Dr. Cyrana B Dowell

Lecturer

Dr.  Cyrana B Dowell
(615) 898-4501
Room 254, Kirksey Old Main (KOM)
MTSU Box 23, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • PHD, Middle Tennessee State University (2016)
  • MA, University of South Florida (2011)
  • MA, University of South Florida (2009)
  • BA, University of South Florida (2006)

Areas of Expertise

  • 20th Century US History
  • American Social and Political Movements
  • Histories of Feminism, Gender, Women, & Sexuality
  • Feminist and Queer Theory
  • Queer Historiography
  • Archives, Special Collections, and Oral History

Publications

Cyrana Wyker (2020) Dissonance and Multiplicity in Queer Oral History Narratives, The Oral History Review, 47:1, 93-103, DOI: 10.1080/00940798.2020.1721303 

Review of “Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema” by Susan Potter. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 118, No, 3+4 (Summer/Autumn 2020).

"Women in Wargasm: The Politics of Women’s Liberati...

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Cyrana Wyker (2020) Dissonance and Multiplicity in Queer Oral History Narratives, The Oral History Review, 47:1, 93-103, DOI: 10.1080/00940798.2020.1721303 

Review of “Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema” by Susan Potter. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 118, No, 3+4 (Summer/Autumn 2020).

"Women in Wargasm: The Politics of Women’s Liberation in the Weather Underground Organization" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/93 

Sara Crawley; with Heather Curry, Julie Dumois-Sands, Chelsea Tanner, and Cyrana Wyker (2008). “Full Contact Pedagogy: Lecturing with Questions and Student Centered Assignments as Methods for Inciting Self-Reflexivity for Faculty and Students,” Feminist Teacher, Vol. 19, No. 1, 13-30.

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Presentations

Oral History Association Conference, “Re-Thinking Florida’s Political Past: Oral History, Social Change, and Social Justice,” Tampa, FL, 10/2015  

Oral History Association Conference, “Oral History as a Subversive Methodology,” Oklahoma City, OK, 10/2013 

Phi Alpha Theta Conference, “Learning the Skills of a Professional Oral Historian,” Murfreesboro, TN, 5/2012  

Courses

WGST 3900/HIST 3070 Women and Globalism

WGST 3010 Sexuality Studies

WGST 2100 Introduction to Women's Studies

HIST 2010 Survey of United States History I

HIST 2020 Survey of United States History II