VITA

ROBERT ANDREW NOWLAN

RIOBÁRD ANDRIÚ Ó NUALLAIN

CONTACT:

Department of English. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004. Office: Room 425 Hibbard Humanities Hall. (715) 836-4369. (715) 836-5996 (FAX). ranowlan@uwec.edu.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:

Syracuse University, Ph.D. in English, December 1993. Dissertation, Cultural Studies, Queer Theory, Marxism. Qualifying Examination Areas: 20th Century American Literature and Culture; 20th Century British Literature and Culture with a Focus on Drama; and Marxist Theory of Ideology, Subjectivity, Culture, and the State. M.A. in English, May 1985 with a Focus on Poetry. University Fellowships, 1983-1984, and 1984-1985; Syracuse Scholarships, 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, and 1989-1990.

Wesleyan University, B.A. in English, June 1983. Honors. Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Honors Thesis: Alienation and Incarceration in Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio and James Joyce's Dubliners.

Southern Connecticut State University, Extension Student, 1983-1986. Courses in Computer Science, French, and German.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF INTELLECTUAL INTEREST:

Critical Cultural Studies.

Marxism and Critical Theory.

Cinema and Media Studies/Critical Studies in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture.

LesBiGayTrans and Queer Studies/Critical Studies in Sexuality and Gender.

Irish and Scottish Studies.

Mystery and Detective Fiction.

Popular Music Cultures.

Progressive Politics and Culture.

Writing Screenplays, Stage Plays, and Free Verse Poetry/Experimental Fiction.

UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Fall 1997-Spring 2003, Assistant Professor. Fall 2003-Present, Associate Professor (Received Tenure and Promotion at End of Spring 2003 Semester). Sabbatical, 2006-2007.

Critical Approaches to Literature (Fall 1997, Summer 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Fall 2000)

Critical Theory and English Studies (Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2010)

Introduction to College Writing (Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010)

Introduction to English Studies (Spring 2001)

Introduction to Film (Spring 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002)

Introduction to Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture (Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2008, Spring 2010)

Introduction to Literature (Fall 1997)

Introduction to Texts (Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2008, Spring 2009)

Introduction to Theory and Criticism (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009)

Introduction to World Cinema (Honors Seminar) (Spring 2003)

Irish Film Festival (Spring 2003)

Literary Criticism (Spring 1998)

Progressive Film Festival (Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010)

Seminar in Theory and Culture: Critical Studies in Contemporary Popular Music Cultures (Spring 2008, Fall 2009)

Studies in American Fiction: Film Noir (Summer 1999)

Studies in Film: Contemporary LesBiGay and Queer Film (Fall 1999)

Studies in Film: Critical Theories of Film (Fall 1998)

Studies in Film: the Art and Politics of Representation in Contemporary Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Film (Fall 2001)

Studies in Popular Culture: Music, Protest, and Resistance (Fall 2008)

Studies in Theory and Culture: Queer Theory and Culture (Spring 2006)

Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture: British Cinema (Fall 2004, Fall 2007)

Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture: Cinematic Representations of Ireland and the Irish (Fall 2002)

Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture: Film Noir (Fall 2003)

Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture: The Art and Politics of Representation in Modern and Postmodern German Cinemas (Spring 2009)

Writing About Literature (Fall 2000)

The New School for Social Research, Spring 1997. Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Introduction to Marxist Philosophy (Spring 1997)

Southern Connecticut State University, Spring 1985-Spring 1986 and Fall 1996-Spring 1997. Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Developmental Composition (Spring 1985, Fall 1985)

Intermediate Composition (Spring 1997)

Introductory Composition (Spring 1986, Fall 1996)

Arizona State University, Fall 1994-Summer 1996. Visiting Assistant Professor.

