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Powell
Michelle Powell
705 S. Clifton Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47401
704.763.4144
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Ph.D., Educational Studies with a Concentration in Cultural Studies, May 2014
Dissertation: Deconstructing Liberated Subjects
Advisor: Dr. Leila Villaverde
Committee: Dr. Danielle Bouchard, Dr. Glenn Hudak, Dr. H. Svi Shapiro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, December 2012
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
M.A.T., Music, 2002
Teaching Certification, Music K-12
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
B.A., Music, 2001
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Fall 2015-Current: Lecturer. Women’s and Gender Studies Program, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
Fall 2013-Spring 2015: Temporary Visiting Faculty. Department of Gender Studies, Indiana
University. Bloomington, IN.
Fall 2010-Spring 2013: Instructor. Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural
Foundations, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
Spring 2013: Instructor. Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro, NC.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Feminist Theory and Methods
§ Poststructural theory, deconstruction
§ Continental philosophy and political theory
§ Postcolonial feminisms
Queer Theory
§ transgender studies
§ queer subjectivities
§ queer youth
Cultural Studies and Visual Culture
§ LGBTQ cinemas
§ politics of representation
§ gender and advertising
SCHOLARSHIP
Articles in Refereed Journals
§ Powell, Michelle. “Radical Love in a Postfeminist Age: Reading the Pedagogy of Dove’s ‘Campaign for Real Beauty.’” International Journal of Critical Pedagogy 6, no. 1 (2015): 83-98.
§ Powell, Michelle. 2009. “Freud, Buddha, and Butler: Towards an Exploration of the Psychic Life of Democracy.” Democracy and Schooling: South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society (2009): 89-95.
Works in Progress
§ Powell, Michelle. “Speech and the Economy of Vulnerability: A Reading of The Miracle Worker.” article in preparation.
§ Powell, Michelle. “Archiving the Anti-Subject: The Political Economy of Narrative in Liberatory Archiving Projects.” article in preparation.
§ Powell, Michelle. “The Power of Silence: A Postcolonial and Queer Critique of Dialogic Education and the Cult of the Verbal.” article in preparation.
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
Refereed Conference Papers
§ Powell, Michelle. Speaking Precarity: The Violence of the Name. National Women’s Studies Association Conference. Milwaukee, WI. November 2015 (paper accepted).
§ Powell, Michelle. Re-reading the School Shooter: A Deleuzian Interpretation of Surveillance in Schools. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. April, 2015.
§ Powell, Michelle. “Liberatory Pedagogy and the Cult of the Verbal.” Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference. Dayton, OH. September, 2014.
n Powell, Michelle. “Thinking Trans Politics Through Speech and Silence.” National
Women’s Studies Annual Conference. Cincinnati, OH. November, 2013.
§ Powell, Michelle. “Deconstructing ‘Liberated’ Subjects: Quiet Students and Trans Students in Film.” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. November 2012.
§ Powell, Michelle, and Edwards, Kathleen. “Institutional Bullying and the Exquisite Corpse: Exploring How Educational Apparatuses Order Bodies.” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference. Seattle, WA. November 2012
§ Powell, Michelle. “Transgender Subjectivity in Schools: Rights Discourse and Resistance.” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO. November 2011
§ Powell, Michelle. “Listening Across Difference, a Butlerian Approach: The Case of Transgender Bodies.” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference. Denver, CO. October 2010.
§ Powell, Michelle. “A Love That’s Skin Deep: Freire, Feminist Pedagogy, and a Critical Analysis of Media.” South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting Greensboro, NC. October 2010.
§ Powell, Michelle. “Who Am I?: Psychoanalytic, Buddhist and Queer Selves and the Psychic Life of Democracy.” South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting. Chapel Hill, NC. September, 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate Courses
§ GNDR 302: Gender, Sexuality, and Schools
o Fall 2014
§ GNDR 205: Themes in Gender Studies—Contemporary Trans* Politics
o Spring 2014, Spring 2015
§ GNDR 205: Themes in Gender Studies—Queering Liberation
o Fall 2013
§ ELC 381: The Institution of Education
o Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
§ WGS 270: Sexuality and Culture
o Spring 2013
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant, Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations, Fall 2010-Spring 2013
§ wrote syllabi, built courses
§ organized departmental activities
§ acted as contact person for certificate program students
Graduate Assistant, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Spring 2009
§ assisted director with research
§ helped organize departmental functions and activities
§ acted as contact person for certificate program students
PROFESSIONAL AND OTHER SERVICE
Invited Guest Speaker. Barriers to Reproductive Healthcare for Trans People. Feminist Student Association. Indiana University. April 2015.
Organizer and Moderator of Panel of Undergraduates for Conference Presentation. “Queer Youth Activism and the Internet.” Queer Studies Conference. Asheville, NC. April, 2015.
Volunteer. YouthSafe (GLAAD organization for LGBTQ identifying students and allies). Greensboro, NC. 2012-2013.
Consultant and Contributor. Keepin’ it Queer (KiQ). (Web video series on issues of gender and sexuality). 2013.
Session Chair. “Embodiment and Rules of Engagement: Queering Student/Teacher Encounters.” Seattle, WA. November 2012.
Session Organizer and Chair. “Marginalized Bodies in the Classroom: An Interdisciplinary Exploration.” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference. Denver, CO. October 2010
HONORS AND AWARDS
Sally & Alan Cone Award for Outstanding Work in WGS
Sally & Alan Cone Grant for Special Projects in WGS
Luther Self Fellowship
Marian Franklin Scholarship
Muriel Kiser Education Scholarship
Dept. of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Summer Research Assistantship
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Women’s Studies Association
Cultural Studies Association
American Educational Studies Association
American Educational Research Association
Philosophy of Education Society
Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society
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