Curriculum Vitae
TRISH DEROCHER, Ph.D.
trish@transformativeconsciousness.com, transformativeconsciousness.com
RECENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
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2021-2022
Adjunct Instructor, Women’s Spirituality Department, California Institute for Integral Studies (CIIS): PARW-6419 Transformative Philosophies of Justice & PARW- 6658 Spiritual Activism and Transformative Social Change
2020-2021
Curriculum Development Consulting Group, Biofield Tuning Team, Burlington, Vermont
2019-Current
Practitioner, Biofield Tuning Clinic, Burlington, Vermont
2019-2020
Customer Service Support, Biofield Tuning Team, Burlington, Vermont
2018-2020
Yoga Instructor, Sangha Yoga Studio, Burlington, Vermont
2016-2019
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Core Department, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont
2017-2018
Yoga Instructor, SoulShine Power Yoga, Essex Junction, Vermont
2013-2016
Assistant Professor of English Literature, Department of English, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, New York
EDUCATION
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2012
Doctor of Philosophy, Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Dissertation Title: “Staging Cross-Border (Reading) Alliances: Feminist Polyvocal Testimonials at Work.” Dissertation Committee: Richa Nagar (co-advisor), Amy Kaminsky (co-advisor), Shaden Tageldin, Omise’eke N. Tinsley, Edén Torres
2011
Master of Arts, Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
2006
Master of Arts, English Literature, University of Vermont. Thesis Title: “Bringing the Body Back: Corporeal Intersubjectivity in the Works of Irigaray, Winterson, and Woolf.” Thesis Committee: Valerie Rohy (advisor), Glen Elder, Tom Simone
2004
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, Gender Studies minor, Saint Michael’s College, Summa Cum Laude.
2002
Associate Degree, Liberal Arts, SUNY Adirondack, Magna Cum Laude.
PUBLICATIONS
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2021
"A Politics of Hope: Letters, Dance, and Dreams." Meditations on a Dream: Intersecting Artistic Excellence and Social Justice, an anthology of essays, reflections, and responses from a creative process (Ananya Dance Theatre Company). Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021. Coauthored with Simi Kang and Richa Nagar.
2019
Book Review. “The Politics of Documenting and Modeling Anti-Neoliberal Organizing Through Activist Film: A Review of Atenco Lives: Filmmaking and Popular Struggle in Mexico.” The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Latin American History.
Reprint. “The Destabilization of Masculinity in A House for Mr. Biswas and The Mimic Men.” Contemporary Literary Criticism on V. S. Naipaul. Contemporary Literary Criticism Series. Layman Poupard Publishing, 2019. Coauthored with Steph Ceraso.
2018
Manuscript. Transnational Testimonios: The Politics of Collective Knowledge Production. Decolonizing Feminisms Series. Ed. Piya Chatterjee. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018.
"Flower Songs and Moon Monologues: Pluralizing Desire in Mayotte Capécia's I am a Martinican Woman." One Love? Examining Contemporary Caribbean Literature and Cultures. Ed. Irline Francois. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
2016
Book Review. “El Secreto Abierto: Charting Cariglobal Economies of (Queer) Desire.” Rev. of The Queer Caribbean Speaks: Interviews with Writers, Artists, and Activists and Island Bodies: Transgressive Sexualities in the Caribbean Imagination. SX Salon: 21 (2016).
2012
“Testimonio and Its Travelers: Feminist Deployments of a Genre in Action.” Pushing the Boundaries of Latin American Testimony: Meta-morphoses and Migrations. Eds. Louise Detwiler and Janis Breckenridge. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
2009
“The Destabilization of Masculinity in V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr. Biswas and The Mimic Men.” Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 42:3 (2009): 109-126. Coauthored with Steph Ceraso.
GRANTS and FELLOWSHIPS
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2019
Faculty Fellow for Wellness Initiatives, Champlain College.
2012-2013
Corse Fellowship, Department of English Literature, University of Vermont.
2011-2012
Corse Fellowship, Department of English Literature, University of Vermont.
Fall 2011
Departmental Fellowship, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Summer 2010
Graduate Research Partnership Program (GRPP) Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
2004-2006
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of English Literature, University of Vermont.
