Darryl Dickson-Carr Department of English Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-1580 (850) 644-2643 (office/voicemail) dbcarr@english.fsu.edu (850) 644-0811 (fax) Professional Experience: Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, Florida State University. Fall 2005-Present. Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English, Florida State University, Fall 2002-Summer 2005. Associate Professor of English, Florida State University. 2001-Present. Assistant Professor of English, Florida State University. 1995-2001. Research Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara. 1993-94, 1992, 1991. Education: Ph.D. in English. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1995. M.A. in English. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1993. B.A. in English. University of California, Santa Barbara, 1990. Honors and Grants: Nominee, Outstanding Faculty Graduate Mentor, 2004-2005. Florida State University Faculty Sabbatical. 2005-2006 academic year. English Department Research and Creative Activity Committee Research Grant, Florida State University: $1,066.00. November 2004. Awarded for subvention of book indexing fees. $410.00. November 2000. Awarded for subvention of permissions fees for book. $450.00. October 1997. Awarded for research visit to Howard University, March 11-15, 1998. $715.00. December 1996. Awarded for research visit to Yale University, March 11-16, 1997. Developing Scholar Award, Florida State University. $6,000. Awarded in recognition of distinction in research and creative activity. 2002-03. Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Faculty Travel Grant, Florida State University: $350.00 awarded to finance travel to the 117th Modern Language Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27-30, 2001; $391.05 awarded to finance travel to Canadian Association for American Studies Annual Conference in Ottawa, Canada, November 2-5, 2000; $600.00 awarded to finance travel to Twelfth Biennial International Society for the History of Rhetoric conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 12-17, 1999. Council on Faculty Research Support (COFRS) Grant, Florida State University. $8,000.00. Summer 1998. Awarded to finance research of second book manuscript, Spoofing the Modern, on satirists of the Harlem Renaissance. Council on Research Support for Black Faculty Grant, Florida State University. $3852.00. 1997-98. Awarded to finance computer and research visits to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and to John Hay Library at Brown University, July 23-30, 1997. Nominee, Teaching Assistant Excellence Award (Humanities), UC Santa Barbara. Spring 1994. President's Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara. 1991-92. Doctoral Scholars Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara. 1990-93, 1994-95. Publications: Books: Dickson-Carr, Darryl. The Columbia Guide to Contemporary African American Fiction. New York: Columbia University Press. 2005. Refereed. Dickson-Carr, Darryl. African American Satire: The Sacredly Profane Novel. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001. Scholarly Articles and Book Chapters: Dickson-Carr, Darryl. "Introduction." Ebony Rising: Short Fiction from the Greater Harlem Renaissance Era, 1912-1940, ed. Craig Gable. Indiana University Press, 2004. xxi-xlii. Dickson-Carr, Darryl. "'Why Am I Called Upon to Speak Here To-day?': The Role of the Jeremiad in African American Political Rhetoric from Frederick Douglass to Malcolm X." Nineteenth Century Prose 27.2 (Fall 2000). 100-17. Refereed. Dickson-Carr, Darryl. "'Now You Shall See How a Slave was Made a Man': Gendering Frederick Douglass's Struggles with Christianity." The Puritan Origins of American Sex: Religion, Sexuality and National Identity in American Culture. Ed. Tracy Fessenden, Nicholas F. Radel and Magdalena J. Zaborowska. New York: Routledge, 2000. 127-44. Refereed. Dickson-Carr, Darryl. "Taking the Offensive: The Quest for New Politics in Contemporary Black Satire." Canadian Review of American Studies 29:3 (1999). Refereed. Dickson-Carr, Darryl. "The Next Round: The Novels of Ishmael Reed in the 1980s and 1990s." The Critical Response to Ishmael Reed. Ed. Bruce Dick with the assistance of Pavel Zemliansky. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999. 