1

Education Ph.D. in English, University of North Texas, 2016.

Dissertation: Reading the Ruptured Word: Detecting Trauma in Gothic

Fiction from 1764-1853. Chair: Dr. Deborah Needleman Armintor, Readers:

Dr. Dahlia Porter and Dr. Nora Gilbert.

M.A. in English, University of North Texas, 2009.

B.A. in English and History, University of Texas-Pan American, 2007.

Summa cum laude.

Publications

Articles “This Secret Sin; This Untold Tale”: Narrative Fragmentation and the Trauma of

Incest in Horace Walpole’s The Mysterious Mother. Under review with The

Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation.

Book Reviews Monsters and Monstrosity from the Fin de Siècle to the Millennium, ed. Sharla

Hutchison and Rebecca A. Brown. Studies in Gothic Fiction. 5.1. 2016: 55-56.

Blog Entries “Puritan Gothic: Extremist Horror in Robert Egger’s The Witch” Solicited blog entry

for the International Gothic Association. 28 Jun 2016.

<http://www.iga.stir.ac.uk/showblog.php?id=244>.

“I Believe in Sherlock Holmes: Sherlockian Fandom Then and Now” Solicited blog

entry for “Victorians Beyond the Academy.” Journal of Victorian Culture Online.

22 November 2011. <http://blogs.tandf.co.uk/jvc/2012/04/30/i-believe-in-

sherlock-holmes-fandom/>.

Awards Outstanding Student Assistant, University of North Texas Libraries. 2015.

Mary-Patchell Scholarship for Graduate Students. 2013-2014. ($800)

Eagle Dissertation Boot Camp Participant. 2011-2016.

UNT Graduate Student Research Grant. 2011-2012. ($500)

USC Scholarship for Continuing Students. 2010-2011. ($1,00)

Outstanding Teaching Fellow Award Nominee. 2010-2011.

Janet P. Sholty Scholarship. 2008-2009. ($500)

Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship. 2008-2009 ($2,000)

Mary-Patchell Memorial Scholarship. 2007-2008. ($1,000)

Porter-Evans Scholarship. 2007-2008. ($1,250)

Academic Achievement Scholarship. 2007-2008. $1,000)

Grants UNT GSEA Travel Grant. Fall 2016.

UNT CAS Graduate Student Support Grant. Spring 2009, Spring 2012, Fall 2016.

Craig Raupe Travel Grant. Fall 2008, Fall 2016.

UNT Toulouse Travel Grant. Spring 2008, Spring 2012.

UNT English Department Travel Grant. Fall 2010, Spring 2010, Spring 2012.

Jeanette A. Laredo www.linkedin.com/in/jeanettelaredo @monsterscholar

JeanetteLaredo@my.unt.edu

2

Conferences “‘Horror Occupied Her Mind’: Misinformation, Misperception, and Detecting the

Trauma of Gothic Heroines,” Temporal Discombobulations: Time and the

Experience of the Gothic. Surrey, UK. August 22-24, 2016.

“Jane Eyre: Girl Detective?” Critical Voices Conference. University of North Texas.

Denton, Texas. April 9, 2016.

“Aftershocks: Representations of Trauma in Literature from 1847-1965.” Panel

Organizer, Critical Voices Conference. University of North Texas. Denton,

Texas. April 9, 2016.

“Mother, Mistress, Monster: The Narrative Trauma of Incest in The Mysterious

Mother.” South Central MLA. Austin, Texas. October 19, 2014.

“Gamifying the Classroom.” Workshop, THATCamp Digital Frontiers. University of

North Texas and Texas Woman’s University. Denton, Texas. September 20,

2014.

“Domestic Abuse: Nonphysical Abuse in Conduct Manuals and Servant Murder

Trials from Late 18th-Century Britain.” University of North Texas Graduate

Exhibition. Denton, Texas. March 1, 2013.

“Teaching with Twitter.” Worskhop, THATCamp Digital Frontiers. University of North

Texas. Denton, Texas September 21, 2013.

