Author/Editor, John Wiley & Sons, 2007-present
E D U C A T I O N
Ph.D. in Medical Humanities, University of New South Wales, 2007
M.A. in English, University of Rochester, 1998
B.A. with Academic Distinction in English, University of Rochester, 1997—Cum Laude
D I S S E R T A T I O N
The Narrative of Pathogynography: 40,000-word theoretical volume blending new and established theory in the fields of literature, cultural rhetoric, sociology, science, medicine, and film specifically focusing on women’s illness narrative.
Women Speak Cancer: 80,000-word blended narrative nonfiction/memoir based on four years of interviews with female cancer survivors and physicians.
R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S
Socio-political Notions of Justice in Popular Culture; Medical Humanities; Gender Studies; Disability Studies; Bioethics and Society; Transnational Illness Narrative; Technology, Globalization and Healthcare; Visual/Cultural Rhetoric; Film Adaptation
W R I T I N G C R E D E N T I A L S
Directory of American Poets and Writers for publications in creative nonfiction
National Association of Science Writers for essays on cancer
Senior Scholar, University of Rochester
T E A C H I N G A W A R D S
§Nominated, Eisenhart Teaching Award, RIT 2009
§ Nominated, Provost’s Award in Teaching Excellence, RIT 2009
§ Nominated, Eisenhart Teaching Award, RIT 2008
§ FYE “Influential Faculty” for “Sophomore Bootcamp”, RIT 2007
§ TRIO Teaching Award, RIT 2007
§ Nominated, Provost’s Award in Teaching Excellence, RIT 2007
§ Nominated, Eisenhart Teaching Award, RIT 2006
§ Excellence in Teaching Students with Disabilities Award, RIT 2006
§ Kappa Delta Rho Teaching Excellence Award, RIT 2005
§ Distinguished Teacher Recognition Award, RIT 2004
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Creative Books (middle-grade novel series)
Adventures on the Tiger Eye. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Battle Cove. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Bryna’s Dream. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Mystery of the Ghost’s Footprints. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Phantom Bark of Mystic. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Creative Essays and Poems
“Special Relativity”. Survivor’s Review. November 2007. Invited.
“From Rochester to Boston with Love”. Ascent Aspirations. February 2007.
“750 Words About Cancer”. Survivor’s Review. January 2007. Reprint.
“750 Words About Cancer”. Brevity. fall 2006.
“SHaKeSPeaRe.” Quiet Mountain Essays. January 2005.
“True Story: Would My Husband Love Me No Matter What?” Redbook. August 2004. Invited.
“For Always.” Rochester Review. winter 2003. Invited.
Books
True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna THINK Bad Things with You. 2nd Edition (electronic). Eds. George Dunn and Rebecca Housel. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, June 2011. Invited.
True Blood and Philosophy. Eds. George Dunn and Rebecca Housel. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, June 2010. Invited.
Twilight and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009. Lead Editor. Invited.
X-Men and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca A. Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Hoboken, NJ; Wiley, 2009. Lead Editor. Invited.
From Camera Lens to Critical Lens: Essays in Film Adaptation.
Ed. Rebecca Housel. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006. Invited.
Refereed Articles and Chapters
"Vampires in Popular Culture." The Devil We Know: Evil in American Pop Culture. Eds. Jody Pennington and Sharon Packer. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2013.
“Iron Man, Hard Women: Engendering Justice”. Ironman and Philosophy. Ed. Mark White. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010.
“The “Real” Danger: Fact vs. Fiction for the Girl Audience” and “The Tao of Jacob”. Twilight and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
“X-Women and X-istence”. X-Men and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
“Paulo Coelho”. Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. Ed. Geoffrey Hamilton.
New York: Facts on File, 2009.
“Alicia Keys”. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Ed. Tarshia Stanley. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2008.
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Philosophy, Gender and Society”. Monty Python and Philosophy. Eds. Gary Hardcastle and George Reisch. Chicago: Open Court, 2006. Invited.
