Background
Carney, Virginia Isabell was born on May 27, 1941 in Maryville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Delbert Daye and Jennie Mae (Suttles) Moore.
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Virginia Isabell Carney
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor in English, Tennessee Temple University, 1969; ADN in Nursing, Cleveland State College, 1978; Master of Arts in English, U. Alaska Anchorage, 1990; doctoral candidate, U. Kentucky, since 1993.
Career
Teaching assistant, Tennessee Temple University, Chattanooga, 1968-1969;
teacher, Massau (Bahamas) Christian Academy, 1973-1974;
charge nurse pediatrics, Bradley Memorial Hospital, Cleveland, 1978-1980;
charge nurse pediatrics, Humana Hospital, Anchorage, 1980-1983;
adjunct Professor of English, U. Alaska, Anchorage, 1990-1993;
teaching assistant, writing center director, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1993. Associate director Summer Institute of Appalachian Studies, Berea, Kentucky, 1995. Keynote address Kentucky Commonwealth Fellows, Hazel Green, Kentucky, 1995.
Guestlectr. on Native American culture, regional colleges universities, Kentucky, North Carolina,1995-.
Achievements
Membership
Speaker N.W. Women's Studies, Pullman, Washington, 1991, Lewis & Clark Gender Symposium, Portland, Oregon, 1992, Society for Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery, Colorado Springs, 1996. Member Modern Language Association (president American Indian Literature division since 1990), National Council Teachers of English (membership chair Assembly on Literature and Culture of Appalachia since 1991), American Literature Association (Ellershaw award for outstanding graduate student 1997-1998), Wordcraft Circuit of Native Writers, Conference on College Composition/Communication (Scholars for Dream award 1997), S. Atlantic Modern Language Association.
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Married Karol Alvin Carney, June 14, 1963. Children: Samuel, Daniel, Michael, Stephen, Shanté, Shandeda, Matthew.