“Monsters in the Margins: Jane Eyre and the Traumatizing Legacy of Penny

Dreadfuls.” Wounded Bodies, Tortured Souls: Narratives of Victorian and

Neo-Victorian Trauma Conference. Portsmouth, United Kingdom. June 14,

2012.

“What’s in the Trunk?: Traumatizing Narrative in Caleb Williams.” First Annual

Gothic Studies Conference. San Diego, California. March 16-17, 2012.

“The Way of the Ghosts: Shinto and Buddhist Interpretations of Kyoshi

Kurosawa’s Pulse.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture

Association National Conference. San Antonio, Texas. April 20-23, 2011.

“Identity and Narrative.” Panel Moderator. A New Breed: Cross-Genre

Approaches to Creative Writing Theory, Pedagogy, and Craft. University of

North Texas. Denton, Texas. April 1-2, 2011.

“Women’s Ways: Transforming the Werewolf Lai from Bisclavret to Arthur and

Gorlagon.” Texas Medieval Association (TEMA). Southern Methodist

University. Dallas, Texas. September 24-26, 2010.

“Gender and the Politics of Consumerism in Hostel: Part II.” Southwest Texas

American Culture Association and Popular Culture Association.

Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 10-13, 2010.

“The Fey and the Vamp: Feminine Monstrosity in Jane Eyre.” Critical Voices

Conference. University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. March 2009.

“Beauty & the Beast: Victorian Womanhood in ‘The White Wolf of the Hartz

Mountains’ ” Louisiana Conference on Literature, Language and Culture.

Lafayette, Louisiana. March 7, 2009

“American Imperialism and Vampire Plants in Fred M. White’s ‘The Purple

Terror’.” Sigma Tau Delta Southwest Regional Conference. St. Edward’s

University. Austin, Texas. October 26, 2008.

“The Invisible Hand: Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood as Postmodern

History.” Death, Murder, and Mayhem: Stories of Violence and Healing on

the Plains Symposium. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Lincoln, Nebraska.

April 16-19, 2008.

“Devils of the Pit!: Female Stereotypes in Dracula.” Critical Voices Conference.

University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. March 28-29, 2008.

3

“Forged of Iron: Weapons, History, and Masculinity in Beowulf.” Medieval

Graduate Student Symposium. University of North Texas. Denton, Texas.

January 1, 2008.

“The Un-, Re-, and Trans- Gendered Vampire.” Panelist. The International

Association for the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. March 14-

18, 2007.

“Undead Doppelgangers: Gender Viewpoints in Marryat’s The Blood of

a Vampire and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” The International Association for

the Fantastic in the Arts. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. March 14-18, 2007. Interviews

and Talks “How to Organize a THATCamp.” Eagle Technical Communication.

February 4, 2016.

“Human Library Creates Living Novels.” Interview in The North Texas Daily, March

26, 2015.

“What is a THATCamp?” Open Data Hackathon at UNT. Eagle Commons

Library. February 21, 2015

“Casting Faust.” Guest lecture in ENGL 3440: British and Anglophone Literature

1780 to the Present. February 25, 2014.

“Modernism, Trauma, and Sherwood Anderson.” Guest lecture in ENGL 3840:

American Literature from 1870. February 19, 2014.

“Chickamauga: Ambrose Bierce and Contexts.” Guest lecture in ENGL 3840:

American Literature from 1870. February 7, 2014.

“Frankenstein: The (Wo)man and the Monster.” Guest lecture in ENGL 2323: British

Literature. February 19, 2013.

Interview on North Texas Now (Season 2, Episode 15), discussing the folkloric and

literary origins of classic monsters, March 2, 2012.

“How Do I Carry Out My Responsibilities as an Instructor of Record?” UNT

Teaching Excellence Seminar. Co-presenter: Dr. Shari Childers. January 19,

2012.

“The House that Poe Built: Detective Fiction from Dupin to House M.D.” Guest

lecture in ENGL 3450: Short Story. Maymester 2011.

“The Power of Myth in Pan’s Labyrinth.” College Connections 2+2+2 Jumpstart

Program. March 2011.

“Writing for College.” College Connections 2+2+2 Jumpstart Program. February

2011.