“Women on Tilt: Girl Power at the Poker Table”. Poker and Philosophy. Ed. Eric Bronson. Chicago: Open Court, 2006.
“Myth, Morality and the Women of X-Men”. Superheroes and Philosophy. Eds. Tom Morris and Matt Morris. Chicago: Open Court, 2005. Invited.
Book Reviews
“Ladies and Gents: Public Toilets and Gender”. Journal of Popular Culture. February 2010. Invited.
“Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths”. Journal of Popular Culture. April 2009. Invited.
“Edith Wharton on Film”. Journal of American Culture. April 2009. Invited.
“We Boys Together”. Journal of Popular Culture. February 2009. Invited.
“Goth: Undead Subculture”. Journal of Popular Culture. November 2007. Invited.
“Secret Ingredients”. Journal of Popular Culture. August 2007. Invited.
“The Toothpaste of Immortality”. Journal of Popular Culture. June 2007. Invited.
“More Matrix and Philosophy”. Journal of American Culture. September 2005.
“The Sopranos and Philosophy”. Journal of Popular Culture. June 2005. Invited.
“Harry Potter and Philosophy”. Journal of Popular Culture. February 2005. Invited.
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy”. Journal of Popular Culture. May 2004.
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
GRADUATE: University of Rochester
Advanced Creative Writing, spring 2003
UNDERGRADUATE:
Rochester Institute of Technology:
Arts of Expression: Popular Culture, Philosophy and Film (6 sections) 2009, (5 sections; 2 in Learning Community) 2008, (4 sections; 2 sections in Learning Community) 2007, (3 sections; 2 sections in Learning Community) 2006, (3 sections) 2005
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction (1 section) 2007, (1 section) 2008
Writing Seminar: The Hero (4 sections) 2008, (4 sections; 1 section in Learning Community) 2007, (5 sections; 2 sections in Learning Community) 2006, (5 sections) 2005
Creative Writing: Prose Fiction (1 section) 2007, (1 section) 2008
Writing and Literature I (2 sections) 2005, (5 sections) 2004, (4 sections) 2003, (4 sections 2002), (4 sections) 2001, (2 sections) 2000
Writing and Literature II (2 sections) 2005, (5 sections) 2004, (4 sections) 2003, (4 sections) 2002, (2 sections) 2001
St. John Fisher College
College Writing 101 (1 section in Learning Community) 2000, (1 section) 2001
Nazareth College:
English 101 (2 sections) 2000, (1 section) 2011
English 102 (2 sections) 2001, (1 section) 2003, (1 section) 2011
Monroe Community College:
English 101 (2 sections) 2000, (4 sections) 1999, (2 sections) 1998
Finger Lakes Community College:
Composition 101 (2 sections) 2000, (2 sections) 1999, (1 section) 1998
Introduction to Literature (2 sections) 2000
Bryant and Stratton College:
General Studies: Basic Writing and Composition (3 sections) 1998, (3 sections) 1999
C U R R I C U L A R D E V E L O P M E N T
Creative Writing: Science Fiction (shell: Writing Science Fiction). Researched 2006-2007. Approved winter 2007. Science Writing & Creative Writing Minors, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Literature and Medicine (shell: Medicine in the Humanities). Researched 2002-2007. Approved spring 2007. Science Writing Minor, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Science Fiction: Don’t Panic! (Literature) Researched 2006-2007. Science Writing & Creative Writing Minors, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Literary and Cultural Studies: Shakespeare, Alchemists and Hip Hop (shell: Literary and Cultural Studies) Researched 2005-2006. Literary and Cultural Studies Minor, English Department, RIT.
The Patient’s Narrative in Popular Culture. Researched from 2002-2006. Science Writing Minor, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Arts of Expression: Popular Culture, Philosophy and Film (shell: Arts of Expression/Writing about the Disciplines) Researched 2005. Approved: fall 2005. Required Liberal Arts Core. Invited.