AWARDS
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2019
Faculty Appreciation for LGBTQ+ Activism, Lavender Graduation Committee, Champlain College
2012
Feminist Studies Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
2006
University Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, University of Vermont
Graduate Teaching Fellow of the Year Award, Department of English Literature, University of Vermont
2004
English Literature Student of the Year, Saint Michael’s College
Marie Henault Award in Gender Studies Activism, Saint Michael’s College
RECENT PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS AND DEVELOPMENT
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2021-2022
Foundations in Somatic Abolitionism with Resmaa Menakem, Education for Racial Equity, Online
School of Remembering, Awakening the Illuminated Heart with Viola Rose, Online
2020-2021
Druid Training: Level I, Dreamland, Green Mountain Druid Order, VT
2019-2020
200-hour Ayurveda Immersion, Ayurveda Center of Vermont, Williston, VT
2020
Advanced Module One Training, Biofield Tuning, San Diego, CA
2019
Practitioner Training, Biofield Tuning, Burlington, VT
Foundations Training, Biofield Tuning, Burlington, VT
Community Herbalism Apprenticeship, Spoonful Herbals, Burlington, VT
Sacred Plant Medicine Workshop, Gaia School of Healing, Lanikai, Oahu, Hawaii
2018
Radical Dharma Workshop, Omega Institute, Rhineback, NY
CIEE Seminar, Contemporary Cuban Social Policy, Havana, Cuba
Trauma Informed Yoga Certification, Laughing River Yoga, Burlington, VT
2016
Intercultural U Certification, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
200-Hour Bhakti Yoga Teacher Training Certification, Govardhan Ecovillage, India
2015
SafeZone Train the Trainer Certification, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury NY
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
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November 2019
“Decolonizing Bernie-land: Imagining, Practicing, and Modeling Coalitional, Liberatory Education at PWIs in Vermont,” a Roundtable Discussion, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, CA
June 2018
“Writings on Caribbean History, Literature, Art and Culture: One Love,” 43rd Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Havana, Cuba
November 2016
“Decolonial Pedagogies: Bodies and Border Crossings (Part II),” a Roundtable Discussion, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Montreal, ON
April 2015
“One Love? Examining Contemporary Caribbean Literatures and Cultures,” Seminar Presentation, Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Toronto, ON
October 2014
“The Changing Role of Literature in the Classroom,” a Panel Discussion, Connecting and Communicating English Symposium, SUNY Adirondack
April 2014
“Translating Worlds with Edwidge Danticat: Negotiating Readerships and the Virtues of Not Understanding”; Pedagogical Approaches to the Literature of the Caribbean Diaspora, a Roundtable Discussion, Northeast Modern Language Association Conference, Harrisburg, PA
October 2013
“Feminist Hip-Hop as Transnational Feminist Praxis”; Transnational Popular Culture as Pedagogy: Re-presenting Gender and Sexuality in the Classroom, a Panel Discussion, Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference, Colchester, VT
November 2012
“Stories in Conversation: Negotiating Social Difference Through Co-Narrational Practice”; Telling Stories, Writing Praxis: Decolonizing Knowledge Production Through Feminist Storytelling Methodologies, a Panel Discussion, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Oakland, California
March 2011
“Pedagogy, Praxis, Polyvocality: Framing the Politics of Location in a Women’s ‘World’ Literature Course,” Critical Ethnic Studies and the Future of Genocide: A Major Conference, Riverside, CA
November 2009
“Revisiting Nawal al Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero: Representation, Appropriation, and the Politics of Reception”; Transgression, Trespass, and Trustworthiness: Positioning Women’s Studies, a Panel Discussion, National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
November 2009
Work and Family in Graduate School, a Panel Discussion, American Studies Association Conference, Washington, D.C.
