Director's Curriculum Vitae
Vivyan C. Adair. PhD
Hamilton College
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, New York 13323
Experience:
Associate Professor with tenure : June 2004 - Present
Hamilton College, Women's Studies Program
Assistant Professor : Fall 1998 - June 2004
Hamilton College, Women's Studies Program
Project Developer and Director : January 2000 - Present
The ACCESS Project at Hamilton College
Lecturer and Teaching Associate : 1991 - 1999
University of Washington, Departments of English & Women's Studies
Instructor : 1998
North Seattle College, Department of Women Studies
Teaching Specialty
Women's Studies; Feminist and Autobiographical Theory; Public Policy, Welfare & Education Reform; Women's Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality and Nation; 19th & 20th Century American Literature; Autobiography: Literary, Critical & Class Theory
CASE/Carnegie New York State Professor of the Year 2004
Elihu Root Peace Fund Endowed Chairship, 2004-2009
Emerson Research Grant, Hamilton College, 2005, 2003, 2000 & 1999
John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award, Hamilton College, 2000
McMurphy Dissertation Fellowship, U.W. Graduate School, Spring 1996
Macfarland Scholarship, U.W. Graduate School, Winter & Spring 1996
David Fowler Award, U.W. Graduate School, 1996
Publications:
Books
Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty and the Promise of Education in
America . With Sandra Dahlberg. Philadelphia: Temple
University Press. Teaching/Learning Social Justice , Lee Anne Bell,
Series Editor. April 2003.
From Good Ma to Welfare Queen; A Genealogy of the Poor Woman in
American Literature, Photography, and Culture . New York: Garland
Publishing, Inc. August 2000.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
"US Poverty Class/Working Class Divides." Sociology . University of
Durham, UK. Vol. 39, Number 4, December 2005: 817-834.
"Class Absences: Cutting Class in Feminist Studies." Feminist
Studies , Vol. 31, Number 3, Fall 2005: 575-603.
"Last in and First Out: Poor Students in Academe in Times of
Fiscal Crisis" Radical Teacher, Vol. 73, Fall 2005: 8-14.
"The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty Class in Academe,"
Labor: Studies in Working Class History of the Americas . University
of Illinois at Chicago Volume 2, Number 3, Fall 2005: 33-46.
"Reclaiming the Promise of Higher Education." On Campus with
Women: Journal of the Association of American Colleges and
"Poor Single Mothers in Academe." On Campus with Women: Journal
of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Fall 2004.
"Remarkable Journeys: Poor, Single Mothers Accessing Higher
Education." With Nolita Clark and Shannon Stanfield." On
Campus with Women: Journal of the Association of American
Colleges and Universities . Fall 2004.
"Branded with Infamy: Inscriptions of Class and Poverty in
America." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society . Volume
27, Number 2, Winter 2002: 451-473.
"Class Identities and the Rhetoric of Erasure in Academia." With
Sandra Dahlberg, University of Houston. Public Voices.
University of Illinois at Springfield. Winter 2002: 75-83.
"Poverty and the (Broken) Promise of Education." Harvard
Educational Review, Cambridge, MA. Volume 71, number 2,
Summer 2001: 217-239.
"Cutting Class in the Multi-Cultural Literature Classroom." With
Sandra Dahlberg, University of Houston. Pedagogy. Duke
University Press, Volume 1, issue 1, December 2000: 176-178.
Chapters in Anthologies and Edited Collections
"Poor Single Mothers Accessing Higher Education," with Nolita Clark
and Shannon Stanfield. In Women's Lives: Multicultural
Perspectives . Third edition. Margo Okazawa Rey and Gwen
Kirk, Ed.s, New York: McGraw Hill, 2006. In Press.
"Inscriptions of Poverty on the Female Body in the Era of Welfare
Reform." In Women's America : Refocusing the Past. Sixth edition,
Linda K. Kerber and Jane Sherron De Hart, Ed.s, Oxford
University Press, 2003: 677-681.
"Introduction: Reclaiming Our Class." With Sandra Dahlberg. In
Reclaiming Class: Women , Poverty and the Promise of Education in
America , Eds. Adair and Dahlberg. Philadelphia; Temple
University Press. April 2003: 1-21.
