Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, Fall 2020

(Image credit: ABC Arts / Stacy Gougoulis)

This term, I’m teaching three courses at New York University’s department of Media, Culture, and Communication. One course is “Methods in Media Studies,” part of the core curriculum for MCC majors. I’m also teaching two sections of a self-designed course called “Say It Loud: Radio and Podcasting From the Margins,” that draws on my professional and scholarly experience in media production, media history, and the changing shape of the audio storytelling industry in 2020. I’d be happy to share syllabi for any of these courses upon request!

Virginia Young Writer's Workshop (with Kelley Libby)

Audio storyteller / genius Kelley Libby and I were invited to present to the Virginia Young Writer’s Workshop in July 2019. We discussed audio storytelling as a specific art form, and introduced students age 14-18 to the unique affordances of this medium.

Research On Air: Reaching Public Audiences via Public Radio

I gave a workshop for the University of Michigan’s Rackham Program for Public Scholarship in May 2019 focused on scholarly communication and public media. Over a four-hour session, participants:

• Gained a better understanding of the media landscape, including podcasting, broadcast, and print sources.

• Understood how media decision-makers evaluate stories, and how scholars can pitch their research as relevant to those decision-makers.

• Considered how research about controversial topics, such as Palestinian, LGBTQ, or Black civil rights struggles, can impact the risks and rewards of public-facing scholarship.

• Role-played pitching, shaping, and producing research-based stories for local and national audiences.

Please feel free to reach out if you want to commission a similar workshop for your institution or community! I am passionate about connecting scholars and storytellers at all levels.

Courses Taught at University of Michigan

As Instructor of Record:

Winter 2018: Who Tells Your Story? Media, Race, Gender, and Power in 2018. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (English 140) *tweets about this course can be found using my hashtag #MediaIn2018*

Fall 2017: What Is Transgender Literature? University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (English / WMST 314)

Winter 2015: Literatures of Transformation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (English 124)

Fall 2014: Literatures of Transformation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (English 124)

Winter 2013: “Transgender Politics and Community Activism,” Community-Engaged Pedagogy Course, Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  (Residential College 340)
  
Fall 2013: The Trouble With Normal, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (English 125)
 

As Graduate Student Instructor: 

 
2014: Digital Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (Instructor of Record: Lisa Nakamura)

2013: Rhetorical Activism and United States Civil Rights Movements, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (Instructor of Record: Alisse Portnoy)

2012: Immigrant Novels Since 2001, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (Instructor of Record: Michael Byers)