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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. Minors in
Philosophy, History, and Economics. Honors. Phi Beta
Kappa. Senior Honors Thesis: Alienation and Incarceration
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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 Theory.
Cinema Studies.
LGBTQ Studies.
Scottish Studies.
Popular Music and Culture.
British Cultural Studies, 1945-The Present.
Mystery and Detective Fiction.
Progressive Politics and Culture.
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Fall 1997-Spring
2003, Assistant Professor. Fall 2003-Spring 2012, Associate
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Professor (Received Tenure and Promotion at End of Spring
2003 Semester). Fall 2012-The Present, Full Professor.
Sabbatical, 2006-2007.
British Literature After 1790: Scottish Crime Fiction
(Spring 2011)
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, Spring 2012,
Spring 2013)
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, Fall 2010, Spring 2011)
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, and Spring
2010)
Introduction to Literature (Fall 1997)
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Introduction to Texts (Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Spring
2003, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2011, Spring 2012,
Fall 2012)
Introduction to Theory and Criticism (Fall 2003 [Co-
Taught with Joel Pace], Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring
2005, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009,
Fall 2010, Spring 2013)
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, Fall 2010, Spring
2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012)
Seminar in Theory and Culture: Critical Studies in
Contemporary Popular Music Cultures (Spring 2008,
Fall 2009)
Seminar in Theory and Culture: Ian Curtis and Joy
Division in (Historical and Cultural) Context (Fall
2011)
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Social Justice in Film and Music (Spring 2011 and
Spring 2012; Co-Teaching with Ryan Jones)
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:
German Cinemas (Spring 2009)
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Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-Image Culture:
Scottish Cinema (Fall 2010, Fall 2012)
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)
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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)
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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 Instructor.
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)
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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)
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Transnational Capitalism, the Global Factory, and the
Struggle for Labor and Environmental Justice -- a Film
History (Spring 1991)
PUBLICATIONS:
Ongoing Work/Work in Progress: 
 
Directory of World
Cinema: Scotland. Bristol: Intellect, 2014. And, tentatively,
after that, Directory of World Cinema: Scotland 2. Coediting
and co-writing with Zach Finch. Contributions to
Intellect's Directory of World Cinema Series.
Continuous Research, Development, and Preparation of
Insurgence, Weekly Community Radio Show Featuring
Progressive Music of Protest, Struggle, Resistance,
Rebellion, Revolt, and Transformation, as well as Indie
Rock, Pop, Folk, Folk Rock, and Folktronica, especially
from Scotland and Northern England. Also for Prospective
Eventual Web-Based Bibliography--with Linked Audio
Files--of Progressive Music of Protest, Struggle, Resistance,
Rebellion, Revolt, and Transformation, Past and Present,
from Across the Globe.
Ian Curtis and Joy Division in (Critical and Theoretical)
Context. Prospective book, currently in preliminary stages
(research, study, development of argument and approach).
Scholarly:
“What is ‘Suture’?.” Breaking the Fourth Wall—Open File
Project. Milton Keynes Gallery, April-May 2012.
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"Queer Theory, Queer Cinema." Coming Out to the
Mainstream: New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century.
Joanne Juett and David Jones, Editors. Newcastle, UK:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010, 2-19.
"Queer Cinema and Urbania." Coming Out to the
Mainstream: New Queer Cinema in the 21st Century.
Joanne Juett and David Jones, Editors. Newcastle, UK:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010, 233-256.
"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.
"Radical Political Praxis within the Late Capitalist
Academy," Red Orange: a Marxist Journal of Theory,
Politics, and the Everyday, May 1996.
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". . . Of Revolutionary Journals and Intellectuals, the
Proletariat, and the Petit-Bourgeoisie . . .," Red Orange: a
Marxist Journal of Theory, Politics, and the Everyday, May
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.
Collective and Collaborative:
Queer Tides. Feature-Length Fictional Film Screenplay.
October 2007-May 2008. Together with John Nicksic.
Faceless Fascism. Feature-Length Fictional Film
Screenplay. September 2006-August 2007. Together with
James Boland.
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"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.