Contemporary Critical Theory (Fall 1994, Fall 1995)

Contemporary Feminist and Queer Theories (Spring 1995)

Critical Theories of Film (Spring 1996)

Cultural Studies (Fall 1995)

European Drama from 1914 through the Present (Summer 1996)

History of Literary Criticism (Spring 1995, Spring 1996)

Persuasive Writing on Public Issues (Summer 1995, Summer 1996)

Structures of Knowledge (Fall 1994)

Tompkins Cortland Community College, Fall 1993-Spring 1994. Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Approaches to Literature (Fall 1993)

Composition (Spring 1994)

Onondaga Community College, Fall 1990 and Fall 1992. Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Introduction to Composition and Literature (Fall 1990, Fall 1992)

State University of New York College at Cortland, Fall 1990-Spring 1991. Lecturer/Adjunct Assistant Professor.

Academic Writing I (Fall 1990)

Academic Writing II (Spring 1991)

Syracuse University, Fall 1986, Spring 1987, Fall 1987, Spring 1988, Fall 1988, Spring 1989, Summer 1989, Fall 1989, Spring 1990, and Summer 1990. Graduate Teaching Assistant/Graduate Student Intructor.

20th Century American Literature and Culture (Summer 1989)

Argumentative Writing (Fall 1986)

Critical Reading and Writing (Spring 1987, Fall 1987, Spring 1988)

Determinism in Literature (Fall 1998, Spring 1989, Fall 1989, Spring 1990)

Fiction (Fall 1986)

Interpretation of Fiction (Summer 1990)

Reading and Writing about Advertising (Fall 1987, Spring 1988)

Reading and Writing about Biological and Psychological Theories of Human Nature (Fall 1987)

Reading and Writing about College and University Education (Spring 1987)

Reading and Writing about Comics and Humor (Spring 1988)

Reading and Writing about Film (Spring 1987)

Reading and Writing about Work and Working (Spring 1987)

Free University of Syracuse, Spring 1990-Spring 1992. Founder, Organizer, and Principal Teacher.

20th Century Class Struggle and American Imperialism -- a Film History (Spring 1990)

Exploring the Interconnections: Poverty, Hunger, and the Destruction of Nature -- a Film History (Fall 1991)

Marxist Aesthetic and Cultural Theory (Winter 1991)

Marxist Philosophy (Spring 1990, Fall 1990, Fall 1991)

Marxist Political Economy (Spring 1990, Winter 1991, Winter 1992)

Marxist Social and Political Theory (Spring 1990, Spring 1991, Spring 1992)

The Struggle between Capital and Labor in 20th Century America -- a Film History (Fall 1990)

Transnational Capitalism, the Global Factory, and the Struggle for Labor and Environmental Justice -- a Film History (Spring 1991)

PUBLICATIONS:

Independently Refereed:

"The Politics of Love in Recent U.S. and U.K. Films of Young Gay Romance: A Symptomatic Reading of Beautiful Thing, Get Real, and Edge of Seventeen." The Journal of Homosexuality. 50th Anniversary Volume, Volume 50, Number 4, Fall 2006: 141-184.

"Teaching and Working as an Openly Gay Faculty Member at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire," Radical Teacher, Issue #60, May 2001.

"Post-Marxist Queer Theory and the Politics of AIDS," Transformation: Marxist Boundary Work in Theory, Economics, Politics, and Culture, Volume 2, January 2001.

"Critique as Radical Praxis," The Material Queer: a LesBiGay Cultural Studies Reader, Westview Press, June 1996.

"The Politics of Queer Theory," Links: a Journal of Socialist Renewal, July 1995.

"Teaching Against Racism in the Radical Composition Classroom: a Reply to a Student," Left Margins: Cultural Studies and Composition Pedagogy , State University of New York Press, June 1995.

"Reflections on the Life and Work of Derek Jarman, 1942-1994," Against the Current, May/June 1995.

"Responding to the Anglo-Irish Treaty: a Strategy for Republican Solidarity," Against the Current, November/December 1988.

Non-Independently Refereed:

"The Mediatheque at the Newly Renovated British Film Institute Southbank." Progressive Outpost. February 2008.

