The Cultural Studies PhD Program at George Mason University

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• Pawin Malaiwong
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• Education
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• 2005 M.A. in American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, OH
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• 2000 M.A. in English with a concentration in literature, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
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• 1998 B.A. in English, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
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• Interests
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• Third World Cinema, Postcolonial Theory, Race and Gender Representations in Thailand, and Native American Literature and Film
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• Rachel Martin
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• Education
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• 2004 MA in English, with a concentration in American Literature and Cultural Studies, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN.
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• 2002 BA in English, minor in Women's Studies, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN.
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• Conference Papers
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• 2003 Mid-west Society of Eighteenth Century Studies, "Eye of the Beholder: Panopticism in William Godwin's Caleb Williams".
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• 2005 ACA/PCA (American Cultural Association/Popular Culture Association) National Conference, "The Tie That Binds: Institutionalized Motherhood in Katie Singer's The Wholeness of a Broken Heart".
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• 2006 ACA/PCA National Conference "Does 'Keepin It Real' Really matter for Women in Hip Hop: Lil' Kim and Authenticity"
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• 2006 Mid-Atlantic ACA/PCA Conference "Attempting the Livable Life: Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters"
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• Courses Taught
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• ACS 200: Introduction to American Cultural Studies, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN, 2003-2004.
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• NCLC 110: Community of Learner, New Century College, George Mason University, Fall 2005 and 2006.
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• NCLC 130: The Social World, New Century College, George Mason University, Spring 2006.
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• NCLC 195 Alternative Spring Break, New Century College, George Mason University, Spring 2006, Spring 2007.
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• NCLC 395 Leadership in Community Service, New Century College, George Mason University, Spring 2007.
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• Fields of Interest
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• Postmodern philosophy and gender politics within late 20th century American sub-cultures, religions and literature.
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• Jennifer Miller
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• Education
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• George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
• Cultural Studies, current
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• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Literary and Cultural Studies, MA, May 2006
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• Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ
• Women's Studies and English Literature, BA, May 2004
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• Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK
• Study Abroad, August 2000 - May 2001
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• Instructor
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• George Mason University
• Representations of Women, Fall 2009 and Spring 2009
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• Graduate Teaching Assistant
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• George Mason University, Yevette Jordan Richards
• Representations of Women, Spring 2008
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• George Mason University, Paula Gilbert
• Women Who Kill, Fall 2007
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• Graduate Research Assistant
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• Carnegie Mellon University, Stephanie Batiste
• African American Spirituality, Fall 2005 and Spring 2006
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• Academic Interests
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• Race, Gender and Sexuality; US Mass Culture: Popular Film and Literature; Social Movements; Critical Theory
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• Maureen Salmon Minard
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• Areas of Interest
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• American History, Visual Culture, Media Studies, Photography, Gender/Sexuality, Race, Adolescence, Educational Policy, and Post-Colonialism.
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• Education
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• 2005 University of Richmond, Richmond, VA. M.A., American History,
• (Phi Alpha Theta, History Honors)
• Thesis: The Every Monday Club: Women and Change in Richmond Virginia
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• 2001 Georgetown University, Washington, DC. B.A., Art History and Anthropology
• Thesis: Exploring Sexuality in the Photography of Lewis Carroll
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• 2000 University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Australian Studies
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• Publications
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• Celebrating Women in American History, Volume IV: 1938 to 1960: Expanding Social Roles and Postwar Activism, Chapter 3,"Women's Rights 1938-1960," Golson Books, To be published Fall 2011.
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• Book Review: Baken, Gordon Morris and Brenda Farrington. Women Who Kill Men: California Courts, Gender, and the Press. The Journal of Popular Culture, Vol 43. 3, June 2010.
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• Book Review: Rich, Charlotte J. Transcending the New Woman: Multiethnic Narratives in the Progressive Era. Journal of Popular Culture, Vol 43.1, February 2010.
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• "Reconstructing Ayn Rand" Politics and Culture 4.2 (Summer, 2010) Reviewed Anne C. Hellar's Ayn Rand and the World She Made.
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• Conference Papers
