In Phillip Roth’s _The Human Stain_ (2000), the
protagonist – a revered faculty member at a
prestigious university – harbors a secret he feels
could be detrimental to his academic standing if
revealed. This secret is largely related to his
identity. Ultimately, the protagonist devotes a
significant amount of time debating the merits and
consequences of self-disclosure.
This proposed special session seeks to investigate the
notion of self-disclosure in academia. How can/do we
new graduate students, emeritus professors and
everyone in-between – negotiate self-disclosure with
respect to:
Race
Ethnicity
Sexual Orientation
Political Ideology
Religious Affiliation
Socioeconomic Class
Disease
Pro-Choice/Pro Life Stance
Other considerations include, but are by no means
limited to:
Teaching a personally-relevant text and the risk(s) of
self-disclosure
The impact of self-disclosure in the age of Jerry,
Oprah, et al
Self-disclosure since 9/11
Please send abstracts, full-length papers, or
questions by March 15, 2003 to (e-submissions
preferred):
Chris Bell
7752 South Luella Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60649
tooferbell@yahoo.com
Participants must be members of MLA by April 1, 2003.
For more information about the conference and/or
membership, please visit www.mla.org.
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