"Lessons from the Ghosts in the Urban Architecture of Berlin." Progressive Outpost. February 2008.

"The City of Paris Starts an Innovative New Program to Make Bicycles Cheaply and Easily Available to the Public for Traveling About the City," Progressive Outpost, September 2008.

"Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival," Progressive Outpost, April 2007.

"Low Power FM: A Movement Comes to Eau Claire," Progressive Outpost, February 2007.

"WHYS Community Radio 96.3 FM Eau Claire Progressive Community Radio," Progressive Outpost, November 2006.

"No Death Penalty Wisconsin!," Progressive Outpost, November 2006.

"Opposition to the Proposed Civil Union and Marriage Ban: Personal Reflections," Progressive Outpost, November 2006.

"Fair Wisconsin Leading Effort Against Civil Union and Marriage Ban," Progressive Outpost, September 2006.

"On Kevin Barrett, Stanley Fish, and Open Discussion of Controversial Issues in UW Classrooms," Progressive Outpost, September 2006.

"MySpace, Facebook, and the Popular Phenomenon that is Internet Social Networking Services Today," Progressive Outpost, September 2006.

"The U.S. Today--a Proto-Fascist Society?," Progressive Outpost, July 2006.

"Thoughts on Coming Out," Catalyst, October 2000.

"Radical Political Praxis within the Late Capitalist Academy," Red Orange: a Marxist Journal of Theory, Politics, and the Everyday, May 1996.

". . . Of Revolutionary Journals and Intellectuals, the Proletariat, and the Petit-Bourgeoisie . . .," Red Orange: a Marxist Journal of Theory, Politics, and the Everyday, May 1996.

"We're Here, We're Queer, We're Fabulous, Get Used to It! -- (Radical) Gay and Lesbian Politics and Culture in the 1990s," The Alternative Orange, Spring 1994.

"Marxist Theory of Homosexuality -- Past to Present," The Alternative Orange, in three parts: November 1992, March 1993, and May 1993.

"The Bush Doctrine, the New World Order, and Desert Storm Revisited," The Alternative Orange, March 1993.

"Reflections on the Deportation of Joe Doherty and the Irish Republican Struggle," The Alternative Orange, April-May 1992.

Collective and Collaborative:

Faceless Fascism. Feature-Length Fictional Film Screenplay, Prospective Future Graphic Novel, and Prospective Future Feature-Length Film. September 2006-August 2007. Together with James Boland. Ongoing Further Development.

Queer Tides. Feature-Length Fictional Film Screenplay. October 2007-May 2008. Together with John Nicksic. Ongoing Further Development.

"Capitalism and Your University Education," Bulletin In Defense of Marxism, March 1995. Collectively Written as part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

"Late Capitalist Culture and Cultural Critique," The Alternative Orange, in four parts: October 1992, November 1992, January 1993, and March 1993. Collectively Written as part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

"Leninism Lives!," Manas, Spring-Summer 1992. Collectively Written as part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

"Marxism, Socialism, and the Politics of Gay and Lesbian Liberation," The Alternative Orange, in five parts: October 1991, November 1991, December 1991-January 1992, February 1992, and April-May 1992. Co-written with Mark Wood.

"Reification and Ideological Struggle," The Alternative Orange, Spring 1991. Collectively Written as Part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

"The University and Revolutionary Practice," The Alternative Orange, Fall 1990. Collectively Written as Part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

"The University as a(n Ideological) Site of Production," The Alternative Orange, Spring 1990. Collectively Written as Part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

"Peace, Justice, and American Students," The Alternative Orange, Fall 1989. Collectively Written as Part of the Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.

Some Other Work in Progress and Prospective Future Projects:

"Urbania and Queer Cinema." Accepted book chapter--article in progress.

"Peter Watkins’ Privilege: A Compelling Instance of Cinema as Weapon in Antifascist Struggle." Unpublished. To Be Revised and Resubmitted, Focusing on a Review of Peter Watkins' Work Across His Range of Major Films.

