Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill | |
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| Inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow | |
| In office 2015–2016 | |
| Succeeded by | Meghann M. Peace, Ph.D. |
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| Born | (1964-07-10)July 10, 1964 (age 60) Belleville, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | St. Mary’s University, Texas,University of Houston,Tulane University |
| Occupation | Professor,Poet andWriter |
Mary Lynne Gasaway Hill (born 1964) is an American poet, writer and professor. Gasaway Hill is a professor and the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow atSt. Mary’s University, Texas. She is a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Arts.
Gasaway Hill was born inBelleville, Illinois, and was educated at Our Lady Queen of Peace parish school andAlthoff Catholic High School.[1]
Gasaway Hill earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from St. Mary’s University, Texas in 1986.[2] She received two Master of Arts degrees from St. Mary’s University, Texas in 1990 (Political Science) and 1991 (English) respectively.[2] She then attended theUniversity of Houston earning a Master of Arts in Anthropology degree in 1997, and she earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Interdisciplinary Linguistics fromTulane University in 1999.[2]
In 2015, Gasaway Hill was appointed the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow[3][4] at St. Mary's University, Texas, where she is a professor.
She is the author of numerous academic articles and books, includingThe Language of Protest: Acts of Performance, Identity, and Legitimacy (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018)[5] andStories from the Wake: The Revolutionary Responses of the Sodality of Bordeaux and Small Christian Communities (NACMS Press, 2005)[6]
Hill also worked with Ginny McNeill Raska, one of Sallie McNeill's descendants, to transcribe, edit, and provide the historical and anthropological context to the original 19th century diary which is the basis ofThe Uncompromising Diary of Sallie McNeill, 1858-1867 (Texas A&M University Press, 2009).[7]
In 2021, she published the book of poetry,Horizons of Joy: Poetic Thresholds for Winter (River Lily Press, 2021).[8]
In 2020, she was named as a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Arts, in part for her work in the United Kingdom on story, forgiveness, and service locally and internationally at “Storywork: A Summer School in Narrative Practice” at theCorrymeela Community Peace and Reconciliation Centre in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland in 2018 and 2019.[9][10]
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