Dr. Cyrana B Dowell
Lecturer
Degree Information
- PHD, Middle Tennessee State University (2016)
- MA, University of South Florida (2011)
- MA, University of South Florida (2009)
- BA, University of South Florida (2006)
Areas of Expertise
- 20th Century US History
- American Social and Political Movements
- Histories of Feminism, Gender, Women, & Sexuality
- Feminist and Queer Theory
- Queer Historiography
- Archives, Special Collections, and Oral History
Publications
Cyrana Wyker (2020) Dissonance and Multiplicity in Queer Oral History Narratives, The Oral History Review, 47:1, 93-103, DOI: 10.1080/00940798.2020.1721303
Review of “Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema” by Susan Potter. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 118, No, 3+4 (Summer/Autumn 2020).
"Women in Wargasm: The Politics of Women’s Liberati...
Read More »Cyrana Wyker (2020) Dissonance and Multiplicity in Queer Oral History Narratives, The Oral History Review, 47:1, 93-103, DOI: 10.1080/00940798.2020.1721303
Review of “Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema” by Susan Potter. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 118, No, 3+4 (Summer/Autumn 2020).
"Women in Wargasm: The Politics of Women’s Liberation in the Weather Underground Organization" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/93
Sara Crawley; with Heather Curry, Julie Dumois-Sands, Chelsea Tanner, and Cyrana Wyker (2008). “Full Contact Pedagogy: Lecturing with Questions and Student Centered Assignments as Methods for Inciting Self-Reflexivity for Faculty and Students,” Feminist Teacher, Vol. 19, No. 1, 13-30.
Presentations
Oral History Association Conference, “Re-Thinking Florida’s Political Past: Oral History, Social Change, and Social Justice,” Tampa, FL, 10/2015
Oral History Association Conference, “Oral History as a Subversive Methodology,” Oklahoma City, OK, 10/2013
Phi Alpha Theta Conference, “Learning the Skills of a Professional Oral Historian,” Murfreesboro, TN, 5/2012
Courses
WGST 3900/HIST 3070 Women and Globalism
WGST 3010 Sexuality Studies
WGST 2100 Introduction to Women's Studies
HIST 2010 Survey of United States History I
HIST 2020 Survey of United States History II