Investigations in Progressive Music of Protest, Struggle, Resistance, Rebellion, Revolt, and Transformation Focuses on Issues of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Interest and Concern. [For Web-Based Critical Bibliography and, Eventually, Prospective Streaming Audio (A De Facto Web Radio Station, Ongoing Further Development]. The First of a Series of 20 Prospective Web-Based Bibliographies Concerned with Diverse Progressive Music of Protest, Struggle, Resistance, Rebellion, Revolt, and Transformation.

Insurgence. [Research and Development of Weekly Community Radio Show.]

Vulnerable Masculinity, Compassionate Heroism, Love and the Noir: A Critical Inquiry into the Ethical Contradictions of the Ordinary and the Extraordinary in the (Everyday) Life of the Gay Detective. [Prospective Future Book.]

Fear and Frenzy, Repression and Resistance, State Terrorism, Sexual Conflict, and Class Struggle: Film Noir and the (Post)Modern American Political Imaginary. [Prospective Future Book.]

"The Cultural Politics of Homocore and Homohop: a Comparative Analysis." [Prospective Journal Article]

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLIC LECTURES -- A SELECT LIST:

"Poetry and Politics in Northern Ireland: the Case of Derek Mahon," American Committee for Irish Studies, Boston College, May 1986.

"Literature and Politics in Northern Ireland: Representation, Ideology, Critique," English Graduate Student Organization lecture series in Literature, Theory, and Criticism, Syracuse University, February 1987.

"A Symptomatic Reading of Bernard MacLaverty's Cal," Graduate student conference in Irish Studies, University of Connecticut, March 1987.

"Representations of the Provisional Irish Republican Army in Novels of Northern Ireland," American Committee for Irish Studies, University College Dublin, July 1987.

"Reimagining Socialism," conference for Graduate Research in Marxist Studies, State University of New York College at Buffalo, April 1988. Co-written and co-presented.

"Rethinking the Collective Subject," conference for Graduate Research in Marxist Studies, State University of New York College at Buffalo, April 1988. Co-written and co-presented.

"Oppositional Pedagogy Within the (Postmodern) Academy," the Group for Research in the Institutionalization and Professionalization of Literary Studies, Carnegie-Mellon University, May 1988. Co-written and co-presented.

"Critical Reading and Writing as Ideology Critique," Rhetoric Society of America, Arlington, TX, May 1988. Co-written and co-presented. Forum co-chair.

"Utopia, Ideology, and Socialism," Society for Utopian Studies, Emerson College, September 1988. Co-written.

"Marxism and Utopia," Marxist Scholars Conference, Louisville, KY, March 1989. Co-Written.

"The Politics of Intelligibility and the Production of Knowledge in Religious Studies: Towards a Marxist Theory of Religion," New England section of the American Academy of Religion, College of the Holy Cross, April 1989. Co-written and co-presented.

"Towards a Postmodern Marxism?," Marxism Now: Traditions and Differences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, November 1989. Co-written and co-presented. Panel chair.

"Marxism, Socialism, and the Politics of Gay and Lesbian Liberation," The Future of Socialism: the View from Cuba, University of Havana, June 1991. Co-written and co-presented.

"Late Capitalist Culture and Cultural Critique," Activism Collides with Theory, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, May 1992. Co-written and co-presented.

"Queer Theory, Queer Politics: Toward a Marxist Critique," Marxism in the New World Order: Crises and Possibilities, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, November 1992. Co-written and co-presented. Panel chair.

"Teaching Against Racism," Conference on Racism and Class, Syracuse University, April 1994.

"Queer Theory and the Politics of (Post)Identity," Histories, Bodies, Identities, Binghampton University, April 1994.

"We're Here, We're Queer, We're Fabulous, Get Used to It!: (Radical) Gay and Lesbian Theory and Practice, Politics and Culture in the 1990s," seminar in Critical Theory and the Visual Arts, School of Art, Arizona State University, October 1994. Guest Lecture.