214-28. Dickson-Carr, Darryl. "'Signs of Adolescence': Problems of Group Identity in Wallace Thurman's Infants of the Spring." Studies in Contemporary Satire v. 20 (1996). 145-59. Refereed. Dickson-Carr, Darryl B. "Annotated Bibliography." Mapping Multiculturalism. Ed. Avery Gordon and Christopher Newfield. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996. 445-69. Refereed. Carr, Darryl B. "The Emptiness of His Character: A Critique of Shelby Steele." Thresholds: Viewing Culture 5 (1991): 106-14. Refereed. Encyclopedia Articles: Articles on "George S. Schuyler" and "Theophilus Lewis" in The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Cary Wintz and Paul Finkelman, eds. New York: Routledge, 2004. Articles on "African American Literature," "James Weldon Johnson," and "William Melvin Kelley" in The Encyclopedia of American Literature. Steven Serafin, ed. New York: Continuum, 1999. 15-22, 598-99, 610-11. Reviews: Review of The African American Male, Writing, and Difference: A Polycentric Approach to African American Literature, Criticism, and History, by W. Lawrence Hogue. CLA Journal 46:4 (June 2003). Review of Down by the Riverside: Readings in African American Religion, ed. Larry G. Murphy. Journal of Southern Religion 4 (2002). http://jsr.as.wvu.edu/2001/reviews/dickson.htm. Works in Circulation: "The Projection of the Beast: Subverting Mythologies in Toni Morrison's Jazz." Article under review at CLA Journal. 17 typescript pages. Works in Progress: Book: "Spoofing the Modern: The Role of Satire in the Harlem Renaissance." Book-length project. 75 typescript pages completed. Conference Presentations and Activities: Chair and Respondent, African American Literature Panel, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Portland, Oregon, November 5-7, 2004. "Sons of Ralph: Revisions of Ellison in the novels of Percival Everett, Colson Whitehead, Paul Beatty, and Jeffrey Renard Allen." 64th College Language Association Annual Convention. Nashville, Tennessee, April 14-17, 2004. "'Devising Solid Method from Original Satire': Towards a New Vision of African American Literary Studies." Invited Lecture. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. April 29, 2004. Respondent, African American Literature Panel, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Claremont, California, November 7-9, 2003. Chair, Roots and Self, Slave Narratives, and Neo-Slave Drama Panel, 63rd College Language Association Annual Convention. Washington, D.C., April 23-27, 2003. "After the Fires: The Post-Soul Generation and the Future of African American Literature." 63rd College Language Association Annual Convention. Washington, D.C., April 23-27, 2003. Chair, African American Literature Panel, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Bellingham, Washington, November 8-10, 2002. Chair, Slavery and Otherness in Romanticism Panel, International Conference on Romanticism. Tallahassee, Florida, October 10-12, 2002. "Schwartz and Meshugginah: Fran Ross's Oreo and Black-Jewish Relations." 62nd College Language Association Annual Convention, Memphis, Tennessee, April 25-27, 2002. "Messages from the Roots: Unpacking the Rhetoric of Black Nationalist Oratory." Paper selected for and presented as part of the CLA panel at the 117th Modern Language Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 27-30, 2001. "Excursion on a Wobbly Rail: Nihilism as a Trope in Contemporary African American Satire." Paper solicited for "Post-Soul Satire: A Symposium on the Fiction of Paul Beatty, Trey Ellis, and Darius James." Worcester, Massachusetts, April 6-7, 2001. "Messages from the Roots: Unpacking the Rhetoric of Black Nationalist Oratory." 61st College Language Association conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 18-21, 2001. "Fear of a Real Black Comedy: The Search for a New Vocabulary of Humor in Contemporary African American Literature." Paper accepted for the 116th Modern Language Association Convention, Washington, D.C., December 27-30, 2000. "Pieces of a Dream: (Re)Imagining the Civil Rights/Black Power Era in African American Literature." 