| Email: | Wendy.Chase@fsw.edu |
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| Phone: | (239) 489-9470 |
| Extension: | 11470 |
| Location: | LEE L101 |
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Biography
Dr. Wendy Chase is a professor of humanities and the Director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creativity (CURC) at FSW where she has been teaching courses in modern humanities, American cinema, and contemporary world cinema since 2004. She holds a M.A. in French Literature and a Ph.D. in humanities with an emphasis in film studies and visual culture from Florida State University. As a graduate student, Dr. Chase spent a year at the Sorbonne in Paris studying French art, literature, and culture and another year in Rheims as a Florida-France Linkage Scholar researching The Left Bank Group, a subset of filmmakers belonging to the French New Wave. Her recent scholarship has focused on contemporary practices in art activism.
Education (Degrees and Certifications)
Ph.D. in Humanities with an emphasis in Film and Visual Culture
M.A. in French literature
B.A. in Humanities with minor in French
Research (Publications, Presentations, and Other Projects)
“Tijuana Dreamers: An Interview with Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana.” Interdisciplinary Humanities, Fall 2019.
“Penetrating Art: Creative Interventions in the Age of Internet Porn.” The International Journal of Communications and Linguistic Studies. Vol. 13. Issue 3. 2015. Champaign, Illinois
“Introduction.” Introduction to Humanities: Custom Edition for Florida SouthWestern State College. 2014. Pearson.
Guest Editor, Interdisciplinary Humanities, Art, Activism and the Tradition of Dissent. Fall 2019 edition.
Outside Reader for Interdisciplinary Humanities, Motherhood. Fall 2022 edition.
Copy Editor, Logbook of a Butterfly by Hélène Dubois-Nicholson. Summer 2020
Outside Reader: The International Journal of Communications and Linguistic Studies. Vol. 13 Issue 2. 2015. Cham-paign, Illinois Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, Fl. Rattling Cages: The Art of Activism. Lecture for the Opening of the Guerrilla Girls exhibit, January 2019.
HERA (Humanities Education and Research Association) Conference: March 7-10, 2018, Chicago. Tangible Absence: Making Sense of Speciesism in the Art of Ann Hamilton.
Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, Fl. Phora: Silence and Sound in the Art of Ann Hamilton. Lecture for the Open-ing of Ann Hamilton’s Phora exhibit. January 20, 2017.
HERA Conference: ” Beyond the Binary”. April 8-10, 2015, San Francisco. “Making Sense of Her: Performance, Authenticity, and the Evolution of Consciousness.”
New Directions in the Humanities. Madrid, 2014. “Penetrating Art: Creative Interventions in the Age of Internet Porn.”
Courses (Classes Taught Regularly)
HUM 2930: Great Human Questions HUM 2020: Introduction to Humanities FIL 1000: Film Appreciation FIL 2001: American Cinema/American Culture IDH 2910: Art on the Edge: Explorations in the Avant-Garde IDH 2911: Interdisciplinary Honors Capstone
College and Community Service
Chair, Humanities and Fine Arts 2007-2009
Lead faculty, Humanities and Fine Arts 2005-2007
General Education Advisory Council 2012-2018
Learning Assessment Committee 2012-2015
Education for a New Humanity Colloquium (founder, co-chair) 2010-2019
Public Art Committee for the City of Ft. Myers: 2007-2012
Ft. Myers Arts and Culture Grants Committee: 2012-present
Awards and Recognition
Life-Changer Award, FSW Honors Scholar Program, 2020 NISOD Award for Service to the College 2019 ARC grant recipient 2020 Best Advisor Award 2017 Sabbatical Recipient. 2014 NISOD Award for Service to the College 2009 President’s Award for Exemplary Service 2009 Preparing Future Faculty Fellow. Florida State University: 1998 Florida-France Linkage Scholarship. Florida State University 1991-1992