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"Peace, Justice, and American Students," The Alternative
Orange, Fall 1989. Collectively Written as Part of the
Marxist Collective at Syracuse University.
General/Public Intellectual (Examples):
“Marital Equality in Minnesota.” Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 19 January 2012.
“A Few Comments on the Current Sexual Abuse Case at
Syracuse University.” Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 29 November 2011.
“Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival 2012.” Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 24 November 2011.
“What Happens When Non-Violent Protest is Prevented and
Ignored.” Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 17
November 2011.
“Suicide on Insurgence.” Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 21 October 2011.
“Taxes, Occupations, and Protests.” Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 18 October 2011.
“Electoral Campaign Costs, Democracy, and the Economy.”
Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 11 October
2011.
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“A Salute to the Occupy Wall Street Protestors and the
Developing Movement.” Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 4 October 2011.
“The Right Not to Work Like a Slave to Work.” Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 2 October 2011.
“Election Season Bad Ideas and Caterwauling over Class
Warfare.” Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 20
September 2011.
"Labor Day Reflections, 2011." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 4 September 2011.
"Running Government Like a Business." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 4 September 2011.
"Whatever Happened to Compassion?" Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 31 August 2011.
"National Labor Relations Board Under Fire." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 30 August 2011.
"What Marx Can Tell Us Now." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 30 August 2011.
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"From Dave Johnson--Some Basic Facts, Graphs, and Charts
to Respond to Right-Wing Misrepresentations." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 29 August 2011.
"The Reality of Public Teachers' Job Situations and Other
Matters." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 28
August 2011.
"Responding to the Riots--and to the Rioters." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 12 August 2011.
"Some Reflections on the State Senate Recall Election
Results." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 11
August 2011.
"Shared Sacrifice." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 10 August 2011.
"London and Birmingham (and Liverpool. . . and
Nottingham, Bristol, and Leeds) Riots." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 8 August 2011.
"Downgrading Democracy from John Nichols in The
Nation." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 7
August 2011.
"Wisconsin State Senate Recall Elections." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 7 August 2011.
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"How the Government Measures Unemployment and its
Limits in Identifying 'Real Unemployment'." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 7 August 2011.
"Budget Control Bill Targets Graduate Students for
Significant Cuts." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 6 August 2011.
"Cost of Cuts." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 5 August 2011.
"Moving On . . ." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 2 August 2011.
"The Struggle Continues." Great Lakes Progressive News
and Dispatch. 1 August 2011.
"Two Excellent Articles on the Reality of Public Goods
Costs and Taxes." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 1 August 2011.
"Conventional (Tea Party) Economic Wisdom and
Consequences at Their Furthest Logical Limit." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 30 July 2011.
"Willing to Commit Economic Chaos." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 29 July 2011.
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"More identifying Obama where he truly is at: on the
Right." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 29
July 2011.
"Further Reflections on the 2012 Elections." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 28 July 2011.
"William Greider, 'Obama's Bad Bargain', from The
Nation." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 28
July 2011.
"Losses to Working Families in Wisconsin Since Walker
Came to Power." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 28 July 2011.
"Tracking Congressional Republicans' Plans to Massively
Rollback Environmental Protection." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 28 July 2011.
"Rising Costs." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 27 July 2011.
"From Truthout, How the 2004 Presidential Election Was
Stolen." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 25
July 2011.
"The Speaker of the House is Lying, and He Knows It."
Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 25 July 2011.
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"Competitiveness and Planning." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 24 July 2011.
"Teresa Trich, 'How the Deficit Got This Big', New York
Times, Sunday July 24. 2011." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 24 July 2011.
"The True Story on Jobs in June in Wisconsin." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 24 July 2011.
"Sad News." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch.
22 July 2011.
"Richard Wolff, 'In Economic Crisis, Capitalism Delivers the
Bads'." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 22
July 2011.
"2012 Presidential Politics." Great Lakes Progressive News
and Dispatch. 22 July 2011.
"More Left Economists' Arguments Concerning the Ongoing
Crisis and Mainstream Political Responses." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 22 July 2011.
