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Professor of English and Women's Studies
Full-time

Dr. Laurie GrobmanPh.D., English, Lehigh University
M.A., English, Villanova University
M.S., Criminology, University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

e-mail: leg8@psu.edu
Phone: 610-396-6141
Fax: 610-396-6026
Office: 118 Franco Building

Profile:

Dr. Laurie Grobman is a Professor of English and Women's Studies at Penn State Berks. Grobman's teaching, research, and service interests center on service learning and community-based research, bringing together students and community organizations to produce meaningful work while enriching students' learning experiences. She and her students have worked closely with the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum in Reading, Centro Hispano in Reading, and Jewish Federation of Reading. Grobman launched and coordinates the Penn State Berks Center for Service Learning and Community-Based Research. She is the founding editor of the international, multidisciplinary online journal, Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research.

Grobman has a strong record of research. In addition to the books listed below, Grobman also published Teaching at the Crossroads: Cultures and Critical Perspectives in Literature by Women of Color (2001), and On Location: Theory and Practice in Classroom-Based Writing Tutoring (2005) (co-edited with the late Dr. Candace Spigelman). Grobman has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals and books.

Grobman was the recipient of the Penn State University President’s Award for Excellence in Academic Integration in 2012. She is the first recipient of the award from a Penn State campus outside University Park.

Most Recent Publications:

Grobman, Laurie, and Joyce Kinkead, eds. Undergraduate Research in English Studies. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. 2010.

Grobman, Laurie. Multicultural Hybridity: Transforming American Literary Scholarship and Pedagogy.Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2007.