“Monsters in Literature.” Linguistics and Technical Communication/Universidad

Autonoma del Estado de Mexico (LTC/UAEM) Summer Institute. July 2010.

“Applying to Graduate School.” Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Graduate

Symposium. April 2010.

“Scholarships.” GSEA (Graduate Students in English Association) Professional

Workshops. March 2010. Teaching

Experience Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Department of Technical

Communication TECM 2700: Technical Writing, 3 sections, Spring 2016.

TECM 2700: Technical Writing, 2 sections, Fall 2015.

TECM 2700: Technical Writing, 1 section, Fall 2009.

4

Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas, Department of English

ENGL 1320: College Writing II, 2 sections, Spring 2015.

ENGL 1320: College Writing II “The Rhetoric of Gaming: Arbiter Program 2.0,”

2 sections, Fall 2014.

ENGL 1320: College Writing II, 2 sections, Spring 2014.

ENGL 1320: College Writing II, 2 sections, Fall 2013.

ENGL 1320: Blended College Writing II “Writing in the Digital Age,”

2 sections, Spring 2013.

ENGL 1310: College Writing I “Writing Lyrically, Writing Rhetorically,”

1 section, Fall 2012.

ENGL 2210: Masterpieces of World Literature from the Ancients through the Early

Renaissance “The Will of the God(s),” 1 section, Fall 2012.

ENGL 1310: Blended College Writing I, “I, Robot,” 2 sections, Spring 2012.

ENGL 1320: College Writing II “Just Eat It,” 2 sections, Fall 2011.

ENGL 2323: British Literature 1780 to Present “Gods and Monsters,”

1 section, Spring 2011.

ENGL 1320: College Writing II, 1 section, Spring 2011.

ENGL 1323: Computer Assisted College Writing II, 2 sections, Fall 2010.

ENGL 1323: Computer Assisted College Writing II, 2 sections, Fall 2010.

ENGL 1323: Computer Assisted College Writing II, 2 sections, Spring 2010.

ENGL 1323: Computer Assisted College Writing II, 2 sections, Fall 2009.

ENGL 1320: College Writing II, 1 section, Spring 2009.

ENGL 1313: Computer Assisted College Writing I, Textbook Pilot Program,

1 section, Spring 2009.

ENGL 1310, College Writing I, 2 sections, Fall 2008.

Adjunct Instructor, Tarrant County College, Department of English

ENGL 1301: English Composition I, 1 section, Spring 2011.

ENGL 2311: Technical Writing, 1 section, Spring 2011.

Adjunct Instructor, Southern Methodist University, Department of English

ENGL 1301: Introduction to College Writing “The World is a Text,”

1 section, Fall 2010.

Academic

Assistantships Academic Assistant, University of North Texas

ENGL 3450: Short Story, Maymester 2007, 2010, 2011.

ENGL 2220: Masterpieces of World Literature since the Renaissance. Spring 2007,

Summer 2007, Summer 2012.

ENGL 2210: Literature from the Ancient World to the Renaissance, Spring 2007.

Grader, University of North Texas

ENGL 4500: The British Novel, Spring 2010.

ENGL 2323: British Literature 1780 to Present, Fall 2009.

Tutor, University of North Texas, Technical Communications Lab

TECM 5280: Designing Technical Documents, Summer 2010.

ENGL 2700: Technical Writing, Summer 2010.

5

Events

Organized “Digital Frontiers THATCamp 2015.” University of North Texas and University of

Texas at Dallas. September 19, 2015.

“UNT Human Library.” Volunteer Coordinator. UNT Libraries. April 22-23, 2015.

“Next Generation Librarians.” Texas Library Association District 7 and 5 Joint

Virtual Conference. October 18, 2014.

“Privacy, Fair Use and Copyright: An Evening with Gretchen McCord.” Texas

Library Association District 7 Networking Dinner. October 17, 2014.

“Digital Frontiers THATCamp 2014.” University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s

University. September 20, 2014.

“North Texas Tweetup.” UNT Digital Scholarship Cooperative. Denton,

Texas. March 20, 2014.

“Digital Frontiers THATCamp 2013.” University of North Texas. September 21, 2013.

