Bio
Primary research and teaching interests include TV and Cinema Studies, Media Industries and Audiences, American Literature and Film, cultural studies, women's studies, and critical theories of race and ethnicity. Authored Television & New Media: Must-Click TV (Routldge 2010). Coedited four award-winning anthologies, Unsettling America, Growing Up Ethnic in America, and Identity Lessons (Penguin) and Italian American Writers on New Jersey (Rutgers). Wrote several articles on film spectatorship theory, consumer culture, ethnicity, and American literature in journals, including American Literature, Cinema Journal, American Drama, Mosaic, African American Review, North Dakota Quarterly, and Arizona Quarterly. Coauthored media and gender studies law reviews for Columbia Journal of Gender and the Law and Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy. Currently, analyzing the television industry in relation to citizenship, web and fan address, and production cultures. Completing a second Television Studies book, with related articles appearing in anthologies, including Understanding Reality TV (Routledge, 2004), The Great American Makeover: Television, History, Nation (Palgrave 2006), Realties Remodeled: Reading Contemporary Television (I.B. Tauris, 2007), Critical Approaches to Mad Men (McFarland 2011),Teen Television: Essays on Programming & Fandom (McFarland 2008), and Grace Under Pressure: Greys Anatomy Uncovered (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008).
Professional Memberships
ASA, American Studies Association PresentMELUS, Society/Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of US PresentMLA, Modern Language Association PresentPhi Beta Kappa Society PresentSCMS, The Society for Cinema and Media Studies PresentInternational Society for the Study of Narrative 2018 - PresentNational Association of TV Production Executives-- Faculty 2018 - PresentAwards and Honors
2019, NATPE Faculty Fellowship 2018-19, National Association of Television Production Executives2018, NATPE Faculty Fellow 2018-2019, National Association of Television Production Executives2016, International Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Warwick2015, Recommended Title, Television Brandcasting, Choice2015, Outsanding Scholarly Achievement, Bentley University2011, Excellence in Scholarship Award, Bentley University 2010, Faculty Seminar Fellow, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation2009, Faculty Fellow for 2008-9, Valente Center for the Arts and Sciences2009, Bentley Publication Awards, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, Bentley University2009, Faculty Fellow, Disney Impact Summit , Walt Disney Company2004, New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Award for Italian American Writers on New Jersey2003, Commendation/Subvention, National Italian American Heritage Inst. for Italian American Writers on NJ (Rutgers 2003)2000, New York Public Library's Year 2000 Books, Awarded to Identity Lessons1999, American Library Association, Outstanding Book Selection, awarded to Unsettling America1999, Booklist, 1999 Outstanding Books Award for Growing Up Ethnic in America1997, Rauch Grant, for Creation of American Frontier Fictions Course with visual componentPublications
Journal Articles
