CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

PhD

English (Rhetoric and Composition), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA;  2025

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Certificate Program

Dissertation: “Transgressive Rhetorics: Queerness in Contemporary Horror Television”; Director: Dr. George Pullman; Committee: Dr. Mary Hocks, Dr. Angelo Restivo

MA

English, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN; 2015

Thesis: “The Estranged World: The Grotesque in Sofia Coppola’s Young Girls Trilogy”; Director: Dr. David Lavery; Reader: Dr. Robert Holtzclaw

BS

Theatre, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN; 2003

Concentration in Theatrical Design; minors in English and Entertainment Technology

Publications

Edited Collection:

Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: Hell’s Under New Management, edited by Stephanie A. Graves, Cori Mathis, and Melissa Tyndall, Lexington Books, expected publication 2023.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters:

“Wicked Creature(s): Delirium and Difference in The Witchcraft of Salem Village.” Shirley Jackson: A Companion, edited by Kristopher K. Woofter, Peter Lang Publishers, 2021, pp. 210-8.

“‘There is no singing in Supernatural!’: The Meta as Narrative Device in Supernatural.” Supernatural out of the Box: Essays on the Metatextuality of the Series, edited by Lisa Macklem and Dominic Grace, McFarland Press, 2020.

 “The Transtextual Road Trip: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, and Televisual Forebears.” Transmediating the Whedonverses: Essays on Text, Paratext, and Metatext, edited by Julie L. Hawk and Juliette C. Kitchens, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

“Jordan Peele’s Get Out (2017)—Smart Horror.” Horror: A Companion, edited by Simon Bacon, Peter Lang Publishers, 2019.

“Inscription and Subversion: The Cabin in the Woods and the Postmodern Horror Tradition.” Joss Whedon vs. Horror: Fangs, Fans and Genre in Buffy and Beyond, edited by Kristopher Woofter and Lorna Jowett, I.B. Tauris, 2019.

“Chapter 29: Justified: ‘The Promise.’” Television Finales: From Howdy Doody to Girls, edited by Douglas Howard and David Bianculli, Syracuse UP, 2018, pp. 198-93.

Other Book Chapters:

“Critical Reading, Critical Response.” The Guide to First-Year Writing, with Meagan E. Malone, 8th edition (digital), Fountainhead / TopHat, 2020.

“Chapter 3: Critical Reading, Critical Response, and Rhetorical Analysis.” The Guide to First-Year Writing, with Meagan E. Malone, 7th edition, Fountainhead Press, 2019, pp. 70-113.

“Episode Guide.” TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of Supernatural, edited by Stacey Abbot and David Lavery, ECW Press, 2011.

Refereed Journal Articles:

“’A breach of individual separateness’: Multivalent Queerness in Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal.” Studies in Popular Culture, vol. 43, no. 1, Spring 2020, pp. 46-65.

“A Tribute to David Lavery: Television Canon, Television Creativity.” Critical Studies in Television, with Rhonda V. Wilcox et al., vol. 13, no. 4, 2018, pp. 455-469.

Book Reviews:

“The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe, Eds. Martin Flanagan et al.” Book Review. Reviewed in Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 51, no. 3, June 2018, pp. 812-815.

“The History of the Horror Fiction Boom in the 1970s and ‘80s: Review of Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ’80s Horror Fiction.” Book Review. Reviewed in Dead Reckonings: A Review Magazine for the Horror Field, vol. 22, Fall 2017, pp. 45-7.

“Southern Discomfort and the Ubiquitous Undead.” Book review. Reviewed in Dead Reckonings: A Review Magazine for the Horror Field, vol. 21, Spring 2017, pp. 30-2.

“Girls will be Ghouls: Monstrous Bodies: Feminine Power in Young Adult Horror Fiction by June Pulliam.” Book review. Reviewed in Dead Reckonings: A Review Magazine for the Horror Field, vol. 16, Fall 2014, pp. 42-4.

Other Publications:

“The Parodic Reprise of 80s Camp Queerness in American Horror Story: 1984.” In Medias Res: A Media Commons Project, 2 Apr. 2020, http://mediacommons.org/imr/content/parodic-reprise-80s-camp-queerness-american-horror-story-1984.