A C A D E M I C S E R V I C E
Rochester Institute of Technology:
Writing Studies Minor Advisor, 2007-2008; Minor Fair 18 January 2008
Learning Community Faculty, 2006-2008; COLA Section Coordinator, 2007-2008
Webmaster/Editor for Inklings website and e-journal, Lapis Exillis, 2006-2009
Institute Commission for Promoting Pluralism: Programs and Innovations Committee, At-large Member, 2004-2006
D.A.N.G.E.R. (student B-movie club), Advisor, 2004-2009
College of Liberal Arts 175th Anniversary Committee, 2004
NYCEA RIT fall 2004 Conference. Co-Chair, 2003-2004
Faculty Advocate (Student Disciplinary Hearings), 2003-2009
Inklings (student writing club). Founder and Advisor, 2003-2009
Phoenix Writing Award. Founder and Administrator, 2003-2009
College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Conference Committee, 2003-2005
Dept. of Language and Literature Common Novel Committee, 2003-2004
Monroe Community College:
Adjunct Award Committee Co-chair, 1999-2000
Eng 101 Committee, 1998-1999
N A T I O N A L & S T A T E S E R V I C E
New York College English Association (NYCEA) President, 2008-2010; Vice President, 2006-2008; Board of Directors 2003-2011
Web-developer/Webmaster/Editor of e-newsletter: NYCEA NEWS, 2007-2010
Journal of American Culture Editorial Advisory Board, 2007-present
Medical Humanities Area Chair, American Culture Association (ACA), 2007-2008
Journal of Popular Culture Editorial Advisory Board, 2005-present
Film Adaptation Area Chair, Popular Culture Association (PCA), 2004-present
P R O F E S S I O N A L M E M B E R S H I P S
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities
Modern Language Association
National Association of Science Writers
New York College English Association
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
W O R K S H O P S
English Department Celebration of Writing. Reader. May 2007.
Two-day Learning Community Workshop. Participant. June 2006.
Arts of Expression Workshop. Invited Speaker. May 2006.
R E C E N T C O N F E R E N C E S
"Risk" NYCEA NCCC Conference--Presenter for Graduate Student Prize. 23-24 October 2009.
"A Close Reading of Mothers in Popular Film: Why Do They All Have to Die?". NYCEA St. Bonaventure University. 24-25 October 2008.
“Polyversality: Women, Science and Medicine.” New York College English Association (NYCEA) fall conference, October 2007. Session Chair.
“Projected Positionality: Adaptations of the Female in Film.” PCA 2007 Boston. “Disability and Disease: Neuro-oncology and Narrative.” RIT, “Last Great Lecture Series” with ResLife. November 2006.
“Transnational Disability and Brain Tumor Reseasrch.” RIT, Expressions of Diversity. April 2006.
“Women on Tilt: Film Adaptations of Women and Poker.” PCA/ACA Atlanta 2006. Session Chair.
“Women, Poker and Popular Culture.” NYCEA Marymount 2006. Session Chair.
“Medical Science and Narrative.” University of New South Wales, August 2005.
”Gender and Society in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” NYCEA Siena 2005. Session Chair.
“Feminist Philosophy and Monty Python.” PCA/ACA San Diego 2005. Session Chair.
“What it Means to be a Handicapped Cancer Patient.” RIT, Expressions of Diversity. April 2005.
“The Girls and Harry Potter: Using Rowling in College Composition.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) fall 2004.
“Perpetuating Patriarchy: Arthurian Legend in Popular Culture.” Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Worcester State College 2004.
“Female Superheroes and Film Adaptation.” PCA/ACA San Antonio 2004. Session Chair.
“Eye of the Beholder in Illness Narrative.” NYCEA St. John Fisher fall 2003.
