Patricia Okker Explained

Patricia Okker
Office:	President of the New College of Florida
Termstart:	July 2021
Status:	Interim
Predecessor:	Donal O'Shea
Alma Mater:	Allegheny College University of Georgia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Module:	Child: yes Workplaces: University of Missouri Fields: American literature Thesis Title: Feminizing the voice of literary authority : Sarah J. Hale's editorship of the Ladies' Magazine and Godey's Lady's Book Thesis Url: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24601762 Thesis Year: 1990
Successor:	Bradley Thiessen (interim)
Termend:	January 2023

Patricia Ann Okker was named president of New College of Florida in 2021. She was previously a professor of English at the University of Missouri, where she focused her studies on American literature.

Education and career

Okker has a B.A. from Allegheny College and an M.A. from the University of Georgia.^[1] Okker earned her Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.^[2] Okker started as an assistant professor at the University of Missouri in 1990, and was promoted to full professor in 2004. From 2005 until 2011, she served as chair of the English department, and from 2017 until 2021 Okker served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri.^[3]

In July 2021, Okker became president of New College of Florida, a position she held until 2023 when Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he would replace Okker as college president with Richard Corcoran.^[4]

Work

Okker is known for her work in the field of American literature, where she specializes in the history of periodicals. While considering topics for her Ph.D. dissertation, she became interested in women who had edited magazines, which led to her Ph.D. dissertation on Sarah Josepha Hale^{[5] [6]} who was known for her work on women's magazines.^[7]

Selected publications

• Book: Okker, Patricia . Our sister editors : Sarah J. Hale and the tradition of nineteenth-century American women editors . 2008 . University of Georgia Press . 978-0-8203-3249-9 . 1200072417. ^[8]
• Book: Okker, Patricia . Social stories the magazine novel in nineteenth-century America . 2003 . University of Virginia Press . 0-8139-2240-2 . 708292528. ^[9]
• Book: Okker, Patricia . Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction . 2012-06-12 . Routledge . 10.4324/9780203804742 . 978-1-136-64319-4. ^[10]

Honors and awards

In 2003 Okker received the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence from the University of Missouri.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Okker . Patricia . From home to homelessness : images of houses and domesticity in Hawthorne's four romances WorldCat.org . 2023-02-11 . www.worldcat.org . en.
2. Web site: Patricia Okker . 2023-02-11 . New College of Florida . en.
3. News: 2021-04-24 . Patricia Okker named president-elect at New College . T15 . Port Charlotte Sun . 2023-02-11.
4. News: Saul . Stephanie . Mazzei . Patricia . Gabriel . Trip . 2023-02-01 . DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-02-11 . 0362-4331.
5. Dillard . Leigh G. . Okker . Patricia . West . Nancy M. . 2006 . Teaching Illustrations and Periodicals: Three Scholars Share Their Ideas and Materials . Victorian Periodicals Review . 39 . 4 . 365–382 . 20084156 . 0709-4698.
6. Okker . Patricia . 2002 . Teaching American Periodicals . American Periodicals . 12 . 1–8 . 20770887 . 1054-7479.
7. News: Singhania . Lisa . 1996-11-29 . Thanksgiving founder remember for contributions to women . 2 . The Stuart News . 2023-02-11.
8. Reviews of Our sister editors
   • Alexander . Lynn M. . 1997 . Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors . Victorian Periodicals Review . 30 . 3 . 271–273 . 20083001 . 0709-4698.
   • Kalayjian . Patricia Larson . 1996 . Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors. . American Literature . 68 . 2 . 465–466 . 10.2307/2928309 . 2928309 . 0002-9831.
   • Rigsby . Mary Bortnyk . 1998 . Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors . Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature . 17 . 1 . 153–155 . 10.2307/464332 . 464332 . 0732-7730.
   • Myerson . Joel . 1996 . Review of Our Sister Editors: Sarah J. Hale and the Tradition of Nineteenth-Century American Women Editors . The New England Quarterly . 69 . 1 . 149–151 . 10.2307/366311 . 366311 . 0028-4866.
9. Reviews of Social stories the magazine novel in nineteenth-century America
   • Homestead . Melissa J. . 2005 . Review of Social Stories: The Magazine Novel in Nineteenth-Century America; Blue Pencils and Hidden Hands: Women Editing Periodicals, 1830–1910 . Legacy . 22 . 1 . 84–86 . 10.1353/leg.2005.0009 . 25679538 . 162013326 . 0748-4321.
   • SCHEICK . WILLIAM J. . Rethinking Liberal Individualism in the Early American Novel . 2007 . Margolis . Stacey . Okker . Patricia . Weyler . Karen A. . Studies in the Novel . 39 . 3 . 368–375 . 29533821 . 0039-3827.
   • Lund . Michael . 2005 . Review of Social Stories: The Magazine Novel in Nineteenth-Century America . The New England Quarterly . 78 . 2 . 321–323 . 30045537 . 0028-4866.
10. Reviews of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction
    • Patterson . Cynthia L. . 2013 . Review of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction . American Periodicals . 23 . 2 . 193–196 . 24589020 . 1054-7479.
    • Napierkowski . Thomas J. . 2016 . Review of Transnationalism and American Serial Fiction, Patricia Okker, ed. . Polish American Studies . 73 . 1 . 97–99 . 10.5406/poliamerstud.73.1.0097 . 10.5406/poliamerstud.73.1.0097 . 0032-2806.