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    Shannon Gilstrap, Ph.D.

    Shannon Gilstrap

    Associate 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 the 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 assumed the role of Associate Department Head in 2016 and is committed to making all UNG students - especially English majors and minors - culturally aware, communications savvy, informed and capable citizens in a global society and workplace.

    Courses Taught

    ENGL 0999; ENGL 1101; ENGL 1102; ENGL 2111; ENGL 2112; ENGL 2122; ENGL 2900; ENGL 3130; ENGL 3470

    Education

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

    Research/Special Interests

    Victorian Literature and Culture; Matthew Arnold; Sherlock Holmes

    Publications

    Refereed & Peer-Reviewed Publications:

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Chapter 8.4: The Annotated Bibliography." Contribute a Verse: A Guide to First-Year Composition." Ed. Tanya Bennett. Dahlonega: University of North Georgia Press, 2015. 150-153.

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Charting Culture: Cartography and National Identity in Matthew Arnold's 'Ordnance Maps.'" Victorian Review 39.1 (Spring 2013): 87-100.

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Of Pets and People: Matthew Arnold's Pet Elegies and Jules Michelet's The People." Victorians: A Journal of Culture and Literature. 121 (Spring 2012): 6-23.

    Book Reviews:

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Review of: McKenna, Neil. Fanny and Stella: The Young Men who Shocked Victorian England. London: Faber & Faber, 2013." The Victorian Web. http://www.victorianweb.org/gender/reviews/gilstrap.html

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Review of: Flanders, Judith. The Making of Home." Grand Central Review

    Non-Peer-Reviewed Projects and Publications:

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Tailing the Scholar Gypsy: Mapping Matthew Arnold's First North American Lecture Tour." Placing the Author: Literary Tourism in the Long Nineteenth Century: Blog. www.placing theauthor.wordpress.com. Web Editor: Jo Taylor. 6/30/2015. https://placingtheauthor.wordpress.com/2015/06/30/tailing-the-scholar-gypsy-mapping-matthew-arnolds-first-north-american-lecture-tour/

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Arnold on the Rails: Railroads and Culture." www.arnoldian.com

    Gilstrap, Shannon. "Mapping Matthew Arnold's North American Lecture Tour (1883-1884): An Interactive GIS Digital Humanities Project." www.arnoldian.com

    www.arnoldian.com. Webmaster, author, & editor of scholarly website

    Work Experience

    University of North Georgia (2007-Present)

    Georgia Military College (2002-2007)

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