Emma Butler-Probst
ebutlerp@vols.utk.edu
~Education~
Master of Arts in Literature
~May 2018~
University of Colorado, BoulderMaster’s Thesis: “‘Once Gone Through, We Trace Round Again’: The Cyclical Journey of Belief and Unbelief in Herman Melville’s Later Works”
Committee: Martin Bickman (Thesis Adviser), Maria Windell, Mary Klages
Bachelor of Arts in English, Summa Cum Laude
~May 2016~
Metropolitan State University of Denver Literature Emphasis with a Minor in Linguistics
“‘The Imagination Called Faith’: Self-Fashioned Divinity in Isa: A Pilgrimage.’” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. San Diego, CA. November 2019
“Fast-Fish, Loose-Fish, and Graduate Students: Embracing Ishmael's Exploratory Teaching Style.” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. San Diego, CA, November 2019
“‘It Spiralizes!’: Herman Melville’s Theory of Spirituality.” Melville’s Origins: 12th International Melville Society Conference. New York, NY, June 2019
“‘If the Deposition Has Served as the Key’: Narrative Indeterminacy, Divided Accounts, and Readerly Skepticism in ‘Benito Cereno.’” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Bellingham, WA, November 2018
“‘The Smallest Strands in the Mighty Cable of the Scriptures’: Melville's Testament to the Bible in His Collected Works.” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Honolulu, HI, November 2017
“‘What is It Then to Act a Part?’: Theatrical Identity in Melville’s ‘The Two Temples.’” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Spokane, WA, October 2017
“Both Christ and Anti-Christ: Melville's Epistemological Liminality and the Conflicted Depiction of Ahab.” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Pasadena, CA, November 2016
“‘Desolation of Solitude’: Intellectual Detachment and Interpersonal Embrace in Melville’s Moby-Dick,” Honors Thesis Symposium. Denver, CO, May 2016
“Oppressed Bodies: Scientific Isolation, Dissection, and the Suppression of Community in Moby-Dick,” MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. Denver, CO, April 2016
“Multiculturalism and the Ahab/Ishmael Dialectic,” MSU Denver Undergraduate English Conference. Denver, CO, March 2016
“Responses to Dual Identity: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. Minneapolis, MN, March 2016
“Damaged Vessels: The Function of Suffering in Melville’s Moby-Dick and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter,” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Portland, OR, November 2015
“Achieving Moral Insight Through Narrative Distance: An Exploration of Children's Anthropomorphic Animal Stories, Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. Denver, CO, May 2015
“Misperceived Salvation in ‘Revelation,’” Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. Albuquerque, NM, March 2015
“Melville’s Mediated Response to Transcendentalism,” MSU Denver Undergraduate English Conference. Denver, CO, March 2015
“Conceptualizing Evil: ‘The Scouring of the Shire’ and the Divergent Philosophical Depictions of Evil in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Book Series and Peter Jackson’s Film Series,” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Riverside, CA, November 2014
“Tolkien’s Issues with Narnia: Insights into the Divergent Artistic Visions of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis” MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. Denver, CO, April 2014
“‘Overview and Context of Milton’s Paradise Lost,” University of Colorado, Boulder. Invited Class Lecture, ENGL 1420: Poetry, October 2017
“Understanding Form, Meter, and Scansion in Poetry,” University of Colorado, Boulder. Invited Class Lecture, ENGL 1420: Poetry, September 2017
“The Permeable Self: Hypnotism and the Moral Degeneration of the Scientist in The Parasite and The Beetle,” Works in Progress (WIPS) Presentation, April 2017
Honors Program Thesis: “‘Desolation of Solitude’: Intellectual Detachment and Interpersonal Embrace in Melville’s Moby-Dick”Committee: Craig Svonkin (Thesis Adviser), Cynthia Kuhn, Megan Hughes,
~Research Interests~
19th Century American Literature ~ Religion in Literature ~Reading Practice and Belief~ Literary Representations of the Bible ~ Herman Melville ~ Hermeneutics ~ Epistemology in Literature ~Academic Work and Teaching Experience~
Graduate Teaching Associate ~August 2018-Present~
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
ENGL 101, ENGL 102
Editorial Assistant
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
ENGL 101, ENGL 102
Editorial Assistant
~August 2019-Present~
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assisted Dr. Chiles with selecting review books, requesting
books, and related duties for Early American Literature
Research Assistant
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assisted Dr. Chiles with selecting review books, requesting
books, and related duties for Early American Literature
Research Assistant
~August 2019-May 2020~
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assistant to Dr. Dawn Coleman
Editorial Assistant