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• "Visual Rebellion at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: Arnold Genthe and the Bohemian Club." Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Convention, New Orleans, April 2009.
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• "Abstaining From Suffrage: Alternative Forms of Progressive Protest in Richmond, Virginia." NorthEast Modern Languages Association Convention, Boston, February 2009.
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• "Grotesque Subjectivity: Cindy Sherman and the Anti-Pornography Movement." Women and Society Conference, Marist College, October 2008.
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• "Unusual Progressives in Virginia: Women of the Every Monday Club." Phi Alpha Theta Virginia Conference, Old Dominion University, April 2004, earned 2nd place in graduate student competition.
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• Awards
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• George Mason Graduate Honor Committee, George Mason University, Nominated and serve as a member of the Graduate Honor Committee. Member of Golden Key Honor Society: George Mason Graduate Honor Committee Honor Society
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• National Endowment of the Humanities Institute Grant, July 2005, Received a NEH grant to attend "Slavery, Literacy, Freedom: African American Literature, Culture and Folklore."
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• Phi Alpha Theta: National History Honor Society
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• Courses Taught
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• Sexuality and the Media
• American History
• Human Geography
• Revolting Against Empire
• African Studies
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• Pia Møller
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• Areas of Interest
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• Globalization, international and American migrations, esp. the criminalization of contemporary immigrants; the intersections of xenophobia, racism, nationalism, misogyny and homophobia. Critical pedagogy.
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• Field Statements
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• Theories of Globalization; American Immigrations
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• Education
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• B.A. Scandinavian Studies, minor in Gender studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 1998.
• One year at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1996-1997).
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• M.A. English, Cultural Studies Track, Kansas State University. Concentration in Gender and Sexuality, 2000. Passed with Distinction.
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• M.A. in Culture, Literature and Gender, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 2001.
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• Published Papers
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• "Citizen Patrols on the U.S.-Mexican Border." U.S. National Identity in the 21st Century Conference, Oxford University, UK. Nov 2006
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• "Falske Jungletrommer" [on the fantasy of the global village] Information (Danish paper), September, 2002.
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• "The Unsettled Undercurrents of Hedon Road: Knowledge, Power and Environmental Risk Management in Nicola Griffith's Slow River." Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment (ISLE), 9:2, Summer 2002.
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• Recent Conference Papers
• "Citizen Patrols on the U.S.-Mexican Border." U.S. National Identity in the 21st Century Conference, Oxford University, UK. Nov 2006.
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• "American Border Patrol Makes 'Internet History': Illegal Immigration as New Media Entertainment." International Week, George Mason University Fairfax Campus, VA. April 2006
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• Honors and Awards
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• 2003-2007 George Mason Research Assistantship, College of Arts & Sciences, GMU.
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• Niels Højgaards Stipend for studies abroad, 2003.
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• The Cultural Studies Essay Award, Kansas State University, 2000.
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• The Cultural Studies Essay Award, Kansas State University, 1999.
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• Niels Højgaards Stipend for studies abroad, 1998.
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• University of Aarhus Faculty Stipend for Studies Abroad, 1998.
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• SAAS Student Awards Agency for Scotland, 1996-1997.
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• Teaching
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• HNRS 131 Contemporary Society from Multiple Perspectives: Migration & Mobility, Honors Program in General Education, George Mason University
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• CULT 320 Globalization and Culture, Cultural Studies/Global Affairs Department, George Mason University
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• HNRS 110: Introduction to Research (teaching Assistant to Dr. Burr)
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• ESOL Northern Virginia Literacy Council, Culmore/Falls Church, Virginia
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• ESOL and Communication, Damsø Language School, Aarhus, Denmark
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• ENGL 100 Expository Writing: Introduction to College Writing. Kansas State University
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• ENGL 200 Expository Writing: Research and Proposal Writing. Kansas State University
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• Other Academic Experiece
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• Research Assistant, Cultural Studies Department, George Mason University
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• Assistant/Volunteer Coordinator, Fall for the Book Festival 2007
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• Jason Morris
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• Jason Morris is a third year student in the Cultural Studies PhD program at George Mason University where he is also pursuing a graduate certificate in folklore. He holds a Masters in Applied Anthropology from Maryland and a BS in Theatre and Performance Studies from Northwestern University. He's been involved with work in public folklore and related public arts and humanities activities in the Washington, D.C. area for much of the last ten years. His current research is focused on the political ecology, political economy and human dimensions of alternative energy production and climate change in the United States.
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• Richard Otten
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• EDUCATION