"Radical Pedagogy Within the Late Capitalist Academy," Radical Philosophy Association, Drake University, November 1994.

"Class Politics and the New Queer Cinema," Society for Cinema Studies, Manhattan, March 1995.

"Ludic Feminism and Queer Performativity: a Marxist Critique," English Department and Humanities Program seminar in 20th Century Feminist Theater, College of Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, April 1995. Guest lecture.

"Marxism and Sexual Dissidence," Languages and Literatures Department and Humanities Program seminar in Contemporary Marxist Theory, College of Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, April 1995. Guest lecture.

"Marxism and Homosexuality: a Critical Reconsideration of David Fernbach's The Spiral Path: a Gay Contribution to Human Survival, " Midwest Modern Language Association of America, St. Louis, November 1995. Also served as respondent.

"Marxist Critical Theory," Arizona State University Graduate Scholars in English Association lecture series, December 1995.

"Theoretical and Political Approaches in Contemporary Cultural Studies," Arizona State University Department of English series of lectures and colloquia on issues in Contemporary Theory and History of Literary Criticism, January 1996.

"Teaching Controversial Issues in the Composition Classroom," Arizona State University Composition Program public forum, March 1996.

"Class and Desire in the Film Criticism of Slavöj Zizek," Society for Cinema Studies, Dallas, March 1996. Also, panel co-chair.

"Queer Theory, Performance, and Materialism," College English Association, Baltimore, April 1997.

"Class Politics, Criminal Pleasures, Noir and Neo-Noir," panel chair, Society for Cinema Studies, Ottawa, Canada, May 1997.

"Making Sense of Postmodernism," Department of Communication and Journalism seminar in Communications Theory, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, November 1997. Guest lecture.

"Why Study Critical Theory," various Women's Studies and English Department courses, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Spring and Fall 1998. Guest lecture.

"Teaching and Working as an Openly Gay Faculty Member," various Women's Studies and English Department courses, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 1998-2001. Guest lecture.

"A Contribution to the Critique of the Politics of Film Noir," Society for Cinema Studies, San Diego, April 1998. Also, panel chair and co-chair.

"Peace, Love, Diversity, and Equality," 2^nd annual Peace, Love, and Diversity March and Rally, Eau Claire, WI, November 1998. Speech.

"Commemorating National Coming Out Day: a Radical Perspective," 1^st annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2000. Speech.

"On Coming Out: Personal and Critical Reflections," Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Greater Chippewa Valley of Wisconsin chapter meeting, October 2000. Guest Co-Presentation.

"Friendship, Sexuality, Love, and Class in Three Recent U.S. and U.K. Films of Young Gay Romance: Beautiful Thing, Get Real, and Edge of Seventeen." Society for Cinema Studies, Washington, D.C., May 2001.

"9/11 and its Aftermath -- An Argument Against War," Tri-State Midwest Rally for Peace, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. September 2001. Speech.

"The Meaning, Significance, and Urgency of 'Coming Out' -- Now More than Ever," 2nd Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2001. Speech.

"Terrorism, State Terrorism, War, and Peace: Socialist Reflections," 3rd Annual Human Rights Awareness Conference, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, November 2001.

"The Right to Teach: Confronting Resistance to Dealing with Gay and Lesbian Issues in the Classroom," Principal Organizer and Featured Speaker, Chippewa Valley Civil Liberties Union Session, Northwest Wisconsin Education Association conference, Eau Claire, WI, October 2002.

"Homophobia and Beyond -- Levels of Attitude," 3rd Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2002. Speech.

"Against American Imperialism -- Fighting Back Against the War in Iraq, and Beyond," Vigil 'In Solidarity and Sorrow', sponsored by Amnesty International, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, March 2003. Speech.

