Sandi J. Hubnik
Professor of English, Assistant Director of First-Year English

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Education:

Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington, 2006
                                   
M.A., University of Texas at Arlington, 2003

B.A. , University of Texas at Arlington, 2001

Current Research:

Professor Hubnik's research is concerned with how, during the reign of Elizabeth I, Early Modern writers use the representations of certain allegorical women characters to discuss the issues of iconography and the need for proper interpretation.  The relationship between women and icons makes such a movement possible.  The well-established misogynistic discourse on women lends itself well to the (re)construction of the discourse on icons; both express a certain amount of anxiety over the outward sign – the body – and its unreliability as a conduit of moral or spiritual purity.  And it may be that Early Modern Protestant and Catholic writers use this system of discourse in similar ways, but to argue for different views (albeit only slightly different at times).  Her focus is on how such writers employ the bodies and voices of women characters to either reinforce or redirect particular ideas about icons, and how they use allegorical texts to do so.  Because allegory is a mode of expression that relies on (and is, at times, even burdened by) metaphor, and thus begs for interpretation, it becomes an ideal vehicle for articulating ideas about icons and women simultaneously. 

Recent Publications:

“Through the Eyes of a Child: Southwest Indians in Children’s Literature.”  Fronteras 2.2 (Fall 2003): 3-4.

“(Re)Constructing the Medieval Recluse: Performative Acts of Virginity and the Writings of Julian of Norwich” 67.1 The Historian (Spring 2005): 43-61.

BOOK REVIEWS

Major Themes for Modern Writers, Longman Publishing

Big Fat Hip Reader, Longman Publishing

Medievalism and the Structuring of Victorian Society, Broadview Press

 

 

 

 

Professional Memberships:

Member of Medieval Academy of America

Member of Modern Language Association

 

 

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