Dr. Patricia Alden
St. Lawrence University News
Submitted by palden on Sun, 11/09/2008 - 15:26.
Professor of English and African Studies, Associate Dean for International and Intercultural Studies
Courses I teach regularly:
Introduction to African Literature
Time and Self in the Modern British Novel
My research interests:
My research is on African literature, particularly literature from Zimbabwe. I am interested in the political and cultural conditions which affect African writers and which they address in their work.
Sample student projects I have supervised:
Senior theses on Virginia Woolf, Wole Soyinka, and Ngugi and Postcoloniality
Examples of presentations, exhibitions, performances and published work:
Nuruddin Farah, co-authored with Louis Tremaine. “Coming Unstuck: Masculine Identities in Post-Independence Zimbabwe”
Some ways I connect with students outside the classroom:
I enjoy talking with students as they plan for including study abroad in their academic careers and talking with them when they return.
Examples of my work as a visiting scholar or guest at another institution:
Fulbright Research Scholar at the University of Zimbabwe, 1990-91.