O T H E R E X P E R I E N C E
Freelance Writer/Editor/Consultant, 1998-present
Reviewer, Open Court, Syracuse University Press & Thomson Wadsworth, 2005-2009
Hebrew/Holocaust Teacher, Temple Sinai (Rochester) 1994-1998
Comedian, Nick’s Comedy Stop (Boston, MA) 1990-1993
Visitation Supervisor, Brockton Visitation Center for Children of Domestic Violence (MA) 1990-1993
Marketing and Communications Associate, AA Associates (Boston, MA), 1989-1993
Office Manager/Review Appraiser, Paul Taylor Associates (Canton, MA) 1989-1991
Domestic Violence Victim Advocate, Stoughton Town Court (MA) 1989-1991
L A N G U A G E S
American Sign Language (ASL): Vocabulary of approximately 250+/- words
Devanagari (Sanskrit): Studying to read
French: Conversation, reading and writing
Hebrew: Fluent conversation, reading and writing
Latin: Reading
C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E
Souls4Soles: Event Chair, 2011
Children Awaiting Parents: Volunteer/Holiday Gifting since 2010
Breast Cancer Coalition: Volunteer/event participant since 2006
Steph’s Fund (local charity to benefit the children of Stephanie Lagree Gebo and the Breast Cancer Coalition): Volunteer/event participant since 2006; Web-developer/Webmaster of Steph’s Fund website: www.StephsFund.org
Pluta Cancer Center Women’s Fund: Organized walk at RIT in 2005 to benefit Fund
Phoenix Fund: Founder of nonprofit to help defer clinically-based costs for regional brain tumor patients. Gilda’s Club of Rochester and Strong Memorial Hospital, 2003-2007
4H-Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ontario County: Camp Bristol Hills Advisory Committee, 2003-2006
“RIT Survive and Thrive: The Brain Tumor Walk” to benefit the Phoenix Fund: Event Organizer, 2003, 2004, 2005.
E D U C A T I O N
Ph.D. in Medical Humanities, University of New South Wales, 2007
M.A. in English, University of Rochester, 1998
B.A. with Academic Distinction in English, University of Rochester, 1997—Cum Laude
D I S S E R T A T I O N
The Narrative of Pathogynography: 40,000-word theoretical volume blending new and established theory in the fields of literature, cultural rhetoric, sociology, science, medicine, and film specifically focusing on women’s illness narrative.
Women Speak Cancer: 80,000-word blended narrative nonfiction/memoir based on four years of interviews with female cancer survivors and physicians.
R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S
Socio-political Notions of Justice in Popular Culture; Medical Humanities; Gender Studies; Disability Studies; Bioethics and Society; Transnational Illness Narrative; Technology, Globalization and Healthcare; Visual/Cultural Rhetoric; Film Adaptation
W R I T I N G C R E D E N T I A L S
Directory of American Poets and Writers for publications in creative nonfiction
National Association of Science Writers for essays on cancer
Senior Scholar, University of Rochester
T E A C H I N G A W A R D S
§Nominated, Eisenhart Teaching Award, RIT 2009
§ Nominated, Provost’s Award in Teaching Excellence, RIT 2009
§ Nominated, Eisenhart Teaching Award, RIT 2008
§ FYE “Influential Faculty” for “Sophomore Bootcamp”, RIT 2007
§ TRIO Teaching Award, RIT 2007
§ Nominated, Provost’s Award in Teaching Excellence, RIT 2007
§ Nominated, Eisenhart Teaching Award, RIT 2006
§ Excellence in Teaching Students with Disabilities Award, RIT 2006
§ Kappa Delta Rho Teaching Excellence Award, RIT 2005
§ Distinguished Teacher Recognition Award, RIT 2004
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Creative Books (middle-grade novel series)
Adventures on the Tiger Eye. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Battle Cove. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Bryna’s Dream. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Mystery of the Ghost’s Footprints. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Phantom Bark of Mystic. Novato, CA: High Noon Books, 2001.
