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- Renee Olander
- Associate Vice President for Regional Higher Education Centers
- ODU Virginia Beach Center
- 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
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Major: Creative Writing
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Degree: M.F.A.
- Old Dominion U.,
1987
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Major: English
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Degree: M.A.
- Mary Baldwin Col.,
1984
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Major: English
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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
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"The Necessity of Poetry"
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Conference Name: Annual Meeting
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Sponsoring Organization: Institute for Learning in Retirement
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA
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Date: March 26, 2010
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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A Reading of Original Poems
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Conference Name: US Poets in Mexico
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Sponsoring Organization: US Poets in Mexico
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Location: Merida, Yucatan, MX
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Date: January 8, 2010
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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"'We Real Cool': A Cool Way to Introduce American Poetry to Skeptics"
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Conference Name: AWP Annual Conference
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Sponsoring Organization: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
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Location: New York, NY
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Date: February 1, 2008
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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"On Permissions and Silences in Body-Centered Poems by Women and by Men"
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Conference Name: AWP Annual Conference
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Sponsoring Organization: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
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Location: Chicago, IL
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Date: March 27, 2004
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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A Reading of Original Poems
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Conference Name: Annual Literary Festival
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Sponsoring Organization: Tidewater Community College
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Location: Portsmouth, VA
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Date: April 9, 2002
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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"Subversive Hurston: On the Legacies of Controversy Inspired by MOSES, MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN"
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Conference Name: Virginia Humanities Conference
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Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Humanities Association & Christopher Newport U
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Location: Newport News, VA
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Date: April 5, 2002
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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"Earth, Mother, and Other-Centered: Alternative Spiritualities in Poetry"
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Conference Name: AWP Annual Conference
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Sponsoring Organization: Association of Writers and Writing Programs
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Location: New Orleans, LA
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Date: March 9, 2002
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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A Reading of Original Poems
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Conference Name: Annual Literary Festival
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Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion U
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Location: Norfolk, VA
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Date: October 16, 2001
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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A Reading of Original Poems
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Conference Name: National Poetry Month
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Sponsoring Organization: Mary Baldwin College
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Location: Staunton, VA
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Date: April, 2000
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
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"Universe: Alter-Egos, A Meditation on Strange Attractors"
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Conference Name: VERSE AND UNIVERSE: POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS book launch
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Sponsoring Organization: National Arts Club & Milkweed Editions
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Location: New York, NY
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Date: October, 1998
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Authors/Presenters:
Olander, R.
- 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