2013 Master of Arts Ohio University Athens, OH

• Pursuing a Master’s Degree in Film Studies

2006-2011 Bachelor of Specialized Studies Ohio University Athens, OH

• Major Concentrations: Women’s and Gender Studies and Theater
• Minor concentration: African American Studies

Dean’s List

TeAching Experience

January-May 2013 Instructor “Beyond the Gaze: Feminist Film Critique and Theory” Ohio University

August 2012-December 2012 Teaching Assistant “History of World Cinema” Ohio University

March-June 2012 Teaching Assistant “History of Documentary” Ohio University

January- March 2012Teaching Assistant “Film Analysis” Ohio University

September-November 2011 Teaching Assistant “Introduction to Film” Ohio University

Current projects

M.A. Thesis Ohio University “The Tyranny of the Clitoral Orgasm: Genre, Tactility, and Feminist Pedagogy in Pornography”

Conference Presentations

February 2013 “Towards a Tactile ‘Post’: Skin, Performance, and Bodies in Experimental Post-Feminist Documentaries” to be presented at the Lesbian Lives Conference, The University of Brighton, United Kingdom

November 2012 “Getting Off: Post-Feminist and Post-Queer Orgasmic Initiations in The Oh in Ohio and Shortbus.” Paper Presentation at the Film and Television in the 21Century Conference, Texas Christian University

October 2012 “’The Tyranny of the Clitoral Orgasm”: Hysterical Bodies and Queer Femininity in Post-Feminist and Post-Queer Film” Paper Presentation at the Global Queerness Conference, College of Wooster

February 2012 “The Limits and Possibilities of a Transformative Queer Fem