Creative Essays and Poems
“Special Relativity”. Survivor’s Review. November 2007. Invited.
“From Rochester to Boston with Love”. Ascent Aspirations. February 2007.
“750 Words About Cancer”. Survivor’s Review. January 2007. Reprint.
“750 Words About Cancer”. Brevity. fall 2006.
“SHaKeSPeaRe.” Quiet Mountain Essays. January 2005.
“True Story: Would My Husband Love Me No Matter What?” Redbook. August 2004. Invited.
“For Always.” Rochester Review. winter 2003. Invited.
Books
True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna THINK Bad Things with You. 2nd Edition (electronic). Eds. George Dunn and Rebecca Housel. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, June 2011. Invited.
True Blood and Philosophy. Eds. George Dunn and Rebecca Housel. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, June 2010. Invited.
Twilight and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009. Lead Editor. Invited.
X-Men and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca A. Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Hoboken, NJ; Wiley, 2009. Lead Editor. Invited.
From Camera Lens to Critical Lens: Essays in Film Adaptation.
Ed. Rebecca Housel. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2006. Invited.
Refereed Articles and Chapters
"Vampires in Popular Culture." The Devil We Know: Evil in American Pop Culture. Eds. Jody Pennington and Sharon Packer. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2013.
“Iron Man, Hard Women: Engendering Justice”. Ironman and Philosophy. Ed. Mark White. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010.
“The “Real” Danger: Fact vs. Fiction for the Girl Audience” and “The Tao of Jacob”. Twilight and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
“X-Women and X-istence”. X-Men and Philosophy. Eds. Rebecca Housel and J. Jeremy Wisnewski. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2009.
“Paulo Coelho”. Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction. Ed. Geoffrey Hamilton.
New York: Facts on File, 2009.
“Alicia Keys”. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature. Ed. Tarshia Stanley. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing, 2008.
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Philosophy, Gender and Society”. Monty Python and Philosophy. Eds. Gary Hardcastle and George Reisch. Chicago: Open Court, 2006. Invited.
“Women on Tilt: Girl Power at the Poker Table”. Poker and Philosophy. Ed. Eric Bronson. Chicago: Open Court, 2006.
“Myth, Morality and the Women of X-Men”. Superheroes and Philosophy. Eds. Tom Morris and Matt Morris. Chicago: Open Court, 2005. Invited.
Book Reviews
“Ladies and Gents: Public Toilets and Gender”. Journal of Popular Culture. February 2010. Invited.
“Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths”. Journal of Popular Culture. April 2009. Invited.
“Edith Wharton on Film”. Journal of American Culture. April 2009. Invited.
“We Boys Together”. Journal of Popular Culture. February 2009. Invited.
“Goth: Undead Subculture”. Journal of Popular Culture. November 2007. Invited.
“Secret Ingredients”. Journal of Popular Culture. August 2007. Invited.
“The Toothpaste of Immortality”. Journal of Popular Culture. June 2007. Invited.
“More Matrix and Philosophy”. Journal of American Culture. September 2005.
“The Sopranos and Philosophy”. Journal of Popular Culture. June 2005. Invited.
“Harry Potter and Philosophy”. Journal of Popular Culture. February 2005. Invited.
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy”. Journal of Popular Culture. May 2004.
