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university of southern california
delivered lectures on Entertainment and Social Activism to classes on Social Change and Advocacy through Entertainment Culture and the Media and Foundations for the Study of Entertainment, Communication and Society, Annenberg School for Communication, 2007/8
delivered lectures on the Grand Intervention project to classes on Urban Design (School of Policy, Planning & Development), Communication Management (Annenberg School for Communication), and Architecture and Landscape Architecture (Cal Poly Pomona), 2005/6
delivered a lecture on Covering Entertainment in the Digital Age, Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication, 2005
developed a course syllabus on Cultural Diplomacy for the Masters in Public Diplomacy program, Annenberg School for Communication, 2004
delivered a lecture on "Cultural Imperialism and the Globalization of Entertainment," Annenberg School for Communication, 2004
delivered a talk on “Trends in Entertainment Television” to the U.S. Department of State TV Broadcasting International Visitor Program, 2003
taught a class on “The Media and Hollywood: How Entertainment Frames Public Policy Issues” in the USC-Harvard Media and American Democracy workshop, 2002
delivered a lecture on “Entertainment, Technology and Globalization,” Annenberg School for Communication, 2001
university of california santa barbara (1991-1996)
Introduction to Literary Studies (Instructor)
Sex / Power / Popular Culture (Instructor)
Introduction to Academic Writing: Reading and Writing about Popular Culture (Instructor and contributor to Common Culture: Reading and Writing about American Popular Culture)
Shakespeare (Instructor)
Using the Web as a Resarch Tool in the Humanities (Lab Instructor)
Twentieth-Century American Literature (Teaching Assistant)
Introduction to Literary Studies (Teaching Assistant)
Science Fiction (Teaching Assistant)
Women's Issues in the Humanities (Teaching Assistant)
Senior Seminar on Gertrude Stein (Graduate Student Mentor)
university of oregon (1989-1991)
Introduction to Writing (Graduate Teaching Fellow -- full responsibility for course)
Introduction to Research Writing (Graduate Teaching Fellow -- full responsibility for course)
African-American Drama (Teaching Assistant)
Survey of American Literature (Teaching Assistant)
Twentieth-Century Literature (Graded all papers)
Shakespeare (Graded all papers)