• • B.A. The George Washington University, Washington, DC - English, Creative Writing Minor, 1998
• • M.A. University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia --English and American Studies, 2001
• • Ph.D. (2007-in progress) George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia - Cultural Studies


• PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


• George Mason University (2007-2008:  Fairfax, VA)
• • Served as Teacher's Assistant for Cultural Studies Colloquium and on conference planning committee
  
  
• Anne Arundel Community College (2004-present:  Arnold, MD)
• • Taught the following American Studies & English courses:  "Introduction to American Film," "Popular Culture in America," & "Composition & Introduction to Literature"
• • Designed and taught "Popular Culture in America" online course
• • Developed syllabi and lectures, graded examinations and assignments, and advised students
• • Tutored students in the Writing Center
• • Served on Part-Time Faculty Committee


• James Madison University (2001-2004:  Harrisonburg, VA)
• • Served as Visiting Assistant and Adjunct Professor of English in the following courses:   "Early English Literature," "English Literature from the Victorian Era Through the 20th Century," "African American Fiction," "Great Works:  Growing Up in Modernity," "American Literature Since the Civil War," & "Film Noir"
• • Developed syllabi and lectures, graded examinations and assignments, and advised students
• • Served as Tau Kappa Epsilon chapter faculty advisor


• University of Virginia  (2000-2002: Charlottesville, VA)
• • Taught the course "Film as an Art Form," served as Teacher's Assistant in Film and Introduction to Media Studies courses, and lectured to Media Studies and Organizational Change classes
• • Developed syllabi and lectures, graded examinations and assignments, and advised students


• CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:


• 2009 - Moderator, "Keynote Panel, America After Bush":  Chesapeake American Studies Association Annual Conference, George Mason University.


• "Indie Film:  The Cannabinoid of the People, in Pursuit of Hipster Happiness"  Presented to the Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee Graduate Conference, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.


• 2008 - 'Being Moz:  Smiths/Morrissey Tribute Culture in Baltimore."  Presented to a "Rock and Roll Culture" panel at the Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.


• MEMBERSHIPS:
 
• Popular Culture Association


• George Mason University Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee
• • Positions held:  Colloquium Planning Committee (2008-2009), Committee of the Whole (2009-2010), Student Matters Committee (2009-2010), & Faculty Matters Committee (2009-2010).

