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edu EDUCATION Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA Ph.D. in Literary and Cultural Studies (expected graduation: May 2013) Carnegie Mellon University: Pittsburgh, PA MA in Literary and Cultural Studies (2007) College of Wooster: Wooster, OH BA in English and Womens Studies (2005) Cum Laude University of Aberdeen: Aberdeen, Scotland, UK August 2003 May 2004: non-graduating study abroad program PUBLICATION Of Anarchy and Amateurism: Zine Publication and Traditions of Print Dissent. M/MLA: The Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association, 14.1 (Fall 2011). Virtual Education and Real Exploitation. Cultural Logic, ed. Ramsay (Spring 2011): issue forthcoming. Reading for It: Lesbian Readers Constructing Culture and Identity through Textual Experience. Peele, Thomas, ed. Queer Popular Culture. New York: Palgrave-MacMillan (2007). TEACHING Carnegie Mellon University, Department of English Instructor 76-241: Introduction to Gender Studies Designed, created, and taught course covering the major moments in modern womens history, and major works of thought in feminist scholarship and criticism. Key texts included those by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Emma Goldman, Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Adrienne Rich, Betty Friedan, Audre Lorde, Judith Butler, bell hooks, and Laura Mulvey. 76-370: English Independent Study: Narrative, Story-telling, and Digital Media Created and lead independent study course with two undergraduate students covering the use of narrative across a range of digital media formats. Students experimented in adapting different stories by Edgar Allan Poe for a variety of formats, including short films, and video games. 76-101 Geeks and Intellectuals: The Culture, and Cult, of Intelligence (Fall 2011)

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Created, designed, and taught introductory college writing course focusing on contemporary debates about intellectualism and the stigma of intelligence (i.e. the geek). This course was structured around principles of basic argumentation and writing, and walked students through a variety of processes designed to acquaint them with scholarly writing. 76-234 American Women Novelists and the Century of Struggle: 1840 1930 (Spring 2011) Created, designed, and taught course covering works by American women writers during the so-called century of struggle and the movement for womens suffrage. Key writers included Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, Gertrude Stein, and Willa Cather. 76-238 The Politics of Adaptation (Summer 2010) Created, designed, and taught this elective course exploring topics related to the processes of media adaptation, particularly between fictional text (novels) and film. Key texts ranged from those by James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Michael Cunningham, Philip K. Dick, and Cormac McCarthy to movie adapted from these sources. 76-101 R Punk and the Politics of Subculture (Fall 2008; Summer/Fall 2009; Fall 2010; Spring 2011) Created, re-created, and taught this introductory course focusing on debates surrounding the history of punk rock and musical rebellion. This course was structured around principles of basic argumentation and writing, and walked students through a variety of processes designed to acquaint them with scholarly writing. 76-101 H Defining Difference in America (Fall 2007/Spring 2008) Taught this introductory course, designed to focus on debates surrounding race and difference in American culture. This course was structured around principles of basic argumentation and writing, and walked students through a variety of processes designed to acquaint them with scholarly writing. Carnegie Mellon University, Office of Academic Development Workshop Instructor / Assistant Director of Academic Counselor Training AC 108 Professional Communications: Communicating with Professors (Fall 2010 present) AC 104 Citing Sources (Fall 2008-present) AC 105 Giving Academic Presentations (Fall 2008-present) AC 200 Academic Counselor Training (Spring 2009, Spring 2010) College of Wooster, Department of English Writing Center Administrative Intern ENG College Writing Tutorial (2006)

Co-taught this course with Professor Nancy Grace, aimed to introduce less developed firstyear student writers to the skills of college-level writing. College of Wooster, Writing Center Administrative Intern (2005-2006) Advised several undergraduate student clients on a regular, weekly basis; assisted these students in preparing their I.S. (Independent Study) thesis projects; advised walk-in clients on basic areas of writing and research; edited and produced first-year writing magazine, Year One. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS Carnegie Mellon University Paul S. Schaffer Dissertation Fellowship (2012-2013) Awarded the Schaffer Dissertation Fellowship, a competitive fellowship sponsored by the Department of English, to put towards completion of my dissertation project, The Natural Woman. Posner Rare Book Collection Fellow (Fall 2011) Researched, arranged, and curated rare book exhibition based on two works contained in the Posner Rare Book Collection: Sir Walter Scotts Minstrelsy of the Scottish Borderlands (1802) and Robert Burns Kilmarnock Editions (1780) Department of English Teaching Award (Fall 2010) Award Finalist Raymond Williams Fellowship (2006-2007) College of Wooster 2005 Waldo H. Dunn Award for Best Senior Thesis in English (Criticism) 2005 Stephen A. Donaldson Prize for Fiction 2005 Vonna Hicks Adrian Poetry Prize for Criticism 2005 Vonna Hicks Adrian Poetry Prize 2004 Stephen R. Donaldson Prize for Fiction 2004 Vonna Hicks Adrian Poetry Prize 2003 Vonna Hicks Adrian Poetry Prize, runner-up SERVICE Carnegie Mellon University LCS 25th Anniversary Planning Committee (Spring 2012-Fall 2012) Helped to plan and orchestrate events related to the Literary and Cultural Studies Programs 25th Anniversary Celebration; organized lectures, roundtables, worked with invited speakers, performed administrative duties relative to the event. Graduate Representative to the English Department Faculty (Fall 2011 present)

