FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND HONORS

American Association of University Women (AAUW)
—American Dissertation Fellowship, 2001-2002.

Faculty of Graduate Studies, Duke University
—Named Instructorship, 2001-2002.
—Distinction on Ph.D. Preliminary Exams, 2000.
—Full Tuition Scholarship.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
—Doctoral Fellowship, 1996-2000.

Kosciuszko Foundation
—Scholarship, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.

AKA Educational Advancement Foundation
—Merit Scholarship, 1997.

University of British Columbia
—Killam Doctoral Fellowship, 1996 (declined).

University of Toronto
—Mary H Beattie Fellowship and Toronto Open Fellowship, 1996 (declined).

Ontario Ministry of Education and Training
—Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 1996-1997 (declined).
—Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), 1995-1996.

University of Western Ontario
—Special University Scholarship, 1994-1996.
—Gold Medal (Philosophy and English), 1994.
—Reva Gerstein Philosophy Award, 1994.
—Academic Scholarship, 1992-1993.

TEACHING AWARDS

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Part-time Undergraduate Teaching, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, 2006.

University Student’s Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, University of Western Ontario, 2005-2006.

University Student’s Council Teaching Honour Roll Award of Excellence, University of Western Ontario, 2002-2003.

Named Instructorship (Robert Gleckner Instructor of English), Faculty of Graduate Studies, Duke University, 2001-2002.

Stephen Horne Graduate Instructor Teaching Award, Department of English, Duke University, 1999.

Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Western Ontario, 1995-1996.

PUBLICATIONS

Crisis in Darfur (editor and contributer), in progress.

“Book Review: Transformations of Domesticity in Modern Women’s Writing: Homelessness at Home”. American Literature, June 2005.

“Images of Homelessness in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Literature,” The Encyclopedia of Homelessness, Sage, 2004.

“Images of Homelessness in Contemporary Documentaries” The Encyclopedia of Homelessness, Sage, 2004.

“History of Images of Homelessness in Narrative Film” The Encyclopedia of Homelessness, Sage, 2004.

“Contemporary Homeless Autobiography and Memoir” The Encyclopedia of Homelessness, Sage, 2004.

CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS

Invited Speaker. "Media, Genocide, and Public Responsibility." Ryerson University. November 6, 2006.

Invited Speaker. “Genocide and the Media.” Media Literacy Lecture Series. London Public Libraries, October 24, 2005.

“Service-Learning at Western: Reflections of Course Instructors” (with Debra Dawson and Mark Franke). Fall Perspectives on Teaching. UWO, September 1, 2005.

“Teaching the Holocaust with Film and Video.” Romeo Dallaire Summer Institute on Teaching the Holocaust and Genocide. UWO, August 9-13, 2004 and July 4-8, 2005.

“Representing Homelessness in Toronto’s Tent City: Media, Activists, and Government Response.” Canadian Communications Association Annual Conference, 2005 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, June 4, 2005.

Invited Speaker. "Academia and Activism." Nine Lifestyles for Positive Change Conference. OXFAM, Huron College/UWO, March 13, 2004.

Invited Speaker and Workshop Leader. "Before Schindler's List: Eastern-European Cinematic Responses to the Holocaust." Co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Centre and the UWO Faculty of Arts. Jewish Community Centre (London, ON), Nov 4, 2003.

Invited Speaker and Professional Development Workshop Leader. "Holocaust Film and Pedagogy in High School Classes." London Board of Education Professional Development Day (London, ON), Oct 24, 2003.

Invited Speaker and Workshop Facilitator. "Representing Homelessness." 2003 Learning Forum on Homelessness: Building Capacity. Ontario Association of Hostels and Ontario Municipal Social Services Association (Ottawa, ON), Oct 1-3, 2003.

Invited Speaker. "Homelessness as a Social Justice Issue: Sensitizing the Community to Homelessness and the Affordable Housing Crisis." House This: Second Annual Community Development Professional Development Conference. Southwestern Ontario Community Development Network and Fanshawe College (London, ON), May 21, 2003.

Invited Participant. One-Day Roundtable Discussion on the Development of Core Curriculum for Health Care Professionals Working with Homeless Women. Inner City Health Program, St. Michael's Hospital (Toronto), February 21, 2003.

“Border Crossing as Pedagogy: A Case for Service-Learning in an English Department.” Theory and Praxis Conference. Duquesne University, October 2002.

Invited Speaker and Discussion Facilitator. “Remembering the Past for the Sake of the Future.” Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. Freeman Center for Jewish Life, Duke University, April 2001.

Invited Speaker and Panelist. Human Rights Awareness Week: North Carolina Forum on Homelessness. NC State University, March 1999.

“Monuments and the Holocaust.” Anonymity Conference. Harvard University, March 1997.

“Representing Fascism.” Evolution of the Millennium Conference. University of Missouri, Columbia, March 1997.

“Memory, Testimony, and Responsibility.” Intersections Conference. George Washington University, March 1996.

“Derrida’s Holocaust.” Crisis in Criticism Conference. University of Rochester, March 1996.
“Deconstruction and the Holocaust.” Ellipses Conference. SUNY Stony Brook, November 1995.