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• Leah Perry
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• Education
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• 2004: M.A. in Humanities and Social Thought, New York University, New York , NY
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• 2002: M.A.R. in Religion and Literature, Yale University Divinity School, New Haven, CT
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• 2000: B.A., Magna Cum Laude, in English Literature and World Religions Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
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• Interests
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• Race, gender and sexuality, immigration and migration in American culture.
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• Papers
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• 2007: "Troubling Judith Butler: Immigration and the Negotiation of Sexed Identity?", Cultural Studies Association, Portland, OR. April 19-22, 2007.
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• 2006: Panel Chair: American Studies 1: Gender and Sexuality in American Culture: "Kind of White Sex: Sexuality and Citizenship in Jeffrey Eugenides' Middlesex." Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association (MAPCA/ACA) Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD
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• 2005: Panel Chair: American Studies 2: Cultural Expressions in American Society: "Culture is the Politics of Immigration by Other Means: Frank Capra's Depression Era Trilogy." Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association (MAPCA/ACA) Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ
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• "Intersections of Difference: The Problem of Reified Representation." Gendered Visualities: Visual and Cultural Annual Symposium and Exhibition, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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• 2003: "Chinese-American Translation: Derrida's Theory of Spectral Inheritance and Bhabha's Cultural Hybridity in Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior". The 'I' of the Beholder New York College English Association (NYCEA) Annual Conference St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY
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• 2000: "The Divided Self of Indian Americanization in Bharati Mukerjee's The Tiger's Daughter." Manhattanville College Honors Symposium, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
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• Courses Taught:
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• George Mason University, Fairfax, VA:
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• WMST 330: Feminist Theory Across the Disciplines
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• NCLC 140: Self as Citizen
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• NCLC 290/390/490: Internship Supervisor
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• Service
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• 2005-2006
• Volunteer Nation Museum of the American Indian Resource Center Washington, DC
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• 2006-present
• Secretary, Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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• 2004-2006
• Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee, George Mason University, Fairfax, VACultural Studies Student Matters Committee, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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• Honors and Awards:
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• 2004-present
• Teaching Fellowship George Mason University Cultural Studies Program, Fairfax, VA
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• 1998-2000
• Academic Merit Scholarship, English Department Honors, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
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• Katy Razzano
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• Education
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• BA Radio/Television/Film University of Maryland at College Park
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• MA Media Studies The Pennsylvania State University
• Currently PhD student in Cultural Studies Program at George Mason University
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• Published Book
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• Vulture Culture: The Politics and Pedagogy of the Daytime Television Talk Show. Co-authored with Loubna Skalli and Christine Quail. New York: Peter Lang, 2005.
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• Published Papers
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• "Tiger Woods: A Discursive Struggle over the Construction and Consumption of a Multiracial Image" in Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education, v 4, no. 2, Fall/Winter 2000.
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• Conference Papers/Panel Chairs
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• "Out of Control: Teen girls, talks shows and the politics of reform"
• --Presented to the Gendered Visualities Symposium at George Mason University-March 2005
• --Presented to the National Communication Association-November 2005
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• "Paternity: A Cultural Study of Vulture Culture"
• --Presented to the Cultural Studies Association-April 2005
• --Presented to the National Communication Association-November 2005
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• "Admissible in a court of law!: DNA tests, paternity and the talk show"
• --Presented to the Fifth International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference-June 2004
• --Presented to the Union for Democratic Communications 2002 conference Democratic Communication and Global Justice-October 2002
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• "Disciplining Bodies: Talk Shows and the Teen-out-of-Control"
• --Presented to for the Gender and Television Regional Conference-April 2004
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• "Theorizing Resistive Agency"
• --Panel Chair-The Founding Conference of The Cultural Studies Association-June 2003
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• "'Tell it like it is' Discourse, Common Sense and Social Issues in the Daytime Television Talk Show"
• --Presented to the Cultural Studies Program Colloquium-December 2001.
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• Performances, intallations, exhibitions
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• Looking for Mongolia-co-produced, co-edited and filmed independent documentary on Mongolian immigrants in Northern Virginia-2004-2005.
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• Fellowships and Awards
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• Technology Across the Curriculum Technology Associate-Fall 2000-Spring 2002
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• Innovations 2001 Award "Most Effective Corporate Interaction" for "Presenting with Technology: Effective vs. Ineffective Approaches"
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• Graduate Teaching Assistantship-Fall 2002-Spring 2004
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• Rolla F. Wood Graduate Scholarship 2006
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• Stand-alone courses taught
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• COMM 302 Foundations of Mass Communication-Spring 2005/Fall 2005
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• NCLC 275 US History and Historical Representation-Fall 2003/Spring 2004
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• NCLC 245 Visual Culture--Fall 2002.
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• Journal Referee
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• Feminist Media Studies-January 2006
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• Guest Lectures