"Disciplined and Punished: Poor Women, Social Inscription and
Resistance through Education." In Reclaiming Class: Women,
Poverty and the Promise of Education in America . Adair and
Dahlberg, Ed.s, Philadelphia; Temple University Press. April
2003. 25-52.
"Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education." In Reclaiming Class:
Women , Poverty and the Promise of Education in America , Eds. Adair
and Dahlberg, Philadelphia; Temple University Press. April
2003: 240-265.
"Branded With Infamy." In Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of
Everyday Life. Fourth edition, Jodi O'Brien and David
Newman,Ed.s, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Pine
Forge Press, 2002. 185-195.
Gallery Exhibits
"The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of Higher
Education in the United States ." (50 piece photo-journalism
installation) University of Washington, WA; University of
Houston-DT, TX; SUNY New Paltz, New York; St. Louis
University, MO; Smith College, MA; Sarah Lawrence College,
NY; MA; Lafayette College, PA; Metropolitan College, NY; North
Seattle College, WA; Meredith College, NC; Georgetown
University, DC; Colgate University, NY; RIT, NY; University of
Massachusetts, MA; Champlain College, VT; Swarthmore
College, PA; Utica College of Syracuse University, NY; Hamilton
College, NY; State Legislative, NY; SUNY Alfred, NY: 2000 -
2005.
Encyclopedia Articles, Book Reviews and Independent Publications
"Dividing Classes: How the Middle Class Negotiates and
Rationalizes School Advantage, by Ellen Brantlinger: A Review."
Contemporary Sociology 33, 5, Purdue University Press. March
2004: 604-605.
"Education Policies." In Poverty and Social Welfare in America : An
Encyclopedia Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor, Eds. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Press. September 2004.
"Asian-Americans and Work," "Living Wage," "The Great
Depression," "Medicaid and Work," "Wage and Income Gaps,"
"Women and Work," "Work in American Literature," "Working
Class," and "Work First." In Work in America : An Encyclopedia .
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Press. December 2003: 43-46,
237-240, 333-334, 352-355, 581-582, 600-608, 612-613, 621-
628, 651-654.
"Changing Lives, Families and Communities through Higher
Education: The ACCESS Project at Hamilton College Year End
Report," New York: Canterbury Press, 2000, 2003, 2005.
"Policy Overview." In Women in Higher education: An encyclopedia.
Ana M. Martinez Aleman and Kristen A. Renn, Eds., Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Press. December 2002: 205-211.
"Lives on the Edge." In Welfare Made a Difference: Investing in People
to End Poverty . New York: Veksland Publications. Liz Accles, Ed.
Fall 2000.
Selected Interviews and Newspaper Editorials
"Low-income single mothers and higher education." To the Contrary ;
PBS, Washington D.C. April 2004.
"Welfare reform and higher education." Christian Science Monitor , 25
January, 2004. "Offer education rather than punishment."
Syracuse Observer Dispatch , 23 January 2004.
"Accessing Higher Education" Hour CNY: WCNY-TV , Syracuse New
York. 11 December, 2002.
"Welfare and the College Option" National Public Radio (WAMC;
Northeast Public Radio), 51%. December 2002.
"Welfare Reform is a Debate Around Morality." Newsday . B-10;
30 September, 2002.
"Welfare Reform must center on family support" Chronicle
Telegram , Elyria, OH; Stanford Advocate , Stanford CT; Newsc hief,
Winter Haven Florida . 7 Sept. 2002.
"Fear and Loathing of Women on Welfare." The Harford Courant ,
Hartford CT, September 30, 2002; CTNOW.com, Williamsburg
Mag.com. 30 September, 2002.
Sanchez, Claudio. "College and Welfare Reform." All Things
Considered . National Public Radio. 23 February, 2002.
Serafini, Marilyn Werber. "Get Hitched, Stay Hitched." The National
Journal. 9 March, 2002: 694 - 698.
"Lower Income Families Need Higher Education." The Washington
Times. 20 May 2002, A 18.
Birkett Morris, Ellen. "Moms on Welfare Face Obstacles to Higher
Education." Women's ENews. 25 September, 2000.
J. Jennings Moss. "Technology, Mobility, Broader Identity
Choices." ABCNews .com. 21 December, 1999.
"Welfare Reform and Education." The Chronicle of Higher Education.