RADIO INTERVIEWS

Live Interview on CBC Radio 1 “This Morning”. A 20-minute interview about the state of homelessness in London, Ontario on CBC Radio's national morning show. (October 30, 2002)

Live Interview on CBC Radio 1 “Ontario Morning.” A 10-minute interview about my UWO class “MIT 272: Representing Homelessness” and the service-learning component in local homeless shelters on the regional wake-up show for listeners in Southern Ontario. (October 21, 2002)

Live Interview on CBC Radio 1 “Here and Now.” A 10-minute interview (with one of my students) about my UWO class “MIT 272: Representing Homelessness” on a regional afternoon show for Southern Ontario. (October 17, 2002)

COURSES DESIGNED AND TAUGHT

University of Western Ontario

MPI 390G: Activism and the Mainstream Media. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Winter 2007.

MIT 381G: African-American Double-Consciousness: Representing Race in Film, Literature, and Media. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Winter 2007.

MIT 272F/G: Representing Homelessness (a service-learning class). Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Winter 2007, Winter 2005, Fall 2003, and Fall 2002.

MPI 490G: Media in the Public Interest Practicum. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Winter 2007.

MIT 374F/G: Century of Genocide. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Fall 2006 (two sections), Fall 2005 (two sections), Winter 2005 (two sections), and Winter 2004.

MIT 266G: Advertising and Mass Media. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Fall 2006.

Film 214G: African-American Film. Film Program, Faculty of Arts, Fall 2005.

Writing 101F/G and Writing 121G: Introduction to Expository Writing. Writing Program, Faculty of Arts, Fall 2005, Summer 2005, and Winter 2005.

English 282G: Contemporary Theory and Criticism. Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Winter 2004 and Summer 2003.

English 201F: History of Theory and Criticism. English Department, Faculty of Arts, Fall 2003 and Intersession 2003.

English 192G: African-American Autobiography. Department of English, Faculty of Arts, Winter 2003.

MIT 375G: Images of the Holocaust. Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Winter 2003.


Duke University

English 169S: Representing American Homelessness (a service-learning class). Department of English, Spring 2002.

English 026: Fiction and the Holocaust. Department of English, Spring 2001.

Academic Writing 20: Crime and Punishment in America. University Writing Program, Spring 2001.

English/Film 028: Images of the Holocaust. Department of English, Spring 2000.

Academic Writing 20: Violence in America. University Writing Program, Fall 1999.

English 026: Holocaust Testimonies. Department of English, Spring 1999.

Workshop in Rhetoric: Japanese-American Internment in WWII. University Writing Program, Fall 1998.

CUNY LaGuardia
HUP 101: Introduction to Philosophy (two sections). Humanities Department, Fall 2000.

TEACHING ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE

Duke University
Studies in Film and Video: The Horror Film, Department of Film and Video, Duke University, Spring 1998 (T.A. for Professor Jane Gaines).

University of Western Ontario
Western Literature and Civilization 020, Department of Modern Languages, 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 (T.A. for Professors Calin Mihailescu, Angela Esterhammer, and Lawrence DeLooze).

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Duke University
Senior Fellow/Teaching Collective Leader, First Year Writing Program, Spring 2001: designed freshman writing and rhetoric course for 7 new graduate instructors; assisted in new instructor training; acted as a mentor and facilitator of bi-weekly instructor meetings.

Durham Technical Community College
Professional Writing Tutor, Campus Learning Center, Fall 1999 and Spring 2000: provided one-on-one instruction for students at writing center on campus, worked closely with diverse student population, including ESL students and students with learning disabilities.

University of Western Ontario
Research Assistant, Faculty of Arts, Summers 1994 and 1995.

SELECTED COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE

Board of Directors, Unity Project for Relief of Homelessness in London (London, Ontario)
Duties include: Monthly meetings; Unity Project web site development (2005-present).

Advisory Board, Romeo Dallaire Genocide Institute (London, Ontario)
Member of the Advisory Board and an Instructor at a five-day summer institute to train high school teachers in genocide pedagogy. The program is a joint program of the Association for the Elimination of Hate and the Holocaust Literature Research Institute at Western. (2003-2006)

Operations Committee, Camp Wendake (London, Ontario)
Member of the Operations Committee and volunteer summer staff member at Camp Wendake, a week-long residential summer camp for people living with HIV and AIDS and their care-givers and loved-ones. Committee responsibilities include: staff/camper communications; web site development; and quarterly camp newsletters. (2002-2005)

Director, Homes for the Homeless Camp Kiwago (New York)
Past Director, Camp Kiwago: seasonal supervisor of 60 staff and 80 children at a residential educational summer program for children aged 6-14 who are living in NYC homeless shelters; responsible for all staff recruitment and training; donation acquisition; daily supervision of all areas of camp: program areas, infirmary, kitchen, waterfront, site maintenance, and staff support; literacy and outdoor education curriculum development and design. (1997-2002)

REFERENCES

Dr. Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Distinguished University Professor of English, Vanderbilt University, Station B #351654, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, 331 Benson Hall, Nashville, Tennessee, 37235, USA

Dr. Thomas Ferraro
Professor of English, Duke University, 314 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708, USA

Dr. Alain Goldschlager
Director, Holocaust Literature Research Institute and Professor of French, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada

Dr. Martin Kreiswirth
Associate Provost, Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and Professor of English, McGill University, James Administration Building, Room 325, 845 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2T5, Canada

Dr. Gloria Leckie
Associate Dean, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, NCB 240, London, ON, N6A 3B7, Canada