"Barry Finger, 'Sense and Nonsense in the Balanced Budget
Debate: a Socialist Response', New Politics." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 21 July 2011.
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"Some Recent Useful Commentaries." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 20 July 2011.
"Balancing the Budget." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 19 July 2011.
"Reflections on Matters of Democracy--UK/US, News
Corporation and ALEC Exposed." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 17 July 2011.
"Where Obama's Axe Will Fall-from World Socialist
Website." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 15
July 2011.
"Distortions and Misconceptions." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 27 June 2011.
"The Importance of Collective Bargaining." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 25 June 2011.
"Congratulations New York State!" Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 25 June 2011.
"The American Dream." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 22 June 2011.
"Tea Partier Punches WI Solidarity Singer in the Face at
State Capitol." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 22 June 2011.
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"World Socialist Website: "US Supreme Court Undermines
Class Action Lawsuits in Wal-Mart Ruling." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 21 June 2011.
"Oceans on the Brink of the Catastrophe, from The
Independent." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch.
21 June 2011.
"Some Reflections on Capitalism and the State." Great
Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 18 June 2011.
"June 17, 2011 Democracy Now Interview with John
Sayles." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 17
June 2011.
"Howard Zinn on Why He Was Always a Union Man."
Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 17 June 2011.
"Myles Spicer, 'Private Sector, Not Public, Has Failed Us'."
Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 14 June 2011.
"David Rovics, 'Four More Years'." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 13 June 2011.
"Gene Lyons, 'How to Sabotage a Recovery'." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 13 June 2011.
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"Lois Danks, in Freedom Socialist: 'Answer to the Budget
Travesty: Tax Profits and End the Wars'." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 13 June 2011.
"Reasons for Hope?" Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 11 June 2011.
"Logorama: Our (Near) Future?" Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 8 June 2011.
"Star Tribune Editorial, 'Keeping Ahead of Killer
Pathogens'." Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch.
7 June 2011.
"Profiles in Politically Progressive Music and Musicians:
Alex Glasgow." Great Lakes Progressive News and
Dispatch. 29 May 2011.
"Frustrated with the Limits of Print Newspaper 'Letters to the
Editor'?" Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 28
May 2011.
"Tony Schultz at Fighting Bob North, Saturday May 21,
2011, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 26 May 2011.
"From The Capital Times: League of Women Voters
Editorial Against the Voter ID Bill." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 11 May 2011.
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"Private/Public Distinction is Internal to Bourgeois Law."
Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. 11 May 2011.
"How Many Gays Must God Create Before We Accept That
He Wants Them Around?" Great Lakes Progressive News
and Dispatch. 11 May 2011.
"AAUP Resources for Contributing to the Fight for the
Future of Public Higher Education." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 11 May 2011.
"From The Capital Times: Walker Proposes Privatization of
Social Welfare Assistance Programs." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 11 May 2011.
"Wisconsin Voter ID Bill." Great Lakes Progressive News
and Dispatch. 10 May 2011.
"Senator Tim Carpenter's Proposed Constitutional
Amendment to Protect Collective Bargaining." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 4 May 2011.
"The Fighting Spirit of A. Philip Randolph." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 1 May 2011.
"Happy May Day Everyone!" Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 1 May 2011.
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"Of Debts and Entitlements . . ." Great Lakes Progressive
News and Dispatch. 13 April 2011. 
 
 "Welcome:
Progressive Values and Progressive Praxis." Great Lakes
Progressive News and Dispatch. 29 March 2011.
Official Procedures and Policies Manual, WHYS
Community Radio, 96.3 FM Eau Claire. July 2009.
"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.
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"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.
"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.
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"Reflections on the Deportation of Joe Doherty and the Irish
Republican Struggle," The Alternative Orange, April-May
1992.
Prospective Future Projects:
Exploring prospective future writings on issues of gender,
sexuality, politics, and class in relation to articulations of
national, regional, and local forms of historical and cultural
identity in Scottish (popular) literature, film, and music.
Also, concerning contesting representations of Scotland and
Scottishness across (post)modern time and space.
[Prospective Conference Presentations, Journal Articles, and
Other Venues for Dissemination.]
