Curriculum Vitae: EDUCATION: Ph.D. Candidate Cultural Studies, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Field Statements: Media Culture & Postmodern Bodies Proposed Dissertation Title: The “Digital City”: A Critical Examination of the Discursive Practices of Urban Digitality in Three U.S. Cities. Princeton-Weimar Summer School for Media Studies – “Spaces of Media,” 2012. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie, Weimar, Germany. Master of Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2004. Thesis Title: “The Fragmented Narrative Body of Jeanette Winterson's The Powerbook” Thesis Advisor: Mark Miller, Ph.D. Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2004. Novel Thesis Title: Southern Discomforts Thesis Advisor: Patty McNair, MFA Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, cum laude, Smith College, Northampton, MA. 1999. Honor's Thesis Title: “ ‘Now is Life very solid or very shifting?': Stasis and Flux in Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.” Thesis Advisor: Luc Gilleman, Ph.D. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: * For classes taught multiple times, links lead to most recently taught section. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.: Department of Sociology; Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program - 2012 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, D.C.: Department of Organizational Sciences and Communication - 2011-2012 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA: Cultural Studies - 2009-2011 New Century College - 2008-2011 Arts and Visual Technology- 2009-2011 Bachelor of Integrative Studies - 2011 Department of English - Fall, 2008 HAROLD WASHINGTON COLLEGE, Humanities Department, Chicago, IL COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO, Chicago, IL (2005-2008): Cultural Studies, Liberal Education Department - 2007-2008 English Department - 2005 - 2008 Fiction Writing Department DIGITAL PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS (Click on link to see use of digital technology in pedagogy and samples of student / course work). I am a strong proponent of the use of digital technology in education because I think it can be an invaluable pedagogical tool. From YouTube videos and blogs to twitter, wikis and digital portfolios, these tools can help address diverse learning styles, interactively engage students in the learning process, open up opportunities for discourse with many outside of their immediate learning environment, allow for opportunities to put theory into practice, and better prepare them for the use of digital tools in their future professions. CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES, AND PANELS: 2011 Conference Presentations: “Global Positioning SYstems and the (Re)structuring of the Urban Public Sphere” for panel: “Mediating Mobilities: Cell Phones in the Public Sphere” at the Cultural Studies Association Conference, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. 2010 Conference Presentations: “Technological Anaesthesia: 'Got an App for That?'” Cultural Studies Association Conference, UC Berkeley, CA. “The Transhumanist Vision of Postgenderism and H+Media: Beyond the Gender Binary?” Gender, Bodies, and Technology Conference - Virginia Tech, Roanoke, Virginia. 2009 Conference Presentations: “Transhumanism and the Dollhouse: An Exploration of Imprinted Happiness and the Downloading of Consciousness,” Manufacturing Happiness: Investigating Subjectivity, Transformation, and Cultural Capital Conference, George Mason University. “Cyberculture and Second Life,” Second Life at Mason, Community of Distance Educators Academy, George Mason University. “The Fragmentation of the Narrative Body and the Queering of Identity in Jeanette Winterson’s The Powerbook,” GLBTQ Conference – Queer Art/Queer Action (Politics of Possibility), University of North Carolina at Asheville. “Screen Life,” Unthinking Television: Visual Culture[s] Beyond the Console, George Mason University. “Mii, Myself, and I(dentities),” LEVEL UP: Discussions on Video Games and Socialization, George Mason University. 2009 Panel Moderator: “New Technologies, New Politics,” America After Bush, Chesapeake American Studies Association, George Mason University. ASSESSMENTS: - Reader's Report: Nayar, Pramod, ed. New Media and Cybercultures Reader for Wiley-Blackwell, MA
- Reader’s Report: Chan, Melanie. Embodied and Embedded in Virtual Reality for Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, UK.
- Reader’s Report: “Cyborg Pedagogies: Teaching the Body & Corporeal Identity Through the Terminator Trilogy,” for Transformations, NJ.
PUBLICATIONS: Book: - Ghost writer of six chapters of academic book about online learning, 2007.