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• "Fraser, Habermas and the Public Sphere"-two lectures March 2005
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• "Talk Shows Talk Back"-September 2003
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• "Gender and the talk show"-March 2003
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• "Television and the audience"-two lectures September 2002
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• Service
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• Cultural Studies Program Colloquium Committee-Fall 2000-Spring 2002
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• Cultural Studies Program Admissions Committee-Spring 2004-Spring 2005
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• Cultural Studies Conference Planning Committee-Fall 2005
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• Current Position
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• Managing Editor, Journal of Social Philosophy-June 2005 to present
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• Assistant Director, Center for Global Ethics-June 2005 to present
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• Laina Hanninen Saul
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• Education
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• Ph.D., Student Cultural Studies, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA. Current.
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• M.A., Philosophy, George Mason University. Fairfax, VA. May 2007
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• B.A., History, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, May 1990.
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• Stand-alone Courses Taught:
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• PHIL 100, Fall 2009
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• Teaching Assistant:
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• HIST 100, Fall 2007
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• PHIL 336, Fall 2008
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• Research Interests:
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• Feminist Theory, particularly the work of Simone de Beauvoir and post-colonial feminist theory.
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• Phenomenology and Existentialism specifically as they relate to subjectivity, embodiment, and the Other in the work of Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir, Sartre and Levinas.
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• Globalization and Human Rights in Western Media as well as definitions of Citizenship and the demand for ?acceptable? bodies in political/social discourse.
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• Awards and Honors
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• Awarded 2007, Four Year Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Cultural Studies Program, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
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• 2007 Outstanding Graduate Philosophy Student, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
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• Conference Presentations
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• "Between the Vulnerable Body and the Gaze: The Implications of Boundaries and the Bond for Woman as Object in Western Media." Vulnerable Bodies: A Symposium in honor of the retirement of Debra Bergoffen. April 2009. George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
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• "Virgins in the News: Western Media, Classed Bodies and George W. Bush's Heroic Fight Against AIDS in Africa and the Wages of Sin" America After Bush April 2009. Chesapeake Chapter of the American Studies Association.
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• "Djamila Boupacha, Terrorist/Victim/Sign: Becoming Human through Torture, Discourse, and At the Boundaries of the Nation-State." Translating the Body Politic. February 2009. University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
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• "Splintered Subjects, Fractured Bodies: Globalization and the Consequences for Human Rights" Causes, Connections, Consequences, of Globalization for Human Rights. February 2009. World History Organization of Texas, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX.
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• "Reaction, Resistance & Ressentiment: Can Women Ever Be Free According to Nietzsche". June 2008. Conference for the Society for Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture (EPTC), in conjunction with Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities of Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC.
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• "Hijab, marked bodies, and questions of freedom: Reading male identity in colonial and post-colonial settings." Resisting Hegemonies: Race and Sexual Politics in Nation, Region and Empire, June 2008. National Women's Studies Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
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• Kristin Scott
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• Education
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• PhD Cultural Studies, George Mason University [in progress]
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• A.M., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004
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• MFA, Creative Writing, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2004
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• BA, English Literature, Smith College, Northampton, MA, 1999
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• Areas of Interest
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• Arts and media culture, virtual, visual & digital culture, digital ethnography, gender/sexuality and postgenderism, transhumanism, and digital and cyborg embodiment & performance.
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• Conference Papers, Lectures, and Panels
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• 2009: Presenter. "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.
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• 2009: Presenter. "Cyberculture and Second Life," Second Life at Mason, Community of Distance Educators Academy, George Mason University.
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• 2009: Presenter. "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.
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• 2009: Moderator. "New Technologies, New Politics," America After Bush, Chesapeake American Studies Association, George Mason University.
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• 2009: Roundtable Presenter. "Screen Life," Unthinking Television: Visual Culture[s] Beyond the Console, George Mason University.
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• 2009: Presenter. "Mii, Myself, and I(dentities)," LEVEL UP: Discussions on Video Games and Socialization, George Mason University.
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• Courses Taught
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• * GMU
• CULT 320 Globalization and Culture
• NCLC 249 Internet Literacy
• NCLC 375 Creative Ethos
• NCLC 398 Art Transgressions
• NCLC 350 Cybercultures
• AVT 395 Writing for Artists
• NCLC 130 The Social World
• ENG 101 Composition
• ENG 201 Reading and Writing About Texts
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• * Harold Washington College, Humanities Department, Chicago, IL
• Popular Cultures
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• * Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL (2005-2008)
• Introduction to Cultural Studies
• Cybercultures: Theory
• Reviewing the Arts
• Literature and the Culture of Cyberspace
• Introduction to Literature
• Composition I
• Writer's Portfolio