May 2006
“Corporeal Intersubjectivity in the Works of Jeanette Winterson and Virginia Woolf,” New Voices Conference on Gender and Sexuality, University of Maynooth, Ireland
April 2006
“Corporeal Intersubjectivity in the Works of Jeanette Winterson,” Gender Across Borders II: Research Subjects Conference, SUNY Buffalo
March 2004
“The Aestheticization of the Female Nude,” Women’s Studies Symposium, Castleton College, Vermont
OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
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October 2014
Workshop Leader, “Constructing Effective Writing Instructions,” Connecting and Communicating English Symposium, SUNY Adirondack
Fall 2010
Feminist Studies Graduate Student Association Planning Committee, “Interrogating Complicities: Postcolonial, Queer, and the Threat of the Normative,” Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Spring 2008
Conference Volunteer, “Queer Motions: 1st Biennial Twin Cities Conference on Global/Local Sexualities,” Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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2016-2019
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Core Division, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
COR 115: Rhetoric of Self (Authenticity)
COR 125: Rhetoric of Community (Citizenship and National Belonging)
COR 240: Bodies (In Transition; Public Space; Borderlands; Gender, Pop Culture & Self-Care)
COR 280: Colonialism and the West (Global/Intimate; The Middle Passage)
2013-2016
Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
ENG 090: Remedial writing
ENG 100A/B: Reading and Writing Workshop
ENG 101: Introduction to College Writing
ENG 108: Introduction to Writing About Literature (classroom and online delivered)
ENG 205: American Literature I (classroom and online delivered)
ENG 218: Women in Literature (classroom delivered and online delivered)
ENG 250: The Rise of the Graphic Novel
2012-2016
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY
GWS 101: Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies (classroom and online delivered)
GWS 301: Global Gender Issues (classroom and online delivered)
GWS 319: Women and Pop Culture (online delivered)
2013
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Online, Distance Learning, SUNY Empire State College, Saratoga Springs, NY
SOC-242204: Gays and Lesbians in American Culture (online delivered)
2012-2013
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
ENG 100A & 100B: Reading and Writing Workshop
ENG 101: Introduction to College Writing
2013
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
GS 308: Feminist Food Studies and the Food Memoir (upper-level elective, cross-listed with Women’s/Gender Studies and Environmental Studies)
2009-2012
Graduate Instructor, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
GWSS 1003W: Women Write the World (a writing intensive literature course)
GWSS 3003: Gender and Global Politics (online delivered)
GWSS 3302: Women and the Arts (upper level)
GWSS 3306: Pop Culture Women (upper level)
2007-2009
Teaching Assistant, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
GWSS 1003W: Women Write the World (a writing intensive literature course)
GWSS 3011W: Contemporary Women’s Fiction (a writing intensive course)
GWSS 3102W: Feminist Thought and Theory (a writing intensive course)
2006-2007
Lecturer, Department of English, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
EN 110: Seminar in Literary Studies (a writing intensive course for English majors)
2005
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
GS 101: Introduction to Gender/Women’s Studies
2004-2006
Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of English, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
ENGS 001: Written Expression (a first-year composition course)
DEI CONSULTING, COMMUNITY PEDAGOGY, AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS
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Spring 2022
Ahimsa & Social Justice, 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Faculty, Laughing River Yoga, Winooski, VT
Fall 2021
Trainings for Tuners: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Collaboration with Jillian Faldmo, Online
Walking with Whiteness: A Four Week Series, Laughing River Yoga, Online
Summer 2021
Finding Equilibrium in the Midst of Pandemic Trauma Workshop, Hunger Council, Hunger Free Vermont , Online
Walking with Whiteness: A Workshop for White-Bodied Yogis, Laughing River Yoga, Online
Spring 2021
Radical Self-Care for a Just World: Building Heart-Based Alliances, Sangha Studio Burlington, VT
Whiteness 101: An Anti-Racism Workshop for White-Bodied Yogis, Sangha Studio, Burlington, VT
Fall 2020
Trauma Workshop, Bodies Course with Dr. Kelly Thomas, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Fall 2019
Co-Facilitator, Sunday Satsangs & Social Justice, Sangha Yoga Studio, Burlington, VT
Fall 2019
Facilitator, Slow Flow Community Yoga Chakra and Herbs Yoga Series, Railyard Apothecary, Burlington, VT
Fall 2019
Guest Speaker on Mindfulness, Chittenden Correctional Facility, Vermont Works for Women, Burlington, VT
Fall 2019
Guest Speaker on Mindfulness, Sacred and the Secular: Buddhism, Champlain College
Fall 2019
Workshop Facilitator, “Mindfulness for Educators,” Sangha Yoga Studio, Burlington, VT
Spring 2019
Workshop Facilitator “Mindfulness for Activists and Advocates,” Sangha Yoga Studio, Burlington, VT
Fall 2018
