M.A. in English, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.A. in English and French, Mount Holyoke College
Courses Taught
Introduction to College Writing
Composition I: Academic Literacies
Composition II: Writing as Engagement
Introduction to Literature
Academic Interests
Contemporary American literature, especially Joyce Carol Oates, gender and sexuality in literature and culture, and whiteness studies.
Scholarly Activity
Binette, Kori and Joanne V. Creighton. "‘What Does It Mean to Be a Woman?': The Daughter's Story in Oates's Novels." Studies in the Novel 38.4 (Winter 2006): 440-456. Print.
Binette, Kori. "Toxic Relations: Joyce Carol Oates's The Falls, Don DeLillo's White Noise, and the Ecology of Family." Paper accepted to 2007 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities.
Other Professional Experiences
Member
Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Conference on College Composition and Communication