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Wendy W. Fairey

Professor   Department: English   Location: 2316 Boylan Hall   Phone: 718-951-5195   Fax: 718-951-4612   Email:

I have taught in the English department at Brooklyn College since 1985, having also served as Brooklyn College's Dean of Undergraduate Studies (1985-89), Director of Women's Studies (1990-93), Director of the London Study Abroad Program (2002), CUNY Honors College Director(2005-6)and Acting Director of the Brooklyn College Honors Academy (2006). Previously I held teaching and administrative posts at Columbia University, the University of Hawaii, Bowdoin College, Barnard College, and Hollins College. Education: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - 1975 (LITERATURE, ENGLISH) M.A., COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - 1967 (LITERATURE, ENGLISH) B.A., BRYN MAWR COLLEGE - 1964 (LITERATURE, ENGLISH) Areas of Expertise: My areas of expertise include nineteenth- and twentieth- century British and American fiction, Indian English fiction, contemporary transnational narratives, women's biographies and autobiographies, and creative nonfiction. Books and Publications I published a collection of linked stories, FULL HOUSE (Southern Methodist University Press) that center on a group of middle-aged women playing poker. (Books and Publications: Book) 2003 I published a family memoir, ONE OF THE FAMILY (W.W. Norton). (Books and Publications: Book) 1992 Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums I presented a paper "Re-Routing Routes and Routes: Setting in Transnational Fiction" at a Conference on Globalization and Govermentality held in April 2007 at Brooklyn College under the auspices of the Wolfe institute and the Zicklin Chair Professorship. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007 Pedagogical Achievements I participated in a faculty exchange whereby I taught for the Spring 2007 semester at the University of Paris VIII in St. Denis in the Department of English literature. My course load at Paris VIII included an undergraduate course in memoir and autobiographical fiction and an M.A. level course on Indian English Fiction. Professor Claire Joubert from Paris VIII taught for the 2006-7 year at Brooklyn College. 2007