Teaching Experience

Instructor of Record, Vanderbilt University

• English 1100 Composition: Fall 2022 - Spring 2025

• English 1100 Composition and the CORE: Fall 2024

• English 1260W Intro to Literary & Cultural Analysis: Adaptation: Fall 2023

• English 1230W Literature & Analytical Thinking: Critical Approaches to Horror: Spring 2023

• English 3851 Independent Study: Adaptations and Narrative Structures: Fall 2024

Instructor of Record, Georgia State University

• English 1101 First Year Composition I: Fall 2017, Fall 2020

• English 1101 Success Academy—First Year Composition I: Summer 2018

• English 1102 First Year Composition II: Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020 (hybrid)

• English 1102 Success Academy—First Year Composition II: Spring 2018, Fall 2018)

• English 3130 Business Writing: Spring 2019, Spring 2020 (hybrid), Summer 2020 (online)

Instructor of Record, University of North Alabama

• English 111 First Year Composition I (Fall 2015, Fall 2016)

• English 112 First Year Composition II (Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2021)

Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University

• Business 3400 WomenLead in Business—Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Consultant (course-embedded writing tutor): Spring 2019

• English 2160 Studies in Popular Culture—Black Mirror/ Mirror Stage: Identity and Ideology in the Age of Compulsory Entertainment: Fall 2019

Writing Center Experience

Associate Director, The Writing Studio @ Georgia State University, Summer 2019 - Summer 2020

Tutor, The Writing Studio @ Georgia State University, Fall 2017 – Spring 2019

Invited Talks

2022

“Postmodern Horror and Cabin in the Woods.” Guest Lecture for Dr. Nancy Roche’s MOT 2110: Film Genres—Horror course, Belmont University, 22 Mar., Nashville, TN.

2021

“Genre and Supernatural.” Guest lecture for Dr. Cori Mathis’s FCM 6113: TV Genres course, Lipscomb University, 9 Sep., Nashville, TN.

“Teen Drama Television and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Guest lecture for Dr. Cori Mathis’s FICM 3063: Teen Drama course, Lipscomb University, 9 Sep., Nashville, TN.

“Artifice and Exaggeration: Camp Sensibilities and Queer Horror TV.” Lecture for The Black Museum, Toronto, CAN (delivered virtually due to COVID-19). 24 Jun.

2018

“5×5: A Tribute to David Lavery.” Keynote address with Rhonda Wilcox, Stacey Abbott, Tanya Cochran, and Cynthia Burkhead. SCW8: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses. University of North Alabama, 22 Jun., Florence, AL.

2016

“‘What other choice do we have?’: Agency and Autonomy in the Whedonverses.” Featured plenary speaker. SCW7: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses. Kingston University, 10 Jul., Kingston-on-Thames, UK.

2015

“Gender and Sex in Supernatural.” Invited panelist, A Celebration of Supernatural Symposium, Depaul University, 9 Apr., Chicago, IL.

“The Cabin in the Woods, Scream, and Postmodern Horror Film.” Invited lecture for Dr. Nancy Roche’s Film Studies: Horror course, Watkins School of Film, Art, and Design, 6 Mar., Nashville, TN.

2011

“Sofia Coppola and The Virgin Suicides.” Guest lecturer for Dr. Nancy Roche’s American Independent Cinema course, Watkins School of Film, Art, and Design, 14 Apr., Nashville, TN.

Workshops

2020

“Online Resources for Student Success.” Represented the Writing Studio for an open training session for students during COVID-19 shift to online instruction, organized by the Office for Student Success, 26 Mar.

2018

“Crafting Killer Personal Statements.” Workshop for the Georgia State University chapter of the American Undergraduate Dental Association, 11 Oct., Georgia State University.

“APA Style, Citation, and Scholarly Tone.” Lecture and workshop for COMM 4800: Communication and Diversity—Senior Capstone Course, Dr. Rasha Ramzy, 11 Apr., Georgia State University.

“Using Blogs in the Composition Classroom.” Presentation with Jessica Rose and Meagan Malone for the spring Georgia State University Lower Division Studies training session, 11 Feb.

Conference Presentations

2024

“’Are there actually any straight vampires?’: Contemporary Discursive Fan Rhetorics and the Recovery of Queerness in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Slayage Conference on the Study of Buffy+, 21 Jul., San Luis Obispo, CA.

“You Can Lead a Bisexual to Water but You Can’t Make Him Twink: Inconsistencies in Queer Representation in Teen Wolf.” Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference, 22 Feb., Albuquerque, NM.

“Paranormal Paranoia: Reflections on Paranormal and Pseudoscience TV.” Roundtable with Kristopher K. Woofter, Will Dodson, and Erin Gianinni. Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference, 23 Feb., Albuquerque, NM.

