Skye Cervone, Ph.D.
Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
Graduate Education:
Doctorate of Philosophy in Comparative Studies, Florida Atlantic University, Dissertation - Living Capital: Situating Animals within Capitalist Modes of Production in Science Fiction
Master of Arts in English, Florida Atlantic University - Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Thesis - Illuminating the Role of Language in Lord Dunsany’s Fictional Prose
Teaching Experience:
Florida Atlantic University:
ENC 1101: Composition I
ENC 1102: Composition II
ENC 1939: Animals and Animality in Western Culture
LIT 2010: Interpretation of Fiction
LIT 2040: Interpretation of Drama
LIT 2017: Interpretation of Creative Nonfiction
LIT 3213: Literary Theory
Modalities: Face to Face, Hyflex Hybrid, Online Asynchronous
As Assisting Instructor:
ENG 3822: Introduction to Literary Studies
AML 4311: Major American Writers of the Nineteenth Century
Modalities: Face to Face
Broward College:
ENC 1101: Composition I
ENC 1102: Composition II
LIT 2000: Introduction to Literature
ENG 2210: Professional/Technical Writing
LIT 2310: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Literature
Modalities: Face to Face, Blended, Blended Remote
Johnson and Wales University:
ENG 0025: Developmental English I
ENG 0050: Developmental English II
ENG 1020: Composition I
ENG 1021: Advanced Composition
Modalities: Face to Face
Tutoring Experience:
Florida Atlantic University, Writing Consultant
Johnson and Wales University, Professional Tutor and Writing Evaluator
Keiser University, Miami, Writing Studio Coordinator
Palm Beach State College, Writing Tutor
Editorial Experience:
Editor, The Eaton Journal of Archival Research in Science Fiction
Contributing Editor, Emerging: Contemporary Readings for Writers, First Edition
Selected Conference Presentations:
“It Had to Be Science Fiction: Octavia Butler and the Ideology of Canonization
Modern Language Association (MLA), New York, NY, January 2018
“Neoliberal Colonization: Corporate Dystopia in Fredrick Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth’s The Space Merchants”South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Jacksonville, FL, November 2016
“A Southern Fantasy Novel: Genre and Mode in Eudora Welty’s The Robber Bridegroom”
Society for the Study of Southern Literature (SSSL), Boston, MA, March 2016
“Walking in the Realm of Faery: Ronald Johnson’s The Book of the Green Man as Fantasy Text”
The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, Louisville, KY February 2015
“Biopolitical and Colonial Control in The Space Merchants”
CSSA Conference, Boca Raton, FL October 2014
“Not Safe for Children: Naughty Elves, Shame, and Cyborg Identity”
CSSA Spring Symposium, Boca Raton, FL April 2014
“Fabulous Blood and Fantastic Slaughter: Unicorn Hunting in The King of Elfland’s Daughter
International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA), Orlando, FL March 2014
“The Bios is Falling! The Bios is Falling! Chicken Little as Political Animal in Fredrick Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth’s The Space Merchants”
ICFA, Orlando, FL March 2013
“Lord Dunsany and J. R. R. Tolkien: Two Kindred Spirits”
ICFA, Orlando, FL March 2012
“Destroying the Illusion of Traditional Gender Roles in Joanna Russ’ The Femaleman”
WisCon, Madison, WI May 2007
Awards and Distinctions:
Comparative Studies Travel Grant, December 2016
Summer Research Fellowship, April 2016
Arts and Letters Advisory Board Graduate Student Grant, December 2, 2015
Provost's Certificate of Recognition for Publishing in the 2014-2015 academic year
National Day on Writing, October 20, 2015
Current Memberships and Associations:
International Association of Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA)- Member since 2008, Student Caucus Representative to the Executive Board - August 2014 - August 2016, Public Information Officer - March 2016 - March 2023
Full Curriculum Vitae available upon request.