4 June. 1999.
Selected Lectures, Key Note Addresses and Conference Papers
"The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of
Higher Education." Invited Lecture in conjunction with nationally
touring gallery exhibit of same name. University of
Washington, WA; University of Houston-DT, TX; SUNY New
Paltz, New York; St. Louis University, MO; Smith College, MA;
Sarah Lawrence College, NY; Lafayette College, PA;
Metropolitan College, NY; North Seattle College, WA; Meredith
College, NC; Georgetown University, DC; Colgate University, NY;
RIT, NY; University of Massachusetts, MA; Champlain College,
VT; Swarthmore College, PA; Utica College of Syracuse
University, NY; Hamilton College, NY; State Legislative, NY;
SUNY Alfred, NY: 2000 - 2005.
"Education as Transformation," Keynote address, NYACCE, New York
Association for Continuing Education , 54th Annual NYACCE
Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, May 15, 2005.
"Writing Our Own Stories: Poverty Class in Academe." Plenary
Presentation. Women's Lives: Making Sense of Experience.
Seventh Annual Women's History Conference at Sarah Lawrence
Conference. March 4 - 6, 2005.
" The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty Class in Academe." How
Class Works, 2004 . State University of New York at Stoneybrook,
10 - 14 June, 2004.
"Public Bodies: The construction and maintenance of poor women's
bodies in U.S. jurisprudence and public theory." How Class
Works, 2004. State University of New York at Stoneybrook, 10-
14 June, 2004.
"The Promise of Higher Education." Keynote address: Pathways
Conference . Towson College, Maryland. 6 April, 2004.
"Last In; First to Leave. Low Income students and fiscal crises."
Modern Language Association . San Diego, CA: December 2003.
"The Promise of Higher Education." Key Note Address: North Seattle
Community College Commencement Ceremony, June 2003.
"Bridging the Divide: Welfare Reform and Higher Education."
Metropolitan College and The Urban League . New York, New York.
November 2002.
"Working Poor/Poor: The Co-optation of the American Poverty
Class." American Studies Association Conference . Houston,
Texas. November 2002.
"Responding to TANF: Education and Activism." Welfare Reform:
What are the Consequences? The Center for the Study of Gender
and Sexuality, New York University. New York, New York. 25
October, 2002.
"Foucault, Feminism and Social Inscription." Fordham University,
New York, NY, 26 October, 2002.
"Branded with Infamy: Inscriptions of Poverty and Class in
America." The Institute for R esearch on Women , Rutgers
University. 24 October, 2002.
"Surveying the Field of Working-Class Studies: Findings of a
National Study." American Studies Association Conference ,
Washington, D.C., November 2001.
"TANF Reauthorization and Family Formation." New York City Bar
Association . New York, New York. 7 January, 2002.
"Welfare and the Promise of Higher Education." The Welfare Made a
Difference National Campaign . Washington, DC. National Press
Club. September 2000.
"Welfare and the College Option." United States Congressional
Hearing on TANF Reauthorization. 8 October, 2000.
"Coming Out of the Academic Broom-Closet." Modern Language
Association, Women's Caucus : Chicago, December 1999.
"Learning to Forget/Wanting to Remember: The Disruption of
Women's Class Identity in Academia." Modern Language
Association, Women's Caucus : Chicago, 1999.
"Where Class Meets Gender: The Rhetoric of Erasure in Academia
Today." with Sandra Dahlberg, University of Houston -
Downtown. S outh Atlantic Modern Language Association , Atlanta,
Georgia, November 1999.
"Class Identities and the Rhetoric of Erasure in Academia." with
Sandra Dahlberg, University of Houston - Downtown. Working
Class Academics Conference: Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1999.
"Cutting Class: Theories and Representations of Class and Erasure
in the 'Multicultural' Classroom." with Sandra Dahlberg,
University of Houston - Downtown, Working Class Academics
Conference , Little Rock, Arkansas, June 1999.
"Queering Queer Theory; at the intersections of Class and
Sexuality." with Dzu Bui, The Central New York Conference on
Languages and Literatures: Gay/Lesbian Sexualities and Literature.
Readings that Matter: Queering (Con)Texts." Cortland, New York,
October 1999.
