About:
I am an Assistant Professor of English at Bronx Community College and
currently live in the Washington Heights area of New York City. I have
recently returned to my hometown after ten years in New Mexico, Arizona,
and California. My great loves are travel; people who take risks in the
interest of social justice; books and all arts; horseback writing, animals,
and most of all my son Theo.
My professional interests include the intersections of critical pedagogy;
cultural studies; 19th and 20th Century American literatures --
especially concerning abolition, civil rights and migration;
contemporary American Indian literatures; theories of hybrid identies,
and non-traditional "texts" of dissent.
Julie Bolt, Ph.D.
juliethebolt@gmail.com
Office Home
English Department
Bronx Community College 736 West 187th Street #601
University and 181 Street New York, NY 10033
New York, NY
718-289-5100 212-923-4159
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EDUCATION
2003 Ph.D. Individualized Program in Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies,
The University of Arizona.
Dissertation: Border Pedagogy for Democratic Practice. Chair: Richard Ruiz
1999 M.A. American and Postcolonial Literatures,
New Mexico State University.
Thesis: Towards Emancipation: Education and “The Other”
in American Literature. Chair: Chris Burnham
1992 M.Ed. Teacher Education, Temple University, College of Education.
Specialization: English Composition and Literacy Education.
1989 B.A. Creative Writing with a Minor in Film Studies, Bard College, 1989.
Senior Project: The Moon Was an Umbrella: A novella. Chair: Robert Kelly
HONORS AND AWARDS
· Graduate College Fellowship, The University of Arizona: 1998
· Verna Newman Rule Scholarship for the Most Outstanding
Graduate Work in English, New Mexico State University: 1996.
TEACHING
Assistant Professor, Bronx Community College
Courses taught: Developmental Writing 1: "The Active Writer and the World;
Developmental Writing 2: "Writing, Citizenship, and Change"; Composition
and Rhetoric 1: "The Paradox of Freedom; Composition and Rhetoric 2:
"Actvism, Arts, and Social Change"; Writing About Prose:
“Crossing Borders in the Americas.” 2005 – present
Full-time Instructor, The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles.
Courses taught: English Composition, World Literature,
American Indian Literature, The Arts in Society,
The Novel: Rebel Women, Creative Writing. 2000 – 2005
Adjunct, Antioch University Los Angeles, Department of Education.
Courses taught: Education, Class, and Constructions of Difference
(M.Ed. students); Child Development (undergraduate). 1999 – 2001.
Adjunct, Santa Monica College, English Department.
Courses taught: English 1, English 2, Developmental English. 1999 – 2001.
Teaching Assistant, The University of Arizona, Department of English.
Course taught: First Year Composition. 1998-1999.
Full-time Instructor, The Art Institute of Philadelphia.
Courses taught: Composition and Language, World Literature,
Sociology, Culture & Thinking, Film History, Feature Writing,
Developmental Writing, Developmental Reading,
Served as Director of Peer Tutoring Program and seved a year
as Department Chair. 1991—1998 (hiatus for MA).
Student Teacher, New Mexico State University.
Courses taught: Rhetoric and Composition, Advanced Composition,
Non Fiction Writing, Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences:
"Equality, Opportunity, Economy: Education in America" and
"Education and Identity in the Americas."
Served as Assistant Director of the Writing Center. 1995 – 1997.
ESSAYS, REVIEWS, BOOK CHAPTERS
“Teaching Notes: The Performance Activism of Guillermo Gomez Pena.”
In development for Radical Teacher: a Socialist, Feminist, Anti-Racist Journal on
the Theory and Practice of Teaching. Center for Critical Education, Inc.
Forthcoming 2008.
“Teaching Notes: Luis Valdez’s Teatro Campesino.” Radical Teacher: a Socialist,
Feminist, Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching. Forthcoming 2008.
“Teaching American Indian Literature During a Time of War.”
In development for Radical Teacher: a Socialist, Feminist, Anti-Racist Journal on the
Theory and Practice of Teaching. Center for Critical Education, Inc. Forthcoming 2008.
" The Paradox of Freedom: The Tension Between Representation and Canonization in the Classroom."
The Scholarship of Teaching: Faculty Development Through Cross-campus Collaboration. 2008.
"Teaching Notes: Walt Whitman’s ‘I Sing the Body Electric.” Radical Teacher:
a Socialist, Feminist, Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching.
Volume #78. Center for Critical Education, Inc. 2007.
“Teaching Notes: Spike Lee’s Bamboozled.” Radical Teacher: a Socialist,
Feminist, Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practice of Teaching. Volume #75.
Center for Critical Education, Inc. 2006.
“The Beatnik Poets.” The Facts on File Companion to 20th Century American
Poetry, Ed. Burt Kimmelman. Facts on File Press. 2005.
“Teaching Notes: Sherman Alexie’s The Toughest Indian in the World. "
Radical Teacher: a Socialist, Feminist, Anti-Racist Journal on the Theory and Practice
of Teaching, Volume #72. Center for Critical Education, Inc. 2005.
“Seeking an Active Utopia: Truth-making in Menchu, Stoll, and the Classroom.”
The Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies. November 1999.
“Literacy Love or How We Came to Love the Independent Study.”
(with C. Ulmann,et al.) Southern Arizona Review. University of Arizona Press.
Fall 1999.
"Bordercrossings: Seeing the Hemisphere Whole in a New Anthology about
the U.S./Mexican Border.” Puerto del Sol. New Mexico State University Press. 1997.
FICTION AND POETRY
“Precipice,” Slow Trains Literary Magazine. Online journal. Volume #7.
Summer 2007.
