Bixler will discuss her studies of the complex relationship between folk tales and gender, as well as discuss how this relationship changes when interpreted in different cultures, historical eras, verbal genres and non-print media and by audiences of different ages. Bixler is a professor of English at Southwest Missouri State University. She holds a bachelor s degree in English from Bluffton College and master s and Ph.D. degrees in English from the University of Kansas. She has received many honors in the course of her career, including the William Stamey Award for Excellence in Teaching at Kansas State University, two awards for the most significant article published in the field of English and three consecutive SMSU College of Arts and Letters Faculty Awards for Service, Teaching and Scholarship. As BC guest scholar, Bixler is working with Dr. Libby Hostetler in the Lion and the Lamb Peace Arts Center.
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