Gillan, J. (2016). Textural Poaching Twin Peaks: The Audrey Horne Sweater Girl GIFs. Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, (2) 2 9-24. Gillan, J. L. (2010). Double Heart. Paterson Literary Review, (38) Gillan, J. L., Ponte, L. (2007). Gender Performance Over Job Performance: Body Art Work Rules and the Continuing Subordination of the Feminine. Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy. Ponte, L., Gillan, J. L. (2005). From Our Family to Yours: Rethinking the 'Beneficial Family' and Marriage-centric Corporate Benefit Programs. Columbia Journal of Gender and the Law, A Columbia Law Review. 1-85. Gillan, J. L. (2005). Exit Strategy. Louisiana Literature, (22) 2Gillan, J. L. (2002). Focusing on the Wrong Front: Historical Displacement, the Maginot Line, and The Bluest Eye. African American Review, (36) 2Gillan, J. L. (2002). Plotting Political Personhood: Literary Self-making and Contract-breaking. MOSAIC, (35) 3Gillan, J. L. (2001). 'No one knows you're black!' Schepisi's Six Degrees of Separation and the Buddy Formula. Cinema Journal, (40) 3Gillan, J. L. (2000). Restoring the Flow: Comic Circulation in Gerald Vizenor's Fiction. North Dakota Quarterly, (64) 3-4Gillan, J. L. (2000). Staging a Staged Crisis in Masculinity: Race and Manhood in Guare's Six Degrees of Separation. American Drama, (9) 2Rossiter, C., Mazziotti Gillan, M., Gillan, J. L. (1999). A Guide to Contemporary Multicultural North American Poetry for Poetry Therapy. Journal of Poetry Therapy, (13) 2Gillan, J. L. (1998). The Hazards of Osage Fortunes: Gender and the Rhetoric of Compensation in Federal Policy and American Indian Fiction. Arizona Quarterly, (54) 3Gillan, J. L. (1996). Reservation Home-Movies: Sherman Alexie's Poetry. American Literature, (68) 1
Books
Gillan, J. L. (2015). Television Brandcasting. 276. New York, NY: RoutledgeGillan, J. L. (2010). Television and New Media: Must-Click TV. 310. New York and London: RoutledgeGillan, J. L., Mazziotti Gillan, M., Giunta, E. (2003). Italian American Writers on New Jersey. 300. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University PressGillan, J. L., Mazziotti Gillan, M. (1999). Growing Up Ethnic in America. 400. New York: Penguin BooksGillan, J. L., Mazziotti Gillan, M. (1999). Identity Lessons: Contemporary Writing About Learning To Be An American. 400. New York: Penguin BooksGillan, J. L., Mazziotti Gillan, M. (1994). Unsettling America: A Multicultural Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry. 406. New York: Viking Penguin BooksGillan, J. L. (). Disney+ Reassembled: Lessons Learned from Netflix, Marvel, and Pixar Branding. New York, NY: Routledge Forthcoming.
Book Chapters
Gillan, J. L. (2019). TV Brand-casting, SVOD, and OTT at Comcast and Disney In James Fleury, Stephen Mamber, and Bryan Hartzheim, (Eds.) Franchise Era: Managing Media in the Digital Economy . 181-208. 10,000 words. New York and Edinburgh: Oxford University Press/ Edinburgh (Link)Gillan, J. L. (2013). Focusing on the Wrong Front: Historical Displacement, the Maginot Line, and The Bluest Eye In , (Eds.) Contemporary Literary Criticism. Forthcoming.Gillan, J. L. (2011). Reservation Home Movies: Sherman Alexie's Poetry In Leon Lewis, (Eds.) Critical Insights: Sherman Alexie. Salem Press/EBSCOGillan, J. L. (2011). Kodak, Jack, and Coke: Advertising and Mad-vertising on Mad Men In Stoddart, Scott, (Eds.) Analyzing Mad Men:Critical Essays on the Television Series. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarlandGillan, J. L. (2010). Navigating North Jersey by CPS (Class Positioning System) In M. L. Liebler, (Eds.) Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams. 455-461. Mineeapolis, MN: Coffee House PressGillan, J. L. (2008). Fashion Sleuths & Aerie Girls: Veronica Mars' Fan Forums and Network Strategies of Fan Address In Ross, Sharon and Stein, Louisa(eds), (Eds.) Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom. 185-206. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarlandGillan, J. L. (2008). Focusing in the Wrong Front: Historical Displacement, the Maginot Line, and The Bluest Eye In Harold Bloom, (Eds.) Contemporary Literary Criticism. Reference Library Collection & Online: Gale GroupGillan, J. L. (2008). On the Job 24/7: The Writers' Blogs and Message Boards @abc.com In Robson, Hillary and Burkhead, Cynthia, (Eds.) Grace Under Pressure: Grey's Anatomy Uncovered. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge Scholars PublishingGillan, J. L. (2007). Dressing Down: The Chaotic Camcorder Makeover of a Pop Star and a Popular Genre In , (Eds.) Makeover Television: Realities Remodeled. 79-94. London: I.B. TaurisGillan, J. L. (2007). Focusing on the Wrong Front: Historical Displacement, the Maginot Line, and The Bluest Eye In Bloom, Harold, (Eds.) Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye. New York: Chelsea House PressGillan, J. L. (2007). Spotlight: Two Daughters, One Voice In Dougherty, Sean Thomas, (Eds.) Italian American Writers Series. Toronto: GuernicaGillan, J. L. (2006). Extreme Makeover: Homeland Security Edition In Heller, Dana, (Eds.) The Great American Makeover: Television, History, Nation. 193-209. New York: Palgrave MacmillanGillan, J. L. (2004). From Ozzie Nelson to Ozzy Osbourne: The Genesis and Development of the Reality (Star) Sitcom In Holmes, Su and Jermyn, Deborah, (Eds.) Understanding Reality Television. 54-70. London: RoutledgeGillan, J. L. (2003). Third Generation Hawthorne: A Memoir In Gillan, Jennifer, Gillan, Maria Mazziotti, Giunta, Edvige, (Eds.) Italian American Writers on New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University PressGillan, J. L. (2002). Sherman Alexie's Poetry: Reservation Home-Movies In , (Eds.) . New York: Gale GroupGillan, J. L. (2002). Staging a Staged Crisis in Masculinity: Race and Manhood in Guare's Six Degrees of Separation In , (Eds.) The Best of American Drama. Cincinnati: Gillan, J. L. (1999). Introduction: Growing Up Ethnic in America In Gillan, Jennifer, Mazziotti Gillan, Maria , (Eds.) Growing Up Ethnic in America. New York: PenguinGillan, J. L. (1999). Introduction: Identity Lessons In Gillan, Jennifer, Mazziotti Gillan, Maria , (Eds.) Identity Lessons. New York: PenguinGillan, J. L. (1996). Relocating Home and Identity in Audre Lorde's Zami: A New Spelling of My Name In Wiley, Catherine, Barnes, Fiona, (Eds.) Home-making: The Poetics and Politics of Home. New York: Garland
Book Reviews
Gillan, J. (2015). [Review of the book Review of Savage Preservation: The Ethnographic Origins of Modern Media Technologies ]. MELUS, (40) 3Gillan, J. L. (2013). [Review of the book Review Essay on Transmedia Television ]. Cinema Journal, (52) 4Gillan, J. L. (2001). [Review of the book Review Essay on Night Bloom: A Memoir ]. MELUS: Journal of the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States, (26) 2
Conference Papers
Gillan, J. L. (2010). The State of U.S. Network TelevisionUniversity of Texas, Austin's Dept. of Radio and Television, FLOW-TV Conference.
