Anastasia Pease
Lecturer (Doctor of Arts, SUNYA)
American Literature
Contact Information:
Office: Humanities 113A
Phone: 518.388.6628
E-mail: peasea[at]union.edu
TEACHING AND INTERESTS
Teaching and research interests include Literature and Science, Ethics and Bioethics, Poetry, 19th- and 20th-Century Russian Literature, Science Fiction, second language pedagogy, cognitive science.
AWARDS
Mary McLeod Bethune Award for service and commitment to the education and advancement of AOP students (May, 2011).
CURRENT PROJECTS
Chair: Union College Time Capsule (for the new Wold Science building)
Co-Chair: Union College Humanities Renovation Committee
“Ursula K. Le Guin’s Orsinian Tales: Imagining Central Europe in a Global Context” (article under review)
"'No More Delightful Spirit': Unlikely Connections with Oscar Wilde" (forthcoming)
RECENT PROJECTS
"That Old Magic: Modern Versions of Traditional Fairy-Tales in a Literature Classroom." (Conference paper presented at the South Atlantic MLA Conference, Atlanta, GA, November 6, 2011)
"Literature and Science: Designing Courses to Appeal to Science and Engineering Majors“ (poster presented at the 4th Annual Symposium on Engineering and Liberal Education, Union College, June 3, 2011)
"Teaching Bioethics in Literature Courses" (Conference Paper for the Society for Ethics across the Curriculum, presented Oct 7, 2010)
"Fact, Fiction and Science Fiction: Science in the Undergraduate General Education Classroom in the US" (Conference Paper for the Association of History, Literature, Science, and Technology conference, Madrid, Spain, June 2010)
“How Do We Help the Humanities Appeal to Science and Engineering Majors?” (Poster presented at the Engineering and Liberal Arts Symposium, Union College, June 4-5, 2010)
"Teaching Ethics with Science Fiction: a Case Study Syllabus" (journal article published in Teaching Ethics, Spring, 2009)
"Designing an Ethics across the Curriculum Program"
(journal article, co-authored with Robert Baker; published in Teaching Ethics, Spring, 2009)