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.]
Everyday Absurdity and Mundane Madness--a further
Contribution to the Critique of Cynical Reason in the
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Postmodern Culture of Late Capitalism. [Prospective Multi-
Media Project Featuring Electronic Music and Sampled
Speech.]
A Leprechaun Fantasy. [Prospective Feature-length Fictional
Film Screenplay.]
Noir 21. [Prospective Collage/Montage of Experimental
Fiction.]
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PUBLIC LECTURES --
A SELECT LIST:
"Some Comments on Campaign Finance Issues for US
Elections." Chippewa Valley Branch Chapter of the
American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Public Forum
on Problems with and Proposals for Reform of US and
Wisconsin Election Law and Election Pracitice, October
2008, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 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.
"Teaching Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Issues in
the Schools: Engaging Resistance." Presentation and
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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.
"Coming Out at UWEC--Take Six." 6th Annual National
Coming Out Day Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,
October 2005. 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.
"Gay Issues and the Presidential Election." Books Not Bush
Rally, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2004.
Speech.
"Coming Out, Looking Forward, Working Onward," 5th
Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2004. Speech.
"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.
"The Wisconsin Anti-Marriage Amendment: Reflections and
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Perspectives." Unitarian Universalist Federation of Eau
Claire Forum. September, 2004. Co-Presenter and Co-
Discussion Leader.
"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.
"Queer Pedagogy, Issues and Experiences," Society for
Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Atlanta, GA, March
2004.
"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.
"Teaching 'Cinematic Representations of Ireland and the
Irish'," American Conference for Irish Studies, Minneapolis,
MN, June 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.
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"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.
"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.
"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.
"Homophobia and Beyond -- Levels of Attitude," 3rd
Annual National Coming Out Day Rally, University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2002. Speech.
"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.
"Terrorism, State Terrorism, War, and Peace: Socialist
Reflections," 3rd Annual Human Rights Awareness
Conference, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, November
2001.
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"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.
"9/11 and its Aftermath -- An Argument Against War," Tri-
State Midwest Rally for Peace, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
September 2001. Speech.
"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.
"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.
"Commemorating National Coming Out Day: a Radical
Perspective," 1 st annual National Coming Out Day Rally,
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, October 2000. Speech.
"Peace, Love, Diversity, and Equality," 2 nd annual Peace,
Love, and Diversity March and Rally, Eau Claire, WI,
November 1998. Speech.
"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.
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"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.
"Why Study Critical Theory," various Women's Studies and
English Department courses, University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire, Spring and Fall 1998. Guest lecture.
"Making Sense of Postmodernism," Department of
Communication and Journalism seminar in Communications
Theory, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, November
1997. Guest lecture.
"Class Politics, Criminal Pleasures, Noir and Neo-Noir,"
panel chair, Society for Cinema Studies, Ottawa, Canada,
May 1997.
"Queer Theory, Performance, and Materialism," College
English Association, Baltimore, April 1997.
"Class and Desire in the Film Criticism of Slavöj Zizek,"
Society for Cinema Studies, Dallas, March 1996. Also, panel
co-chair.
"Teaching Controversial Issues in the Composition
Classroom," Arizona State University Composition Program
public forum, March 1996.
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"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.
"Marxist Critical Theory," Arizona State University
Graduate Scholars in English Association lecture series,
December 1995.
"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.
"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.
"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.
"Class Politics and the New Queer Cinema," Society for
Cinema Studies, Manhattan, March 1995.
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"Radical Pedagogy Within the Late Capitalist Academy,"
Radical Philosophy Association, Drake University,
November 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.
"Queer Theory and the Politics of (Post)Identity," Histories,
Bodies, Identities, Binghampton University, April 1994.
"Teaching Against Racism," Conference on Racism and
Class, Syracuse University, April 1994.
"Queer Theory, Queer Politics: Toward a Marxist Critique,"
Marxism in the New World Order: Crises and Possibilities,
University of Massachusetts-Amherst, November 1992. Cowritten
and co-presented. Panel chair.
"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.
"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 copresented.