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• Publications
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• Ghost writer of six chapters of academic book about success in online learning, 2007
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• "Gateway to Virtual Science," University of Chicago Magazine, Dec. 2001
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• "And the Beat Goes On," University of Chicago Magazine, Dec. 2001
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• "The Human Canvas: Wiping the Slate Clean," South Loop Review, Volume 7, 2004.
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• 8 profiles, NewCity Chicago: Lit50 Edition, May 2002.
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• "70s Bandana Blues," Loop Hole, May, 2002.
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• Fiction Review of Sons of the Rapture, by Todd Dills, DEMO Magazine, Fall 2006.
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• Nonfiction review of In the Shade of Time, by Queen Wicks, DEMO Magazine, Summer 2006.
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• "The Naked Truth," Non-Fiction review of Naked in the Promised Land, by Lillian Faderman, NewCity Chicago, February, 2003.
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• "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.
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• "Story Stew," Fiction review of Trash, by Dorothy Allison, NewCity Chicago, October, 2002.
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• "The Greatest Story Never Told," Fiction review of Adiel, by Shlomo DuNour, NewCity Chicago, September, 2002.
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• Fiction review of Fingersmith, by Sarah Waters, Columbia Chronicle, April, 2002.
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• Nayantara (Tara) Sheoran
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• Education
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• MS in Communication Studies and BA in Communication and Journalism from Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, PA.
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• Fields of Interest:
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• Communication, Advertising, and Consumer Culture, Pharmaceutical Culture in the Globalized Economy
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• Presentations and Working Groups
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• Advertising the "New" India in "Post-Liberalization" India: Creating New Consumer with "Glocal" Images. Presented at Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI, October 2007.
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• What an Idea!: A Critical Examination of Advertising Industry and Images in Post-Liberalization India. Presented on the India and Globalization Working Group Panel, George Mason University, February 2008.
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• Founding member of the India and Globalization Working Group, Center for Global Studies, George Mason University, November 2007.
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• Publications
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• Advertising the "new" India in Post-Liberalization India: Creating new consumers with advertising images in Global Studies Review, Spring 2008. Center for Global Studies: George Mason University. (Non-peer reviewed).
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• Teaching/Research Experience at George Mason University
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• Assistant Editor, The Gerontologist, August 2007 - Present
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• Adjunct Faculty, Senior Project Presentation course, (BIS 491) Bachelor of Individualized Study, Summer 2006, Summer 2007
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• Graduate Research Assistant, Sociology and Anthropology, and Communication Dept., August 2006 - Present
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• Graduate Research Assistant, School of Public Policy, and Communication Dept., August 2005 - August 2006
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• Service at George Mason University
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• Secretary, Student Organizing Committee - Cultural Studies (April 2007 to present)
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• Panel Organizer, "Mediated Images: New research on Media in the International Circuit" as part of events for International Week (April 2006)
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• Design, Publicity, and Promotion Committee, Annual Cultural Studies Conference, "Who Owns Knowledge?" (August 2005 - April 2006)
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• Student Production Committee, Panel Discussion on Intellectual Property, "Who Owns Culture?" (August 2005 - November 2005)
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• Dava L. Simpson
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• Education
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• B.A. - American Studies University of South Florida , 2002
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• M.A. - Communication
• University of South Florida , 2006 Thesis: Stormtroopers Among Us: Star Wars Costuming, Connection, and Civic Engagement
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• Areas of Concentration
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• * Visual Culture and Communication
• * Popular Culture
• * Film and Media Studies
• * Men's Studies and Masculinities
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• Honors and awards
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• Elias J. Nader and Vivian Zrake Nader Graduate Award in Communication, 2005-2006
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• Ann Winch Endowed Fellowship, 2004-2005
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• Roger Rollin Award for the Best Student Paper in American Culture (2 nd ), 2003
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• The Robertson Harkness Scholarship in American Studies, 2002
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• Publications
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• "Memory and Popular Film," Book Review: The Journal of Popular Culture : 38. 4 (May 2005): 788.
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• "Defining Political Zeitgeist: 1950s Science Fiction Films and 1980s Remakes . " 2000 Film & History CD-ROM Annual (refereed).
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• Conference Presentations
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• "Stormtroopers Among Us: Star Wars Costuming, Connection, and Civic Engagement" Paper and PowerPoint display accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), Boston, MA, 2007.
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• "Re-Raising the Flags of our Fathers : Still/Motion Pictures as Historical Text" Paper and PowerPoint display presented at the Maryland Graduate Forum '07,
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• "History as Text, Text as History," February 2007.
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• "Dysfunctional Science: Absent Fatherhood in The Fly " Paper and synchronous video presented at the annual convention of the Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South (PCAS/ACAS), Jacksonville Beach, FL, 2005.
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• "Compartmentalizing Men: Social Duality and Popular Culture" Paper and PowerPoint display presented at the Annual Conference of the National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), San Diego, CA, 2005.
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• "Social Duality: The Masculine Personas of Superheroes" Paper and PowerPoint display presented at the 2 nd Annual Conference of the Cultural Studies Association (CSA), Boston, MA, 2004.
