
Renee Olander
Associate Vice President for Regional Higher Education Centers
ODU Virginia Beach Center
Contact Information
Biography
Education/Credentials
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Expertise
- Literature
- Poetry & poetry pedagogy, argument & critical thinking, women writers, American and global literature
- Women's Issues
- Literary representations of gender-based violence, women writers, rape
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Research Interests
- Literary foremothers; global and political poetry; representations of women in literature; representations of gender-based violence and violence against women in literature; Puerto Rican diaspora literature; Antarctica.
- 2017: J. Worth Pickering Administrator of the Year Award, Association of University Administrators
- 2003: "Apple of Our Eye Award", Student Virginia Education Assn (SVEA)- ODU Chapter
- 2003: Dean's Service Award, College of Arts and Letters, ODU
- 2003: Recognition Award, University Women's Caucus
- 1998: "Most Inspiring Faculty Award", ODU
- 1998: "Most Inspiring Faculty Award", ODU
- 1996: Pushcart Prize nomination, SISTERSONG- WOMEN ACROSS CULTURES
- 1988: Kate Smith Award for Poetry, AMELIA Magazine