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- Renee Olander
- Associate Vice President for Regional Higher Education Centers
- Regional Higher Education Centers
- Va Beach Higher Ed Ctr
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Virginia Beach,
VA
23453
- 757-368-4108
- rolander@odu.edu
- Renee Olander is a poet who has taught writing, poetry pedagogy, and literature for more than two decades; her publications
include A FEW SPELLS, a chapbook of poems (Finishing Line Press 2010).
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Education
- University of Southern Maine,
2005
- Major: Creative Writing
- Degree: M.F.A.
- Old Dominion U.,
1987
- Major: English
- Degree: M.A.
- Mary Baldwin Col.,
1984
- Major: English
- Degree: B.A.
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Research Interests
- Poetry pedagogy; women writers; American poetry; Zora Neale Hurston; June Jordan; Walt Whitman; Frida Kahlo; representations
of women in literature; representations of violence against women in literature.
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Presentations
- "The Necessity of Poetry"
- Conference Name: Institute for Learning in Retirement
- Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Learning in Retirement
- Location: Virginia Beach, VA
- Date: March 26, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- A Reading of Original Poems
- Conference Name: US Poets in Mexico
- Sponsoring Organization: US Poets in Mexico
- Location: Merida, Yucatan, MX
- Date: January 8, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- "'We Real Cool': A Cool Way to Introduce American Poetry to Skeptics"
- Conference Name: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Sponsoring Organization: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Location: New York, NY
- Date: February 1, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- "On Permissions and Silences in Body-Centered Poems by Women and by Men"
- Conference Name: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Sponsoring Organization: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: March 27, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- A Reading of Original Poems
- Conference Name: Tidewater Community College
- Sponsoring Organization: Tidewater Community College
- Location: Portsmouth, VA
- Date: April 9, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- "Subversive Hurston: On the Legacies of Controversy Inspired by MOSES, MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN"
- Conference Name: Virginia Humanities Association & Christopher Newport U
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Humanities Association & Christopher Newport U
- Location: Newport News, VA
- Date: April 5, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- "Earth, Mother, and Other-Centered: Alternative Spiritualities in Poetry"
- Conference Name: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Sponsoring Organization: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: March 9, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- A Reading of Original Poems
- Conference Name: Old Dominion U
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion U
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: October 16, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- A Reading of Original Poems
- Conference Name: Mary Baldwin College
- Sponsoring Organization: Mary Baldwin College
- Location: Staunton, VA
- Date: April, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- "Universe: Alter-Egos, A Meditation on Strange Attractors"
- Conference Name: National Arts Club & Milkweed Editions
- Sponsoring Organization: National Arts Club & Milkweed Editions
- Location: New York, NY
- Date: October, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- 2003: "Apple of Our Eye Award", Student Virginia Education Assn (SVEA)- ODU Chapter
- 1998: "Most Inspiring Faculty Award", ODU
- 1998: "Most Inspiring Faculty Award", ODU
- 2003: Dean's Service Award, College of Arts and Letters, ODU
- 1988: Kate Smith Award for Poetry, AMELIA Magazine
- 1996: Pushcart Prize nomination, SISTERSONG- WOMEN ACROSS CULTURES
- 2003: Recognition Award, University Women's Caucus