Presentations
Gillan, J. L. (2023). “Set Design as Involuntary Memory Cue: Pushing Daisies, WandaVision, and 1970s Sitcoms” Presented at the University of Brighton and University of Westminster (UK) Designs on Television: Production Design and Television Aesthetics University of Brighton (UK) Gillan, J. L. (2023). “Television Cities of New York Since the 1970s: Tourists, Title Designs, and Locations” Presented at the Kings College London Locating Media Industries: Cities, Spaces, Places London (UK) Gillan, J. L. (2023). “Embrace the Pandemic: Gendered Extras Work at Pixar for Disney+” Presented at the SCMS Society for Cinema and Media Studies Denver Gillan, J. L. (2022). “Affective Materiality in Pandemic Production for Pixar and Marvel” Presented at the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aoteaora New Zealand (SSAAANZ) The Materials of Screen Media Massey University, New Zealand, Virtual Conference Gillan, J. L. (2022). “Embrace the Pandemic: DEI at Pixar” Presented at the Bentley Bentley Research Council Poster Session Waltham MA Gillan, J. L. (2022). “Metonymic Movement and Affective Sets: Female Blocking in GIFs from MTM to Shondaland to WandaVision” Presented at the Screen Studies Association Screen Studies Annual Conference Glasgow, Scotland, Virtual Conference Gillan, J. L. (2021). “National Broadcasting Meets Parent Company Circulation and Streaming Content Libraries” Presented at the University of Bologna Media Mutations 12: Broadcasting Reloaded Bologna Italy/ Zoom Gillan, J. L. (2021). “Stride/ Strides: Televising Women’s Movement(s) from Mary Tyler Moore & Ms. Romano to Jane Fonda & Viola Davis” Presented at the SCMS Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Meeting Zoom Gillan, J. L. (2020). “Hollywood Industry Labor ” Presented at the Alumni Events Organizing Committee Falcon Weekend Bentley-Virtual Gillan, J. L. (2020). “National Broadcasting Meets Parent Company Circulation and Streaming Content Libraries” Presented at the University of Bologna Media Mutations 12: Broadcasting Reloaded Bologna, Italy Gillan, J. L. (2020). “Stride/Strides: Televising Women’s Movement(s) from Mary Tyler Moore and Ms. Romano to Jane Fonda and Viola Davis ” Presented at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2020 Society for Cinema and Media Studies ConferenceGillan, J. L. (2019). “Westworld & Fargo: Cable TV Re-Presents the Sioux Point of View” Presented at the LIT/Film Association Reboot, Repurpose, Recycle: LIT/Film Annual Conference Portland, Oregon Gillan, J. L. (2019). “Television’s Textural Poaching: Image Mining and Aggregating Affect” Presented at the English & Media Studies Department Inaugural Barbara Paul-Emile Lecture Bentley University Gillan, J. L. (2019). “Wakanda (Content) Forever! Television and Franchising at Disney-ABC, Comcast-NBCUniversal, and Netflix” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Seattle, WA Gillan, J. L. (2018). “Cura-tainment and the Contradictions of Decontextualized Contextualization” Presented at the University of Bologna Media Mutations Bologna, Italy Gillan, J. L. (2018). “My So-Called Voice: Direct Address and Indirect Critiques ” Presented at the McGill University International Conference on Narrative Montreal, Canada Gillan, J. L. (2018). “Gendered & Generational Work: Lead Writer, Actor, and Brandcaster in Neoliberal Hollywood ” Presented at the SCMS Society for Cinema and Media Studies Toronto, Canada Gillan, J. L. (2017). “Has Fandom Ever Really 'Gone Mainstream': Revisiting the Fan Viewer Binary ” Presented at the University of Huddersfield Fan Studies Network Conference Huddersfield, UK Gillan, J. L. (2017). “Blu-ray Extras as Production Memoir” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Chicago, IL Gillan, J. L. (2016). “Working on Prestige TV: Cable Television's Postracial and Postfeminist Brandcasters” Presented at the East Carolina University Console-ing Passions: An International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media, & Feminism Greenville, NC Gillan, J. L. (2016). “Misremembering TV: Paratextural Recall from DVD to GIFs” Presented at the University of Warwick, Institute for Advanced Study Paratextual Media and Memory Centre for Television, History, and Memory