Curriculum Vitae

Haley Swenson

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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Department of Women’s, GenderSexuality Studies, Autumn 2011-Spring 2015

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Dissertation Co-Advisors: Mytheli Sreenivas (WGSS and History) and Steve Lopez (Sociology)

Dissertation: “Reproducing Inequality: Cooking, Cleaning and Caring in the Austerity Age”

Master of Arts, Department of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Autumn 2009-Spring 2011

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Advisor: Mytheli Sreenivas

Exam concentration: Feminist theories of the family
Bachelor of Arts, Women’s & Gender Studies and English, May 2008
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Honors thesis: HPV Vaccine Acceptance among College Women: A Qualitative Approach

Advisor: Monica Casper

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

●Political economy of the family

●Gender and work

●Neoliberalism and identity

PUBLICATIONS

●“Anti-Immigration as Austerity Policy: The Rejection of Maternalist Governance in Arizona SB 1070.” (forthcoming) Feminist Formations.

●“Anita Hill Roundtable.” (forthcoming) Frontiers. Vol. 35, Iss. 3. Multiple Authors.

CONFERENCES

●“Negotiating Gendered Labor at the Margins: Economic Crisis and Strategies of Flexibility,” Poster Presentation, NWSA, Cincinnati, OH (2013)

●“Social Reproduction and the Crisis: Familialization, Flexibility, and the Problem of the Generational Paradigm,” Panel Presentation, Gender, Neoliberalism and the Financial Crisis Conference, University of York, York, United Kingdom (2013)

●Paper respondent at Transnational Feminisms Summer Institute, Columbus, Ohio (2014)

●“Economic Crisis and the Gendering of Immigration Reform,” Panel Presentation, Gender and States of Emergency Symposium, Columbus, OH (2011)

●“New Ideological Criticism as an Intersectional Tool,” Panel Presentation, Penn State WSGO’s Inviting Intersections Conference, University Park, PA (2011)

GRANTS & FUNDING

●Elizabeth D. Gee Grant for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, 2013 ($1,200)

●Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, American Sociological Association, 2012 ($5,000). Awarded to Downward Mobility Research Group at Ohio State University.

●International Travel Award from Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University, 2013 ($1,200)

●Graduate Teaching Assistantship, The Ohio State University, 2009-2015

●Vanderbilt Undergraduate Summer Research Program, 2007 ($4,000)

TEACHING & LEADERSHIP

Courses Taught

●Women and Work

●Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Popular Culture

●U.S. Women Writers: Texts and Contexts (Core writing course)

●Reading Women Writers: Autobiography and Memoir

Teaching Leadership

●Course Trainer, U.S. Women’s Writers: Text and Context (2010)

●Graduate Teaching Fellow,Mentor, assist, and train all graduate teaching assistants in the WGSS department, Ohio State University (2011-2012)

●Co-Instructor, First-Year Graduate Teaching Practicum, WGSS department, Ohio State University (2012)

●Seminar Fellow, Writing Across the Curriculum Spring Seminar (2010)

●Writing Across the Curriculum Consultant, Writing Across the Curriculum, Ohio State University (2011-2013)

●Promote inclusion of writing instruction in course curriculum across departments

●Conduct workshops on the teaching of writing with instructors across the university

●Research the teaching of writing and best practices across the university

SERVICE

●Graduate Student Representative, Research and Development Committee, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University (2014-15)

●Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee in Feminist Political Economies and Globalization. Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (2013-14)

●Discussion Moderator, “Black Lives Matter: Mike Brown Teach-In.” WGSS at Ohio State University (2014)

●Invited Speaker, Feminist Film Series, “Magic Mike: Masculinity and the Recession,” WGSS and Femunity, Ohio State University (2014)

●Invited Speaker, Academics and Activism Forum, Diversity and Identity Studies Collective, Ohio State University (2012)

●Labor Representative, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Graduate Association (2011)

●Workshop Organizer, “Grading Women’s Studies Writing,” Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies (2011)

●Co-President, Women’s Studies Graduate Association, The Ohio State University (2010-11)

●Workshop Organizer, “Applying to Ph.D. Programs,” Women’s Studies Graduate Association, The Ohio State University (2010)

●Workshop Organizer and Panelist, “Grading Papers in Women’s Studies,” Women’s Studies Graduate Association, The Ohio State University (2010)

ADDITIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

●Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Devin Fergus, Ohio State University (2013-2015)

●Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Mytheli Sreenivas, Ohio State University (2010)

●Research Assistant, Dr. Monica Casper, Vanderbilt University (2007-08)