“’You record it, I’m going to enjoy it’: The Horror of Home Recording Technology in WNUF Halloween Special and VHYes.” Dead Media: Contemporary Horror and the Analogue: A BAFTSS Horror Studies SIG Symposium, 13 Jan., Virtual Conference.

2023

“Using Social Annotation for Engagement and Equity.” Computers and Writing Conference, 24 Jun., Davis, CA.

“’It’s about making the best of what I have’: Womanhood and Aging in Ti West’s X and Pearl.” Popular Culture Association Conference, 5 Apr., San Antonio, TX.

“’They always started with a kill scene’: Reboots, Requels, and The Slasher Cycle.” Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference, 25 Feb., Albuquerque, NM.

“The Creep in Popular Culture.” Roundtable with Will Dodson, Erin Gianinni, and Steffen Hantke. Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference, 24 Feb., Albuquerque, NM.

“Horrors of In/Security: What the Slasher Movie Means.” Roundtable with Riccardo Retez, Payton McCarty-Simas, and Jacob McElroy. Southwest Popular & American Culture Association Conference, 25 Feb., Albuquerque, NM.

2022

“First, we look at the past”: The Intersection of Superheroes and the Southern Gothic in Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger.” Popular Culture/ American Culture Association in the South, 14 Oct., New Orleans, LA. Panel Chair.

“Security is a little lax since everybody got their throats torn out”: Iterations of the Gothic in Marti Noxon’s Fright Night and Sharp Objects. Slayage Conference on the Study of Buffy+, 23 Jul., Virtual Conference (due to COVID-19). Panel Chair.

“’That’s no cock—that’s an act of God’: Reprisal and Remediation in American Horror Story: 1984.” Fear 2000 Conference, hosted by Sheffield Hallam University, 1 Jul., Virtual Conference (due to COVID-19).

“Fucking rich people!”: The Conflicting Rhetoric of Wealth and Agency in Ready or Not.” Popular Culture Association, 16 Apr., Virtual Conference (due to COVID-19).

2021

“’If someone says bless your heart what they really mean is fuck you’: The Haunted Queer Southern Gothic in Sharp Objects.” Popular Culture Association in the South, 1 Oct., Virtual Conference (due to COVID-19).

“’I feel like my whole life has been one big error’: Queer Representation in Stranger Things.” Popular Culture Association, 4 Jun., Virtual Conference (due to COVID-19). Panel Chair.

“Stirring the Cauldron: Let’s Talk Through Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Roundtable with Cori Mathis and Melissa Tyndall. Popular Culture Association, 5 Jun., Virtual Conference (due to COVID-19).

2020

“Cultivating WC Roles: Professional Growth from Tutor to Administrator.” Roundtable with David St. John, Nicole Turner, and Brittny Byrom. Southeastern Writing Center Association, 21 Feb., Birmingham, AL.

“’Ahead of its time—inasmuch as time exists’: The Uneasy Rhetorics of Interface and Procedure in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” Georgia State University New Voices Conference, 8 Feb., Atlanta, GA.

2019

“Rhetorical Reminiscence: Stranger Things and Nostalgic Remediation.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 16 Nov., Atlanta, GA. Panel Chair.

“Women as Political Bodies: Rhetorics of Suffrage in 1920 Tennessee.” Roundtable on archival research with Sarah Bramblett, Matthew Higgins, and Sarah Carter. South Atlantic Modern Language Association, 15 Nov., Atlanta, GA.

“I want freedom and power”: The Queer Allegory of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 28 Sept., Wilmington, NC. Panel Chair.

“Gilding the Lily: Queer Excess in The Neon Demon.” Popular Culture Association National Conference, 19 Apr., Washington, DC.

“Performing Allyship Through Classroom Activities.” Conference on College Composition and Communication, 14 Mar., Pittsburg, PA. (Work presented in absentia by Dr. Kristen Ruccio due to a family emergency.)

“The New Flesh: Videodrome, Scopophilia, and Gendered Positionality.” Georgia State University New Voices Conference, 25 Jan., Atlanta, GA.

2018

“’Put as much ‘sub’ into that ‘text’ as you possibly can: Supernatural, Queerbaiting, and Representation.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 6 Oct., New Orleans, LA. Panel Chair.

“’We work with what we have’: The Postmodern Horror of The Cabin in the Woods.” Comics and Popular Arts Conference, 31 Aug., Atlanta, GA.

“I Don’t Need No Stinking Reboot: The Enduring Cultural Significance and Influence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” SCW8: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses. 24 Jun., University of North Alabama, Florence, AL. Panel Chair.

