Davis, Cynthia

Professor

American literature American literary realism and naturalism American women writers

International Activities: Yes
Type of Activity: Teaching
Countries: Italy (Venice), Fulbright, Spring 2011 Poland, lecturing (Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan), Fall 2007
Institutional Focus Areas
: Arts and Humanities
Extended Residence in Foreign Country: No
Speaks Non-English Language: Yes (semi-fluent in Italian)

Do you include students in your research?: Graduates
Interest Keywords: American literature, American women writers, Realism, Naturalism, Sentimentalism
Institutional Focus Areas: Arts and Humanities
Personal Focus Areas: American literature from the Civil War to World War I, medicine and literature, biography

Dates	Institution	Location	Degree	Field of Study
05/1994	Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	Doctorate	English Literature
1986	Middlebury College	Middlebury, Vermont	Bachelor of Arts	English Literature

Dates	Type	Description
	Membership	Member: American Literature Association, Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society, Modern Language Association, Society for the Study of Women Writers
2002 - 2006	Professional Activity	Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships in American Studies
2003 - 2007	Professional Activity	President: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Society
	Professional Activity	Manuscript reviewer, University of Alabama, University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers University, Ohio State University, and Greenwood presses
	Professional Activity	Editorial Board, ESQ
02/2009	Professional Activity	Reviewer, NEH Scholarly Editions Fellowships in American, British, and Anglophone Literature
	Professional Activity	Reader, Legacy, MLS, African-American Review, and American Literary History

Dates	Description	Institution/Entity
1986 - 1988	Editorial Assistant, Random House Publishing, Cambridge, Mass
1994 - 2000	Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
2000 - 2008	Associate Professor with Tenure, English Department, University of South Carolina
2008	Professor with Tenure, English Department, University of South Carolina

Dates	Type	Description	Foundation/Entity
1985	Award	elected to Phi Beta Kappa in Junior Year, Middlebury College
1986	Award	Magna Cum Laude, Middlebury College
1986	Award	Henry B. Prickitt Prize, awarded to outstanding graduating English major, Middlebury College
1988	Award	Duke University Graduate Fellowship
1993	Award	Ashbel G. Brice Dissertation Fellowship in American Literature	Duke University
1995	Award	Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, University of South Carolina
1995	Award	English Department Teacher of the Year, University of South Carolina
1996	Award	Professional Women on Campus Development Award, University of South Carolina
1998	Award	Medical Humanities Course Development Grant, University of South Carolina
1998	Award	Research and Productive Scholarship Grant, University of South Carolina
1999	Award	English Department Summer Research Grant, University of South Carolina
1999	Award	Schlesinger Library Research Support Grant, Radcliffe College
2000	Award	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Research Grant	Univesity of South Carolina
2000	Award	Mortarboard Society Excellence in Teaching Award, University of South Carolina
2001	Award	Carol Jones Carlisle Research Award, Women's Studies	University of South Carolina
2001	Award	National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for Universtiy Teachers
2006	Award	English Department Research Professor, University of South Carolina
2006	Award	Josephine Abney Award, Women's Studies, University of South Carolina
2011	Award	Fulbright Scholar	Fulbright Foundation

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