Academic History

2002-Current   Doctoral Candidate, English, Syracuse University

2003                C. A. S., Women’s Studies, Syracuse University

2000-2002       M. A., English, Syracuse University

2000                B. A. (Honors) with First Class Honors, English/Women’s Studies, University of                           Alberta, Canada

Teaching and Research Interests

Film; cultural studies; third wave feminism; postfeminism; action cinema; constructions of femininity; feminist theory; queer theory; the figure of the girl

Teaching Awards

2006                            Elson Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching by a Graduate Student, Syracuse University

2002                            Outstanding TA Award, Syracuse University

2001-4                         Teaching Fellowship, Syracuse University

Academic Awards

2006                            Summer Fellowship

2005                            Summer Fellowship

2002                            Five Year University Fellowship

2000                            Hadassah-WIZO Canada Award in Women’s Studies, University of Alberta

Publications

2010 (forthcoming)     Write Now: Paragraphs and Essays (under contract withPearson Education/Longman Publishers).  Co-Author, Instructor’s Manual.  Instructor Specialist and Consultant, Instructor’s Manual and Textbook.

2006                “‘My Guns are in that Fendi!’: The Postfeminist Female Action Hero.” Postfeminism and Third Wave Feminism. Eds. Rebecca Munford, Gillian Howie and Stacy Gillis. Palgrave Press, 2006.

2004                “‘Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma’am!’: The New Public/Private Female Action Hero.” Third Wave Feminism: A Critical Exploration. Eds. Rebecca Munford, Gillian Howie and Stacy Gillis. Palgrave Press, 2004.

2004                “Butch-Femme Interrupted: Angelina Jolie and the New Butch Femme.” InterSEXions of the Others: Bisexuality and Transgenderism. Eds. Jonathan Alexander and Karen Yescavage. Haworth Press, 2004.

2003                “Reel Phobias.” Good Girl (Summer 2003).

2002                “Pop Pedagogy: Popular Culture Approaches to Teaching Writing,”                                                             Reflections, Syracuse University

Presentations

2010               "Have you ever been mistaken for a man?": Feminism and the Female Action Hero," CWSA," Montreal, May 29-31.

2010                “‘Wait, Why Do I Get the Girl Gun’: Feminizing the Female Action Hero,” PCA/ACA, St. Louis, March 31-April 3.

2008                “‘Who’s Your Daddy Now?:’ Feminism, Femininity and the Female Action Hero,” FSAC, Vancouver, June 2-4.

2008                “‘Failure is Not an Option:’ Feminist Film Theory and the Female Action Hero,” SCMS, Chicago, March 6-9.

2008                “Mrs. Croft: Angelina Jolie and the Straightening of the Female Action Genre.” Invited Talk. Translation Colloquium. Syracuse University, February 8.

2007                “Classroom Activities: Affect, Pleasure, Activation,” ETS TA Orientation Program, Syracuse University, August 23

2006                “Cherchez-La-Fille: Sexual Daughters and Anxieties about Postwar Motherhood in Female-Centered Film Noir,” Film, Television and the 1950s, Plymouth University, October 6-7

2006                “‘Flip Your Goddamn Hair!’: Postfeminism and the Female Action Hero” The Political and the Aesthetic, University of Albany, April 22-23

2005                “One Angry Inch for the Musical, One Giant Step for the MTV-Kind: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Moulin Rouge,” Screen, University of Glasgow, July 1-3

2004                “’What’s Pleasure Without Pain?’: The New Public/Private Female Action Hero,” Interrogating Postfeminism: the Politics of Gender and Popular Culture, University of East Anglia, April 2-3

2003                “One Angry Inch for the Musical, One Giant Step for the MTV-Kind: Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Moulin Rouge,” Film Musicals: From the Classical Era to Postmodern Cinema, University College Cork, September 19-20

2002                “Beyond Bisexuality: Angelina Jolie, Bisexuality and the New Butch-Femme,” Third Wave Feminism, Feminist Institute for Theory and Research, Exeter, UK, July 23-5

2002                “Beyond Bisexuality: Angelina Jolie, Bisexuality and the New Butch-Femme,” These Boots Are Made for Walking: Women in Motion, Cornell University, March 1-2

2002                “Responding to Student Texts,” Writing Program Spring Conference, Syracuse University

2001                “Political Moments in the Classroom,” Writing Program, Syracuse University

Teaching Experience

2010                Instructor, University of Alberta W ST 201, “Introduction to Women’s

Studies”

2008                Teaching Associate, Syracuse University ETS 154, “Interpretation of Film”

2007                Teaching Associate, Syracuse University ETS 145, “Reading Popular Culture”

2006                Future Professoriate Teaching Associate, Syracuse University ETS 154, "Interpretation of Film"

2005                Future Professoriate Teaching Associate, Syracuse University ETS 153, “Interpretation of Fiction: American Melodrama”

2005                Future Professoriate Teaching Associate, Syracuse University ETS 145, “Reading Popular Culture”

2005                Future Professoriate Teaching Associate, Syracuse University
ETS 192/W St 192, “Gender and Literary Texts: American Femininities, From Housewife to Hero and Back Again”

2004                Future Professoriate Teaching Associate, Syracuse University ETS 145, “Reading Popular Culture”

2004                TA, Syracuse University, “(Re)Searching America”

2003                TA, Syracuse University

                        WRT 105, “(Re)Writing Pop Culture: North American Cultural Contexts for

                        Critical Writing and Thinking”  (Revised)

2002                TA, Syracuse University (Pioneering New Curriculum)

                        WRT 205, “(Re)Searching Pop Culture”

2001                TA, Syracuse University (Pioneering New Curriculum)

                        WRT 105, “(Re)Writing Pop Culture: North American Cultural Contexts for

                        Critical Writing and Thinking”

                        (2 Sections)

2001                TA, Syracuse University

                        WRT 205, “Writing Studio II”

2000                TA, Syracuse University

                        WRT 105, “Writing Studio I”

                        (2 Sections)

Consulting Experience

2004                Writing Consultant, Syracuse University (for Summerstart)

2001                Writing Consultant, Syracuse University (for Summerstart)

Academic Service

2006                Presentation to Undergraduates on Graduate Student Teaching and Academic Life SUNY—Oswego Future Professoriate Program, April 11

2006                Faculty Roundtable Honors Students Association Syracuse University, March 30

2006                “Teaching in ETS” Co-Facilitator Future Professoriate Program, March 22

Professional Memberships

Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Film Studies Association of Canada

Canadian Women’s Studies Association

Honour Societies

2001-Present               Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

2001-Present               Phi Beta Delta, International Honor Society

2000-Present               Golden Key National Honor Society