98th Annual Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, University of California at Los Angeles, November 10-12, 2000. "(Re)Creating the Unimaginable: The Middle Passage in Contemporary African American Literature." Canadian Association for American Studies Annual Conference, Ottawa, Canada, November 2-5, 2000. "The Projection of the Beast: The Critique of Racialist Culture in Toni Morrison's Jazz." 97th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Languages Association conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, November 5-7, 1999. "'Why Am I Called Upon to Speak Here To-day?': The Jeremiad in the Speeches and Writings of Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X." Twelfth Biennial International Society for the History of Rhetoric conference in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 12-17, 1999. "How Shall We Teach the Rhetoric of Black Nationalism?" Position paper for roundtable discussion on pedagogy: "How Should We Teach Black Rhetoric?" at the Conference on African American Rhetoric: Tradition and Innovation, part of the 1999 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada (HSSFC). June 4-5, 1999. "The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual Revisited: Tracing the Critique of African American Leadership in the Satires of Wallace Thurman and Paul Beatty." 1999 College Language Association Conference, Asheville, NC, April 14-16, 1999. "In the Words of the Prophets: Integrating the Metaphor of Prophecy in the African American Literature in the Classroom." 114th Modern Language Association Convention, San Francisco, California, December 27-30, 1998. "What Was Africa to Them?: Africa in the Imagination of the Harlem Renaissance." Paper accepted for the 1998 College Language Association Conference, Tallahassee, Florida, April 16-18, 1998. Paper withdrawn due to conflict with NEMLA presentation. "Staving Off Nihilism: The Black Middle Class in Contemporary African American Literature." Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) conference, Baltimore, Maryland, April 17, 1998. "Like Father, Like Son: George S. Schuyler, Ishmael Reed, and the Intersection of Science Fiction and Satire by African Americans." Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association 1998 National Convention, Orlando, Florida, April 11, 1998. "Reflections from a Distorted Mirror: The New Romanticization of Identity in Contemporary African American Film." Twenty-third Annual Conference on Film and Literature at Florida State University, January 29, 1998. "Battles Beyond Covey: Interrogating Frederick Douglass's Struggles with Christianity." Panel on "Masculinity and Christianity in America" at the 113th Modern Language Association conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. December 27-30, 1997. "Exporting Rage: The Exiled Picaro in The Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger." College Language Association National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, April 17, 1997. "Racial Subversions: Satirizing Racial Orthodoxies in the Works of George S. Schuyler and Wallace Thurman." College Language Association National Conference, April 18, 1996. Moderator, "Racial Encounters in Early America." Panel at the 1996 Southeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Conference, Florida State University, February 29-March 2, 1996. "'Not Nation Enough': The Problem of Nationalism in Ishmael Reed's Mumbo Jumbo." National Black Graduate Students Conference, Mississippi State University, May 18-21, 1994. "Tristram Shandy's Escape Attempt." Western Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference, UC Santa Barbara, February 12-14, 1993. Other Presentations: "Steps to the Doctorate and the Professorate Career Path." Florida State University 2003 Black Graduate Student Orientation Program. Invited lecture. Tallahassee, Florida. August 12, 2004. "Survival Tips for Graduate School." Florida State University 2003 Black Graduate Student Orientation Program. Invited lecture. Tallahassee, Florida. August 14, 2003. Guest Lecture on "'Tell Me, Sir, What IS Black Literature?'" by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Albany State University, Albany, Georgia, April 10, 2003. "Professional Development." Florida State University Program in Instructional Excellence (PIE) 2002 Fall Teaching Conference. Invited lecture. Tallahassee, Florida. August 25, 2002. "The Truths and Myths Behind the Tenure Process." FSU/FAMU