Two Poems: “Put Down Your Bugle O Bard” and “If Walt Whitman Was
a Woman in the 21st Century. Slow Trains Literary Magazine. Online journal.
Volume #6. Spring 2007.
“The Strangling Vine.” The Beat. Online journal. 2007.
“Part and Parcel.” Syntax: A Denver Review. Juried online journal. Issue 6.
Fall 2006.
“My Window, My Threshold,” Poetic Diversity. Online journal. August 2006.
“A Reoccurring Question,” The Taj Mahal Review: Cyberwit’s International
Journal Devoted to Literature, Poetry, and Culture.” Cyberwit. Volume 5. Issue 1.
Pages 153-158. June 2006.
“Tourism: A Poem.” Zygote in My Coffee. Online journal. Issue 55.
December 2005.
“Appetite of a Dead Connoisseur,” The Red River Review. Online journal. Fall 2005.
“Sages: A Poem.” Zygote in My Coffee. Online journal. Issue 54. December 2005.
“Open the Door.” The Sidewalk’s End. Online journal. Volume 7, Issue 2. Fall 2005.
“The Riverbed.” Thieves Jargon. Online journal. 2005.
“My Name is Valenza Will,” The Lampshade. Online journal. (Out of print.) 2004.
“The Offering,” Flash Me Magazine: an Online Journal for Flash Fiction. 2003.
“Willies,” Slow Trains Journal. 2003.
“The Offering,” Flash Me Fiction: An Online Literary Journal. 2003.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Co-editor: Approaches to Teaching the Works of Sherman Alexie for the MLA
Approaches to Teaching Series.
“Border Pedagogy for Critical Literacy During a Time of War.”
A poetry chapbook.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Challenging Homophobia in the Classroom Through the Writings of Whitman and Alexie.
Culturescope: International Conference on the Arts and Humanities. Hawaii. 2008.
“See the Image, Hear the Voice: Non-Natives Cross Culture Boundaries
Through Indian Film.” The Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA Conference. Albuquerque,
New Mexico. 2008.
“Interdisciplinary Studies: Activism, Arts, and Social Change.”
North Eastern Modern Language Association.. Buffalo, NY. 2008.
“Exploring Issues of Literacy and Power.” 12th Annual Graduate
Student Colloquy. Language, Reading, and Culture. Tucson, AZ: February 1999.
The Art Institutes Conference on Retention. Houston, Texas: March 1993.
“April in Paris.” French film series host. Art Museum of Philadelphia:
March 1992.
SERVICE
· International Scholars Committee. Bronx Community College.
2007-present.
· Elected English Department Representative for Professional Development
and Instruction. Bronx Community College. 2007-present.
· Co-faculty Advisor. Creative Writing Club and Literary magazine.
Bronx Community College. 2006-present.
· System-wide Assessment Committee. Bronx Community College.
2006-present.
· Chair, Citizen Action Committee. The Art Institute of California,
Los Angeles. 2003 – present.
· Volunteer, The Office of the Americas. International human rights
organization, Los Angeles. 2000 – present.
· Faculty advisor, The Pulse. Student newspaper. The Art Institute of California,
Los Angeles. 2001 – 2003.
· Member, Student Persistence Committee. The Art Institute of California,
Los Angeles. 2001-2003.
· Faculty Advisor, Unbound. Literary magazine. The Art Institute of California,
Los Angeles. 2000-2003.
· Vice-President, Association for Latin American Studies.
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico. 1996 – 1997.
· Volunteer, Casa de Espaneol Xelaju. Literacy program for children.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. 1996.
· Chair, Persistence Committee. The Art Institute of Philadelphia.
1993 – 1995.
· Co-Chair, Academic Affairs Committee. The Art Institute of Philadelphia.
1993 – 1995.
· Faculty advisor, The Writer’s Palette. Student literary magazine. 1992 – 1995.
WORKSHOPS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
· New York University Faculty Associate. New York, NY. 2008.
Gotham Writer’s Workshop: Advanced Poetry. New York, NY, 2005-present.
· The Hall of Fame Seminar in the Humanities. Bronx Community College,
Summer 2006.
· Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Workshop in Fiction. Squaw Valley,
California, Summer 2004.
· American Indian Language Development Program. The University of Arizona,
Tucson, Arizona, Summer 1999.
· Casa de Espaneol Xelaju, School of Language and Culture. Quetzaltenango,
Guatemala, Summer 1997.
· The School of Irish Studies. Literature, Theater, Folklore. Dublin,
Ireland, Summer 1988.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
· Modern Language Association
· National Council of the Teachers of English
ACADEMIC REFERENCES
Dr. Barbara Babcock, Regents Professor, English/
Comparative, Cultural and Literary Studies. University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ 85721
520-626-3936, bbabcock@email.arizona.edu
Dr. Richard Ruiz, Department of Language, Reading, and Culture
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-1311, ruizr@email.arizona.edu
Dr. Mary Wolf, Department of Women's Studies
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003
(505) 521-7454, mawolf@nmsu.com
TEACHING REFERENCES
Jennie Wadsworth, Former Director of Liberal Studies,
The Art Institute of California, Los Angeles, 2900 31st Street
Santa Monica, California 90405
(310) 752-4700, jenniewads@yahoo.com,
Vi Ly, Academic Dean
The Art Institute of Los Angeles, 2900 31st Street
Santa Monica California 90405
(310) 752-4700, lyv@aii.edu
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Dr. Chris Burnham, English Department, Composition Coordinator
New Mexico State University, Box 3E, Las Cruces, NM 88003
(505) 646-7993, cburnham@nmsu.edu