Attended faculty meetings and reported back to students in the PhD-LCS program; collected questions and concerns from PhD-LCS students and presented them to the faculty; offered student input to faculty on curriculum planning and policy. Advisor, Carnegie Mellon Imagine Cup 2011 (Fall 2010 - Spring 2011) Undergraduate Product Development Contest Advised four-person undergraduate team in their creation and development of In Plain Sight, a computer game designed to educate children ages 7-12 about exploitative child labor practices in the US Graduate Student Representative, Literary and Cultural Studies Colloquium Committee (2009 2012) Served as graduate student representative to LCS Colloquium Committee; planned and devised roundtable discussion, workshops, and LCS lecture series events featuring visiting lecturers; personally oversaw events relative to visits from Dr. Paula Rabinowitz (University of Minnesota) in the spring of 2010, and Dr. Lori Merish (Georgetown University) in the spring of 2011. Assistant Director: Masters (M.A.) Program in Literary and Cultural Studies (2008 2010) Oversaw, along with Dr. Kathy Newman, the MA-LCS program during the course of two academic years (2008-2009; 2009-2010). Read and reviewed incoming students application; coordinated outreach events, career counseling, and job placement opportunities; lead workshops in applying to doctoral programs; developed advertising materials for the MA-LCS program and distributed them; conducted entrance and exit interviews with MA-LCS students and produced statistical data demonstrating the programs overall success. LCS Representative: Committee for Annual Teacher Orientation and Training (2008 2010) Helped to plan workshops to be presented as part of the annual First Year Writing Teacher Orientation and Training. Presented workshop (with David Haeselin) on integrating media technology into first-year writing syllabi and classroom procedures; demonstrated how to set up class pages, blogs, and other tools. Graduate Representative: Ph.D. Selection Committee (2009) Read and reviewed applications for incoming PhD students; met with faculty members to discuss admitted students; served as guide to prospective students during their visits to campus. College of Wooster Student Chair: Womens Studies Curriculum Committee (2004-2005) Student Chair: Sexual Harassment and Complaint Committee (2002-2003) Devised a manual for responding to instances of sexual assault, harassment, and complaint; met with faculty members and administrators to work revise college procedures and policies with regards to this issue.

Professional Internship Intern Director of Youth Projects: Seattle LGBT Community Center (2003) Coordinated youth outreach programs and projects for Seattle LGBT Community Center; worked at the Centers help desk and answered phone calls to the Centers anonymous helpline; worked with displaced teens and counseled them to find shelter, community resources, etc. CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION / PRESENTATION Panel Chair Critical, and Cultural, Approaches to Music. Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference. Columbia College: Chicago, IL March 24 - 26 2011. Contemporary Knowledge Work. Working Class Studies Association Annual Conference. The University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA June 1 -3 2009. Panel Presenter Of Sex and Sentiment: Jazz Culture and Realist Panic. Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference. Columbia College: Chicago, IL March 24-26 2011. Zines and Traditions of Print Dissent. Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Conference. Washington University in St. Louis: St. Louis, MO: November 11-13 2009. Technocracy and the Future of Knowledge Work. Working Class Studies Association Annual Conference. The University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh, PA June 1-3 2009. Sacred Text, Secular Use: The Nineteenth Century and the New Literary Canon. Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference. Kansas City, April 15-18 2009. Transfiction and Heteronormative Conclusion in The Well of Loneliness and Herculine Barbin. Northeast Modern Language Association. Buffalo, New York April 1113 2008. The Inheritance of Empire. The 10th Annual Conference of the Marxist Reading Group. The University of Florida: Gainesville, FL March 21-24 2008 Reading for It: Lesbian Readership and Identity. Popular Culture Association. Boston, MA March 11 13 2007. FILM PROJECTS Co-Producer Tributaries: 25 Years of Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University Produced, along with David Haeselin, this 30-minute documentary film showcasing the history and development of the program in Literary and Cultural Studies at Carnegie Mellon University; interviewed documentary participants; filmed interviews and captured stock footage; edited video footage and sound; presented the final film as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration in Literary and Cultural Studies (September 20-21, 2012).

LECTURES Invited Lecture: The IWW: Radical Folks, Radical Folk Music Dr. Nicholas Coles class, ENG 6841: Working Class Literature The University of Pittsburgh (Fall 2010) Invited Lecture: Presenting Your Research (and Convincing Your Audience) Small Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) annual grant recipient training Carnegie Mellon University (Fall 2009; Spring 2010; Fall 2010; Spring 2011; Fall 2011) Invited Lecture: Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Damnable Mob of Scribbling Women Dr. Mario Castagnaros class, 76-231: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville Carnegie Mellon University (Fall 2009) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Dr. Stephanie Batiste, Carnegie Mellon University (Dec. 2006-Aug. 2006) Dr. Kathy Newman, Carnegie Mellon University (Fall 2006-Spring 2007) Dr. Liam McIlvanney, University of Aberdeen (Fall 2003) LANGUAGES French translation Spanish speaking and translation Scottish Gaelic speaking and translation SOFTWARE Adobe Creative Suite MEMBERSHIPS Modern Language Association (MLA) Cultural Studies Association (CSA) REFERENCES Dr. Danielle Wetzel Association Teaching Professor and Director of First-Year Writing dfz@andrew.cmu.edu 412-268-4468 Dr. Kathy Newman Associate Professor of English kn4+@andrew.cmu.edu 412-268-6450

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Dr. David Shumway Professor of English shumway@cmu.edu (412) 268-7176 Dr. Kristina Straub Professor of English ks3t@andrew.cmu.edu (412) 268-6458

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