Following her graduation in 1978 from William Jewell College with a BA in English, Ms. Kathy Fish attended the University of Kansas, earning an MA in English in 1980.  She has been a member of the University of the Cumberlands faculty since 1984.

Ms. Fish, whose literary interests include women in literature, nineteenth-century American novelists, and the influence of fairy tales on contemporary literature, has directed two Presidential Scholars Research projects, one examining the fiction of Lee Smith, and the other exploring Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter.

Ms. Fish is co-director of INSIGHTS, UC’s freshman orientation program, and her work has been recognized by the National Resource Center for Freshman Year Experience as Outstanding Freshman Advocate in 1998.

Courses Taught

• ENGL 131           English Composition I
• ENGL 132           English Composition II
• ENGL 330           Literary Studies: Fairy Tales in Contemporary Literature
• ENGL 334           American Literature through 1865
• ENGL 335           American Literature since 1865
• ENGL 433           Women in Literature
• ENGL 439           Descriptive Linguistics
• ENGL 437           Studies in British and American Authors: Poe, Hawthorne,                             and Melville

Selected Publications and Presentations

 Review of Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.  Now and Then: The Appalachian Magazine.  2002.

“INSIGHTS: Retention Strategies at Cumberland College.”  Conference on Student Retention, Morehead, KY. 2000.

“INSIGHTS: Retention Strategies at Cumberland College.” Student Retention in Small Colleges Conference, Williamsburg, VA.  1995.

“INSIGHTS: Retention Strategies at Cumberland College.”  Student Retention in Small colleges Conference, Savannah.  1994.

“Training Team Teachers for INSIGHTS in Retention.”  8th Annual National Conference on Student Retention.  1994.

“The Theme of American Diversity in Two by Kingsolver.”  Laurel County Library, London, KY.  1994.

“Taylor Greer as Myth Maker/Breaker in Two by Kingsolver.”  Western Kentucky University 8th Annual Women Studies Conference.  1994.

“Happily Ever After? Disney’s Portrayal of “Animated Women.’”  Phi Alpha Theta.  University of the Cumberlands.  1993.

INSIGHTS into Community at Cumberland College: an INSIGHT-ful Union.”  7th Annual National Conference on Student Retention.  1993.

“Moral and Myth: The Structure and Function of Hey Dude.”  Popular Culture Association.  1992.

Interview with Lee Smith.  TV-3 Cumberland College.  1992.

“A New ‘Happy Ever After’ for Girls?  Disney’s Little Mermaid as Feminist Fairy Tale.”  Literature and Film Conference.  1991.

“Following a Yellow Brick Road:  The Wizard of Oz Myth in Big.”  Literature and Film Conference.  1990.

“The Use of Family in The Glass Menagerie and Raisin in the Sun.  Laurel County Library,  London, KY.  1986.