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    Shannon Gilstrap, Ph.D.

    Shannon Gilstrap

    Professor

    Phone678-717-3544

    ww.arnoldian.com/

    Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4136, Gainesville

    Area(s) of Expertise: Victorian Literature, The English Prose Tradition (Renaissance – Victorian)

    Overview

    Dr. Gilstrap is a native of Atlanta, GA, area, but currently resides in Gainesville, GA, with his wife and two dogs. He completed his dissertation, "'A Revolution By Due Course of Law': Matthew Arnold, G.W.F. Hegel, and the State's Revolutionary Role," under the direction of Dr. Paul Schmidt at Georgia State University. He has been awarded several in-house and external grants for research and pedagogy and is an alumnus of the "Infusing Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum" program at the University of Hawai'i East-West Center (2014). He has published extensively on Victorian literature, particularly the work of poet and essayist Matthew Arnold.

    Education

    • Ph.D., English, Georgia State University, 2011
    • M.A., English, Clemson University, 2001
    • B.A., English, Piedmont College, 1999

    Research/Special Interests

    Matthew Arnold; Victorian Literature and Culture; Sherlock Holmes; Literary Theory

    Publications

    Refereed & Peer-Reviewed Publications:

    Gilstrap, Shannon. “Introduction: ‘Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming’: Matthew Arnold at 200 Years.” Nineteenth-Century Prose, vol. 49, no. 2, Fall 2022, Guest Editor: Shannon N. Gilstrap, pgs. 1-18.

    "A Mass of Typewriting: Count Dracula’s Subversive Counter-Assembly in Dracula’s Structure.” The Journal of Dracula Studies, 2020, pp. 73-93.

    “The Victorian Era’s Influence on H.P. Lovecraft.” H.P. Lovecraft: A Critical Edition, edited by Leverett B. Butts, McFarland Press, 2018, pp. 223-232.

    “Chapter 8.4: The Annotated Bibliography." Contribute a Verse: A Guide to First-Year Composition, edited by Tanya Long Bennett, University of North Georgia Press, 2015, pp. 150-153.

    “Charting Culture: Cartography and National Identity in Matthew Arnold’s ‘Ordnance Maps.’” Victorian Review, vol. 39, no. 1, Sp. 2013, pp. 87-100.

    “Of Pets and People: Matthew Arnold’s Pet Elegies and Jules Michelet’s The People.” Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature, no. 121, Sp. 2012, pp. 6-23.

    Academic Conference Presentations:

    Gilstrap, Shannon. “Between Two Worlds: Disinterestedness and a Caricature of Matthew Arnold.” The Illustrated 19th Century: Caricatures, Illustrations, and British Culture Panel, Midwest Conference of British Studies, 9/14-16/2018, Lexington, KY.

    “Transatlantic Railways: Matthew Arnold’s Lecture Tour.” Transatlantic Mobility, Cultural and Literary Exchange Panel (4.A), Transatlantic Studies Association Conference, 11 July 2018, Dahlonega, GA.

    “From the Circuit to the Cloud.” The Victorian Lecture Circuit Panel, Midwest Conference of British Studies, 9/28-10/1/2017, St. Louis, MO.

    “Mapping Matthew Arnold’s First North American Lecture Tour (1883-1884).” Faculty Research Day University of North Georgia, Poster Session, 13 November 2015, Dahlonega, GA.

    “Space to Teach: Adaptive Technology in the (Developmental) English Classroom.” The Teaching Professor: Technology Conference, Poster Session, 2 October 2015, New Orleans, LA.           

    “Re-‘Orient’ing Matthew Arnold: Mobilizing an Eastern Reading of Matthew Arnold’s Socio-Cultural Ideals.” Interdisciplinary 19th Century Studies Conference. 17 April 2015, Atlanta, GA.

    "But, ah! I could not stay!’: Mapping Matthew Arnold’s North American Lecture Tour (1883-1884).” Sustaining Victorian Spaces Through Maps Panel, South Atlantic Modern Language Assoc., 8 November 2014, Atlanta, GA.

    “Matthew Arnold in Caricature.” Caricature & Context: Exploring Visual Caricatures of 19th Century Figures and Movements Panel, South Atlantic Modern Language Assoc, 8 November 2013, Atlanta, GA.

    “Teaching Through Accelerated Pathways.” Georgia Association of Developmental Educators Conference, 15-16 February 2013, Atlanta, GA.

    “Aesthetic Cultural Cartography: Matthew Arnold’s ‘Ordnance Maps’ Essay.” Interdisciplinary 19th Century Studies Conference, March 2012, Lexington, KY.

    “Sherlock Holmes, Lying, and a Machiavellian Impulse.” GACCEA Conference, February 2010, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, GA.

    “Of Pets and People: Matthew Arnold’s Pet Elegies and Michelet’s The People.” Victorian Interdisciplinary Studies Association of the Western United States Conference, October 2008, Seattle, WA.

     

    Work Experience

    • University of North Georgia (2007 - Present)
    • Georgia Military College (2002 - 2007)
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