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"Towards a Postmodern Marxism?," Marxism Now:
Traditions and Differences, University of Massachusetts-
Amherst, November 1989. Co-written and co-presented.
Panel chair.
"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.
"Marxism and Utopia," Marxist Scholars Conference,
Louisville, KY, March 1989. Co-Written.
"Utopia, Ideology, and Socialism," Society for Utopian
Studies, Emerson College, September 1988. Co-written.
"Critical Reading and Writing as Ideology Critique,"
Rhetoric Society of America, Arlington, TX, May 1988. Cowritten
and co-presented. Forum co-chair.
"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.
"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.
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"Reimagining Socialism," conference for Graduate Research
in Marxist Studies, State University of New York College at
Buffalo, April 1988. Co-written and co-presented.
"Representations of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
in Novels of Northern Ireland," American Committee for
Irish Studies, University College Dublin, July 1987.
"A Symptomatic Reading of Bernard MacLaverty's Cal,"
Graduate student conference in Irish Studies, University of
Connecticut, March 1987.
"Literature and Politics in Northern Ireland: Representation,
Ideology, Critique," English Graduate Student Organization
lecture series in Literature, Theory, and Criticism, Syracuse
University, February 1987.
"Poetry and Politics in Northern Ireland: the Case of Derek
Mahon," American Committee for Irish Studies, Boston
College, May 1986.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS: COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley, WI, 1997- :
Ongoing Projects and Activities:
Disc-Jockey and Producer, Insurgence (Progressive
Music of Protest, Struggle, Resistance, Rebellion, Revolt,
and Transformation), Eau Claire, Wisconsin Community
Radio Station WHYS-FM, Summer 2005-The Present.
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Past Projects, Activities, and Achievements:
Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival: Founder and
Executive Director of Eau Claire Progressive Film Festival
and Series, Fall 2005-Spring 2012.
Great Lakes Progressive News and Dispatch. Co-Editor and
Co-Publisher (with Chris Chasteen) as well as Principal
Writer, April 2011-January 2012.
Board of Directors, Coordinator/Facilitator, September
2006-October 2009, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Community
Radio Station WHYS-FM.
Chippewa Valley Branch Chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union of Wisconsin: Board of Directors, 2001-
2009. Vice-President, 2005-2007.
Progressive Media Network: Co-Executive Director, Spring
2005-Fall 2009 and Film Executive, Spring 2006-Fall 2008.
Progressive Outpost, Editorial Board, Spring 2006-
Spring 2008.
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.
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The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community
Center of the Chippewa Valley, West Central Wisconsin:
Founding Member, Board of Directors, September 2000-
September 2002.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS: INSTITUTIONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI,
1997- :
Ongoing Projects and Activities:
English Department: Department Personnel Committee
Chair, 2011-2013; English Department Personnel
Committee, 2003-the Present. Literature Committee, 2012-
2013.
University Senate: English Department University Senate
Representative, 2009-2013. Academic Policies Committee,
2011-2014.
Progressive Student Association: Faculty Advisor, Spring
2003-Present.
Eau Claire Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice: Spring
2003-Present.
Social Justice Living-Learning Community Advisory
Committee: Fall 2010-Present.
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Awards and Achievements:
UWEC University Research, Scholarship, and Creative
Study Grant, Spring 2013: Five Credits Time-Release for
Work on Directory of World Cinema: Scotland.
UWEC Fifteen Years' Service Recognition Award, May
2012.
UWEC University Research, Scholarship, and Creative
Study Grant, Spring 2009: Five Credits Time-Release from
Teaching to Work Principally on Scholarly Projects in
Popular Music Studies.
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.
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. Student
Research Day Poster Presentation, April 2008. (One
Student).
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UWEC Ten Years' Service Recognition Award, May 2007.
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 2007, and English Fest Presentation, May
2007. (One Student).
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.
Office of University Research and Sponsored Programs:
Faculty Development Grant to Support Production of
UWEC Irish Film Festival, Spring 2003.
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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.
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.
Office of University Research: University Research and
Creative Activity Grant, Five Credits Time Release, Fall
2000, for work on "Queer Theory: a Marxist Critique."