Linkages 2002 Symposium. Invited lecture. Tallahassee, Florida, March 23, 2002. "Immodest Proposals: Why African American Satire Matters." Invited lecture. Albany State University Graduate Symposium, Session III, Albany, Georgia. February 7, 2002. Guest Lecture on Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston. Albany State University, Albany, Georgia. November 16, 2001. Panelist, "Seminar: Blacks in the Media." Panel sponsored by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, FSU, and Zeta Phi Beta. September 5, 2001. "On Black History Month." Invited lecture for Smith Hall Residents' Association, Florida State University, February 22, 2001. Guest Lecture on the current status of African American literary studies. Albany State University, Albany, Georgia. April 10, 2000. Panelist, "Beloved: Can We Talk?" Panel sponsored by Lambda Iota Tau, Florida State University, February 9, 1999. Guest Lecture on The Fire in the Flint by Walter White. Albany State University, Albany, Georgia. October 21, 1998. "Taking the Offensive: Contemporary African American Satire." Florida State University English Department Fall Colloquium, November 14, 1996. Panelist, "Applying for a Faculty Position." Panel organized by the Florida State University Career Center. October 30, 1996. "The Future of American Satire." Discussion led on behalf of the American Literature Discussion Group in the Department of English at Florida State University. November 18, 1995. "Black Satire." Colloquium presentation at the Center for Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara, April 4, 1994. "The Emptiness of his Character: A Critique of Shelby Steele." Center for Black Studies, UC Santa Barbara, February 6, 1991. Professional Affiliations: Modern Language Association Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association South Atlantic Modern Language Association Canadian Association of American Studies Popular Culture Association American Culture Association College Language Association Administrative Experience: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English, Florida State University. Responsibilities include: --Supervision of English undergraduate major; --Administration of Honors in the Major program; --Undergraduate and graduate recruiting; --Assignment and supervision of Teaching Assistants for select upper-level courses; --Advisor/Sponsor of local chapter of Lambda Iota Tau, the literary honor society; --Adjudication of grade appeals, academic dishonesty cases; --Acting as a liaison to the Department Chair Teaching Experience: Department of English, Florida State University. Fields of study: African American Literature; Twentieth-Century American Literature; Satire; Contemporary Literary Theory. Associate Professor – Fall 2001-Present: Graduate Courses: ENG 6939: Seminar in English: High Postmodernism. Spring 2003. AML 5608: Studies in the African American Literary Tradition: Contemporary African American Fiction. Fall 2004. AML 5608: Studies in the African American Literary Tradition: Satire in African American Literature. Fall 2003. AML 5027: Studies in American Literature Since 1875: The Twentieth-Century American Novel, Summer 'C' 2004. AML 5027: Studies in American Literature Since 1875: Urban America. Spring 2002. Undergraduate Courses: AML 4604: The African American Literary Tradition. Spring 2005; Fall 2001. AML 4121: The Twentieth Century American Novel. Summer 'C' 2004; Spring 2002; AML 3024: American Authors Since 1875. Fall 2001. AML 2600: Introduction to African American Literature. Spring 2004; Summer 'B' 2002; Directed Individual Study: Katherine O'Donniley. Topic: "Richard Wright." Fall 2001. Fall 2002: No teaching assignment. Assistant Professor- Fall 1995-Summer 2001: Graduate Courses: ENG 6939: Seminar in English: The American Postmodern Epic Novel. Fall 2000. ENG 6939: Seminar in English: "Postmodern American Literature." Spring 1998. Directed Individual Studies: Wendy McLallen, Sean Connelly. Topic: "Poststructuralist Criticism." Spring 1998. HUM 6939: Seminar in Humanities: "Theories of Satire." Fall 1996. AML 5608: Studies in the African American Literary Tradition: "The Harlem Renaissance." Fall 1999. AML 5608: Studies in African American Literature: Satire in African American Literature. Fall 1998. Undergraduate