Jillian St. Jacques 1

Curriculum Vitae, continued—

Curriculum Vitae

Jillian Saint Jacques

School of Writing, Literature and Film

Oregon State University

352Moreland Hall

Corvallis, OR 97331

Phone: (541) 737-1662

E-mail:

Education

PhD 2014University of Amsterdam, The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis

Dissertation: “Sexual Ambiguity: Narrative Manifestations in Adaptation”

Advisor: Mireille Rosello

MFA 1995California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

BFA 1992San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA

BA 1997California State University, Northridge, CA (Print Journalism)

Professional Experience

2004-Senior Instructor I, School of Writing, Literature and Film, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

2002-2004SeniorLecturer, Department of Communications and Media, Laurea Polytechnic Institute, Vantaa, Finland

2002-2004Editor of Academic Works, University of Helsinki, Finland

2002-2004Creative Writing Instructor, The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland

2000-2002Communications Specialist, Honeoye Falls-Lima School Dist., New York

1998-1999Creative Writing Instructor, Lahti Institute of Fine Arts, Lahti, Finland

Fall, 1998Press Secretary, Golisano for Governor Campaign, Rochester, New York

1997-1998Staff Reporter, Messenger-Post News, Rochester, New York

RESEARCH

Books

2011Adaptation Theories, editor. Maastricht, The Netherlands: Jan van Eyck Academie Press

Peer Reviewed Articles, Book Chapters and Critical Reviews

2011“Amusement Dark: ‘Black Humor’ in the Installations of Adel Abidin. The Aesthetics of Atrocity, special issue, Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism

2007“Retrotranslations of Post-Transsexuality, Notions of Regret,” Journal of Visual Culture, Mieke Bal and Joanne Morra, editors

2003“The Curious Work of Cynthia Young,” Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, July/August

2000“Embodying a Transsexual Alphabet,” Queer Frontiers: Millennial Geographies, Genders and Generations, edited by Karin Quimby and Joe Boone, University of Wisconsin Press

2000“Flying Bullets Or Flying Circus? Elisabeth Stevens at the Hartnett Gallery,” Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, May/June

1999“In the Parlour of the Id: ‘Sigmund Freud: Conflict & Culture,’ at the National Library of Congress,” Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, May/June

1997“Transseksuaalisen koiran ajatuksenjuoksua” (“Preambles of a Transsexual Dog”), Kurtisaaneista Kunnian Naisiin (From Courtesans to Honorable Women), edited by Taava Koskinen, University of Helsinki Press

1998“Relax, It's Just Film: Report on The Rochester Lesbian and Gay Film Festival,” Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, January/February

Selections in Fiction

2003 “A Traitor to Mnemory,” SF Cameraworks, Spring/Summer

1997“Just Another River In Egypt,” Unnatural Disasters: Recent Writings From The Golden State, Incommunicado Press

1996“Silver Handled Revolver,” Cups Magazine, Annual Fiction Issue

1995“Rapidly Approaching Virginity,” Degenerative Prose, Black Ice Books

1995“I Want to be a Transsexual,” Fiction International, Univ. of San Diego Press

1994“Lady Boy,” Avant-Pop. Ed. Kathy Acker, Black Ice Books

Conferences and Presentations

2015“Spectral Traction: Recent Hauntings in Adaptation and Emergence.” Paper. Adaptation: Literature, Film and Culture. Southwest Popular American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2014“Nail Me To A Car! Spill My Seed On The Floor! Acts of Vulnerable Machismo in 1970s Performance Art.” Paper. Reconfiguring Masculinities. College Art Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois

2011The Question of the Girl. Panel Co-Chair. National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Denver, Colorado

2011“La Fille Du Régiment.” Paper. The Question of the Girl. National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Denver, Colorado

2010When No Means More than No. Panel Chair. College Art Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois

2008Cute. Panel Co-Chair. College Art Association Conference, Dallas, Texas

2008The Arrival of Enigma: Letters. Panel Chair. American Comparative Literature Association Conference, Long Beach, California

2006“Stripped to the Nines: Strip-search and Body Cavity Scans for Transsexuals and Transvestites in the United States and the United Kingdom.” Paper. Rhetoric of Sincerity Conference, University of Leiden, Netherlands

2006“Sexual Darkness: On Vampirism and National Paranoia.” Paper. The American Comparative Literature Association Conference, Princeton, New Jersey

2005“Virginia Woolf, Orlando, and the Androgyny Machine.” Paper. International Conference on Virginia Woolf, Portland, Oregon

2005From Feminism to Formalism?Panel co-chair. College Art Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia

2003“Goneback Lexicon: Transsexuals, Translatents and the Allure of the Fractured Gaze.” Paper. Discerning Translation: Vision, Texts, Contexts, College Art Association Conference, New York, NY

2000“The Snake-Haired Boy Meets The Black Tarantula: Lessons With Kathy Acker.” Paper. Learning in Mind and Body. College Art Association Conference, New York, NY

1999“Transsexuals and The Job Marketplace.” Paper. Center for Working-Class Studies Conference, University of Ohio, Youngstown

Fellowships and Awards

2007-08Research Fellow, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands

2001New York School Public Relations Association: Award of Excellence, Video Category; A Courageous Journey in Education; Award of Honor, Features Category, Teen Uses Knowledge from Own Brain Surgery; Award of Merit, Features Category, All It Takes is Courage, and Your Friends Will Follow You

2001National School Public Relations Association: Award of Merit, Newsletter Category, Inside HF-L; Honorable Mention, Video Category, A Courageous Journey in Education

2000New York School Public Relations Association, Award of Merit, Newsletter Category, Inside HF-L