Research, Warwick, UK Gillan, J. L. (2016). “Must-Click TV Today” Presented at the Univeristy of Warwick International Fellow Public Lecture Coventry, UK Gillan, J. L. (2016). “Television Brandcasting” Presented at the University of Warwick International Fellow Public Lecture Warwick, UK Gillan, J. L. (2016). “Disney and American Culture” Presented at the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society Biennial Convention Orlando, FL Gillan, J. L. (2015). “From Sony to Shout! Factory: Distributing Classic TV on DVD ” Presented at the University of Worcester (UK) Home Media Renaissance: Distributors, Discs, & Disciples Worcester, UK Gillan, J. L. (2015). “Creative Differences: Set Design, Creative Control, & Exhibition in David Lynch and Bryan Fuller ” Presented at the University of Salford (UK) The State of Serial TV Conference: TwinPeaks @25 BBC's Media City, UK. Gillan, J. L. (2014). “Multitasking Paratexts: The Emergence of New Industry Sectors & Hybrid Forms” Presented at theSociety for Cinema & Media Studies Seattle, WA Gillan, J. L. (2013). “Sustainable Television” Presented at the Free University, Berlin Collaborative Research Centre Berlin, Germany Gillan, J. L. (2013). “Following Television” Presented at the University of Regensburg and Utrecht University Das Ist Fersehen! This Is Television! Regensburg, Germany Gillan, J. L. (2013). “Short-form and Short-term Brandcasting: 1950s and Now” Presented at the University of Bologna Media Mutations; Ephemeral Media Bologna, Italy Gillan, J. L. (2013). “Must-Click TV” Presented at the Collaborative Research Centre, Free University, Berlin Seminar Berlin, Germany Gillan, J. L. (2012). “Television's Friend Economy: The Value of Social Interactivity at Disney-ABC Television” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Boston, MA Gillan, J. L. (2011). “"Sync in Progress: Disney/ABC Transmedia Marketing and Audience Address""” Presented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MiT7: Media in Transition 7: Unstable Platforms Cambridge, Ma Gillan, J. L. (2011). “Protect This Mouse! Company Voice Advertising on Disney and NBC” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies New Orleans Gillan, J. L. (2010). “The State of U.S. Network Television” Presented at the University of Texas, Austin's Dept. of Radio and Television FLOW-TV Conference Austin, Texas Gillan, J. L. (2010). “The Global Circulation of U.S. Television: Flow Meets Global Flows” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Los Angeles, CA Gillan, J. L. (2009). “Representing NBC's Television City: Media Conglomeration Meets Art Deco New York” Presented at theEuropean Television Studies Television Cities University College, Dublin, Ireland Gillan, J. L. (2008). “Flow 2.0 Roundtable Panelist” Presented at theFlow 2.0 Austin, TX Gillan, J. L. (2008). “The TV Franchise in the Website Windows: The Architecture of Network TV Programming in the Media Conglomerate Era” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Philadelphia, PA Gillan, J. L. (2008). “Must-Click TV: New Media Practices, Metrics, and Intermedial Strategies of US Networks” Presented at theTelevision Without Borders: Global TV Conference Reading, UK Gillan, J. L. (2007). “Hybrid TV: Overflow from Netlets to Networks” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Chicago Gillan, J. L., Miller, T., Spigel, L., Becker, R. (2006). “"The Great American Makeover" Panel” Presented at theAmerican Studies Association Oakland, CA Gillan, J. L., Ponte, L. (2006). “Gender Performance Over Job Performance?” Presented at theDuke University Law School, Makeup Identity Performance and Discrimmination Symposium Duke University Law School Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (2006). “Featured Reader and Presenter--Creative Non-Fiction Writer and Anthology Editor” Gillan, J. L. (2006). “Support Our Troops, Docusoap Style” Presented at theFilm & History League Conference Dallas, TX Gillan, J. L. (2006). “National Trauma and Recovery in Extreme Makeover Home Edition” Presented at theLiterature & Film Conference Tallahassee, FL Gillan, J. L. (2006). “Still Living in Sitcom Nation? Literary & Cultural Representations of Television Flow” Presented at