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About Jane Rago

Jane Rago is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Writing and Linguistics at Georgia Southern University. She joined Georgia Southern in 2006. Prof. Rago is the director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Armstrong Campus.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Georgia Southern University ‐ Department of English
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Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2016 - 2016 Languages, Literature, and Philosophy Research Grant
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2015 - 2016 Strategic Planning and Research Council (SPARC) grant for faculty development
Strategic Planning and Research Council (SPARC)
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2020 - Present Board, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Center
2017 - Present Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Executive Board, co-chair, Georgia Southern University
2011 - Present Director of Gender Studies, Georgia Southern University
2011 - Present Director of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus
2006 - Present Assistant Professor of Literature, Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus
2018 - 2019 Host, United Campus Workers of Georgia meetings
2019 Diversity & Inclusion Task Force, Georgia Southern University
2019 Peer Body Project Supervisor, Georgia Southern University
2018 Director, Semester Abroad Siena, Italy, Georgia Southern University
2015 - 2017 Curriculum design for faculty development: Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention, Georgia Southern University
2017 Director, Semester Abroad Siena, Italy, Georgia Southern University
2016 Co-Director, Study Abroad, Tuba, AZ, Navajo Nation, Amizade, and Georgia Southern University
2014 Co-Director, Study Abroad, Caberete, Dominican Republic, Mariposa Foundation & Georgia Southern University
2009 - 2011 Director, First Year Experience, Armstrong State University
2004 - 2006 Adjunct Professor of Literary Studies, Shepherd University
Chair, First Year Experience task Force, Georgia Southern University
Enrollment Management Council, Georgia Southern University
Retention, Progression, & Graduation Committee, Georgia Southern University
Director of Campus-wide Common Read, Georgia Southern University
Faculty Development, Georgia Southern University
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Honors and Awards

  • 2016 - Outstanding Faculty Award
  • 2015 - University System of Georgia: Selected to present at 2015 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, with research stipend of $5,000. Board of Regents
  • 2010- Dorothy Golden Teaching for Excellence in the Teaching of Composition, USG
  • 2007 - Robert L. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series
  • 2004 - 2005 - Jackson Family Dissertation Fellowship
  • 2004 - Award for Outstanding Research, Department of English, WVU
  • 2001-2004- Arlen G. and Louise Stone Swiger Doctoral Fellowship
  • 2003- William E. Vehse Endowment for Graduate Student Travel
  • 2002- Humanities Endowed Research Fellowship
  • 2000-2001 - Stephen J. Crocker Fellowship

Courses

  • Hosted Lecture: Kiese Laymon, “The South Got Something To Say”
  • Hosted Lecture: The Crunk Feminist Collective
  • WGSS 4900: Junior/Senior Seminar
  • WGSS 5700: Feminist Theory
  • WGSS 5000: Special Topics
  • WGSS 2200: Gender in Global Contexts
  • WGSS 2000: Gender & Ethics
  • WGSS 2100: Introduction to Gender Studies
  • ENGL 5000: Special Topics
  • ENGL 5990: Senior Capstone Seminar
  • ENGL 5525G: Nineteenth Century British Poetry & Prose
  • ENGL 5255: Literature by Women
  • ENGL 5000: The Novel
  • ENGL 4602: Major Author
  • ENGL 3800: Advanced Composition
  • ENGL 3010: Introduction to Literary Studies
  • ENGL 2122: British Literature Survey II
  • ENGL 2100: Literature and the Humanities
  • HONS 2000: Global Perspectives
  • ENGL 2000: Ethics and Values in Literature
  • ENGL 1102: Composition and Literature
  • ENGL 1101: Composition and Rhetoric
  • RGTE 0199: Composition Review
  • ENGL 0099: Basic Composition

Education

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2008 Ph.D, Literature and Cultural Studies, West Virginia University
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1999 M.A., Humanities, University of Chicago
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1996 B.A., Literature, Antioch College
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