"The Patriot Act and the Threat to Civil Liberties After 9/11," Co-Organizer and Co-Presenter, Unitarian Universalist Federation of Eau Claire Sunday Service, November 2003.

"Civil Liberties in Wartime: Lessons from the Past/Concerns for the Future," Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice Iraq War Teach-in, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, April 2003.

"A Socialist Perspective on the Iraq War," Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice Iraq War Teach-in, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, April 2003. Co-Presented.

"Teaching 'Cinematic Representations of Ireland and the Irish'," American Conference for Irish Studies, Minneapolis, MN, June 2003.

"As What Do We Come Out, and For What Do We Come Out, When We Do Come Out?," 4th Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2003. Speech.

"Queer Pedagogy, Issues and Experiences," Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 2004.

"The Impact of the Northern Ireland 'Troubles' upon Ian Rankin's 'Inspector Rebus' Series of Adventures in 'Tartan Noir'," Joint Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies, the British Association of Irish Studies, and the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool, U.K., July 2004.

"The Wisconsin Anti-Marriage Amendment: Reflections and Perspectives." Unitarian Universalist Federation of Eau Claire Forum. September, 2004. Co-Presenter and Co-Discussion Leader.

"Teaching Gay Issues in the Schools: Engaging Resistance." Five-Hour, Three-Session Workshop, Sponsored by the Chippewa Valley Civil Liberties Union. Northwest Wisconsin Education Association Conference. Eau Claire, WI. October, 2004. Co-Organzizer, Co-Presenter, Co-Facilitator.

"Coming Out, Looking Forward, Working Onward," 5th Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2004. Speech.

"Gay Issues and the Presidential Election." Books Not Bush Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2004. Speech.

"Civil Liberties in Wartime and the Rise of Fascism." Workshop Organizer and Facilitator, Campus and Community Teach-In: The Iraq War Two Years On, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, March 2005.

"Coming Out at UWEC--Take Six." 6th Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2005. Speech.

"Teaching Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in the Schools: Engaging Resistance." Presentation and Workshop, October 2005, Sponsored by the Chippewa Valley Civil Liberties Union, Northwest Wisconsin Education Association Conference, Eau Claire, WI. Co-Organizer, Co-Presenter, Co-Facilitator.

"Engaging Resistance in Teaching GLBT Texts and Topics: Reflections and Observations." Presentation and Forum, October 2005, Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Eau Claire, WI. Co-Organizer, Co-Presenter, Co-Facilitator.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS, ADDITIONAL CAMPUS (AND COMMUNITY) SERVICE:

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Eau Claire, WI, 1997- :

Ongoing Projects and Activities:

Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival: Director, Spring 2006 and Executive Director of Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival and Series, 2007-the Present.

Board of Directors, Coordinator/Facilitator, Fall 2006-The Present, and Disc-Jockey (Insurgence: Progressive Music of Protest, Struggle, Resistance, Rebellion, Revolt, and Transformation), Eau Claire, Wisconsin Community Radio Station WHYS-FM, Summer 2005-The Present.

English Department: University Senate Represenative, 2009-2013; Schedules Committee, 2009-2011; Department Personnel Committee, 2003-->the Present; Currently Designing English 281: Perspectives in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture, and English 481: Seminar on Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture.

Progressive Student Association: Faculty Advisor, Spring 2003-Present.

ACLU-UWEC, Faculty Advisor, Fall 2007-The Present.

Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice: Spring 2003-Present.

International Film Committee, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: Member and Chair, Fall 2002-Spring 2008. Member, Fall 2009-Fall 2011.

Past Projects, Activities, and Achievements:

Wisconsin Board of Regents, UWEC Provost and Vice-Chancellor's Office, and UWEC Office of University Research and Sponsored Programs, Full Academic Year Sabbatical, 2006-2007, to work on "Progressive Music of Resistance, Rebellion, and Revolt: a Critical Bibliography."