theMELUS: Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Boca Raton, FL Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (2003). “Interview on WPAT-New York (on all 3 anthologies: Growing Up Ethnic in America, Identity Lessons, and Unsettling America)” Gillan, J. L. (2003). “From Ozzie to Ozzy: The Development of the Reality (Star) Sitcom” Presented at theSociety for Cinema and Media Studies Minneapolis Gillan, J. L. (2003). “The Filipino Rita Hayworth: Imported and Indigenous Homeplaces” Presented at theThe Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the US Boca Raton, Florida Gillan, J. L. (2002). “The Sopranos in Pleasantville: Responses to TVLand's Nostalgic Family Marathons” Presented at theSociety for Cinema Studies Annual Conference Denver Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (2002). “Keynote Address: Exploring Ethnic Diversity Through Literature” Presented at theUniversity of Pittsburgh/ Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center Conference University of Pittsburgh Gillan, J. L. (2001). “Reading & Resistance in American Literature (Teaching Multi Ethnic Literatures Panel)” Presented at theModern Language Association New Orleans Gillan, J. L. (2001). “Do the Andersons Know Best? Are the Hollisters So Happy? The Ideal Family and the Ethnic American Reader” Presented at theNortheast Popular Culture Association New Haven Gillan, J. L. (2001). “All That The Man in The Gray Flannel Suit Allows: Spectatorship and the Unsuitable American in 50s Film” Presented at theSociety for Cinema Studies Annual Conference Washington DC Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (2000). “Featured Guest, Jersey's Talkin' with host Lee Leonard on TV-12, New Jersey. An interview about Growing Up Ethnic in America and Identity Lessons” Gillan, J. L. (2000). “Identity as Desire (Casa Italiana Writer's Rountable, Maria Laurino's Were You Always an Italian)” Gillan, J. L. (2000). “White City, Cultural Mask: Monolithic Fairs and Multifaceted Identification in Maso's Ghost Dance” Presented at theThe Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States New Orleans Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (2000). “Voice of America radio interview about Growing Up Ethnic in America and Identity Lessons” Gillan, J. L. (1999). “Broad Shouldered Blueprints for Cooperative Cities: Wright's and Gilman's Utopias” Presented at theA Millennium of Utopias Conference University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (1999). “Identity Lessons: Reinventing the Multicultural Anthology (Invited Author Presentation)” Presented at theNCTE, National Council of Teachers of English Denver Gillan, J. L. (1999). “If we forgive our fathers what is left? Traumas of Citizenship and Spectatorship in Alexie and Morrison” Presented at theSociety for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States Nashville Gillan, J. L. (1997). “Border Perceptions: Reading U.S. Intervention in Roosevelt and Hagedorn” Presented at theSociety for the Interdisciplinary Study of the Social Imagery University of Southern Colorado Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (1994). “Discussion on Inside New Jersey, PBS, about Unsettling America and American Culture” Gillan, J. L., Gillan, M. M. (1994). “Interview on State of the Arts, PBS-13, about Unsettling America and Contemporary American Poetry” Service
Department Service
Eval Committee Primary Evaluator and Class Visitor, Tenure-Track Faculty Member 2023 - PresentP&T Chair and Promotion Case Manager 2023 - PresentMentor (Faculty) for Mentor for Tenure-Track Faculty Member 2022 - PresentPrimary Advisor and Class Visitor, Second Tenure-Track Faculty Member 2022 - PresentPrincipal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Primary Advisor and Class Visitor, Tenure-Tack Faculty Member 2022 - PresentCoordinator of Class Visits for EMS 2022 - PresentCreative Industries Major Coordinator 2014 - PresentCommittee Chair for Evaluation Committee, English & Media Studies 2022 - 2022Course Coordinator for EMS Majors Open House 2022 - 2022Other for EMS Peer Evaluation 2022 - 2022Committee Chair for P&T Committee English & Media Studies 2021 - 2022Primary Mentor, 2nd Tenure-Track Faculty Member/Tenure Case 2021 - 2022Primary