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About Rosemary Graham

I've developed and taught a range of courses in American literature, Irish literature, as well as Great Books seminars, creative writing workshops, and craft seminars in fiction and nonfiction. I've directed or served as second reader for over thirty MFA theses in fiction and nonfiction, some of which have been published in whole or part. In addition to my scholarly work in American and Irish Studies, I have published three YA novels and several personal essays.

Positions

Present Professor Emerita, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ English
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2018 - 2019 Member, Rank and Tenure Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2016 - 2018 Member, Academic Administrators Evaluation Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2018 Faculty Representative to the BAR Task Force, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - 2017 MFA Steering Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2017 Member, Test Optional Task Force, Saint Mary's College of California
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July 2013 - September 2013 Member, Presidential Inauguration Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2011 - 2013 Member, January Term Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2010 - 2012 Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2008 - 2011 Director, English Composition, Saint Mary's College of California
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1999 - 2002 Director, English Composition, Saint Mary's College of California
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1996 - 2002 Associate Professor of English, Saint Mary's College of California
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1992 - 1996 Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's College of California
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1990 - 1992 Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Georgetown University
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Member, Habits of Mind Subcommittee Written and Oral Communication (Drafted outcomes), Saint Mary's College of California
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2015 Provost’s Faculty Research Grant - "Simple Lessons in Irish"
Saint Mary's College of California
2012 Alumni Faculty Fellow at Anam Cara Writers Residency
Saint Mary's College of California
1995 Alumni-Faculty fellowship
Saint Mary's College of California
1993 Irvine Foundation Grant for Curriculum Development
Saint Mary's College of California
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Honors and Awards

  • Writing Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, January 2018
  • Finalist, Faulkner House William Wisdom Novel in Progress Contest (Simple Lessons in Irish)
  • Writing Residency, Summer 2017 Tyrone Guthrie Centre Annaghmakerrig, Newbliss, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
  • Finalist, Tucson Festival of Books Writing Contest (Simple Lessons in Irish) Spring 2015
  • Writing Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, Summer 2015 (Simple Lessons in Irish)
  • Writing Residency, Jentel Foundation for the Arts, Banner, WY, Summer 2014 (Simple Lessons in Irish)
  • Saint Mary’s College Alumni Faculty Fellow, 2012-2013 (Simple Lessons in Irish)
  • Writing Residency, Anam Cara Artists and Writers Retreat, Cork, Ireland Summers 2012 and 2013 (Simple Lessons in Irish)
  • Writing Residency, Hedgebrook Center for Women Writers, Whidbey Island, WA, Summer 2005 (Stalker Girl)
  • New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age (Skater Dude, Stalker Girl)
  • Chicago Public Library “Best of the Best” (Hippie Hotel)
  • International Reading Association (IRA) Young Adults’ Choice (Hippie Hotel)
  • Young Adults' Choice Award - International Reading Association (June 2005) My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel chosen by young adult readers as one of the thirty top titles published in 2003

Courses

  • Composition, Argument and Research, Seminar I-IV
  • Twentieth Century American Literature
  • The Art of the Personal Essay
  • The American Renaissance
  • Contemporary Nonfiction (GRADUATE)
  • Ireland, the "Terrible Beauty"
  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Reading and Writing Young Adult Fiction
  • Creative Writing: Fiction
  • (Other) People, Places and Things (Craft of Nonfiction)
  • Contemporary Fiction (GRADUATE)
  • Beyond Setting: Locating Characters in Time and Place (Craft of Fiction)

Education

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1992 Ph.D., Dissertation: "Affection and the Problems of Freedom: Leaves of Grass in 1860", University of Virginia
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1986 M.A., University of Virginia
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1982 B.A., Georgetown University
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