Journalistic: Creative Non-Fiction: FACULTY ADVISING / SERVICE: Students as Scholars Faculty Mentor, Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research, George Mason University, Spring 2012. Guide undergraduate student accepted into the program through an advanced research project, designed to contribute original scholarly work to their field of study. Senior Graduation Portfolio Assessment: New Century College, George Mason University, Spring 2009 - Present. Read and assess senior graduation portfolios completed by and necessary for undergraduates to fulfill final degree requirements and graduate. Capstone Project/Thesis Advisor: Liberal Education Department (Cultural Studies), Columbia College Chicago, Fall, 2007 and Spring, 2008. Worked closely with two senior undergraduate cultural studies majors on the research, analysis, and writing of a year-long, substantive research-based capstone project/thesis, the titles of which are listed below: - Mostafa, Nedda. “Trapped in the Alley With Aisha Kandisha: Sex, Power, and the Myth of (Fe)Male Superiority in the Modern Middle East”
- Bunten, Rebecca. “Forced Duality: A Rhetorical Analysis of Our Society’s Rejection of a Third Sex”
Judge and Advisor for Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship: Columbia College Chicago (2004 - 2007 academic years) for over 40 senior undergraduate and graduate interdisciplinary arts, fiction, dance, and books & paper arts students. (2004) Judged student applications and helped to determine scholarship winners and award amounts. (2004-2007) Reviewed progress of student projects, advised students as they completed their capstone projects, and submitted receipts for scholarship funds. Faculty Advisor for Clambake: Cultural Studies Department, Columbia College Chicago (2006) the first-ever, student-run scholarly publication at Columbia; publication is also an official student organization. Advised students on the formation and organization of a new critical online journal. Regularly met with students and reviewed progress of journal publication, reviews of submissions, editing, and website quality. DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES: Member, NCC (New Century College) Dean’s Council, 2010. PEDAGOGICAL & CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS: - Created and taught the following courses, all of which have been permanently adopted by the respective departments/schools:
Art Transgressions Creative Ethos Literature and the Culture of Cyberspace Cybercultures: Theory Writers Portfolio - One of the first faculty members in the English and Liberal Education Departments at Columbia College Chicago to teach with advanced technology, including class blogs, Second Life, podcasts, Wikis, and other interactive media.
- Created and conducted national and international collaborations with teachers/classes in Chicago, IL (while teaching at GMU in VA); Bogota, Colombia; and Tetovo, Macedonia. To see more about these collaborations, please visit my student project gallery.
- Brought Dorothy Allison in to speak to my Introduction of Literature course (Columbia) and any other interested students in Spring, 2006.
INSTRUCTIONAL WORKSHOPS: - Chicago Manual of Style Workshop, Writing Center, Columbia College Chicago: Created and lead two workshops on the basics of Chicago Manual of Style for writing center tutors.
- Freelance Writing Skills Instructor, Double Click Performics (Marketing Company), Chicago, IL (11-12/03): Created interactive writing skills course specifically designed for this advertising agency. Taught basic and advanced writing skills for both internal and external communications to over 350 employees over a series of ten sessions.
READINGS: - Featured Reader at Kate the Great's Bookstore, Chicago, IL, June, 2006.
- Featured Reader (“An Author of One's Own”), Bailiwick Theatre, Chicago, IL, August 2003.
OTHER RELEVANT PUBLISHING & MEDIA EXPERIENCE: Freelance Proofreader: UMarketing LLC, Chicago, IL. (Marketing) 2007-Present
Producer/Editor/Videographer: Community Television & City of Raleigh, NC (8/92 – 8/96) - Produced and directed live and taped monthly television show, (Park Connection), special segments, and public affairs/marketing videos for the city. Taped and edited various productions for the city.
- Produced a video for a national conference on behalf of the city's Parks and Recreation Department, which won a national award.
- Co-produced a magazine format television series, Pet Network, which won a state award.
Scriptwriter: City of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC (2/94 – 8/96) - Wrote scripts for marketing and public relations video presentations.
- Wrote scripts for hosts of live and taped productions.
HIGHER EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE: Communications Coordinator: Columbia College Chicago (1/05 – 6/07) - Developed marketing strategies and advertising campaigns to effectively communicate PortfolioCenter programming and events to college community.
- Created, fostered, and maintained strong connections with academic departments, faculty, and internal organizations and centers.
- Worked closely with each program coordinator/director within our office to ensure services were effectively marketed and communicated to student clients.
- Acted as a liaison for the center and represented the center's interests in Student Affair's initiatives.
- Authored, edited, and proofread announcements and other public relations materials.
- Collaborated with advisors, department chairs, and PortfolioCenter contract professionals to promote PortfolioCenter programs.
- Grant and award writing: wrote 2005 FIPSE grant application and the National Association of Student Personnel application, which won the national 2006 Silver Award for the “Careers, Academic Support, Service Learning, Community Service” category.
Assistant Director of Class and Campus Programs, Development and Alumni Relations: University of Chicago (3/00 – 7/02) - Planned and executed programs and major events for reunion weekend (each June) for over 1,400 returning alumni.
- Acted as an Alumni Study Abroad Coordinator: Coordinated, helped plan, and execute September, 2001 Alumni Study Trip for 36 alumni to Normandy, France.
- Wrote, edited, and produced brochures, letters, information packets, and advertisements that promoted the university's alumni programs; wrote and updated web copy, coordinated production of mailings, sought bids for goods and services, chose vendors, and booked popular faculty and alumni speakers for a variety of alumni engagements.
- Identified and recruited class reunion chairs and committee members and acted as liaison with five classes each year; worked closely with each class committee to plan, promote, and execute class-specific events for reunion.
- Wrote and edited copy for letters, advertisements, flyers, web sites, and information packets/mailings for reunion committees and the Chicago Leadership Caucus.
- Assisted the Associate Director in developing a departmental strategic plan, setting department goals, and writing of annual budget.
- Acted as a liaison with the development office for various fundraising initiatives.
- Hired, coordinated, and supervised student employees for reunion events.
- Helped supervise two full-time administrative assistants.
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