UWEC Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant Project, Three Directed Study Courses, and a Capstone Senior Seminar Course: Collaborative Development of a Feature-Length Fictional Film Screenplay Focused on Issues of Fascism and Resistance in the Contemporary US, September 2006-May 2007. Student Research Day Poster Presentation, April 2006, and English Fest Presentation, May 2007. (One Student).

UWEC Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grant Project: Collaborative Development of a Feature-Length Fictional Film Screenplay Focused on Issues of Conflict Surrounding Alternative and Non-Traditional Forms of Loving and Familial Relations on a Midwestern US University Campus, October 2007-May 2008. (One Student).

Michael Lynch Service Award: Modern Language Association of America Lesbian and Gay Caucus Award for Outstanding Achievement in Campus and Community Activism on the part of an Academic Worker in support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Dignity, Equality, and Freedom, 2002 Winner.

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Excellence in Service Award: For Activities Outside the Classroom that Promote Excellence in Education and Enhance the University's Public Image, 2003 Winner.

Student Support Services Certificate of Recognition for 'Making a Difference in Student Lives', Especially that of First-Generation College and Low-Income College Students, May 2007, and May 2008.

Chippewa Valley Branch Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin: Board of Directors, 2001-2009. Vice-President, 2005-2007.

Amnesty International (UWEC Chapter), Faculty Advisor, Fall 2007-Summer 2009.

Progressive Media Network: Co-Executive Director, Spring 2005-Fall 2009 Film Executive, Spring 2006-Fall 2008.

Progressive Outpost, Editorial Board, Spring 2006-Spring 2008.

English Department: Curriculum Committee, 2007-2009; Long-Range Planning Committee, 2007-2009; Schedules Committee, 2005-2006; Executive Subcommittee, Department Personnel Committee, 2003-2005; Literature Committee, 2004-2005; Graduate Executive Committee, 1999-2002; Media Resources Committee, 1998-2000 and 2001-2003; Chair, Media Resources Committee, 1998-2000; Long-Range Planning Committee, 2003-2005; Advisory Committee, 2000-2002; Search Committee, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Theory, Film, and Cultural Studies, 2008-2009.;Theory and Criticism/Studies in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture Search and Screen Committee, 2001-2002; Chair, Theory and Criticism/Studies in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture Search and Screen Committee, 2001-2002; American Literature with Ethnic Specialization Search and Screen Committee, 1998-1999; Committee on Committees, 1998-2000. Principally Responsible for Design and Approval of Three New and Revised Courses: English 190 (Now English 181), Introduction to Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture; English 285 (Now English 284), Introduction to Theory and Criticism; and English 381/581: Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture -- Fall 2001.

Graduate Thesis Director: "Teaching Film Genres" (2004-2005).

Graduate Thesis Director: "Jeanette Winterson's Writing the Body: A Queer Reading" (2005-2006).

Graduate Thesis Director: "Playing with the Elements: An Argument for Game Play Experience Based Video Game Analysis" (2006-2009).

UWEC Irish Film Festival: Director, Spring 2003.

UWEC Ten Years' Service Recognition Award, May 2007.

WHYS-UWEC, Faculty Advisor, Fall 2007--Spring 2008.

Progressive Film and Videomakers, Faculty Advisor, Fall 2007--Spring 2008.

TILT Student Filmmaking Society (UWEC): Faculty Advisor, Fall 2005-Spring 2007. Executive Producer, CasualTIES, TILT Film Project, 2005-2007, Directed by Jeff Kesterson.

Spectrum (formerly The LGBT-Straight Alliance and prior to that GLOBE) : Faculty Advisor, Fall 1999-Spring 2006.

The Flip Side (UWEC Alternative Student Newspaper). Faculty Advisor, Fall 2003-Spring 2006.

UWEC Campus Media Advisory Committee: Spring 2005-Spring 2006.

UWEC Campus Gender Issues Advisory Committee: Spring 2005-Spring 2006.

UWEC Diversity Planning Committee and Diversity Planning Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff Professional Development Subcommittee, Fall 2003-Spring 2006.

