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April 22-24, 2010: Presenter. “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.

PUBLICATIONS:

Book:

Ghost writer of six chapters of academic book about online learning, 2007.

Journalistic:

“Gateway to Virtual Science,” University of Chicago Magazine, Dec. 2001
“And the Beat Goes On,” University of Chicago Magazine, Dec. 2001

Creative Non-Fiction:

“The Human Canvas: Wiping the Slate Clean,” South Loop Review, Volume 7, 2004.
8 profiles, NewCity Chicago: Lit50 Edition, May 2002.

Book Reviews:

Fiction Review of Sons of the Rapture, by Todd Dills, DEMO Magazine, Fall 2006.
Nonfiction review of In the Shade of Time, by Queen Wicks, DEMO Magazine, Summer 2006.
“The Naked Truth,” Non-Fiction review of Naked in the Promised Land, by Lillian Faderman, NewCity Chicago, February, 2003.
“Our Daily Bread,” Non-Fiction review of Going with the Grain: A Wandering Bread Lover Takes a Bite Out of Life, by Susan Seligson, published in NewCity Chicago, December, 2002.
“Story Stew,” Fiction review of Trash, by Dorothy Allison, NewCity Chicago, October, 2002.
“The Greatest Story Never Told,” Fiction review of Adiel, by Shlomo DuNour, NewCity Chicago, September, 2002.
Fiction review of Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters, Columbia Chronicle, April, 2002.

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.

FACULTY ADVISING:

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.

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.

2006 Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) Institute Scholarship Recipient, an initiative of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

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 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.