Dr. Jeanette McVicker

Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton

Jeanette McVicker received her Ph.D. from SUNY Binghamton's interdisciplinary program in Philosophy, Literature and Theory of Criticism (PLC), earning her doctorate in Comparative Literature and M.A. in Philosophy. She is currently Coordinator of the Ethnic & Gender Studies program; previous roles include English department chairperson, and coordinator of an interdisciplinary minor in journalism.
Dr. McVicker is also a strong advocate of international education, serving as a Fulbright teaching fellow (Iasi, Romania) in 1991-92, and an invited visiting professor at the University of Cyprus in Spring 2001. She has presented at numerous interdisciplinary and international conferences, and is a frequent faculty participant in the English Department's Literary London program.

Teaching Interests

Taking an intersectional and comparative approach to teaching, Dr. McVicker's work in the classroom typically highlights issues of race/ethnicity, gender, language and power, whether in Fredonia Foundations courses (e.g. 'becoming Americans' and social justice courses), contemporary theory (e.g. theories of gender; constructions of posthumanism), media studies (e.g., opinion in journalism), or literature (multi-ethnic literature; modernist literature).

Research Interests

Dr. McVicker works extensively in modernist/Virginia Woolf studies. She has also published research on U.S. media and journalism; the rhetoric of the 'war on terror'; and issues surrounding gender, culture and nationalism.

Awards and Honors

Professional Membership

• Feminist Inter/Modernist Association
• League of Women Voters
• International Virginia Woolf Society
• Katherine Anne Porter Society
• Modern Language Association

Intellectual Contributions

Presentations