TEACHING PORTFOLIO Since 2005, I have been teaching courses in arts and media, globalization and culture, popular culture, cybercultures, digital literacy, women, gender and sexuality, and interdisciplinary and integrative studies. My research interests include virtual, visual & digital cultures, digital ethnography, digital cities, intersections between the body, technologies, and the urban public sphere, gender and sexuality, postgenderism, transhumanism, and digital embodiment & performance. I am currently a Cultural Studies Ph.D. Candidate at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. I hold a B.A. in English Literature from Smith College, an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago, and an interdisciplinary A.M. from the University of Chicago. I am currently a PhD Candidate in the Cultural Studies program at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. I also collaborate with Robert Gehl, Professor of New Media, Department of Communication, at the University of Utah on the Digital Research Blog, an online forum dedicated to digital research and pedagogy. This blog is dedicated to digital research and pedagogy, with a focus on: a) on examining the research methods required to critique the aesthetics, economics, discourses, structure, and cultures of the Internet and Web; b) on discovering and developing Web and digital tools for teaching college students; and c) commenting on various trends in Internet discourse and policy relevant to teaching, including net neutrality, cyberwar discourse, and the development of virtual worlds and mobile computing. |