Courses: ENG 4934: Senior Seminar in Literature: Contemporary African American Literature. Summer 'B' 2000. ENG 4932: Satire in African American Literature (Extension course taught for the Florida State University Center for Professional Development). Spring 1996. ENG 3014: Critical Issues in Literary Studies. Fall 1997; Fall 1996. AML 4604 & 4600: The African American Literary Tradition. Fall 1998, Spring 1996, Fall 1995. AML 3024 & 3021: American Authors Since 1875. Fall 2000; Fall 1997; Summer 'B' 1997; Spring 1997; Spring 1996. AML 3311: Major Figures in American Literature (two sections). Spring 2001. AML 2600 & 2604: Introduction to African American Literature. Summer 2001; Summer 1999, 'B' and 'C' sessions; Fall 1999, Spring 1999, Spring 1998 (Large lectures with two teaching assistants); Summer 'B' 1997, Spring 1997, Fall 1995. Directed Individual Studies: Toris Williams. Topic: "African American Males on College Campuses in African American Literature." Spring 1997. Toris Williams. Aristotle's Poetics and African American Literature. Spring 1996. Lisa White: Satire in African American Literature. Spring 1996. Spring 2000: Research semester. Teaching Assistant - Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara. Taught for the following large lecture courses. Responsibilities included planning and leading discussion sections, grading papers and examinations, as well as assisting professors in preparing quizzes, midterms and final exams. Also gave occasional guest lectures. Spring 1994 - The Art of Narrative. Winter 1994 - Twentieth-Century American Literature. Fall 1993 - Introduction to Literary Studies. Lectured on The Metamorphosis. Fall 1991 - Contemporary American Literature. Lectured on Invisible Man. Teaching Assistant - Writing Program, University of California, Santa Barbara. Fall-Winter 1992-93. Fully responsible for developing syllabus for and teaching intensive first-year reading and composition courses, including lectures, discussions, tutorials and labs. Students Supervised: Director of Ph.D. Committee: Lisa C. Lakes. Prelims anticipated Fall 2005. Kameelah Martin. Prelims anticipated Fall 2005. Member of Ph.D. Committee: Daryl K. Carr. Prelims passed Spring 1996. Rachel Davis. Prelims passed Fall 2001. David E. Dickerson. Prelims passed Spring 2005. Lisa Jennings. Glen A. Harris (History). Degree awarded Spring 2003. Tameka B. Hobbs (History). Degree awarded Summer 2004. William A. Hobbs III. Degree awarded Summer 2004. André Johnson. Charles D. Martin. Degree awarded Summer 2000. Robin A. Nixon. Degree awarded Spring 2002. Paul M. Reifenheiser. Degree awarded Fall 2001. Kenya Thompkins. Prelims passed Fall 2003. M. Genevieve West. Degree awarded Spring 1997. Anita Wholuba. Prelims passed Fall 2004. Terra Williams. Prelims passed Spring 2002. Margaret Wright-Cleveland. Director of M.A. Committee: Kajsa Henry. Thesis defense anticipated Fall 2005. Member of M.A. Committee: Stefanie Andersen. William A. Hobbs III. Degree awarded Spring 2000. André Johnson. Karen Kirkendoll. Wendy W. McLallen. Degree awarded Summer 1999. Elizabeth Nuckolls. Judy Tiller. Anita Wholuba. Degree awarded Fall 2002. Honors Committees: Director of Committee for Jennifer D. Shirah, "Sexual Stereotypes in African American Literature." Completed Spring 1998. Member, Clint Christensen (History). Defense scheduled for Spring 2005. Committees: Florida State University: University Level: Leslie Wilson Graduate Assistantship/Black Faculty Support Awards Committee. Responsible for vetting applications for fellowship for new graduate students and for research funding. Spring 2004-Present. Appointed position. Member, Honors in the Major Task Force (ad hoc). Responsible for crafting changes to the University Honors in the Major Program. Fall 2004-Present. Appointed position. Member, Academic Honor System Task Force (ad hoc). Responsible for recommending changes to the University's Academic Honor System. Fall 2003-Spring 2004. Appointed position. Member, Faculty Senate Computer and Information Resource Committee (CIRC). 