EDUCATION
2006-present, The University of Arizona
Doctor of Philosophy, English (expected graduation spring 2011)
Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS) interdisciplinary certificate student
Areas of study: Early modern period, gender, the body and disability studies. Dissertation tentatively titled: "The Redemptive Practice of Medicine: Health, Gender and Disability in Early Modern England," exploring the ways in which the metaphor of the humoral body narrates the maintenance of physical and spiritual health in both the body and the body politic.
2006, California State University, San Marcos
Master of Arts, Literature and Writing
Areas of study: writing and composition, gender studies, disability and body studies, 20th century American literature. Master's thesis: "Utterings of Many a Mad Woman," focusing on models of inclusivity in disability, using disability and ecocritical theories to analyze primary sources from contemporary culture (television and creative non-fiction).
1994, San Diego State University
Teaching Credential, Single Subject in English.
Areas of study: writing and composition, general literature, educational theory and practice, English as a second language instruction, linguistics.
1991, The University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts, English
Areas of study: gender and ethnic studies, writing and composition, British literature through the Romantic period.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011, Shakespeare Association of America. Funding to present research on Shakespeare and Mary Wroth at annual meeting.
2011, Honors College Grant, University of Arizona. Funding to take students to see As You Like It.
2010, Writing Program Fellowship, University of Arizona. Awarded to Graduate Assistants with demonstrated teaching excellence who have proposed outstanding scholarly projects.
2010, Honors College Grant, University of Arizona. Funding to take students to see Taming of the Shrew.
2008, University of Arizona Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation Committee: Scholarship to study at Cambridge University during summer 2008.
2007, Tyler L. Riggs Memorial Foundation Award: Honorarium for participation in the Midwest Modern Language Association Convention, Cleveland, OH [November 8, 2007].
2007, Magellan Circle Fellowship, University of Arizona: Awarded to present research on Shakespeare and Disability.
2007, Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS) Travel Grant, University of Arizona: Funding for M/MLA conference presentation.
2007, Faculty Student Interaction Grant, University of Arizona: Purpose: to take students to see Taming of the Shrew.
2007, English Graduate Union Travel Grant, University of Arizona.
2006-2011, Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Arizona.
2006-2011, Graduate Registration Scholarship, University of Arizona.
2006, Sally Cassanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship: California State University statewide award.
2006, Outstanding Service and Scholarship, CSU San Marcos: Literature and Writing Department’s Annual Award.
2006, Diana Cox Award for Images of Women in Popular Culture: Conferred by the American Culture Association/Popular Culture Association for the paper, “Slaying the Deficit in Disability.”
2005, Leadership grant, CSU San Marcos: Scholarship to present research.
2005, Travel grant, CSU San Marcos: Funding for conference presentation.
PUBLICATIONS
2011. "Disabled and and Enabled Blood: Locating the Ability to Rule in Shakespeare, Marlowe and Cary" in Early Modern Literary Studies. [Under review].
2011. "Slaying the Deficit in Disability: Joss Whedon's Buffy and Serenity" in Health, Illness, and (Dis)Ability in the Works of Joss Whedon. [Accepted for publication].
2011. “Who is More Able? Interrogating Power, Gender and Disability in Ronald Moore’s Battlestar Galactica.” Battlestar Galactica the Book. McFarland Publishing. [Accepted for publication].
In-brief Reviews, journal Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach.
- December 2005, vol. 34, no. 8. Diane P. Freedman and Martha Stoddard-Holmes, Eds. The Teacher’s Body. New York: State University Press, 2003.
- October/November 2005, vol. 34, no.7. Jacqueline Rhodes. Radical Feminism, Writing and Critical Agency: From Manifesto to Modem. Albany: New York: State University Press, 2005.
- Sept. 2005, vol. 34, no.6. Leonore Tiefer. Sex is Not a Natural Act. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2004.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
April 2011. "Mary Wroth and Shakespeare." The Shakespeare Association of America. Bellevue, WA. [Accepted for presentation].
February 2010. "The Need to Leave for New Worlds: Travel Narratives and Renaissance Drama." Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Tempe, AZ.
October 2009. "Promoting a Panacea: Planting English Colonies in the New World." Western Conference for British Studies. Tempe, AZ.
April 2009. "Death by Bear and Tragical Mirth: Comic Hamlet and Tragic A Midsummer Night's Dream in Performance." New Directions in Critical Theory, Tucson, AZ.
February 2009. Organizer and Participant. "Are Catholics the 'New' Jews? Eliding Jewish and Catholic Identity in Elizabeth Cary's The Tragedy of Mariam. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Tempe, AZ.
April 2008. “The Dialectic of Dependency: Revealing Remnants of Catholicism in Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene.” New Directions in Critical Theory, Tucson, AZ.
March 2008. “Disabled Cures: Laura Roslin and Illness, Gender and Power.” American Culture/Popular Culture Association, San Francisco, CA.