Mentor, Tenure-Track Faculty Member/Tenure Case 2021 - 2022Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Primary Advisor and Class Visitor, Tenure-Track Faculty for Peer Evaluation Committee - 2021Committee Member for Curriculum Committee + Course Renumbering Taskforce - 2021Committee Chair for Peer Evaluation Committee Chair 2021 - 2021Coordinator of Class Visits and Evaluation Schedule for Tenure-Track and Lecturers 2013 - 2021Class Visitor and Advisor Fall 2021 (Tenure-Track) for Class Visitor, Tenure-Track Faculty for Peer Evaluation Committee 2021 - 2021Committee Member for African American Cultural Studies Hiring Committee 2021 - 2021Promotion Committee Chair for Promotion Committee Chair 2021 - 2021Other for Primary Advisor Class visitor, Lecturer, Peer Evaluation Committee 2021 - 2021Class Visitor for Class Visitor, lecturer, for Peer Evaluation Committee - 2021Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Peer Evaluation Committee-Second Principal Advisor 2020 - 2020Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Peer Evaluation Committee Principal Advisor 2020 - 2020Mentor (Faculty) for Peer Evaluation Committee-Second Principal Advisor 2020 - 2020Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Primary Advisor, Tenure-Track faculty, Peer Evaluation Committee 2020 - 2020Committee Member for Curriculum Committee 2017 - 2020Committee Chair for Coordinator of EMS Peer Evaluation Assignments and Class Visits 2017 - 2020Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Peer Evaluation Committee Mentor 2019 - 2020Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Peer Evaluation Committee 2019 - 2019Committee Chair for Assurance of Learning , CR major Fall 2019 - 2019Major Coordinator for Creative Industries Major Coordinator 2017 - 2019Principal Advisor to Promotion Candidate for Manager for 2019 EMS Promotion Applicant 2019 - 2019Manager of External Letters Portion of EMS Tenure Candidate's Application 2019 - 2019Annual Evauluator/Mentor for faculty member preparing for tenure application 2019 2018 - 2019Committee Chair for Assurance of Learning Committee CR Major Spring 2019 - 2019Mentor (Faculty) for Primary Evaluator Tenure Track Faculty Member 2018 - 2018Mentor (Faculty) for English & Media Studies Peer Evaluator 2018 - 2018Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for Primary Evaluator Tenure Track Faculty Member 2018 - 2018Department Coordinator for a Major for EMS Coordinator for Creative Industries (CR) Major 2017 - 2018English & Media Studies Curriculum / ALI Assessment Committee 2017 - 2018Tenured Faculty Peer Evaluator, Special Projects 2018 - 2018Committee Chair for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2017 - 2018Faculty Attendee for English & Media Studies Department Retreat - 2017Committee Member for MC Committee 2014 - 2016Coordinator of Lecturers Evaluation Procedures for EMS Peer Evalution Committee, Coordinator for Class Visits-Lecturers 2014 - 2016Course Coordinator for English & Media Studies Coordinator for Creative Industries (CR) major 2014 - 2016Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2015 - 2016Only member for EMS Coordinator, EQUIS Material Collection 2015 - 2016Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Eval Committee 2015 - 2015Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Eval Committee 2015 - 2015Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2015 - 2015Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2015 - 2015Committee Member for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2001 - 2015EMS Peer Eval Committee, Class Visitor (1 Tenure Track Faculty) 2015 - 2015Class Visitor for Lecturer for EMS Peer Eval Committee, Lecturer Class Visitor 2015 - 2015only member for EMS CR Major Oversight 2015 - 2015Other for EMS, ALI Review Coordinator, MC Major 2014 - 2015Committee Member for EMS Grants Subcommitee 2014 - 2015Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evaluation Commitee Class Visitor/ 2014 - 2014Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Eval Committee 2014 - 2014Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evalution Committee Class Visitor/ 2014 - 2014Tenure and Promotion Letter Drafting for EMS Peer Review