - May 2017) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Farwa Naqui,, English (UTPA). (November 2015 - December 2016) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Erin Knobloch, (May 2015 - May 2016) Master's Thesis Committee Member. Katherine Hoerth,, English (UTPA). (September 2014 - August 2015) Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Jessica Vela,, English (UTPA). (August 2013 - August 2014) Master's Thesis Committee Chair. Cathy Cortina,, English (UTPA). (October 2012 - December 2013) SERVICE Department Service Other, Department Chair. (January 2015 - May 2017) Committee Member, Literature Committee. (2005-2015) Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion and Review Committee. (2012-2013) Committee Member, Graduate Committee. (2010-2013) Committee Member, Tenure and Promotion and Review Committee. (2011-2012) Committee Chair, Guest Lecturer Committee. (2009-2012) Committee Member, English Department Handbook Committee. (2007-2010) Committee Member, Hiring Commitees (Numerous). ( 2005) Committee Member, Benson Lecture Committee. (2002-2003) College Service Committee Member, Reagent s Outstanding Teaching Award Committee. (2010-2011) Committee Member, Faculty Excellence Committee. (2009-2010) Committee Member, College Council. (2007-2009) Faculty Mentor, College Mentoring Program. (2007-2008) Committee Member, Women s Studies Sub-Committee. (2005-2008) University Service Workshop Organizer, Grant Writing Workshop. (April 16, 2017) Committee Member, University Gonfalons Committee. (2015-2016) Program Coordinator, Gender and Women's Studies Program. (2010-2016) Faculty Advisor, Feminist Club. (2013-2015) Committee Member, Title IV Committee. (2013-2015) Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 5 of 7
Faculty Advisor, National Honor Society, Alpha Lamda Delta. (2006-2015) Task Force Member, Interdisciplinary Programs. (September 2014 - September 2015) Committee Member, the University Campus Safety Week Task Force,. (September 2013 - September 2014) Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal, Faculty Development Council. (2010-2013) Committee Member, Business Affairs Division Faculty Committee. ( 2009) Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal, Faculty Research Council Committee. (2005-2008) Committee Member, Service Learning Committee. (2005-2007) Development Activities Attended Academy, "ADVANCE Leadership Academy," UTPA. (2013-2013) Semester Program, "Online Exemplary Course (Quality Matters) program," UTPA. (January 2012 - May 2012) Workshop, "Digital Humanities Workshop," University of Virginia. (December 16, 2010 - December 19, 2010) Workshop, "Intensive Web Design Workshops," University of Illinois. (March 1, 2010 - March 5, 2010) Workshop, "Workshops on Teaching in Second Life," University of Texas-Pan American. ( 2009) Workshop, "NEA Grant Workshops on Incorporating Film into Teaching," University of Texas-Pan American. ( 2007) Continuing Education Program, "Teaching Online Certification," University of Texas-Pan American. ( 2006) Workshop, "NEH Grant Workshops on Latin American Philosophy and Teaching," University of Texas-Pan American. ( 2006) Workshop, "Title V Advanced Learning Workshops," University of Texas-Pan American,. ( 2006) Continuing Education Program, "Learning Community Development and Teaching," University of Texas-Pan American,. (2004-2006) Workshop, "Title V Cooperative Learning Workshops," University of Texas-Pan American. ( 2005) Workshop, "Writing Across the Curriculum Workshops," University of Texas-Pan American. ( 2004) Professional Service Reviewer, Journal Article, The Mississippi Quarterley ( 2011) Professional Memberships Modern Language Association (MLA) ( 2011) Public Service Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 6 of 7
Program Organizer, Clothesline Project. (April 10, 2013 - April 13, 2013) Program Organizer, Clothesline Project. (April 12, 2012 - April 14, 2012) Generated on Mar 09, 2018 Page 7 of 7