“Joss Whedon vs. Horror.” Roundtable with Kristopher K. Woofter, Lorna Jowett, Stacey Abbott, Bronwen Calvert, and Erin Giannini. SCW8: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses. 23 Jun., University of North Alabama, Florence, AL.

“The Entropy of Teacups: Literary Influence in Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal.” LIT-TV: A Two-Day Symposium Exploring Contemporary US Television and “the Literary.” 5 May, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

“A breach of individual separateness”: Multivalent Queerness in Bryan Fuller’s Hannibal.” Popular Culture Association National Conference, 28 Mar., Indianapolis, IN.

“Trauma, Horror, and Distanciation: Affect in Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad.” Southern Studies Conference, 9 Feb., Auburn University-Montgomery, Montgomery, AL.

2017

“The Queer Bait-and-Switch: Supernatural, Representation, and Queerbaiting.” Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference, 15 Feb., Albuquerque, NM. Panel Chair.

2016

“The Inversion of the Femme Fatale in Gone Girl.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 15 Oct., Nashville, TN.

2015

“’At least you got to shoot your father’: Justified and the Social Construction of Southern Masculinity.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 2 Oct., Wilmington, NC. Panel chair.

2014

“Fecund and Festering: The Importance of Place and the Swampy Southern Gothic in True Detective.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 2 Oct., New Orleans, LA.

“’You really think I’m pretty?’: The Problem of Gender Representation in The Avengers.” SCW6: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses, 21 Jun., California State University-Sacramento, Sacramento, CA.

2013

“’Hell is empty and all the devils are here’: The Contemporary Southern Gothic in Justified.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 4 Oct., Savannah, GA.

“’So many species, so little time’: Captain Jack as the Doctor’s Foil.” Doctor Who: Walking in Eternity Conference, 5 Sept., University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England.

“’We’re not the only ones watching’: The Postmodern Horror of The Cabin in the Woods.”  Joss in June Conference, 29 Jun., Shelby, NC. Panel Chair.

“’You’re an affront to the balance of the universe’: Sam and Dean Winchester as Grotesques.” Popular Culture Association National Conference, 30 Mar., Washington, DC. Panel Chair.

2012

“‘If they don’t transgress, they can’t be punished’: Intertextuality and the Subversion of Genre Tropes in The Cabin in the Woods.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 28 Sep., Nashville, TN.

“Variations on a Theme: The Virgin Suicides from Novel to Film.” Middle Tennessee State University English Graduate Conference, 22 Sep., Murfreesboro, TN.

“‘The passion in his heart and the reason in his mind’: Sons of Anarchy as Postmodern Hamlet.” Popular Culture Association National Conference, 11 Apr., Boston, MA.

2011

“‘Writing yourself into the story is one thing, but as a prophet? That’s like M. Night level douchiness!’: Supernatural, Self-referentiality, and the Triumph of the Meta.” Popular Culture Association in the South Conference, 6 Oct., New Orleans, LA.

“Racial Parallax and Trajectories of Transgression: Treatments of Race and Marginality in Hairspray and Hairspray: The Musical.” Popular Culture Association National Conference, 21 Apr., San Antonio, TX.

Fellowships and Honors

2022

Recipient of Michael Schoneke Grant for PCA 2022 (Covered Membership & Conference Registration for 2022’s virtual conference); Granted by the Popular Culture Association Endowment Fund

2021

Recipient of the Ray and Pat Browne Award; Award for best student paper in popular culture at PCAS

Michael Schoneke Travel Grant for PCA 2021 (Covered Membership & Conference Registration for 2021’s virtual conference); Granted by the Popular Culture Association Endowment Fund

2020

Michael Schoneke Travel Grant for PCA 2021, Granted by the Popular Culture Association Endowment Fund; $500

2019

High Pass on PhD Comprehensive Exams, October

Recipient of the Ray and Pat Browne Award; Award for best student paper in popular culture at PCAS

Alexander Doty Professional Mentorship Program Mentee; Society for Cinema and Media Studies Queer Caucus, 2019-2021

2018

Honorable Mention, Ray and Pat Browne Award; Award for best student paper in popular culture at PCAS

2017

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of English, Georgia State University, 2017-2022

2014

Recipient of the Mr. Pointy Award for Best Conference Paper, SCW6: Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses.