Committee- Tenure & Promotion Cases 2014 - 2014Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee-Class Visitor 2014 - 2014Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peeer Review Class Visitor/ - 2014Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for EMS Peer Evalution Commitee, Principal Advisor 2013 - 2014Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee-Class Visitor 2013 - 2013Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2013 - 2013Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for EMS Principal Evaluator for Tenure-Track Faculty Member 2013 - 2013Committee Chair for EMS, ALI Review Coordinator, MC Major 2013 - 2013Committee Member for Media and Culture Committee, Member 2012 - 2013Committee Member for EMS Peer Evaluation Comittee 2012 - 2013Department Major Representative for Open House 2013 - 2013Mentor (Faculty) for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee-Class Visitor 2013 - 2013Class Visitor, Tenure Track faculty member for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee - 2013EMS Principal Evaluator for Tenure-Track Faculty Member 2012 - 2012Committee Chair for EMS ALI Review Coordination (with W. Davi) 2010 - 2012EMS Open House, Representative 2012 - 2012Bentley Open House, MC Major Representative 2012 - 2012Recommendation Letter, Sabbatical Application for EMS Department, Peer Evaluator 2012 - 2012Committee Chair for Media & Culture Major Committee Chair 2006 - 2012EMS Open House, Media Labs 2012 - 2012Principal Advisor to Tenure-Track Faculty for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2011 - 2011Committee Chair for Search Committee (with W. Davi) 2010 - 2011Committee Member for EMS Peer Evaluation Committee 2002 - 2011Committee Chair for EQUIS Review Co-coordinator (with W. Davi) 2010 - 2011University Service
Department Representative, Student-Focused Activity for Academic Exploration Day, Undergraduate Academic Programs Fair 2022 - 2022Committee Member for Undergraduate Curriculum Reform, Communication Sequence Design Team 2021 - 2021Student Focused Activity for Majors and Minors Fair 2020 - 2020Special Institutional Assignment for Task Force 4.0 Focus Group 2020 - 2020Committee Member for Board of Trustees Student Affairs Committee 2019 - 2020University Senate for Bentley University Faculty Senate 2018 - 2020Senator assigned to this committee for Board of Trustees Facilities 2018 - 2019EMS Representative; CR Major Coordinator for Majors and Minors Fair, Office of Academic Services 2018 - 2018Faulty Participant for Arts & Sciences Retreat - 2017Special Institutional Assignment for EMS/CR Faculty Representative at EQUIS Team Visit Meeting 2016 - 2016EMS/CR/ MC Representative at Open House for Accepted Students 2016 - 2016Co-chairs and only 2 members for Research Council Subcommittee: Center for Women & Business 2015 - 2016Committee Member for Research Council 2014 - 2016Other for Representative CR Major at EMS Table, Open House for Accepted Students 2015 - 2015co-coordinator with Wiley Davi on the EMS department major assessment for the assurance of learning initiative for Assurance of Learning Initiative - 2014Other for Majors and Minors Fair, CR Representative - 2014Fall Open House, CR Major representative 2014 - 2014One of the EMS representatives, Spring & Fall for Open House - 2013co-coordinator with Wiley Davi on the MC major part of EQUIS review report for EQUIS 2010 - 2011Professional Service
Television and New Media 2023 - PresentReviewer, Book for University of Mississippi Press 2020 - PresentReviewer, Journal Article for International Journal of Communication (USC Annenberg) 2018 - PresentReviewer, Journal Article for Journal of Popular Television 2013 - PresentReviewer, Book for Routledge Press 2012 - PresentReviewer, Book for University of Texas Press 2022 - 2022Reviewer, Book for Routledge 2022 - 2022Dissertation: Outside Reader for Konstanz University 2014 - 2018Aesthetic Experience & the Dissolution of Artistic Limits Seminar for Graduate Seminar, Free University of Berlin 2013 - 2013Reviewer, Grant Proposal for National Endowment for the Humanities - 2013Reviewer, Grant Proposal for Five Colleges Women's Studies Research Center 2013 - 2013manuscript reviewer for Routledge Press 2011 - 2011
