Service and Other Related Work
Academic Publishing
Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. Co-editor with Radhika Gajjala, beginning January 2019.
Contributing Editor, Discourse: Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture, 2017-2019.
Member of Editorial Board, Transformative Works and Cultures. journal.transformativeworks.org
Symposium Editor and Founding Member of Editorial Team, Transformative Works and Cultures. Open access online peer-reviewed online journal: http://journal.transformativeworks.org. 2008-2014.
Member of Editorial Team. Studies in Social and Political Thought. University of Sussex. 2003-5.
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Conferences and Events Organized
DC Queer Studies Symposium: Trans(form)ing Queer. University of Maryland College Park, April 13, 2018. Member of organizing committee.
Academic Programming, WisCon Feminist Science Fiction Convention. Co-chair of academic track at annual event. 2015-2018. wiscon.net/academic
#transformDH: Transformative Digital Humanities Conference and THATCamp. transformdh.org. University of Maryland College Park, October 2-3, 2015. Organizer.
DC Queer Studies Symposium: Queer Speculations. University of Maryland College Park, April 17, 2015. Co-organizer and chair of selection committee.
LGBT Studies Lecture Series: Queer Speculations. University of Maryland College Park, Spring 2015. Co-organizer.
Getting Excessive: Culture and Excess. Conference sponsored by the Association of English Graduate Students, University of Southern California. 28-29 March, 2008. Co-chair.
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Service to the University
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Women’s Studies, 2019-2022
General Exam Committee, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland College Park. Member, 2017, 2018; Chair, 2019.
LGBT Studies Curriculum Committee, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland College Park. 2018-19.
Graduate Committee, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland College Park. 2017-18.
Self-Study Committee for Unit Review, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland College Park. 2017-18.
Member of Advisory Board, Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies in the Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Humanities / Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, University of Maryland College Park. 2015-2017.
Search Committee Member (Department Chair search), University of Maryland College Park. 2015-16.
Undergraduate Committee, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland College Park. 2014-15.
Selection Committee, American Association of University Women Scholarships, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
Associated Faculty, Center for Digital Humanities and Culture, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2013-14.
Women’s Studies Curriculum Committee, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2013-14
Film and Media Committee, English Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2013-14.
Mentor to New Teaching Assistants, English Department, Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 2013-14.
Contributor, Cross-Disciplinary Digital Humanities Cluster Hiring Proposal. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2012.
Mentor to Incoming USC English Graduate Students. 2010; 2011.
Graduate Student Member of 2010 PhD Admissions Committee. English Department, University of Southern California.
Committee Member, Association of English Graduate Students. University of Southern California. 2007-8.
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Participation and Leadership in Professional Organizations
Member, FemBot Advisory Board, 2018-present.
Chair, MLA Speculative Fiction Committee, 2018-2019
Member, MLA Speculative Fiction Committee, 2014-2019.
Member, FemBot Collective, 2013-present.
Member, American Studies Association, 2010-present
Member, Modern Language Association, 2008-present
Member, National Women’s Studies Association, 2014-present
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Participation and Leadership in Community Organizations
Chair, James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Motherboard. 2018-present.
Jury Chair, James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award, 2017.
Creator and Chair of Selection Committee, Tiptree Fellowships. 2015; 2016. http://tiptree.org/about-the-award/tiptree-fellowships
Member of Anti-Abuse Committee, WisCon Feminist Science Fiction Convention. 2015-present. Committee Chair, 2017-2018.
Member of James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award Motherboard. 8-person governing committee that organizes the James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award and other programs promoting feminist speculative fiction. 2012-2018.
Jury Member, 2009 James Tiptree Jr. Literary Award. Established in 1991, the Tiptree Award honors fiction that expands and challenges ideas about gender.
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Other Relevant Employment
Research Assistant to Professor Tania Modleski. University of Southern California. 2006-7.
Editor, thexperience Magazine Issue 3. University of Luton/Axon Publishing, London. 2006. Edited magazine for undergraduate applicants to the University of Luton.
Support Worker. University of Sussex. 2003-5. Provided academic and social support for students with disabilities.