Renee Shea http://www.reneeshea.com/ en-US Copyright 2007 Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:39:59 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Women in the Arts Women in the Arts:
  • “The Everyday Grace of Naomi Shihab Nye” (Spring 2006), 18-19.
  • “Maxine Hong Kingston’s Literature of Peace." (Fall 2003), 22-23.
  • “Woman on the Shimmering Verge: Introducing Molly Peacock.” (Holiday 2003), 16-17.
  • "Ludmila Ulitskaya" (Spring 2003), 16-17.
  • "Haiti through the Pen and Brush of Marilene Phipps." (Spring 2002), 20-21.
  • "Judy Collins: Both Sides Now and Then." (Fall 2001), 20-23.
  • "Crossing from Vietnam with Lan Cao." (Spring 2001), 12 - 14
  • “Celebrating Roberta Peters.” (Fall 2000), 4-5.
  • "'At Home Nowhere and Everywhere': The Writing Life of Julia Alvarez. (Spring 2000), 10 - 12.
  • "Irresistible Beauty: The Poetry and Person of Rita Dove." (Spring 1999), 6 - 9.
  • “Portrait of Grace Paley.” (Spring 1998), 12 - 14.
  • "Linda Hogan's Perceptual Map of the World." (Winter 1997), 8 - 10.
]]> http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/women_in_the_arts/women_in_the_arts.php http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/women_in_the_arts/women_in_the_arts.php Women in the Arts Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:39:59 -0500 AP Central Selected articles for AP Central, a web site for teachers of Advanced Placement. Contributed reviews of appropriate texts and materials and approaches to teaching. Articles include:

  • “Shaping Argument: Lessons from 2003 Sample Exams”
  • “The Question of the Question”
  • "Li-Young Lee: A Most Welcome Guest in the Language"
  • "The Rhetoric of Advertising"
  • "Islamic Women’s Voices"
  • "The Question of the Question"
GED 2002: The Essay. A CD-Rom explaining the essay component of the GED Test 2002, including annotated sample papers, the scoring guide, and practice tests. 2001. (Co-designed and developed with Mariann Kosub). AP English Language. An instructional CD Rom for students. Contributed analysis of selected passages. 1998.]]> http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/electronic_texts/ap_central.php http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/electronic_texts/ap_central.php Electronic Texts Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:03:39 -0500 Selected Titles The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, Rhetoric. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007 Teaching Nonfiction in AP English: A Guide to Accompany 50 Essays (with Larry Scanlon). Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005. Amy Tan in the Classroom: “the art of invisible strength” (with Deborah Wilchek). NCTE, 2005. Marcia Meyers / Twenty Years: Paintings & Works on Paper 1982-2002.  2004. Essay: Reading with the Writer’s Eye (co-author, Hans Guth). Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company. 1984 (first edition), 1986 (second edition).  A Practical Rhetoric for College Writers (co-author, Evelyn Taylor). Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company. 1980.

Contributed texts include:

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  • "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: On Bearing Witness and Winning the Orange Prize", Poets & Writers. August 2007. (Online Exclusive)
  • “Stronger Than Ever at 50: Views of AP from the Front Lines.” The College Board Review. Fall 2005. 14-19.
  • "'The Terrible Days Behind Us and the Uncertain Ones Ahead.'Edwidge Danticat Talks about The Dew Breaker. The Caribbean Writer. 2004.
  • "Sound and Silence: An Interivew with Billy Collins" Advanced Placement Program Professional Development: 2003-2004, Special Topic: Reading Poetry. New York: The College Board, 2004 (3-8)
  • "Pigment: The Spirit of Place." Essay for Gallery Catalog for solo exhibit at Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, California, 2003.
  • “From Jamaica to Maryland’s Eastern Short: The ‘Enjoyed Word’ of Thelma Thompson” MaComere, Volume 5 (19-28). 2003.
  • Interview with Sandra Cisneros reprinted in Sandra Cisneros in the Classroom: Do Not Forget to Reach by Carol Jago. Published by National Council of the Teachers of English, 2003.
  • "Bearing Witness and Beyond: Edwidge Danticat's Recent Work." The Journal of Haitian Studies, Volume 7, Number 2, pages 6 - 20.
  • "The Present Moment of the Past: Renaissance Paintings of Marcia Myers." Catalog for solo exhibit at the Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho. 2002.
  • "'A Prayer for Haiti': A Conversation with Writer and Painter, Marilene Phipps" MaComere. Volume 4. 2001. 14 - 24.
    • "The New Voice of a ‘Graceful Lady’: An Interview with Donna Hemans.” MaComere. Volume 3. 2000. 12-19.
  • "'The Hunger to Tell': Edwidge Danticat and the farming of bones." MaComère. Volume 2. 1999. 12 - 22.
  • "Happy and Unhappy Families: A Cross-Cultural Story for Freshman Composition." The National Honors Report. XX.2. Summer 1999. 25 - 28.
  • "'Plenty Mouth' From Jamaica's Opal Palmer Adisa." Crab Orchard Review. 4.1. Fall/Winter 1998. 1 - 13.
  • "Zee Edgell's Home Within." Special Edited Section of Callaloo. 20.3. 1998. 553 - 573.
  • "For Those of Us Who Love Emma: A Portrait of Joan Austen-Leigh." Bookwoman. Summer 1997. 3 - 6.
  • "Interview with Sandra Cisneros." Bookwoman. Winter 1997. 1 - 5.
  • "The Dangerous Job of Edwidge Danticat." Callaloo, 19.2. Spring 1996. 382 - 389.
  • "Teaching the Conflicts." College Prep 13. September 1994. 5 - 9.
  • Women Today. Consulting Editor. Author of series entitled "Washington Women Writing."
    • "The Creative Commitment of Maxine Clair." (May 1997).
    • "Composing the Life of Hilary Tham." (July 1997).
    • ”The Stories Merle Collins Sings.” (October 1997).
    • ”Eloise Greenfield’s Love Affair with Words” (December 1997).
    • ”The Poetic Focus of Jean Nordhaus” (March 1998).
  • Belles Lettres: A Review of Books by Women. Contributing Editor. 1992- 1997. Interviews with Lee Smith, Michelle Cliff, and Edwidge Danticat. Fiction reviews with concentration on Caribbean novelists and American nonfiction writers. Judge for annual essay con.
    • ]]>     http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/selected_articles.php http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/selected_articles.php Articles Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:59:41 -0500     Featured Articles Articles for Bowie State University and the Bowie State University Magazine include:
    • "State of the Art" (Feature on campus artwork)
      Bowie Sate University 2004 Annual Report (26-31)
    • "Exchanging More than Culture: Kwaku Walker's Commitment to Agona, Ghana" (Winter 2004, 28-32)
    • “Bringing Bowie to ‘the Tipping Point’: A Profile of President Calvin W. Lowe” (spring 2006), 22-31)
    • “The Spirit of Place at BSU” (Winter 2005), 14-15.
    • “Changing the Equation by Degree: A Profile of Alumna Bridget Steele” (Fall 2005), 32-33.
    ]]>     http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/bsu_magazine/featured_articles.php http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/bsu_magazine/featured_articles.php BSU Magazine Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:57:40 -0500     Featured Cover Articles Poets & Writers magazine: ]]> http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/poets_writers/featured_cover_articles.php http://www.reneeshea.com/publications/articles/poets_writers/featured_cover_articles.php Poets & Writers Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:54:59 -0500 Welcome... Renee H. Shea is a professor of English at Bowie Sate University, part of the University System of Maryland and one of the oldest Historically Black Colleges. Formerly Director of Freshman Composition, she currently teaches courses in world literature, women’s studies, autobiography, rhetoric, and composition studies. She regularly teaches both honors and graduate courses. She is a faculty sponsor of Sigma Tau Delta, the English honorary society, and is on the editorial board of BSU’s magazine. Active is the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board for over 25 years, Dr. Shea is currently a member of the development committee of the AP English Language Exam. She has served as a reader and question leader to evaluate both AP Literature and Language and frequently conducts workshops for teachers. She leads summer AP institutes at Fordham University, the University of Central Florida, and Montgomery College. Her articles on the AP Exam and instructional approaches appear on AP Central, and she offers online workshops for teachers through AP Central. She is the co-author with Larry Scanlon of Teaching Nonfiction in AP English: A Guide to Accompany 50 Essays. The Language of Composition: Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric, a textbook she coauthored with Scanlon and Robin Aufses, will be published in 2007. Dr. Shea frequently consults with public school districts on both assessment and instructional issues and offers professional development workshops on a variety of topics related to writing, rhetoric, literature, and literacy. She is a recognized scholar on Caribbean women writers, particularly Edwidge Danticat, and has published extensively on contemporary women (including Rita Dove, Edwidge Danticat, Sandra Cisneros, Grace Paley, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Naomi Shihab Nye) in such publications as Poets and Writers, Women in the Arts, and Callaloo. A frequent presenter at NCTE conventions, she is an author in the High School Literature Series and a member of the Commission on Literature. Dr. Shea received her B.A. from Washington University, M.A. from Northwestern University, and Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania. ]]> http://www.reneeshea.com/about/welcome.php http://www.reneeshea.com/about/welcome.php About Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:34:20 -0500