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Patricia Ann Okker was named president of New College of Florida in 2021. She was previously a professor of English at the University of Missouri, where she focused her studies on American literature.

Education and career

Okker has a B.A. from Allegheny College and an M.A. from the University of Georgia. Okker earned her Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Okker started as an assistant professor at the University of Missouri in 1990, and was promoted to full professor in 2004. From 2005 until 2011, she served as chair of the English department, and from 2017 until 2021 Okker served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri.

In July 2021, Okker became president of New College of Florida, a position she held until 2023 when Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he would replace Okker as college president with Richard Corcoran.

Work

Okker is known for her work in the field of American literature, where she specializes in the history of periodicals. While considering topics for her Ph.D. dissertation, she became interested in women who had edited magazines, which led to her Ph.D. dissertation on Sarah Josepha Hale who was known for her work on women's magazines.

Selected publications

• Okker, Patricia (2008). Our sister editors : Sarah J. Hale and the tradition of nineteenth-century American women editors. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3249-9. OCLC 1200072417.
• Okker, Patricia (2003). Social stories the magazine novel in nineteenth-century America. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 0-8139-2240-2. OCLC 708292528.
• Okker, Patricia (2012-06-12). Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203804742. ISBN 978-1-136-64319-4.

Honors and awards

In 2003 Okker received the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence from the University of Missouri.

References

1. ^ "Patricia Okker". New College of Florida. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
2. Okker, Patricia. "From home to homelessness : images of houses and domesticity in Hawthorne's four romances | WorldCat.org". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
3. ^ "Patricia Okker named president-elect at New College". Port Charlotte Sun. 2021-04-24. pp. T15. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
4. Saul, Stephanie; Mazzei, Patricia; Gabriel, Trip (2023-02-01). "DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
5. Dillard, Leigh G.; Okker, Patricia; West, Nancy M. (2006). "Teaching Illustrations and Periodicals: Three Scholars Share Their Ideas and Materials". Victorian Periodicals Review. 39 (4): 365–382. ISSN 0709-4698. JSTOR 20084156.
6. Okker, Patricia (2002). "Teaching American Periodicals". American Periodicals. 12: 1–8. ISSN 1054-7479. JSTOR 20770887.
7. Singhania, Lisa (1996-11-29). "Thanksgiving founder remember for contributions to women". The Stuart News. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
8. Reviews of Our sister editors
   • Alexander, Lynn M. (1997). "Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors". Victorian Periodicals Review. 30 (3): 271–273. ISSN 0709-4698. JSTOR 20083001.
   • Kalayjian, Patricia Larson (1996). "Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors". American Literature. 68 (2): 465–466. doi:10.2307/2928309. ISSN 0002-9831. JSTOR 2928309.
   • Rigsby, Mary Bortnyk (1998). "Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 17 (1): 153–155. doi:10.2307/464332. ISSN 0732-7730. JSTOR 464332.
   • Myerson, Joel (1996). "Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors". The New England Quarterly. 69 (1): 149–151. doi:10.2307/366311. ISSN 0028-4866. JSTOR 366311.
9. Reviews of Social stories the magazine novel in nineteenth-century America
   • Homestead, Melissa J. (2005). "Review of Social Stories: The Magazine Novel in Nineteenth-Century America; Blue Pencils and Hidden Hands: Women Editing Periodicals, 1830–1910". Legacy. 22 (1): 84–86. doi:10.1353/leg.2005.0009. ISSN 0748-4321. JSTOR 25679538. S2CID 162013326.
   • SCHEICK, WILLIAM J. (2007). Margolis, Stacey; Okker, Patricia; Weyler, Karen A. (eds.). "Rethinking Liberal Individualism in the Early American Novel". Studies in the Novel. 39 (3): 368–375. ISSN 0039-3827. JSTOR 29533821.
   • Lund, Michael (2005). "Review of Social Stories: The Magazine Novel in Nineteenth-Century America". The New England Quarterly. 78 (2): 321–323. ISSN 0028-4866. JSTOR 30045537.
10. Reviews of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction
    • Patterson, Cynthia L. (2013). "Review of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction". American Periodicals. 23 (2): 193–196. ISSN 1054-7479. JSTOR 24589020.
    • Napierkowski, Thomas J. (2016). "Review of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction, Patricia Okker, ed". Polish American Studies. 73 (1): 97–99. doi:10.5406/poliamerstud.73.1.0097. ISSN 0032-2806. JSTOR 10.5406/poliamerstud.73.1.0097.

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