“The Big Tent Digital Humanities Event.” Chair. UNT Digital Scholarship

Cooperative. April 19, 2013.

Professional

Experience Curriculum Coordinator and Social Media Specialist

UNT Jewish and Israel Studies Program (June 2015-December 2015)

Advised students on which courses they needed to complete their minor or

certification in Jewish and Israel Studies based on transcripts and degree

audits.

Developed promotional materials such as flyers for upcoming courses,

scholarships and the JISP brochure which gave information on the JISP

certification, minor, scholarships and library. Distributed these materials via

website and social media.

Maintained effective working relationships with JISP faculty in multiple

departments across campus to plan course offerings, built relationships with

community groups like North Texas Hillel, and liaised with other campus

programs, such as Women’s and Gender Studies and International Studies.

Graduate Student Assistant

UNT Libraries Scholarly Communications (June 2014-July 2015)

Provided administrative and clerical support to two director level librarians.

Organized and managed various scholarly communications events, including

the Human Library, Digital Frontiers THATCamps, Texas Library Association

(TLA) District 7 and 5 Joint Virtual Conference, and the TLA District 7

Networking Dinner. Managed Digital Frontiers conference with the Drupal

Content Management System.

Drafted and deployed two Qualtrics surveys for TX-Gender Project for Libraries

to assess the information seeking needs of LGBTQIA patrons and public

service librarians' awareness of those needs.

Graduate Assistant Editor

UNT Communications, Relations and Marketing (June 2012-December 2012)

Edited departmental brochures and university look books for style and

content.

Tracked progress on publications using project management software.

Communicated with university and departmental representatives to integrate

their feedback and corrections.

Conducted research into university enrollment and awards to fact check

various publications.

6

Freelance Dissertation Editor (January 2011).

Kristaizell Darby, Emergency Department Overcrowding and Patient Flow

Processes: A Phenomenological Study. Dissertation. University of Phoenix,

February 2011.

Academic

Service Conference Consultant, Eagle Technical Communication, Spring 2016.

Collaborator, ENGL 1320: Blended Course Redesign with Dr. Shari Childers and

Rachel Khoriander. Spring 2015.

Representative, Committee on the Education & Prevention of Sexual Assault &

Intimate Partner Violence, University of North Texas, Fall 2015-Present.

Workshop Leader, “Fashioning Circuits.” Girl Scouts Cadet Dabbler Days. July

2014.

Representative, Graduate Student Policies and Professional Development

Committee. Spring 2012.

Representative, Graduate Council. Spring 2012.

Representative, Student Advisory Committee. Spring 2012.

Vice President, Graduate Student Council. Spring 2011-Spring 2012.

Participant, Secondary Text Adoption Committee. Fall 2012

Representative, Online Curriculum Development Committee. Fall 2012

Volunteer, Word of Mouth Conversation Group for Non-Native Speakers of

English, UNT Writing Lab. Spring 2011.

Collaborator, ENGL 1310: Blended Course Redesign with Dr. Shari Childers.

Spring 2012.

Mentee, UNT Lecturer-Mentor Program. Spring 2010-Fall 2011.

Reader, American Literary Review. Spring 2010-Fall 2011.

Display Case Designer, American Literary Review. Spring 2010.

English Tutor, UNT Learning Center. Spring 2010.

Graduate Student Mentor, GSEA Mentorship Program. Spring 2010.

Organizer, GSEA Professional Workshops. February 2010.

Organizer, GSEA Open Forum. March 2010.

Organizer, GSEA Doctoral Roundtable. March 2010.

Organizer, GSEA Book Sale. April 2010.

Volunteer, Denton Public Library. Fall 2009-Fall 2011.

Research Assistant, Trauma Theory and Romantic Literature,

Dr. Scott Simpkins. Fall 2009.

President, Graduate Students in English Association (GSEA). 2009-2010.

Representative, Ad Hoc Lecture Series Committee. Fall 2009-2011.

Professional

Memberships UNT Graduate Students in English Association

UNT Doctoral Students Association

Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society

Modern Language Association

Eagle Technical Communication

References Available upon request.