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• "Running Against the Machine : Masculine Roles in Logan's Run , Total Recall , and Minority Report ." Paper and synchronous video presented at the annual convention of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Atlanta , GA , 2003.
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• "Framing Masculinity: Shyamalan's Cinematic Comic Book" Paper and synchronous video presented at the annual convention of the Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South (PCAS/ACAS), Jacksonville Beach, FL, 2003.
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• "Masculine Things: Political Identity in Science Fiction Cinema." Paper and synchronous video presented at the Annual Conference of the National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), New Orleans , LA , 2003.
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• "Poles Apart: Divergent Imagery in Two Adaptations of The Thing ." Paper and synchronous video p resented at the 28th Annual Conference on Literature and Film, Florida State University , Tallahassee , FL , 2003.
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• "The Elsinore Edifice: Visualizing Three Cinematic Adaptations of Hamlet ." Paper and synchronous video p resented at the Annual Conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), Baltimore , MD , 2002.
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• "Heroes and Villains: Unbreakable Male Stereotypes." Paper and synchronous video p resented at the Annual Conference of the National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), Toronto , Canada , 2002.
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• "Generic Upheaval: The Dubious Classification of Film Noir." Paper p resented at the 27th Annual Conference on Literature and Film, Florida State University , Tallahassee , FL , 2002.
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• "Masculinity Exposed: Consumerism and Identity in David Fincher's Fight Club ." Paper and synchronous video p resented at the National Popular Culture Association/ American Culture Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia , PA , 2001; presented again, by request, the following year Toronto , Canada , 2002.
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• Teaching
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• COMM 100 - Speech Communication, George Mason University , 2007-
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• COMM 101 - Interpersonal and Group Communication, George Mason University , 2007-
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• COMM 454 - Free Speech and Ethics, George Mason University , 2006-
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• SPC 2600 - Public Speaking, University of South Florida, 2004-2005
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• Christopher Sutch
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• received a B.A. in Religious Studies, a B.A. in English and an M.A. in English from Iowa State University. His current research interests include science studies, colonialism, the social production of space, and political economy.
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• Sarah L. Sweetman
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• Career
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• New Century College, George Mason University, 2003-present
• * Director of Student Services 2006-present
• * Instructor, 2003-present
• * Internship Coordinator, 2005-2006
• * Orientation and Recruitment Coordinator, 2004-2006
• * Academic Advisor, 2004-2006
• * Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2003-2006
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• Education
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• 2003 Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies - Liberal Studies with distinction, specialization in Conflict, Culture, Religion, and Education, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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• 1997 Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts: Social Sciences, concentration in Anthropology, Certification in Asian Studies and Asian/Pacific American Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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• Areas of Specialization
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• Adoption Studies focusing on the need for interdisciplinarity in scholarship, international adoption, identity formation, and intersections with Memory Studies.
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• Memory Studies focusing on war memory, national memory, and cultural memory in popular culture and intersections with Adoption Studies.
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• Conferences
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• Scheduled November 10, 2005, "Effective Citizenship-An Interdisciplinary Perspective," Association of American Colleges & Universities, Providence, RI (Presenter)
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• Scheduled October 15, 2005, "From Dying Rooms to 'Lived Experience:' Documenting Adoption from China," Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, St. Louis, MO (Chair and presenter)
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• Scheduled October 8, 2005, "Assessing Experiential Learning," Association for Integrative Studies/Association for General and Liberal Studies, Fairfax, VA (Presenter)
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• April 24, 2005, "Saving the Innocents: 'War Orphans' as Means of Constructing and Cleansing War Memory," Cultural Studies Association, Phoenix, AZ (Chair and presenter)
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• April 9, 2005, "The Impact of Chinese Adoptees on American Culture,"
• Committee of 100, Washington, DC (Invited panelist)
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• May 21, 2004, "Writing the Self/Writing the Other/Writing for Citizenship: Writing Across a Curriculum of Interdisciplinary Learning Communities,"
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• Writing Across the Curriculum, St. Louis, MO (Presenter)
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• Courses Taught
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• NCLC 110: Community of Learners, GMU
• NCLC 140: Self as Citizen, GMU
• NCLC 290/390/490: Internship, GMU
• NCLC 491: Senior Capstone Experience, GMU
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• Other Undergraduate Subjects:
• Quantitative Analysis, Web Publishing, Debate, Teaching Media Literacy
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• Language Courses:
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• Introductory English as a Second Language
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• Cecilia "Lia" Uy-Tioco
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• Education
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• 2004 MA Media Studies, New School University, New York, NY
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• 1996 MA Publishing, New York University, New York, NY
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• 1993 Certificate in Publishing, Radcliffe Publishing Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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• 1992 AB Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Humanities, Communication, and Legal Management, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines
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• Areas of Interest
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• media studies, new media, globalization, migration, post-colonial studies
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• Publications
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• "Overseas Filipino Workers & Text Messaging: Reinventing Transnational Mothering," Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies. 21.2 (June 2007, pp. 253-365). [Peer-reviewed.]
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• "Overseas Filipino Workers & Text Messaging: Reinventing Transnational Mothering," in Mobile Phone Cultures. Ed. Gerard Goggin. London: Routledge, 2007.