"Toward a Pedagogy of Engagement, Ethics and Activism in
Women's Studies." The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender,
Society and Culture , Clinton, NY: March 1999.
"The Harlem Renaissance and Narratives of Raced Urban Poverty. "
University of Washington Americanist Conference, Seattle, WA: May
1998.
"Cutting Class: Power and Pedagogy in the Multi-Cultural
Classroom" with Sandra Dahlberg, University of Washington.
Modern Language Association Conference : Washington D.C.,
December 1996.
"The Other American Modernism; American Proletariat Fiction."
South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference , Atlanta,
GA: December 1995.
"'A Poverty without Words'; 'A Sorrow that Cannot Speak': The
Deserving Poor of Steinbeck's Depression Era Literature."
University of W ashington Americanist Conference, Seattle, WA: April
1995.
"'Pulverizing' The Body of (in) the Text; Kristeva, Woolf and
Shattered Signification." CHIMERA; University of Washington
Conference on Graduate Scholarship , Seattle, WA: June 1994.
"Body/Text and Blood: Interstitial Space in Djuna Barnes
Nightwood ." Djuna Barnes Centennial Conference , University of
Maryland, College Park, MD: October 1992.
Grant writer and principle investigator for
The ACCESS Project at Hamilton College
Funds Awarded (1999 - 2004):
State of New York, 2006: $500,000
State of New York, 2005: $500,000
State of New York, 2004: $500,000
State of New York, 2003: $580,000
State of New York, 2002: $500,000
State of New York, 2001: $500,000
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc: $30,000 for 2005
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc: $30,000 for 2004
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc: $25,000 for 2003
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc: $25,000 for 2003
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc: $20,000 for 2001
The Watson Lowery memorial Fund and The Frank W. Baker Fund of the Community Foundation: $45,000 for 2000.
Department of Education Fund for Improvement in Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) Grant, with Brooklyn College, $40,000.for 2002/2003.
Department of Education Fund for Post-Secondary Improvement (FIPSE) Grant, with Brooklyn College, $40,000 for 2001/2002.
Department of Labor, Work Cite Investment Development Grant. $65,000 for 2001/2002.
The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center: $15,000 for 1999.
Education:
Ph.D .: English. January 1996
University of Washington, Seattle
Graduate Women Studies Teaching Certificate: 1994
University of Washington, Seattle
Master of Arts: English. March 1993
University of Washington, Seattle
Bachelor of Arts: English. June 1991
University of Washington, Seattle
Dissertation:
Title : "From 'Good Ma' to 'Welfare Queen'; A Genealogy of the Poor Woman in American Literature, Photography, and Culture."
Director : Professor Sydney Janet Kaplan. University of Washington, Seattle, Department of English. 1996.
Community and Professional Commitments:
Hamilton College Presidential Task force on Academic and Student Life. 2004
Hamilton College Appeals Board. 2004 - 2006
Hamilton College Alumni Council 2003 - 2007
Founder and Project Director: The ACCESS Project at Hamilton College , 1999-2005
Founder and Director: Utica Women Read! (Adult Literacy Project) 1999 - 2004
Board Member: The Welfare Reform Task Force of the National Rural Development Partnership (NRDP), Washington DC; The Truman Institute.
Member, American Studies Association
Member, Modern Language Association
Member, National Women?s Studies Association
Founding member: Utica Service Learning Experience (USE) Hamilton College
Faculty Advisor, Disabilities Activist Group (DAG), at Hamilton College 1999/2000
Committee member: Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture , Hamilton College, 1998 - present. Programming chair 2004/2005
References:
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dean of the Faculty
315-859-4601
Professor, Government/Political Science
Hamilton College
Joycelyn K. Moody
Editor, African American Review
Associate Professor of English
713-221-8949
St. Louis University
Sandra L. Dahlberg
Associate Professor of English
University of Houston ? DT
713-221-8949
Margaret Gentry
Professor, Chair of Women's Studies
mgentry@hamilton.edu
Hamilton College
315-859-4285
Gita Rajan
Professor of Global Studies and English
grajan@hamilton.edu
Fairfield College, Connecticut
Nancy Rabinowitz
Professor, Comparative Literature
Hamilton College
Erol Balkan
Professor, Department of Economics
Hamilton College
Chandra Mohanty
Professor of Women's Studies
Syracuse University