Reviews of Publications

2014Columbia at CAA. “The M Words: Thoughts on Motherhood and Masculinity in CAA’s Feminism.” Julynn Wilderson writing on Reconfiguring Masculinites panel

2008CAA News. “Conference Highlights.” Article discussing Cute panel at CAA

2003Helsinki Sanomat, April 25; “Baghdad, Detroit, Helsinki.” Article discussing portfolio of collaborative works with Iraqi installation artist, Adel Abidin

1996Publisher's Weekly, August 12; “Forecasts.” Article discussing “Just Another River in Egypt” in Unnatural Disasters

1995 Helsinki Sanomat, February; “En Ole Mies En Nainen” (Not a Man or Woman). Article discussing Widowmaker performance in Helsinki

1995Hufvudstadsbladet, February, “Prostitution ett mångfasetterat tema” (Prostitution Is a Many-sided Theme). Article discussing Widowmaker performance in Helsinki

1993SF Weekly, October 15; “Weird Sex.” Article discussing Avant Pop

1992Washington Post, January 2; “Book World.” Article discussing Avant Pop

Research Cited In

“Retrotranslations of Post-Transsexuality, Notions of Regret” (Journal of Visual Culture 2007) cited in Davy, Z. Recognizing Transsexuals: Personal, Political and Medicolegal Embodimen. Ashgate Press, 2012

Hines, Sally. Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity. Taylor & Francis, 2010

“Embodying a Transsexual Alphabet” (Queer Frontiers 2000) cited in Hornscheidt, Antje. Die sprachliche Benennung von Personen aus konstruktivistischer Sicht. Walter de Gruyter, 2006.

Rakow, Lana. Feminist Communication Theory: Selections in Context.SAGE, 2004.

Trifonas, Peter. Pedagogies of Difference: Rethinking Education for Social Change.Psychology Press, 2003.

TEACHING

List of Courses Taught at Oregon State University, Credit Courses

ENG/FILM220 Difference, Power and Sexualities in Film (OSU Baccalaureate Core Course in Difference, Power and Discrimination). Cross-listed course with English and Film Programs. Developed and taught at Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature and Film, Corvallis, OR, USA

WR201 Writing for Media (OSU Baccalaureate Core Course). Taught at Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature and Film, Corvallis, OR, USA

WR414 Writing for Advertisting and Public Relations (OSU Upper Level Course). Developed and taught at Oregon State University (Ecampus and on campus), School of Writing, Literature and Film, Corvallis, OR, USA

WR327 Technical Writing (OSU Baccalaureate Core Upper Level Course). Taught at Oregon State University, School of Writing, Literature and Film, Corvallis, OR, USA

List of Courses Taught, International

KV7006a and KV7006b Art History Survey. Taught at Laurea Polytechnic, Department of Communications and Media, Vantaa, Finland

Furious Fiction: Anger, Aggression and Experimental Writing. Taught at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland

The Vanishing Body: Physical Writing. Taught at Lahti Art Institute, Lahti, Finland

Graduate Students

2015- Present. Graduate Thesis Committee Representative, Samara Surface. Degree: MA in English, Oregon State University

Curriculim Development

ENG220/FILM220 Difference, Power and Sexualities in Film. Developed all coursework, collected film archive and selected texts and critical readings for certified DPD course

WR414 Advertising and Public Relations Writing, Ecampus Course. Developed all coursework, seminars, selected all texts and digital supplements

Cat II WR414. Led the effort to remove prerequisite for WR414, enabling more students to enroll in the course without needing to apply for overrides

Professional Development

Difference, Power and Discrimination (DPD) Faculty Seminar, Summer 2011. Completed certification to teach DPD courses at OSU

Grant and Contract Support (Intramural)

OSU Technology Resource Fee (TRF). 2009. Co-author. Grant for$7.5K to acquiretwo Portable Teaching Kits (projectors, laptops, document cameras).

OSU Technology Resource Fee (TRF). 2008.Co-author. Grant for $78,000 for funding upgrades to SWLF Callahan Wireless Writing Classroom.

OSU Technology Resource Fee (TRF). 2006.Co-author. Grant for $124,546 that funded instructional technology enhancements for Moreland Hall classrooms.

SERVICE

Service at Oregon State University

Department Service

2012-presentMember, Advisory Board, Certificate in Digital Communications and Brand Management. Working with Director Anita Helle to develop and facilitate a hybrid non-credit program that networks resources of OSU faculty and leaders in the digital business community.

2012-presentMember, Development Team for Applied Journalism Minor. Working closely with SWLF Director and Student Media to explore possibilities for creating cross-disciplinary program in contemporary journalism.

2011-presentFaculty Advisor to Oregon State University Public Relations Society. Duties include creating club charter, receiving official status as sponsored club, presenting and coordinating guest seminars and field trips, overseeing election of club officers, preparing participants for employment in public relations.

2005-2014Member, Technology Committee, OSU English Department. Participated in generating TRF grant applications that have allocated more than $250,000 in moneys to facilitate computer enhanced teaching in Moreland Hall.

2005-2012Member, Composition Committee, OSU English Department. Responsible for conducting teaching observations and filing reports on Graduate Teaching Assistants.

2010-2012Member, Executive Committee, OSU English Department. Responsible for considering departmental issues such as merit raise increases.

College Service

2013Member, Search Committee for Position of Director, School of Writing, Literature and Film

University Service

2015-presentAppointed Member, Faculty Senate Academic Standing Committee (two-year term)

2013-presentAppointed Member, Faculty Senate Diversity Council (two-year term, continuing for extra year by Committee request)