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• Conference Papers
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• "Virtual Migrants: Call Center Workers in the Philippines" Crossroads 2008, Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) Conference Kingston, Jamaica, 3-7 July 2008 [forthcoming]
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• "Mobile Phones and Text Messaging: Reinventing Migrant Mothering and Transnational Families." Crossroads 2006, Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 20-23 July 2006
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• "Text-Messaging and Overseas Filipino Workers: The Reassertion of Mothering." Eastern Communication Association (ECA) Conference, Philadephia, PA, 30 April 2006
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• "The First-Year Experience at New Century College." Paper delivered for a short course, "Learning Communities and the Communication Discipline: Building Healthy Relationships in Higher Education Initiatives."National Communication Association (NCA) Conference, Boston, MA, 18 November 2005
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• "The Cell Phone and Edsa 2: The Role of a Communication Technology in Ousting a President." Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference, New School University, New York, NY, 11 October 2003
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• "CNN World Report: Global in Reach and Content." Part of a panel on Globalization and Media. New York State Communication Association (NYSCA) Conference, Tarrytown, NY, 27 October 2002
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• Academic Work and Courses Taught
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• At New Century College, GMU:
• Internship Coordinator, Spring 2007-present
• Academic Advisor, Summer 2005-present
• Instructor, Summer 2005 - Present
• * NCLC 491 Senior Capstone
• * NCLC 110 Community of Learners
• * NCLC 390/490 Experiential Learning/Internship
• * NCLC 130 The Social World
• * NCLC 391: Introduction to Integrative Studies
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• At the Ateneo de Manila University:
• * COM 12 Information Society, 2000-2001
• * COM 143 Special Topics in Communication: The New Media, 1999-2001
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• Vicki Watts
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• Click here for personal homepage
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• Bio
• Vicki Watts has spent the last 10 years working and studying in the fields of dance, community arts, multimedia, and education. Her area of interest is the body and comic performance.
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• Education
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• 2007 George Mason University, Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
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• 2002 Dance Notation Bureau Extension, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Teacher Certification Labanotation
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• 2001 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. MFA in Dance (with a concentration in technology)
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• 1995 The Benesh Institute, London. Advanced Benesh Movement Notation
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• 1994 University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey. BA (Hons) Dance in Society (1st Class Honours)
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• 1993 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Advanced Labanotation
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• Publication
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• Editor, with Robert Gehl. The Politics of Cultural Programming in Public Spaces. Under contract at Cambridge Scholars Press.
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• Awards and Honors
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• 2004 High Potential Graduate Research Assistanship (George Mason University)
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• 2002 Selma Jeanne Cohen Award (Society of Dance History Scholars)
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• 2001 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (Ohio State University)
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• 2000 Graduate School Alumnae Research Award & PEGS Award (Ohio State University) Dance Preservation Fund Award
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• 1999 University Fellowship (Ohio State University)
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• 1998 Fulbright Award (US/UK Fulbright Commission)
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• 1994 Scholarship to the Benesh Institute (The Benesh Institute)
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• 1993 Award for Academic Achievement (Ohio State University)
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• 1992 Pauline Hodgens Memorial Prize (University of Surrey)
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• Presentations
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• 2003: "Multimedia documentation: a case study" (University of Limerick, Society of Dance History Scholars)
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• 2002: "Hi Everybody!" A documentation and critical analysis. (Multimedia DVD presented at the Monaco Danses Dances Forum, Monte Carlo) University of Limerick, Society of Dance History Scholars)
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• 2001: "Why do dances make us laugh? A comparative analysis of the joking structures at play in Tere O'Connor's Hi Everybody! and in Twyla Tharp's Push Comes to Shove". (Temple University: Society of Dance History Scholars)
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• 2000: "Flesh" An interactive multimedia installation. (Monaco Danses Dances Forum, Monte Carlo)
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• Teaching Experience
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• In USA:
• Dance 820: Graduate Seminar: Dance, Notation, Language
• Dance 694: Theories for Dancing Bodies (The Ohio State University)
• Dance 621: Labanotation (The Ohio State University)
• WMST300: Myths of Masculinity (George Mason University)
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• in UK:
• Dance History, Choreography, Labanotation, Benesh Movement Notation, Pedagogy, Modern Dance Technique, Ballet Technique, Dance Appreciation, Graduate and Undergraduate Research Supervision, Repertory from Score (Royal Academy of Dance)
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• Lucas Witman
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• BA Kenyon College (Spanish, English)
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• MA University of Arizona (Latin American Studies)
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• My research interests center on issues related to sexuality, gender and class in Mexico. I am interested in the study of men who have sex with men in urban Mexico and the effects on this population of stigma and discrimination, specifically related to HIV/AIDS and social class.
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• Nuh YILMAZ
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• Education
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• B.Sc. Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1999.
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• M.F.A. Graphic Design, Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey, 2001
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• M.A. (in progress) Theory, Culture and Politics, Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. (2001- present).
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• Areas of Specialization
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• Aesthetic Theory, Visual Studies, Non-Western Visual Regimes and Semiotics.
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