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Jane S. Gabin
(919) 452-9287 (cell) (919) 929-6608 (landline) janesgabin@yahoo.com www.janesgabin.com

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D. in English, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A. in English, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A. in English, Queens College, CUNY (Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude)

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Independent Scholar and Educational Consultant, 2005 –
   Instructor (Summer Programs), Summerfuel, New York (Summerfuel.com) NY, 2005 --
   Private counseling with individual students and families in New York City
see Community Work below
Faculty, School of Professional and Continuing Studies (School of Professional Studies), NYU, 2012 – 2015
College Counselor, United Nations International School, New York, NY 2005-06, 2011–2015
   Revised and expanded departmental literature
Produced multiple PowerPoint presentations for student and parent programs
Invited to join school branding sub-committee, 2014
Graduation Committee, 2011-2015
Director of College Guidance, The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ, 2008–2011
Associate Director of College Guidance, Elisabeth Irwin HS, New York, 2006-2008
Senior Assistant Director of Admissions, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1994-2005
   Responsible for admission of all international undergraduate students
Revised and improved application process for international students
Produced newsletters for secondary school guidance counselors and for international students
Arranged and convened conferences for statewide counselors’ advisory committee
Participated in state and regional workshops for admission professionals
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC, 1993
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Queens College (CUNY), 1993
Instructor, Duke University Office of Continuing Education, 1984-1995
Taught continuing education courses in Chapel Hill and Durham, NC
Lectured at libraries throughout North Carolina as part of the “Let’s Talk About It” program
Co-authored award-winning NEH grant for statewide (NC) lecture series commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s first voyage

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Review of A Room of His Own: A literary-Cultural Study of Victorian Clubland by Barbara Black, Review 19 (www.nbol-19.org), 2013
American Women in Gilded Age Britain: Expatriates Rediscovered. University Press of Florida, 2006
“Sidney Lanier,” in Southern Writers: A New Biographical Dictionary, Louisiana State University Press, 2006
“Clubs, Cliques, and Coteries: The Interlinking Artistic Circles of Wilde’s London” in Oscar Wilde, ed. Robert N. Keane. NY: AMS Press, 2003
“Elizabeth Banks: An American on Fleet Street,” in Feminist Forerunners, ed. Ann Heilmann. London: Rivers Oram Press/Pandora, 2003
Introduction to The Remaking of An American by Elizabeth Banks. University Press of Florida, 2000
Contributor, American National Biography. Oxford University Press, 1999
Contributor, Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, ed. Paula Hyman and Deborah Dash Moore, Routledge, 1997.
“Sidney Lanier,” in Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century, ed. Eric L. Haralson. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
“Little Women: An Overview,” in Reference Guide to American Literature, 3rd edition, St. James Press, 1994.
Contributor, The Encyclopedia of South Carolina, ed. Walter Edgar. University of South Carolina Press, 1993.
A Living Minstrelsy: The Poetry and Music of Sidney Lanier. Mercer University Press, 1985

