TEACHING PORTFOLIO Since 2005, I have been teaching courses in integrative studies, popular and visual culture, cultural studies, cybercultures, contemporary literature, and applied critical writing about the arts and media. My research interests include arts and media culture, virtual, visual & digital culture, digital ethnography, gender/sexuality and postgenderism, transhumanism, and digital and cyborg embodiment & performance. 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 student in the Cultural Studies program at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. I am also collaborating with Robert Gehl on the Digital Research Blog, an online forum dedicated to digital research and pedagogy. Our blog focuses on examining the research methods required to critique the aesthetics, economics, discourses, structure, and cultures of the Internet and Web; discovering and developing Web and digital tools for teaching college students; and exploring the potential for digital ethnography in network-mediated cultures. |