T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E
GRADUATE: University of Rochester
Advanced Creative Writing, spring 2003
UNDERGRADUATE:
Rochester Institute of Technology:
Arts of Expression: Popular Culture, Philosophy and Film (6 sections) 2009, (5 sections; 2 in Learning Community) 2008, (4 sections; 2 sections in Learning Community) 2007, (3 sections; 2 sections in Learning Community) 2006, (3 sections) 2005
Creative Writing: Creative Nonfiction (1 section) 2007, (1 section) 2008
Writing Seminar: The Hero (4 sections) 2008, (4 sections; 1 section in Learning Community) 2007, (5 sections; 2 sections in Learning Community) 2006, (5 sections) 2005
Creative Writing: Prose Fiction (1 section) 2007, (1 section) 2008
Writing and Literature I (2 sections) 2005, (5 sections) 2004, (4 sections) 2003, (4 sections 2002), (4 sections) 2001, (2 sections) 2000
Writing and Literature II (2 sections) 2005, (5 sections) 2004, (4 sections) 2003, (4 sections) 2002, (2 sections) 2001
St. John Fisher College
College Writing 101 (1 section in Learning Community) 2000, (1 section) 2001
Nazareth College:
English 101 (2 sections) 2000, (1 section) 2011
English 102 (2 sections) 2001, (1 section) 2003, (1 section) 2011
Monroe Community College:
English 101 (2 sections) 2000, (4 sections) 1999, (2 sections) 1998
Finger Lakes Community College:
Composition 101 (2 sections) 2000, (2 sections) 1999, (1 section) 1998
Introduction to Literature (2 sections) 2000
Bryant and Stratton College:
General Studies: Basic Writing and Composition (3 sections) 1998, (3 sections) 1999
C U R R I C U L A R D E V E L O P M E N T
Creative Writing: Science Fiction (shell: Writing Science Fiction). Researched 2006-2007. Approved winter 2007. Science Writing & Creative Writing Minors, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Literature and Medicine (shell: Medicine in the Humanities). Researched 2002-2007. Approved spring 2007. Science Writing Minor, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Science Fiction: Don’t Panic! (Literature) Researched 2006-2007. Science Writing & Creative Writing Minors, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Literary and Cultural Studies: Shakespeare, Alchemists and Hip Hop (shell: Literary and Cultural Studies) Researched 2005-2006. Literary and Cultural Studies Minor, English Department, RIT.
The Patient’s Narrative in Popular Culture. Researched from 2002-2006. Science Writing Minor, English Department, RIT. Invited.
Arts of Expression: Popular Culture, Philosophy and Film (shell: Arts of Expression/Writing about the Disciplines) Researched 2005. Approved: fall 2005. Required Liberal Arts Core. Invited.
A C A D E M I C S E R V I C E
Rochester Institute of Technology:
Writing Studies Minor Advisor, 2007-2008; Minor Fair 18 January 2008
Learning Community Faculty, 2006-2008; COLA Section Coordinator, 2007-2008
Webmaster/Editor for Inklings website and e-journal, Lapis Exillis, 2006-2009
Institute Commission for Promoting Pluralism: Programs and Innovations Committee, At-large Member, 2004-2006
D.A.N.G.E.R. (student B-movie club), Advisor, 2004-2009
College of Liberal Arts 175th Anniversary Committee, 2004
NYCEA RIT fall 2004 Conference. Co-Chair, 2003-2004
Faculty Advocate (Student Disciplinary Hearings), 2003-2009
Inklings (student writing club). Founder and Advisor, 2003-2009
Phoenix Writing Award. Founder and Administrator, 2003-2009
College of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Conference Committee, 2003-2005
Dept. of Language and Literature Common Novel Committee, 2003-2004
Monroe Community College:
Adjunct Award Committee Co-chair, 1999-2000
Eng 101 Committee, 1998-1999
N A T I O N A L & S T A T E S E R V I C E
New York College English Association (NYCEA) President, 2008-2010; Vice President, 2006-2008; Board of Directors 2003-2011
Web-developer/Webmaster/Editor of e-newsletter: NYCEA NEWS, 2007-2010
Journal of American Culture Editorial Advisory Board, 2007-present
Medical Humanities Area Chair, American Culture Association (ACA), 2007-2008
Journal of Popular Culture Editorial Advisory Board, 2005-present
Film Adaptation Area Chair, Popular Culture Association (PCA), 2004-present
P R O F E S S I O N A L M E M B E R S H I P S
American Society for Bioethics and the Humanities
Modern Language Association
National Association of Science Writers
New York College English Association
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
W O R K S H O P S
English Department Celebration of Writing. Reader. May 2007.