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assistant to Dr. Dawn Coleman
Editorial Assistant
~August 2019-May 2020~
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assisted Dr. Coleman with editing book reviews, requesting
review books, and related duties for Leviathan
Teacher’s Assistant
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Assisted Dr. Coleman with editing book reviews, requesting
review books, and related duties for Leviathan
Teacher’s Assistant
~August 2017-December 2017~
University of Colorado, Boulder
ENGL 1420: Poetry
Homeschool Enrichment Teacher
University of Colorado, Boulder
ENGL 1420: Poetry
Homeschool Enrichment Teacher
~August 2020-May 2021~
Front Range Christian School
Grades 9-12: Christian Literature—Fiction
Homeschool Enrichment Teacher
Front Range Christian School
Grades 9-12: Christian Literature—Fiction
Homeschool Enrichment Teacher
~August 2017-May 2018~
Front Range Christian School
Grades 9-12: Exploring American Literature
Teacher’s Assistant
Front Range Christian School
Grades 9-12: Exploring American Literature
Teacher’s Assistant
~August 2016-December 2016~
University of Colorado, Boulder
In partial fulfillment of ENGL 5529: Teaching English Coursework
ENGL 1600: Masterpieces of American Literature
English Tutor
University of Colorado, Boulder
In partial fulfillment of ENGL 5529: Teaching English Coursework
ENGL 1600: Masterpieces of American Literature
English Tutor
~August 2014-May 2016~
MSU Denver Student Academic Success and Tutoring Center
MSU Denver Student Academic Success and Tutoring Center
~Publications~
“‘They Read With Their Own Eye from Nature’s Own Book’: Imagining Whales in Impressions of Theophrastus Such.”
(George Eliot Review, vol. 51, Spring 2020. pp. 55-67)
“Raciocultural Union and ‘Fraternity of Feeling’: Ishmael’s
“Raciocultural Union and ‘Fraternity of Feeling’: Ishmael’s
Redemption in Moby-Dick” (Criterion, vol. 10.1, Spring 2017. pp 1-17)
“The Completely Unabridged Fairytale Adventures of
“The Completely Unabridged Fairytale Adventures of
Ollie” (Metrosphere: Arts and Literary Magazine, vol. 34.2, Spring 2016)
~Conference Papers~
“‘A Sweeter Poem Than Any They Could Write’: Woman’s Mental Resilience and Genre Limitations in ‘A Whisper in the Dark’ and A Modern Mephistopheles.” NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference. Knoxville, TN. March 2020“‘The Imagination Called Faith’: Self-Fashioned Divinity in Isa: A Pilgrimage.’” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. San Diego, CA. November 2019
“Fast-Fish, Loose-Fish, and Graduate Students: Embracing Ishmael's Exploratory Teaching Style.” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. San Diego, CA, November 2019
“‘It Spiralizes!’: Herman Melville’s Theory of Spirituality.” Melville’s Origins: 12th International Melville Society Conference. New York, NY, June 2019
“‘If the Deposition Has Served as the Key’: Narrative Indeterminacy, Divided Accounts, and Readerly Skepticism in ‘Benito Cereno.’” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Bellingham, WA, November 2018
“‘The Smallest Strands in the Mighty Cable of the Scriptures’: Melville's Testament to the Bible in His Collected Works.” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Honolulu, HI, November 2017
“‘What is It Then to Act a Part?’: Theatrical Identity in Melville’s ‘The Two Temples.’” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association. Spokane, WA, October 2017
“Both Christ and Anti-Christ: Melville's Epistemological Liminality and the Conflicted Depiction of Ahab.” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Pasadena, CA, November 2016
“‘Desolation of Solitude’: Intellectual Detachment and Interpersonal Embrace in Melville’s Moby-Dick,” Honors Thesis Symposium. Denver, CO, May 2016
“Oppressed Bodies: Scientific Isolation, Dissection, and the Suppression of Community in Moby-Dick,” MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. Denver, CO, April 2016
“Multiculturalism and the Ahab/Ishmael Dialectic,” MSU Denver Undergraduate English Conference. Denver, CO, March 2016
“Responses to Dual Identity: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. Minneapolis, MN, March 2016
“Damaged Vessels: The Function of Suffering in Melville’s Moby-Dick and Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter,” Pacific, Ancient and Modern Language Association. Portland, OR, November 2015
“Achieving Moral Insight Through Narrative Distance: An Exploration of Children's Anthropomorphic Animal Stories, Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. Denver, CO, May 2015
“Misperceived Salvation in ‘Revelation,’” Sigma Tau Delta International Convention. Albuquerque, NM, March 2015
“Melville’s Mediated Response to Transcendentalism,” MSU Denver Undergraduate English Conference. Denver, CO, March 2015
“Conceptualizing Evil: ‘The Scouring of the Shire’ and the Divergent Philosophical Depictions of Evil in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Book Series and Peter Jackson’s Film Series,” Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association. Riverside, CA, November 2014
