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Education

Ph.D. in Cultural Studies Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

M.A. in American Studies, California State University, Fullerton

B.A. in History, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Full Time Lecturer                                                                                                 2005-Present

Department of American Studies,

California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA

  Courses Taught

·      Introduction to American Culture Studies (AMST 101) – on campus and online

·       Introduction to American Popular Culture (AMST 300) – on campus and online   

·      Television in American Culture (AMST 442) – on campus and online

·      Women in American Society (AMST 320) – on campus and online

·      The American Dream (AMST 345) – on campus and online

·      California Cultures (AMST 395)- on campus

Substitute Teacher                                                                                                2002-2003

Corona-Norco Unified School District                              

Corona, CA  

PUBLICATIONS

 

Digital Participatory Culture and the TV Audience: Everyone’s a Critic

Ethnographic Monograph, Palgrave-Macmillan, July 4, 2016.

 

“Fanzines,” Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life,

           Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa Wajda, Editors. ABC-CLIO, Publishers.

Published November 2007. 

          

“Popular Culture,” Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life,

           Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa Wajda, Editors. ABC-CLIO, Publishers.

Published November 2007. 

          

“Television & Radio Commercials,” Material Culture in America: Understanding Everyday Life,

Helen Sheumaker and Shirley Teresa Wajda, Editors. ABC-CLIO, Publishers.

Published November 2007. 



CONFERENCES

 

Session Chair and Comment, “The Year of the Woman: A Shifting Tide of Women’s Activism in    

           the 1990s” Western Association of Women Historians 50th Annual Conference, Davis, CA,

           April 2018

 

 “Permanent Hiatus: The Life and Death of Television Without Pity”

Popular Culture Association Annual Conference

Seattle, Washington, March 2016

 

“Who Is In Charge Here? Television Without Pity and Notions of Authorship in the Digital Age”

Popular Culture Association Annual Conference

Washington D.C., March 2013

 

Session Chair, “Remembering Ghostly Histories:  Franklin Students Explore the Re-

           Presentation of the Houghton Mansion Tragedies” Ghostly Matters in American Studies,   

           American Studies Graduate Student Conference, Fullerton, CA March 2006

 

“Televisionwithoutpity.com and Online Agency”

Claremont Graduate University Cultural Studies Conference

Claremont, CA, December 2002.

 

“Mything in Action: Re-envisioning Male Myth/History in the Xenaverse”

California American Studies Association (CASA) Conference

Riverside, CA, May 2002.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

           

Prospectus Review for the manuscript Popular Culture: Key Questions by Stacy

Takacs, Media and Cultural Studies Editor, Routledge, New York, NY March 2012.

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

 

  • American Historical Association

  • American Studies Association

  • Popular Culture Association

  • Society for Cinema and Media Studies

  • Western Association of Women Historians

 

TRAINING CERTIFICATES:

“Teaching Online Using QLT” - October 2022

“Teaching Remotely in Canvas - Intermediate Level”-  May 2021

“Powerpoint Design” - August 2017

“Supporting Disabled Students” Workshop - May 2017

SPECIAL SKILLS

 

Bilingual: English/Spanish (intermediate)

Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mac Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Prezi, Photoshop, Blackboard, Moodle, Canvas, Camtasia, and various social media platforms.