Academic Service & Training

INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE:

2019-2020  Associate Director of The Writing Studio @ Georgia State University, Head of Community, Research, and Outreach (Director: Dr. Mary Hocks)

2020      Planning Committee, Georgia State University New Voices Conference, Atlanta, GA

2019      Planning Committee, Georgia State University New Voices Conference, Atlanta, GA

2018-19  Textbook Revision Committee for Guide to First Year Writing, Georgia State University

2018-19   Treasurer, Georgia State University New Voices Graduate Conference

2017-18   Treasurer, Georgia State University Graduate English Association

2015        Conference Co-convener, Joss in June 2015 Conference, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2012        Webmaster, Catwoman to Katniss: Women in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Conference, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

2010        Conference Selection Committee, MTSU English Graduate Student Organization Conference, Murfreesboro, TN.

2009-10 Senator, Middle Tennessee State University English Graduate Student Organization

DISCIPLINARY Service:

2024-26  Past President (voting council position), Association for the Study of Buffy+

2022-24 President, Association for the Study of Buffy+

2022-24      Editorial Advisory Board member, Bloomsbury Press’s “B-TV: Television Under the Critical Radar” book series

2022 Southern Gothic Area Chair for Popular Culture/ American Culture Association in the South

2022 Co-Convener, Slayage Conference on the Study of Buffy+

2021      Steering Committee, rename/ refocus for the Whedon Studies Association

2021      Conference Support, Popular Culture Association in the South Conference (panel host and chair, technical support, Discord server moderator, etc.)

2020-21  Executive Council Social Media Representative, Popular Culture Association in the South

2019-20  Alternate Jury Member, Whedon Studies Association Mr. Pointy (committee to choose the best long and short work in the field)

2019      Blind Peer reviewer, Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies

2018        Local Arrangements Committee, Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses 8, hosted by University of North Alabama, Florence, AL

2017-18   Jury Member, Whedon Studies Association Mr. Pointy (committee to choose the best long and short work in the field)

2017        Blind Peer reviewer, Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies

2015      Preliminary Judging Committee, George Lindsey Film Festival, Florence, AL

Professional Development

“Teaching for Social Justice: PRIDE, Pronouns, Productive Conversations and Safe Spaces.” Dr. Ursula Thomas. Workshop sponsored by GSU Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Online Education. 29 Oct. 2021, virtual.

“A Framework for Social Justice and Civic Engagement in the Classroom.” Dr. Owen Cantrell. Workshop sponsored by GSU Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Online Education. 12 Mar. 2021, virtual.

“Cybersecurity Awareness Training.” Certification from GSU Instructional Innovation and Technology. 25 April 2021, Atlanta, GA.

“Mastering Online Teaching: Fundamentals of Course Design and Delivery.” Certification badge from GSU Center for Teaching and Learning. 4 June 2020, Atlanta, GA.

“Cybersecurity Awareness Training.” Certification from GSU Instructional Innovation and Technology. 1 June 2020, Atlanta, GA.

“COVID-19 Best Practices.” Certification from GSU Instructional Innovation and Technology. 1 June 2020, Atlanta, GA.

“Social Media: Navigating Copyright Law.” Workshop directed by the GSU College of Arts and Sciences. 15 Jan. 2020, Atlanta, GA.

Southeastern Writing Center Association—Georgia (SWCA-GA) fall forum, University of West Georgia, 14 Sept. 2019, Carrollton, GA.

Southeastern Writing Center Association—Georgia Director’s Day Out, Georgia College, 12 Jul. 2019, Milledgeville, GA.

Green Zone training, conducted by the Georgia State University Office of Military Outreach, Aug. 2018.

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies

• Association for the Study of Buffy+

• Popular Culture Association

• Popular Culture Association of the South

• Southwest Popular Culture Association

• Southeastern Writing Center Association

• South Atlantic Modern Language Association

• Rhetoric Society of America

Languages

English: native speaker

Spanish: intermediate reading, basic writing/ speaking competence

French: basic reading competence

Technology

Course Management Systems:

• Canvas

• D2L/ Brightspace

• Blackboard Ultra

Software

• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, etc.)

• Google G Suite (Drive, Sheets, GMail, GCal, Slides, etc.)

• Adobe Pro Products: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Lightroom, Spark

• Audio: GarageBand, Audacity, Audition

• Video: Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie

• Apple Apps: Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Quicktime, etc.

• GIMP

• WordPress

Media Creation:

• Video recording/ editing

• Audio recording/ editing

• Podcasting

• Graphic Design

• Webpage builds

Fluent with both Mac and PC platforms.

References

Available upon request