Curriculum Vitae Dr. Jerrilyn McGregory February 18, 2019 General Information University address: Dept. of English College of Arts & Sciences 1992 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania. Major: Folklore and Folklife. African American, regional. Professional Experience 2012–present Professor, English, Florida State University. 1999–2012 Associate Professor, English, Florida State University. . Harry Shaw Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of African American Popular Culture, Popular Culture Association (2015). Publications Refereed Monographs:
McGregory, J. (Forthcoming). “One Grand Noise”: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World. University Press of Mississippi McGregory, J. Downhome Gospel: African American Spiritual Activism in Wiregrass Country. University Press of Mississippi, 2011. McGregory, J. Wiregrass Country. University Press of Mississippi, 1997. Refereed Book Chapters McGregory, J. M. (2012). "The Rest Is Up to You: Burial Societies in North Florida". In Essays in Florida Folklife. University Press of Mississippi. McGregory, J. M. (2011). "Spatialized Ontologies: Toni Morrison's Science Fiction Traces in Gothic Places. In Gothic Science Fiction. Liverpool. Invited Encyclopedia Entries McGregory, J. (contract). "African American Folklore" "Gospel" and "Names". The World of Jim Crow. Greenwood Press. McGregory, J. (2016). "Folklore". In Gene Jarrett (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in African American Studies. New York: Oxford. Invited Reviews McGregory, J. (2017). Barbaric Culture and Black Critique: Black Antislavery Writers, Religions, and the Slaveholding Atlantic. Early American Lit. McGregory, J. M. (2014). Review: Black Folklore and the Politics of Racial Representation. Western Folklore. McGregory, J. M. (2011). Review: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Folklife. Alabama Review, 64, 1-2. Presentations
Invited Papers at Conferences
McGregory, J. M. (presented 2012, September). "'New Lies Sprung Up': Eatonville and Zora Neale Hurston's Performance Theory". Paper presented at 75th Anniversary Celebration Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," Association to Preserve Eatonville Community, Refereed Papers at Conferences McGregory, J. (presented 2019) “‘The First Stage in Making a Zombie’: Categorical Transgression in Nalo Hopkinson’s Brown Girl in the Ring.” Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference in Washington D.C.) McGregory, J. (presented 2018) “Lauren Oya Olamina, Womanist Spiritual Leader," (PCAS/ACAS) Conference in New Orleans, LA. McGregory, J. (presented 2016). "Performance Theory in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God." American Folklore Society, Miami, FL. McGregory, J. (presented 2015, November). "'One Grand Noise': "Boxing Day Soundscapes in the Anglicized Caribbean World". Presented at Soundscapes, Soundscapes and Sonic Cultures in America, Graz, Austria. McGregory, J. (presented 2015, April). "Stop Being So Damn Creative: The Devaluation of African American Personal Names within Popular Culture". Popular Culture Association, New Orleans, LA. (International) McGregory, J. M. (presented 2011, October). "Festive Time: Boxing Day in the African Diaspora". American Folklore Society, Nashville, TN. Invited Presentations at Conferences McGregory, J. (presented 2016). Honoring Lydia Cabrera's Story: Altar, Performance, and the Living Archive. American Folklore Society, Miami, FL. McGregory, J. (presented 2015, January). "Zora Neale Hurston: The Bodacious Spiritual Activist". Presentation at Zora Neale Hurston Conference, Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL. (Local)