education
2013 Master of Arts Ohio University Athens, OH
Pursuing a Master’s
Degree in Film Studies
2011 Bachelor of Specialized Studies Ohio University Athens, OH
Major Concentrations: Women’s and Gender Studies
and Theater
Minor
concentrations: African American Studies, Political Science
Awards
and Scholarships
2013 Director’s Award of
Distinction Outstanding Queer Studies Graduate Scholar
2006-2009 Johns Family Memorial
Scholarship Recipient
2006- 2009 Ohio University School
of Theater Talent Scholarship Recipient
2006-2009 Ohio Gateway Scholarship
Recipient
2007-2008 Alpha Lambda Delta Honors
Society
TeAching
Experience
May 2013 Instructor
“Screening Sex: Intro to Porn Studies” Ohio University
January-May 2013
Instructor “Beyond the Gaze: Feminist Film Critique and Theory” Ohio University
August 2012-December
2012 Teaching Assistant “History of World Cinema” Ohio University
March-June 2012
Teaching Assistant “History of Documentary” Ohio University
January- March 2012
Teaching Assistant “Film Analysis” Ohio University
September-November
2011 Teaching Assistant “Introduction to Film” Ohio University
Current
projects
M.A. Thesis Ohio
University “The Tyranny of the Sex ‘Which is One’: Feminist Relations of Play
in Feminist* Porn”
Invited
Presentations
November
2013 “Rope Sluts, and Bottoms, and Subs Oh My: Rethinking Femininity and
Masochism in Feminist Kink Porn” Alternate Visions in
Media Conference, Texas Christian University
Conference
Presentations
April
2013 “Being Gay Means Never Having to Say You’re Pregnant: Queering
Reproductive Justice” Queer Graduate Studies Conference, Ohio University
April
2013 “A Pussy-Oriented Pedagogy: Choreographing a Feminist Pornographic
Imaginary” The Feminist Porn Conference, The University of Toronto, Canada
February
2013 “Towards a Tactile ‘Post’: Skin, Performance, and Bodies in Experimental
Post-Feminist Documentaries” Paper Presentation at the Lesbian Lives
Conference, The University of Brighton, United Kingdom
November 2012 “Getting
Off: Post-Feminist and Post-Queer Orgasmic Initiations in The Oh in Ohio and Shortbus.”
Paper Presentation at the Film and Television in the 21st
Century Conference, Texas Christian University
October 2012 “’The
Tyranny of the Clitoral Orgasm”: Hysterical Bodies and Queer Femininity in
Post-Feminist and Post-Queer Film” Paper Presentation at the Global Queerness
Conference, College of Wooster
February 2012 “The
Limits and Possibilities of a Transformative Queer Femininity” Workshop at the
Midwest Bisexual, Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Ally, College Conference Iowa
State University
May 2011 “Hauntings in
the North American Pastoral” Paper Presentation at the International Congress
for Qualitative Inquiry University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
Invited
Panelist
2011 “The Importance
of Allies in the LGBTQ Community” Ohio University
Leadership
Positions
2008-2011 VDAY
Coordinator for Ohio University
2010-2011 ALLY Executive Social Relations Chair
creative
work
July
2012-Current Freelance Contributor RASCAL magazine
January-April
2012 Screening Intern for Athens International Film Festival
March 2011 “Gender
Consultant” Experimental Thesis Production Shakespeare’s
R & J Ohio University Honors Tutorial College and School of Theater
2008-2011 Director,
Annual Productions of The Vagina
Monologues
May 2008 Founder, One
Night Stand: A Feminist Performance Collective
March
2007 Assistant Stage Manager “Conference of the Birds Project” Ohio University
School of Theater