Office of University Research: University Research and Creative Activity Grant, Five Credits Time Release, Fall 2000, for work on "Queer Theory: a Marxist Critique."

Office of University Research and Sponsored Programs: Faculty Development Grant to Support Production of UWEC Irish Film Festival, Spring 2003.

Network for Excellence in Teaching: Grants for Design and Implementation of New Courses: Critical Theories of Film, Summer-Fall 1998; Contemporary LesBiGay and Queer Film, Summer-Fall 1999; and Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture, Fall 2002-Spring 2003.

Equality (UWEC Faculty and Staff in Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues): Founder, Fall 1998. Chair, 9/98-2/99, 5/99-10/99, and for 1/01-12/01.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of the Chippewa Valley, West Central Wisconsin: Founding Member, Board of Directors, September 2000-September 2002.

Bill of Rights Defense Committee, Eau Claire, Wisconsin: Founding Member and Member of the Steering Committee, Fall 2003-Spring 2004.

Action Wisconsin: State Board of Directors September 2002-May 2003.

Undergraduate Directed Study and Collaborative Research Projects : Critical Theory and Pedagogical, Curricular, and Institutional Transformation, Fall 1999 (Two Students); Critical Theory and English Studies: Pedagogical, Curricular, and Institutional Transformation, Spring 2000 (Two Students).

Undergraduate Directed Study Course: Queer Theory and Culture, Spring 2006 (Three Students).

Undergraduate Independent Study Courses: Advanced Studies in GLBT Issues and GLBT Film, Fall 2001 (Six Students); Intermediate Studies in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture, Spring 2002 (Two Students).

Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Directed Study Course: UWEC Irish Film Festival, Spring 2003 (Twenty Students).

Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Directed Study Course: Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival, Spring 2006 (Eighteen Students); Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival, Spring 2007 (Seventeen Students); Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival, Spring 2008 (Six Students).

Graduate Directed Study Course: Teaching Film Noir/What Film Noir Teaches, Fall 2003 (One Student).

Graduate Independent Study Project: Critical and Creative Investigations in Video Game Theory, Fall 2005 (One Student).

Film Studies Independent Study Projects: Documenting the Make-up and History of a Local Cable Television Series (Fall 2004, One Student); A Pedagogical Film Illustrating Diverse Shooting and Editing Techniques (Spring 2005, One Student); Independent Short Filmmaking (Spring 2006, Two Students); Documentary Short Videomaking for Charitable Promotional/Publicity Purposes (Fall 2008, One Student).

(Unofficial as well as Official) Directed Studies, Senior Student Course Mentoring, Introduction to Composition, Film, and Texts: Fall 1999-The Present (Over Thirty Different Students).

Ad Hoc Subcommitee of the University Faculty Tenure and Promotion Review Committee. Spring 2005.

Arizona State University, 1994-1996:

Ubiquity (Arizona State University Staff and Faculty Supporting Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues): Served as Vice-Chair and Chair. Organized and Conducted Educational Video Screening and Discussion Courses in the Spring and Fall of 1995 on "Contemporary Gay and Lesbian Films."

Served on Fifteen M.A. Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation Committees in English, Humanities, and Communications; Supervised Independent Study Courses in Contemporary Theories of Resistance, Film Noir, and Contemporary Film Theory and Criticism.

Arizona Progressive Students Organization: faculty advisor; Arizona Progressive Unity Conference, October 1995: campus organizer.

Syracuse University, 1986-1994:

The Alternative Orange, 1991-1994. Alternative campus publication. Editorial Collective.

The Lesbian and Gay Graduate Collective, 1990-1994. Founding Member, Steering Committee, Activities Director.

Marxist Collective at Syracuse University, Postmodern Marxist Collective, and Student Marxist Collective, 1986-1993. Organizations for Education, Study, Research, and Intervention. Founding Member, Principal Organizer and Public Contact.

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