2001-Present. Appointed position. Member, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award Committee. Responsible for selecting recipient of Award each year. Fall 2002-Fall 2004. Appointed position. College of Arts and Sciences: Member, Primary Source Materials Committee: Organized by Assistant Dean to solicit and provide support for Strozier Library primary source materials acquisition. Fall 1996-Spring 1998. Member, Research Resource Committee (ad hoc): Informal committee organized to seek out and acquire possible primary library documents useful to Arts and Sciences faculty. Spring 1997-Fall 1998. Department of English: Chair, Undergraduate Committee. Fall 2002-Present. Chair's duties include maintenance and/or revision of undergraduate major. Chair, Honors Committee. Fall 2002-Present. Chair's duties include solicitation of proposals for Honors seminars and general supervision of Honors in the Major Program. Chair, Placement Committee. Fall 1998-Summer 2002. Chair's duties include: tracking job candidate data; calling and organizing meetings on basic placement strategies and application document workshops; advising individual job candidates; arranging mock interviews. Committee as a whole responsible for assisting advanced Ph.D. candidates in their search for employment. Appointed position. Member, Evaluation Revision Committee. Committee responsible for redesigning the annual review process at the departmental level. Fall 2003-Spring 2004. Elected position. Member, Mentoring Committee: Committee responsible for mentoring incoming untenured junior faculty. Fall 2003-Present. Appointed position. Member, Evaluation Committee: Committee responsible for evaluating all Department faculty for annual accomplishments, promotion and tenure. 1997-98, 2001-02. Elected position. Member, Executive Committee: Committee responsible for key decisions in government of Department. 1996-97, elected position; 2002-Present, appointed position. Member, Literature Committee: Duties include revising requirements for department's literature track, soliciting and hosting visiting scholars involved in current, groundbreaking research for guest lectures on the FSU campus. Succeeded in obtaining consent from Dr. Elliott Butler-Evans for lecture at FSU on February 9, 1996. Brought Dr. Steven Weisenburger of the University of Kentucky to campus for a lecture in the committee's Fall Colloquium series, October 16, 1998. 1995-99, 2001-02. Member, Placement Committee: Responsible for assisting advanced Ph.D. candidates in their search for employment. 1995-98. Member, Electronic Media Committee: Responsible for assisting and advising Department chair on proper usage of Department's computer resources. 1995-Present. Member, Williams Building Renovation Committee (ad hoc). Suggested and discussed improvements in design and equipment for Department residence. 1996. University of California, Santa Barbara: Student Representative, Department of English Master's Exam Committee - Minority Literatures. 1992-93. Editorial Board, Thresholds: Viewing Culture. 1992-93. Press Secretary, Graduate Students Association. 1992-93. Responsible for editing and publishing monthly newsletter coordinating press releases, and acting as sergeant-at-arms for official graduate student legislative body. Elected position. English Department Representative, Graduate Students Association. 1991-92. Appointed position. Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs Search Committee. 1991-92. Appointed position. Other Committees: Collection Development Committee, African American Research and Cultural Center, Broward County Library. August 1997-Present. Appointed position. Other Relevant Experience: Research Assistant - for Professors Christopher Newfield (English) and Avery Gordon (Sociology), UC Santa Barbara under UCSB Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Grant. Spring 1993-Fall 1994. Conducted research, compiled annotated bibliography (including introductory remarks) for edited volume Mapping Multiculturalism (1996). Research Assistant - Summer Academic Research Internship Program, UC Santa Barbara. Summers of 1991 and 1992. Developed research project on African American satire under tutelage of Professors Robert Erickson and Fernando Lopez-Alves, respectively; directed research activities of and mentored three undergraduate interns from underrepresented groups; presented results of research with interns at SARI colloquia. Languages: Spanish and French (basic reading competency in both). References available upon request.