In addition to her writing and research, Mariah is a multidisciplinary artist who creates works on paper, paintings, jewelry, photography, and graphic design.
You can find Mariah Grace Guevin’s Resume here.
You can reach Mariah at mariah.guevin@gmail.com.
ABOUT MARIAH
Mariah Grace Guevin holds a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research where her thesis, Borderlands and Narratives of Early America: A Feminist Analysis of Mohawk and Palatine Encounters earned honors. Mariah also graduated with an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies . Her work, The Borderlands of Ukraine: A Preliminary Approach was published by the Gender and Its Discontents Blog, a departmental publication featuring graduate research in Gender Studies.
Mariah’s current writing focuses on coverage of COVID and Long COVID. You can find The Rest of My Life and COVID, Body Image, and Tisha B’Av: How I Watched the Olympics with Exercise Intolerance in Lilith Magazine and her forthcoming work reporting on the intersection of fatphobia and Long COVID care in The Sick Times.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Borderlands & Border Theory
Interstitial and marginal epistemologies. Gloria Anzaldúa, Maria Lugones, decolonial feminism, Donna Haraway, situated knowledge. Politics of location, Adrienne Rich.
Documentation, Media Studies
Evidence, truth, and documentation. Media coverage of domestic violence, sexual and gender-based violence, and retaliation. Jacques Derrida, the archive, Ann Stoler, Judith Butler, the de/construction of gender.
Early American History
Early immigration, indetured servitude, and slavery in colonial America. Indigenous feminism, Mohawk and Iroquois histories. Colonizer, indigenous encounters. Women and gender in colonial America. Palatine migration, ethnicity, and religion in early American colonies. Paula Gunn Allen, Ned Blackhawk, Jane Haggis.
Autotheory, Autofiction
Aesthetics, ethics, and the boundaries of genre and form. Documentation, proof, truth, and storytelling. Memoir, personal essay. Maggie Nelson, Christina Sharpe, Roland Barthes, Saidiya Hartman, Sara Ahmed.
TEACHING
My pedagogical approach is grounded in literacy, relationship-based, and employs antiracist and feminist methods. I build rapport with students by meeting them where they are, empowering them with tools to understand their surroundings, and fostering a respectful school environment that nourishes curiosity.
All students are welcome in my classroom, their ideas and needs cherished, and their abilities honored. Regardless of the topic, I employ a multisensory approach and differentiate my instruction based on the students in front of me. I am a passionate and dedicated teacher and have worked in public and private schools across the country.
Sample Lesson Plan: The Commons
This lesson plan is designed for students in grades 6-8. Using artwork in The Brooklyn Museum and public works in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza this lesson addresses Visual Arts and English Language Arts Common Core Standards. All printable materials are included.
Sample Support Materials: Spectrum of Independence
This is a document that may be attached to any virtually assigned work completed by students at home. To use, the parent/teacher/child care worker who is working with the student in-person checks one box for each problem or question assigned. This allows those at home to contact the student’s teacher in a concise manner and provides the teacher with an accurate snapshot of the student’s ability to complete the assignment independently as they might in the physical classroom.
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