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About Sheila Hassell Hughes

Sheila is an interdisciplinary scholar and teacher and an organizational leader in both higher education and the nonprofit world. She is a critical strategist, a functional bridge-builder, and a creative web-weaver who is passionate about finding and making connections, advancing equity and justice, and inspiring and supporting others to work together to build a better and hope-filled future for all.

Positions

July 2024 - Present Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Department of English
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July 2015 - January 2023 Dean, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Liberal Arts
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1998 - 2015 Professor, University of Dayton ‐ Department of English
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1997 - 1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University ‐ Women's Studies
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1991 - 1992 Lecturer, UBC-Ritsumeikan Program, Department of Language Education, University of British Columbia
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1989 - 1990 Co-Director, Vancouver English Language Institute
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Disciplines

Research Interests

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2022 - Present Member Advisory Board (2022-), and Chief Operating Officer (2024-), Human Energy
2019 - Present Member, Board of Directors, East Bay Leadership Council
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Courses

  • Stories of the Universe (January Term)
  • Multicultural Thought (Collegiate Seminar)
  • Humanities Seminar (for MBA students)
  • Feminist Theologies
  • Teaching Women’s Studies
  • Twentieth-Century American Literature
  • Twentieth-Century American Women’s Memoir
  • Feminist Approaches to Interpretation
  • Women’s and Gender Studies Capstone Seminar: Women’s Life Writing
  • English Capstone Seminar: Louise Erdrich
  • Major American Writers
  • Twentieth-Century American Literature
  • Women Reading and Writing the Sacred
  • Images of Women in Literature
  • Gender in Fiction
  • Multicultural US Women Writers
  • Women and Creativity (mini-course)
  • Focus on Women (topical, multi-disciplinary symposium): (1) Women and Embodiment; (2) Women, Power, and Community
  • Service Learning in Women’s Studies
  • Feminist Theory & Methodology
  • Feminist Theory
  • Canadian Culture and Communication for Internationals
  • Academic Discourse for Internationals
  • Introduction to the University (for English majors)
  • Introduction to the University (for undeclared Arts students)
  • Writing Seminar I: Intercultural (for native & non-native speakers of English)
  • College Composition I: Intercultural (for native & non-native speakers of English)
  • College Composition I and II
  • First Year Honors Writing Seminar
  • Berry Scholars (First Year) English Seminar
  • Introduction to Women’s Studies

Education

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1997 PhD, Women's Studies, Emory University
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1991 MA, English, University of Toronto
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1988 BA, English, Honours, University of British Columbia
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