Pamela Albanese

palbanese@gc.cuny.edu

Pamela Albanese is a doctoral candidate in Comparative Literature at The Graduate Center and a technology fellow at Hunter College. Her dissertation, A Critical and Cultural Poetics of the End: Self, Space, and Volatility in Los Angeles, explores intersections between self and place in literary and cinematic representations of Los Angeles. She taught at Hunter from 2003-2006 and worked as a writing fellow at Brooklyn College and CUNY Law from 2006-2008. She holds a B.A. in Literature from Bard College and previously worked as a web designer and a freelance writer.

Areas of Interest

The Self-Reflexive Novel; Phenomenology of the City; 20th Century Lyric Fiction and Essay; Cultural Studies; Film Studies

Languages

Spanish and French

Publications

“What Remains of the Bayeux Tapestry.” Seneca Review, Fall 2005

Courses Taught

English 377: The 20th Century American Novel, 2005-2006

English 250: The Fantastic in Literature, 2004-2005

English 220: Introduction to Literature, 2003-2006

Curriculum Vitae