Co-Facilitator, Faculty and Student Workshop: Teaching Philosophies, Center for Teaching and Learning, Champlain College
Fall 2018
Faculty Guest Speaker, Global Studies Capstone, Champlain College
Fall 2018
Workshop Facilitator, “Mindfulness and Movement: Self-Care for Educators,” SoulShine Power Yoga, Essex, Vermont
Spring 2017
Facilitator, “From Vulnerability to Strength: The Reluctant Leader,” Lead Like a Beaver Program, Champlain College
Spring 2017
Yoga Instructor, “Seeking Justice on the Mat: Yoga for the Social Warrior Series” (6 sessions), Center for Women and Gender, Champlain College
Spring 2017
Facilitator, “50 Shades of Gay? Understanding the Spectrum of Gender and Sexuality,” Coffeehouse Conversations, Center for Women and Gender, Champlain College
Fall 2017
Panelist, “Coddling of the Mind? The Question of Free Speech on the American University Campus,” The George “Honey Boy” Evans Symposium and The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Champlain College
Spring 2016
Faculty Lecturer, “Reflections on Yoga Teaching Training in the Govardhan Ecovillage, India,” Gender and Women’s Studies Forum, SUNY Plattsburgh
Spring 2016
SafeZone Trainer, SAGA Student Group, SUNY Adirondack
Fall 2015
SafeZone Trainer, Administrator Training, SUNY Adirondack
Fall 2015
SafeZone Trainer, Educational Technology Department, SUNY Adirondack
Fall 2015
SafeZone Presentation, Campus Cast of The Laramie Project, SUNY Adirondack
Fall 2015
SafeZone Trainer, Faculty Day, SUNY Adirondack
Spring 2014
Faculty Lecturer, “Women’s Testimonial Literature,” College Lecture Series, SUNY Adirondack
Fall 2012
Guest Speaker, Seminar in Transnational Feminist Theories, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Fall 2012
Guest Speaker, Graduate Seminar in Feminist Theory and Methods, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Fall 2012
Guest Lecturer, “Staging Cross-Border (Reading) Alliances: Feminist Testimonial as a Genre at Work,” Gender and Women’s Studies Forum, SUNY Plattsburgh
Spring 2012
Guest Speaker, “Happy Accidents: From ‘Undisciplined’ Literature Student to Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Scholar,” The Center for Gender and Women, Saint Michael’s College
Spring 2012
Guest Lecturer, “Happy Accidents: From ‘Undisciplined’ Literature Student to Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Scholar,” Seminar in Feminist Studies: Integration & Application, Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, SUNY Plattsburgh
Fall 2009
Guest Lecturer, “Multilingualism in the Literature of Edwidge Danticat,” Seminar in Postcolonial Literature, Department of English Literature, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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2019-2020
Diversity Council, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Faculty Co-Advisor, Student Government Association, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
2018-2019
Social Impact Scholars Faculty, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Search Committee Chair, Core Division, Burlington, VT
2017-2019
Lavender Graduation Committee, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
2017
Freedom of Expression Project Task Force, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
2017-2019
CARE Scholars Mentor, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
2016-2017
Search Committee Member, Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Core Division, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
2016-Current
Advisor, Include+ (LGBTQQIAA Student Group), Champlain College, Burlington, VT
2016-Current
Multicultural Affairs Committee, Faculty Senate, Champlain College, Burlington, VT
Spring 2016
Search Committee Member, Academic Advisor in Diversity and Inclusion, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
Spring 2016
Faculty Advisor, SAGA (Sexuality and Gender Acceptance) Student Group, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2015-2016
Behavioral Intervention Team, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2015-2016
SafeZone Trainer, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2014-2016
Diversity Committee, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2014-2016
100,000 Poets for Change Committee, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2014-2015
Standing Committee Review Task Force, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2013-2016
Annual English Symposium Planning Committee, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2013-2016
Administrative Affairs Committee, SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury, NY
2013-2016
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Regional Consortium Initiative (Collaboration between SUNY Plattsburgh, Saint Michael’s College, University of Vermont, and Concordia Gender/Women’s Studies Departments)
Summer 2013
Volunteer Instructor of Creative Life Writing at Mount McGregor Correctional Facility, Wilton, NY (Program administered through Siena College)
2010-2011
LGBTQ Curriculum Committee, Graduate Student Representative, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
2010-2011
Graduate Curriculum Committee, Graduate Student Representative, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
2010-2011
Officer, Feminist Studies Graduate Student Association, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Spring 2006
Discussion Moderator on Orlando, Faculty/Staff Diversity Book Club, University of Vermont