“Tolkien’s Issues with Narnia: Insights into the Divergent Artistic Visions of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis” MSU Denver Undergraduate Research Conference. Denver, CO, April 2014
~Invited Talks and Presentations~
“‘The Smallest Strands in the Mighty Cable of the Scriptures’: Melville's Testament to the Bible in His Collected Works,” Works in Progress (WIPS) Presentation, October 2017“‘Overview and Context of Milton’s Paradise Lost,” University of Colorado, Boulder. Invited Class Lecture, ENGL 1420: Poetry, October 2017
“Understanding Form, Meter, and Scansion in Poetry,” University of Colorado, Boulder. Invited Class Lecture, ENGL 1420: Poetry, September 2017
“The Permeable Self: Hypnotism and the Moral Degeneration of the Scientist in The Parasite and The Beetle,” Works in Progress (WIPS) Presentation, April 2017
~Awards, Honors and Fellowships~
John C. Hodges Excellence in Scholarship Award ~August 2020~
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The George Eliot Essay Contest
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The George Eliot Essay Contest
~April 2020~
The George Eliot Fellowship
Herman E. Spivey Humanities Grad Fellowship
The George Eliot Fellowship
Herman E. Spivey Humanities Grad Fellowship
~August 2018-2021~
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Trotsky Fellowship
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Trotsky Fellowship
~January 2017~
University of Colorado, Boulder English Department
Dr. Gerald Fenger Memorial Endowed Scholarship
University of Colorado, Boulder English Department
Dr. Gerald Fenger Memorial Endowed Scholarship
~April 2015~
Metropolitan State University of Denver English Department
Special English Scholar Award
Metropolitan State University of Denver English Department
Special English Scholar Award
~April 2014~
Metropolitan State University of Denver English Department
Metropolitan State University of Denver English Department
~Service~
Graduate Student Representative ~November 2018-Present~
PAMLA Executive Board
Session Organizer/Presiding Officer
PAMLA Executive Board
Session Organizer/Presiding Officer
~November 2019~
Bicentennial Melville Panel
PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA
Session Organizer/Presiding Officer
Bicentennial Melville Panel
PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA
Session Organizer/Presiding Officer
~November 2019~
Teaching as Students and Studying as Teachers:
Dual Roles and the Liminal Graduate Student Panel
PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA
Presiding Officer
Teaching as Students and Studying as Teachers:
Dual Roles and the Liminal Graduate Student Panel
PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA
Presiding Officer
~November 2019~
Motherhood in Contemporary American
Literature Panel
PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA
Presiding Officer
Motherhood in Contemporary American
Literature Panel
PAMLA Conference, San Diego, CA
Presiding Officer
~November 2018~
American Literature Before 1865 Panel
PAMLA Conference, Bellingham, WA
Session Organizer/Presiding Officer
American Literature Before 1865 Panel
PAMLA Conference, Bellingham, WA
Session Organizer/Presiding Officer
~November 2017~
Epistemologies of Sight and Touch in American
Literature Panel
PAMLA Conference, Honolulu, HI
PAMLA Conference Planning Committee
Epistemologies of Sight and Touch in American
Literature Panel
PAMLA Conference, Honolulu, HI
PAMLA Conference Planning Committee
~September 2017-November 2017~
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Assisted the Director with Planning of Conference
Presiding Officer
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Assisted the Director with Planning of Conference
Presiding Officer
~November 2016~
Western American Literature Panel
PAMLA Conference, Pasadena, CA
PAMLA Conference Planning Committee
Western American Literature Panel
PAMLA Conference, Pasadena, CA
PAMLA Conference Planning Committee
~September 2016-November 2016~
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
President, Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Psi Chapter
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
President, Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Psi Chapter
~December 2015-May 2016~
Metropolitan State University of Denver,
PAMLA Conference Plan Committee
Metropolitan State University of Denver,
PAMLA Conference Plan Committee
~September 2015-November 2015~
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
PAMLA Conference Plan Committee
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
PAMLA Conference Plan Committee
~September 2014-October 2014~
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
~Professional Organizations~
- C19: The Society of Nineteenth-Century Americanists
- Modern Language Association
- Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
- Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honor Society
- The National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Golden Key International Honors Society
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