February 2008. “Regulating Blood in Bodies out of Balance: Lady Elizabeth Cary’s The Tragedy of Mariam.” Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Tempe, AZ.
November 2007. “What about Blood? Humoral Body Theory in Elizabethan Drama.” Midwest Modern Language Association. Cleveland, OH.
April 2007. Organizer, Chair and Participant. “Perfection at what Price in Paradise Lost.” New Directions in Critical Theory. Tucson, AZ.
February 2007. “Miranda’s ‘Medicine’ and River’s ‘Cure’ in Serenity.” American Culture Association/Pop Culture Association—Southwest Texas Region, Albuquerque, NM.
March 2006. “Who is More Able? Interrogating Disability, Gender and Leadership in Ronald Moore’s Battlestar Galactica.” American Culture/Pop Culture Association, Atlanta, GA.
February 2006. “Slaying the Deficit in Disability.” American Culture Association/Pop Culture Association—Southwest Texas Region, Albuquerque, NM.
April 2005. Organizer, Chair and Participant. “Slaying Hierarchies: Steps to Democracy.” (dis)junctions 2005: theory reloaded. University of California Riverside, CA.
February 2005. “Slaying Hierarchies: Willow’s Democratic Identity.” American Culture Association/Pop Culture Association—Southwest Texas Region, Albuquerque, NM.
TEACHING INTERESTS/AREAS OF RESEARCH
- The body: gender, disability, sexuality and feminism
- Shakespeare in performance and early modern drama
- 20th century contemporary American culture
- Composition and writing
- British literature until 1800
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Spring 2011, Graduate Associate, University of Arizona, Department of English
English 231a: Shakespeare's Major Plays
Spring 2010 and 2011, Graduate Associate, University of Arizona, Honors College
English 280: Introduction to Literature
2006-2011, Graduate Associate, University of Arizona, Writing Program
English 101: First Year Composition
Course titles: “From the Bard to Buffy: Gender and Disability in Popular Culture”; "Defining and Redefining the Hero in Western Culture"
2007-2010, Graduate Associate, University of Arizona, Writing Program
English 102: First Year Composition
Course title: “The Rhetorics of War and Peace”
English 308: “Technical Writing”
Fall 2008, Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona
English 373a: “From Beowulf to Paradise Lost”
Spring 2008, Teaching Assistant, University of Arizona, Department of English
TRAD (Traditions and Cultures) 104
Course title: “The Bible’s Greatest Hits”
2006, Visiting Instructor, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
Areas of focus: Writing and composition and conversational English to non-native speakers
2005-2006, General Education Writing Instructor, California State University, San Marcos
GEW 101: First Year Composition
Areas of focus: Writing and composition, argument and analysis strategies, close reading techniques
2004-2006, Consultant, Writing Center
California State University, San Marcos, CA
Areas of focus: one-on-one tutoring in a peer setting, some administrative responsibility
1994-2004, English Teacher
- 1997-2004, Oceanside High School, Oceanside, CA: served as Master Teacher twice, training new teachers as part of the teacher credential process
- 1994-1997, Ocean Shores High School, Oceanside, CA
- 1995-1997, Oceanside Unified Schools Adult Education Program
INVITED LECTURES
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
Department of English, Literature Graduate Studies
Steering Committee to the Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS), graduate student representative.
2007-2008, Graduate Literature Representative to the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, English Graduate Union
University of Arizona.
2005-2006, Graduate Student Representative, Literature and Writing Studies
California State University San Marcos
Maintained communication between and fostered community among faculty and graduate students, participated in all department meetings and retreats, led graduate school peer coaching group, moderated graduate student listserv, fostered comradery and planned events.
1997-2004, Surf Team Coach
Oceanside High School, Oceanside, CA
Volunteer coach for championship girls’ team (3rd in state in 2001), ran and organized practices, collaborated with boys’ coach.
1995-1997, Executive Committee, Surfrider Foundation
San Diego County Chapter, San Diego, CA
Planned and led monthly meetings, educated students and adults on water quality issues, promoted community service via meetings and projects, coordinated clean water campaigns.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
2007-2008, Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS) AssistantUniversity of Arizona Group for Early Modern Studies, Tucson, AZ
Arranged lecture series, organized events, scheduled meetings, recruited members.
2005-2006, Front of House/Box Office Representative
La Jolla Playhouse regional theater, La Jolla, CA
Assisted patrons, provided friendly customer service both on the phone and in-person, processed and maintained subscriptions.
2003-2004, Journalism Advisor
Oceanside High School, Oceanside, CA
Resurrected a dead school newspaper, set up a system to allow for a new person to easily take over.
2001-2003, Director
Witch’s Rock Surf Camp, Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Designed and implemented instructional program, including in-water and out of water lessons, scheduled instructors and activities, taught surf lessons.
LANGUAGES/CULTURAL EXPERIENCE
Latin: Working knowledge.Spanish: speak and read proficiently. Lived and worked in Costa Rica, 2001-2003.