Newman, Dr. Marcy Jane
Fullbright Scholar
Jodanian-American Commission for Educational Exchange (Amman, Jordan)

Personal Profile:
2005-2006, Fulbright Scholar, University of Jordan, Center for Strategic Studies
2001-present, Assistant Professor of English, Boise State University
2001 PhD Miami University, Postcolonial literature, American literature, Middle East literature.

Publications:Beyond Slash, Burn, and Poison: Transforming Breast Cancer Stories into Action (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2004).
Co-editor, with Salah Hassan, Special Issue on Arab American Literature for the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS) Journal, (forthcoming Spring 2006)."Fair and Balanced?: Sanctity v. Reality in the Theory and Practices of Academic Freedom." Palestine-Israel Journal. (forthcoming Spring 2006)"Naomi Shihab Nye." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter. Volume 2. 5th Edition. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005).