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Peter Naccarato
Professor of English, Chair of Humanities Division
email
646-393-4110

Degrees
B.A., Villanova University
Ph.D., State University of New York, College at Stony Brook

Peter Naccarato’s teaching and research interests include twentieth-century British literature, literary theory, and cultural studies. He has recently developed courses on Gay and Lesbian Literature and Literature and Human Rights. His recent scholarly work is in the area of food studies, focusing on the role of food and food practices in circulating ideologies and sustaining individual and group identities. With Katie LeBesco, he co-teaches COR 300: Edible Ideologies: The Politics of Food.


2009-2010
Achievements in Scholarship and Service



College Service
Chair, Humanities Division.

Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies major.

Coordinator, Journalism minor.

Co-Coordinator, Liberal Studies Program.

Co-Chair, Middle States Self-Study Steering Committee.

Member, Academic Policy Committee.

Member, Enrollment Management Committee.

Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Governance.

Member, Teaching Excellence Award Committee.

Member, Writing Program Advisory Board.

Co-Organizer, Crossing Borders III Conference at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility.

Faculty Sponsor and Faculty Coordinator, Alpha Mu Delta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honors Society.

Conference Presentations
Fixing Dinner/Fixing the Self, co-authored with Katie LeBesco. Crossing Borders III, sponsored by Marymount Manhattan College at its Bedford Hills Correctional Facility campus. March 2010.
Celebrating “Junk” Food Culture:  Pleasure, Irony and Earnestness in Carnivalesque Consumption, co-authored with Katie LeBesco. National Communication Association Annual Conference.  Chicago, Illinois. November 2009.
AWARDS:


2008:
Sokol Award, Marymount Manhattan College





2007-2008 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

2008-2009 Achievements in Scholarships and Service

2009-2010 Achievements in Scholarships and Service