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 at St. Mary’s University, Texas. She is a Fellow of the

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Education

Gasaway Hill was born in

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, and was educated at Our Lady Queen of Peace parish school and

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. Gasaway Hill earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from St. Mary’s University, Texas in 1986. She received two Master of Arts degrees from St. Mary’s University, Texas in 1990 (Political Science) and 1991 (English) respectively. She then attended the

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earning a Master of Arts in Anthropology degree in 1997, and she earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Interdisciplinary Linguistics from

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in 1999.

Academic career

In 2015, Gasaway Hill was appointed the inaugural Edward and Linda Speed Peace and Justice Fellow at St. Mary's University, Texas, where she is a professor.

Publications

She is the author of numerous academic articles and books, including ''The Language of Protest: Acts of Performance, Identity, and Legitimacy'' (Palgrave MacMillan, 2018) and ''Stories from the Wake: The Revolutionary Responses of the Sodality of Bordeaux and Small Christian Communities'' (NACMS Press, 2005) 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 of ''The Uncompromising Diary of Sallie McNeill, 1858-1867'' (Texas A&M University Press, 2009). In 2021, she published the book of poetry, ''Horizons of Joy: Poetic Thresholds for Winter'' (River Lily Press, 2021).

Awards and honors

In 2020, she was named as a Fellow of the

, 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 the

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Peace and Reconciliation Centre in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland in 2018 and 2019. *Alice Franzke Feminist Award, St. Mary’s University, Texas 1990 *Marianist Heritage Award, St. Mary’s University, Texas 2000 *Excellence in Education Award from

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District Seven, 2013 *Inaugural Class of Distinguished Alumni of

, 2015 *Distinguished Faculty Award, St. Mary’s University, Texas 2004 Distinguished Faculty Award, St. Mary’s University, Texas. https://www.stmarytx.edu/2019/dfa/

References

External links

Biography at St. Mary's University, Texas
*Official website of
Horizons of Joy: Poetic Thresholds for Winter
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