Two-day Learning Community Workshop. Participant. June 2006.
Arts of Expression Workshop. Invited Speaker. May 2006.
R E C E N T C O N F E R E N C E S
"Risk" NYCEA NCCC Conference--Presenter for Graduate Student Prize. 23-24 October 2009.
"A Close Reading of Mothers in Popular Film: Why Do They All Have to Die?". NYCEA St. Bonaventure University. 24-25 October 2008.
“Polyversality: Women, Science and Medicine.” New York College English Association (NYCEA) fall conference, October 2007. Session Chair.
“Projected Positionality: Adaptations of the Female in Film.” PCA 2007 Boston. “Disability and Disease: Neuro-oncology and Narrative.” RIT, “Last Great Lecture Series” with ResLife. November 2006.
“Transnational Disability and Brain Tumor Reseasrch.” RIT, Expressions of Diversity. April 2006.
“Women on Tilt: Film Adaptations of Women and Poker.” PCA/ACA Atlanta 2006. Session Chair.
“Women, Poker and Popular Culture.” NYCEA Marymount 2006. Session Chair.
“Medical Science and Narrative.” University of New South Wales, August 2005.
”Gender and Society in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” NYCEA Siena 2005. Session Chair.
“Feminist Philosophy and Monty Python.” PCA/ACA San Diego 2005. Session Chair.
“What it Means to be a Handicapped Cancer Patient.” RIT, Expressions of Diversity. April 2005.
“The Girls and Harry Potter: Using Rowling in College Composition.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) fall 2004.
“Perpetuating Patriarchy: Arthurian Legend in Popular Culture.” Northeast Popular Culture Association (NEPCA) Worcester State College 2004.
“Female Superheroes and Film Adaptation.” PCA/ACA San Antonio 2004. Session Chair.
“Eye of the Beholder in Illness Narrative.” NYCEA St. John Fisher fall 2003.
O T H E R E X P E R I E N C E
Freelance Writer/Editor/Consultant, 1998-present
Reviewer, Open Court, Syracuse University Press & Thomson Wadsworth, 2005-2009
Hebrew/Holocaust Teacher, Temple Sinai (Rochester) 1994-1998
Comedian, Nick’s Comedy Stop (Boston, MA) 1990-1993
Visitation Supervisor, Brockton Visitation Center for Children of Domestic Violence (MA) 1990-1993
Marketing and Communications Associate, AA Associates (Boston, MA), 1989-1993
Office Manager/Review Appraiser, Paul Taylor Associates (Canton, MA) 1989-1991
Domestic Violence Victim Advocate, Stoughton Town Court (MA) 1989-1991
L A N G U A G E S
American Sign Language (ASL): Vocabulary of approximately 250+/- words
Devanagari (Sanskrit): Studying to read
French: Conversation, reading and writing
Hebrew: Fluent conversation, reading and writing
Latin: Reading
C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E
Souls4Soles: Event Chair, 2011
Children Awaiting Parents: Volunteer/Holiday Gifting since 2010
Breast Cancer Coalition: Volunteer/event participant since 2006
Steph’s Fund (local charity to benefit the children of Stephanie Lagree Gebo and the Breast Cancer Coalition): Volunteer/event participant since 2006; Web-developer/Webmaster of Steph’s Fund website: www.StephsFund.org
Pluta Cancer Center Women’s Fund: Organized walk at RIT in 2005 to benefit Fund
Phoenix Fund: Founder of nonprofit to help defer clinically-based costs for regional brain tumor patients. Gilda’s Club of Rochester and Strong Memorial Hospital, 2003-2007
4H-Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ontario County: Camp Bristol Hills Advisory Committee, 2003-2006
“RIT Survive and Thrive: The Brain Tumor Walk” to benefit the Phoenix Fund: Event Organizer, 2003, 2004, 2005.
