Grace Sikorski

Academic

DEGREES

  • PhD in English, The Pennsylvania State University conferred 2000
  • MA in Art History and Visual Culture, Lindenwood University conferral expected May 2026
  • MFA in Creative Writing, Lindenwood University conferred March 2022
  • MA in English, The Pennsylvania State University conferred 1993
  • BA in English/Art Minor, City University of New York Queens College conferred 1991

CERTIFICATES

  • World Art History expected Fall 2026, Smithsonian Associates, Washington, DC
  • Pathways to Teaching Adults conferred August 2021, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
  • Teaching Critical Thinking Through Art conferred March 2021, The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

CREATIVE WRITING COURSES

  • Grubstreet Writing Center, Boston, MA
  • Bethesda Writers Center, Bethesda, MD
  • The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

TEACHING

  • Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Maryland, Full Professor, January 2003 – Present
  • Encore Creativity, Washington, DC, Lecturer, December 2024 – Present
  • University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD, Adjunct Professor, January 2003 – January 2010
  • Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, Adjunct Professor, August 1997 – May 1999
  • The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Lecturer, August 1991 – May 2001.

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Literature in English by Women
  • American Literature 1945 – Present
  • American Literature 1865-1945
  • American Literature Colonial – 1865
  • Modern Poetry
  • Literature and Composition I and II
  • Academic Writing and Research I and II
  • Introduction to Women’s Studies
  • Introduction to Gender Studies
  • Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies
  • History of Western Art II: Renaissance – Present
  • Technical Writing
  • Business Writing
  • Writing in the Humanities
  • Writing in the Social Sciences
  • Comparative Literature
  • How to Write a Ghost Story
  • Spotlight on LGBTQ+ Artists

EDITING EXPERIENCE

  • Journal of Emerging Scholarship, Arnold, MD, Reviewer, 2022-Present.
  • Lindenwood Review literary journal, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO, Editorial Assistant, 2021.
  • US Department of Agriculture, College Park, MD, Writer-Editor, 2001-2002.

PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • “Locating Knowledge in the Student: A Return to Intellectual Inquiry” at Association of Faculties for Advancement of Community College Teaching (AFACCT), Westminster, MD, January 8-9, 2015. Paper.
  • “Teaching Marie de France with Margery Kempe: Facts and Fictions of Medieval Womanhood” at Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association Conference (MAPACA), Baltimore, MD, November 6-8, 2014. Paper.
  • “Homicide and the Burden of Proof: Innovative Ways to Foster Critical Thinking in the Composition Classroom” at TYCA Northeast Conference, Morristown, NJ. October 3, 2013. Paper.
  • “Queering Marriage? The Compulsion Toward Consumerism, Entitlement, & Conformity” at Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Conference, Boston, MA. April 2013. Paper.
  • “Tricksters and Spacers: Transgressing Heteronormativity in the Fiction of Samuel Delany” at DC Queer Studies Symposium, Delany at 70: Honoring the Life & Work of Samuel R. Delany, College Park, MD. April 2012. Paper.
  •  “Queer Counterpublics” at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NEMLA) Conference, New Brunswick, NJ. April 2011. Paper.
  • “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Gender: The Technology of Transmasculinity” at the Lavender Languages Linguistics Conference, Washington, DC. February 2011. Paper.
  • “Student Manifestos: The Emergence of Consciousness and the Critical Intervention in Reality” at the Two-Year College Association (TYCA) Conference, Washington, DC. November 2010. Paper.
  • “Judith Jack Halberstam Pursues a Uniquely Queer Counterpublic” at New England American Studies Association (NEASA) Conference, Boston, MA. October 2010. Paper.
  • “Deconstructing and Reconstructing Gender: The Technology of Transmasculinity” at Humanities and Technology Association (HTA) Conference, Bowie, MD. October 2010. Paper.
  • “Manifesto as Capstone Assignment: Looking Beyond the Classroom” at Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, Washington, DC. June 2010. Paper.
  • “Working Together: Collaboration Within and Beyond the Classroom” at The Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) Conference, Boston, MA. November 2009. Paper.
  • “Curriculum Transformation for Diversity Awareness” at Association of Faculties for Advancement of Community College Teaching (AFACCT) Conference, Westminster, MD. January 2009. Panelist.
  • “Introduction to LGBT Studies: Course Design” at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, Cincinnati, OH. June 2008, Paper.
  • “Exploring the Consciousness of Anti-Arab Sentiment in Camus’ The Stranger” at the College English Association (CEA) Middle Atlantic Group Conference, Rockville, MD. March 2008. Paper.
  • “Teaching Students to Learn from Mistakes” at the Association of Faculties for Advancement of Community College Teaching (AFACCT) Conference, Westminster, MD. January 2008. Paper.
  • “Using Electronic Tools to Assess Student Writing” at the Association of Faculties for Advancement of Community College Teaching (AFACCT) Conference, Westminster, MD. January 2008. Paper.
  • “Scholarship in the Two-Year College” at Northeast Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) Conference, Philadelphia, PA. October 2007. Panelist.
  • “Integrating (M2F and F2M) Transgender Identities, Experiences, and Issues into Women’s Studies Curriculum” at National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference, St. Charles, IL. June 2007. Paper.
  • “Teaching Critical Thinking Through Simulated Homicide Investigation and Mock Trial” at the College English Association (CEA) Conference, New Orleans, LA. April 2007. Paper.
  • “Revising the Family Romance: Toward a Bisexual Perversity in Narratives of Desire,” at the Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference, Boston, MA. April 2007. Paper.
  • “Black Bodies and Red Fields: Playing with the Principles of Elmer Imes’ Physics in Nella Larsen’s Passing” at the Mid-Atlantic Women’s Studies Association (WSA) Conference, Newtown, PA. March 2007. Paper.
  • “Emergent Bisexual Narratives of the Twentieth-Century” at the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference, Washington, DC. February 2007. Paper.
  • “Teaching Critical Thinking Through Simulated Homicide Investigation and Mock Trial” at the Association of Faculties for the Advancement of Community College Teaching (AFACCT) Conference, Bel Air, MD. January 2007. Paper.
  • “Reinventing the Writing Assignment: Assessing Information Literacy” Two-Year College English Association (TYCA) Annual Conference, Annapolis, MD. November 2004. Paper.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • Lindenwood University Gold Grant, 2023.
  • Association of Writers and Writing Programs Scholarship, Spring 2022.
  • One-year sabbatical, AACC, Fall 2021-Spring 2022, to complete my MFA in Creative Writing.
  • Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship, 2021.
  • Lindenwood University Gold Grant, 2021.
  • Lindenwood University Chapter of Alpha Chi Honor Society (Missouri Pi) for my MFA in Creative Writing GPA 4.0/4.0, 2021.
  • Lindenwood University US Department of Education HEERF-III Grant
  • AACC Resiliency Stipend Awards to create online model course in Canvas for ENG/GSS 228: Literature in English by Women, passed Q-CAR review, 2020.
  • AACC Resiliency Stipend Awards to create online model course in Canvas for GSS/AMS/SOC 212: Introduction to LGBT Studies, passed Q-CAR review, 2020.
  • The Maryland Open-Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative for Lumen Teaching Circle Fellowship to explore open educational resources (OER), 2020.
  • AACC Designs for Learning Grant to create Legal Studies composition and research writing curriculum, 2019.
  • AACC Designs for Learning Grant to create an electronic Academic Integrity Tutorial, 2010-2011.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Workshop: Transcendentalism, to research American authors, history, and philosophy on site and at the Concord Free Public Library and Harvard University Library, MA. Stipend awarded. July 19-25, 2009. Competitive application process.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Workshop: The American Lyceum and Public Culture: The Rhetoric of Idealism, Abolition, and Opportunity, to research American rhetoric, educational philosophies, history, and archives on site and at the Northeastern University and the Massachusetts Historical Society, MA. Stipend awarded. May 24-30, 2009. Competitive application process.
  • AACC Designs for Learning Grant to create AACC Virtual Resources Centers for African American Studies and the Study of Sexuality and Gender, 2009-2010.
  • AACC Designs for Learning Grant to create The AACC Virtual Resource Center for the Study of Sexuality and Gender, 2005-2006.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • CWS: Creative Writing Studies Organization
  • AWP: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
  • Pennwriters
  • MWA: Maryland Writers Association
  • HWA: Horror Writers Association
  • Gotham Writers
  • MLA: Modern Language Association
  • NEMLA: Northeast Modern Language Association
  • TYCA: Two-Year College English Association
  • NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English
  • ALA: American Literature Association
  • CAA: College Art Association of America