Past Projects and Activities:
English Department:
Advisory Committee, 2000-2002 and 2009-2011.
American Literature with Ethnic Specialization
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Search and Screen
Committee, 1998-1999.
Chair, Media Resources Committee, 1998-2000.
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Chair, Theory and Criticism/Studies in Film, Video,
and Moving-Image Culture Tenure-Track Assistant
Professor Search and Screen Committee, 2001-2002.
Committee on Committees, 1998-2000.
Creative Non-Fiction Writing Tenure-Track Assistant
Professor Search and Screen Committee, 2011-2012.
Curriculum Committee, 2007-2009.
Executive Subcommittee, Department Personnel
Committee, 2003-2005.
Graduate Executive Committee, 1999-2002.
Literature Committee, 2004-2005.
Long-Range Planning Committee, 2003-2005 and
2007-2011.
2003.
Media Resources Committee, 1998-2000 and 2001-
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
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284), Introduction to Theory and Criticism; and
English 381/581: Topics in Film, Video, and Moving-
Image Culture (all in Fall 2001).
Schedules Committee, 2005-2006 and 2009-2011.
Theory and Criticism/Studies in Film, Video, and
Moving-Image Culture Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Search and Screen Committee, 2001-2002.
Theory, Film, and Cultural Studies Tenure-Track
Assistant Professor Search and Screen Committee, 2008-
2009.
Graduate Thesis Director: On Albert Camus' The Stranger
(One Student), Starting Spring 2012.
Independent Study, Irish Studies: Spring 2012 (One Student).
Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Independent and
Directed Study Courses as well as Service-Learning
Projects: 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); Eau Claire
Progressive Film Festival, 2009-2010 (Seven Students); Eau
Claire Progressive Film Festival, 2010-2011 (Six Students).
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International Film Committee, University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire: Member and Chair, Fall 2002-Spring 2008. Member,
Fall 2009-Spring 2011.
Directed Studies: Academic Apprentices Supervision and
Training, Introduction to Film, Introduction to Colleghe
Writing, and Introduction to Texts: Spring 2010, Spring
2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2013 (Eleven Students
Total).
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);
Japanese versus American Film and Reflections of Cultural
Differences (Fall 2011, One Student).
LGBTQ Certificate Planning Committee: Fall 2010-Spring
2011.
(Unofficial as well as Official) Directed Studies, Senior
Student Course Mentoring, Introduction to Composition,
Film, and Texts: Fall 1999-Fall 2010. (Thirty-Five Students
Total).
University Senate Faculty Personnel Committee, Fall 2009.
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ACLU-UWEC, Faculty Advisor, Fall 2007-Summer 2009.
Amnesty International (UWEC Chapter), Faculty Advisor,
Fall 2007-Summer 2009.
Graduate Thesis Director: "Playing with the Elements: An
Argument for Game Play Experience Based Video Game
Analysis," Written by Chris Chasteen (2006-2009).
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.
Undergraduate Directed Study Course: Queer Theory and
Culture, Spring 2006 (Three Students).
Graduate Thesis Director: "Rewriting the Cliché: Jeanette
Winterson's Love Story (Writing the Body: A Queer
Reading)," Written by Jasmine Krotzman (2005-2006).
Spectrum (formerly The LGBT-Straight Alliance and prior to
that GLOBE) : Faculty Advisor, Fall 1999-Spring 2006.
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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.
Graduate Independent Study Project: Critical and Creative
Investigations in Video Game Theory, Fall 2005 (One
Student).
Graduate Thesis Director: "Teaching Film Genres," Written
by Steve Sparks (2004-2005).
Ad Hoc Subcommitee of the University Faculty Tenure and
Promotion Review Committee. Spring 2005.
Graduate Directed Study Course: Teaching Film Noir/What
Film Noir Teaches, Fall 2003 (One Student).
UWEC Irish Film Festival: Director, Spring 2003.
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Combined Undergraduate and Graduate Directed Study
Course: UWEC Irish Film Festival, Spring 2003 (Twenty
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).
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.
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).
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;
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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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