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

"Kate Emanuel Magnus (1844-1924): A Recovered Life," Victorians Institute, Furman University, Greenville, SC, October 2017
"Lovely Transatlantic Invaders, American Women in Victorian London," Greensboro Lecture League, Greensboro, NC, October 2016
"No Fixed Address: Elizabeth Banks, The New Woman on Fleet Street," International Centre of Victorian Women Writers, Canterbury, July 2016
"American Women in Victorian England," First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro, NC, March 2016
"Jennie Jerome Churchill: A Remarkable Woman," The Tuckahoe Woman's Club, Richmond, VA, 2015
“Jennie Jerome Churchill: A Pioneer in Victorian England,” The English-Speaking Union, Richmond VA Branch, March 2014
“Edith Wharton’s New York,” Victorian Society in America, Metropolitan Chapter, New York City, November 2012
“American Women in Victorian England,” The English-Speaking Union, Salisbury NC, branch, March 2012
“Art by Heart: Recitation as Entertainment,” Northeast Modern Language Association, Rutgers University, April 2011
"The Essay Process: Simple, Sensible, and Smart," New Jersey Association for College Admissions Counseling, June 2010
“American Women in Victorian England,” The English-Speaking Union, Monmouth County branch, Rumson, NJ, March 2010
"American Women in 19th Century England," The Victorian Society in America, Metropolitan Chapter, New York City, March 2010
"American Women in Victorian London," Women's Studies Colloquium, Queens College, NY, November 2009
"Lovely Transatlantic Invaders": American Women of the Gilded Age in London, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, 16 October 2009
"American Women in Victorian London," The Women's Library, London Metropolitan University, 8 October 2009
“Mary Anderson and the American Colony in Broadway,” United Reform Church, Broadway, Worcestershire, UK, 6 October 2009
"Those Lovely Transatlantic Invaders": American Women in Victorian London, The Bishopsgate Institute, London, 1 October 2009
Chair: "Managing, Enduring, Preventing: Dealing With Difficult Families," NACAC National Conference, Baltimore, 2009
"Anglo-American Gothic,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Baltimore, 2003
“Elizabeth Banks: An American on Fleet Street,” Conference on the New Woman in the Periodical Press, Manchester, UK, July 2000
“The Interlinking Circles of Oscar Wilde’s London,” Oscar Wilde Centenary Conference, Hofstra University, April 2000
"Elizabeth Robins and the English Stage," co-authored with Joanne E. Gates of Jacksonville State University, International Federation of
      Theatre Research, University of Kent, Canterbury, 1998
“Downsizing: The Ultimate in Deconstruction,” Northeast Modern Language Association, Baltimore, April 1998
“Sleuthing on the Syllabus: Our Fascination with Academic Mysteries,” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta, November 1997
Chair: “The Stranger at Home: Studies of Domestic Exile,” Northeast Modern Language Association, Philadelphia, April 1997
Moderator, “The Author as Commodity,” SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) Conference, Center for
      the Book, Library of Congress, July 1994

COURSES TAUGHT (college level):

The Mystique of Paris
Shakespeare: The Tragedies
Survey of British Literature
Introduction to Shakespeare
Survey of American Literature
Railroads in American Culture
The Victorian Novel
American Women Writers
19th Century American Literature
Major American Authors
Introduction to Poetry
19th and 20th Century Theatre
Advanced Prose Writing
Creative Writing
Literature of the American Civil War
Literature of the American South

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member of national (USA) speakers’ group for the English-Speaking Union, 2008 – 2016 (program then discontinued)
Contributing writer, Annotated Bibliography of English Studies (ABES), Routledge, 2010
Invited consultant on rebranding and identity, Queens College of the City University of NY, 2009
Program Committee, Friends of the Queens College Library, 2008 – 2010
2000 Graduate of Bridges, a UNC-sponsored academic leadership program
President (1998-1999), Women's Caucus of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association
Coordinator of committees for the celebration of the Bicentennial of the town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Grant review panelist, NEH Humanities Programs in Libraries and Archives
Book reviewer for Choice, Belles Lettres and Journal of College Admission (1992-2005)
Former AP Exam Reader (English) for Educational Testing Service
Grant recipient, Independent Scholars’ Association of the NC Triangle

MEMBER:

Faculty Forward Network
New Faculty Majority
Victorian Society of America, Metropolitan Chapter
Alliance Française, New York
National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC)
Southern Association for College Admissions Counseling (SACAC)
Victorians Institute

COMMUNITY WORK (pro bono)

Writer of “Ask the College Counselor” column at www.insideschools.org
Guest Presenter, English Speaking Union’s Andrew Romay New Immigrant Center: “Options in Higher Education in the US,” New York, 2013
Guest Presenter, KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program): “Approaching the College Application Process,” at KIPP College Prep, New York, 2012
Led professional development workshops at NACAC, NJACAC, and NYSACAC (national and regional college admissions conferences)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

expatriate women writers
the American experience in Paris (particularly during WWII) and London
19th century American culture
New York City in literature
Victorian literature and culture
academic mystery novels

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: available upon request regarding my administrative work, counseling, research, and writing