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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 

 

Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the Sport, Media, and Culture Program, University of Iowa, 2025- present

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

Ph.D., American Studies/Sport Studies, University of Iowa, May 2025

 

M.A., American Studies, California State University, Fullerton, May 2018

 

B.A., American Studies, California State University, Fullerton, May 2015

 

RESEARCH AREAS

 

American Studies; Sport Studies; gender and sexuality; popular culture; digital humanities/mapping 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Elizabeth Halsey Scholarship, University of Iowa, 2019-2024

 

C. Pauline Spencer Scholarship, University of Iowa, 2021-2023

 

Mary Monroe Ball Scholarship, University of Iowa, 2021-2022 

 

M. Gladys Scott Scholarship, University of Iowa, 2019-2021 

 

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Iowa, May 2020

 

Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio Fellowship, University of Iowa, Summer 2019

 

Earl James Weaver Prize for Best Graduate Essay, Department of American Studies, California State University Fullerton, May 2017

 

CERTIFICATIONS

 

Public Digital Humanities Certificate, University of Iowa, Spring 2020

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

“Sport on Display: Robert Graham, the Olympic Gateway, and Artistic Legacy in Los Angeles,” Journal of Olympic Studies 6:2 (forthcoming 2025)

 

“Engaging Fan Cultures: What Students Learn When They Study Fans,” co-authored with Adam Golub, Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies 16:2 (November 2019): 23-37. 

 

“Prosecutorial Style: The Clothing, the Courtroom, and the Refashioning of Marcia Clark,” The American Papers 36 (1) (2017-2018): 67-73. 

 

“Plead the Fifth: The Progression of the African American Lawyer,” The American Papers 35 (1) (2016-2017): 113-125.

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

“From Competition to Exhibition: The Legacy of Olympic Art at the 1984 Olympic Games,” Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research, March 2024, Fullerton, CA

 

“Sport on Display: Robert Graham, The Olympic Gateway, and Artistic Legacy in Los Angeles,” North American Society for Sports History, May 2023, Washington D.C.

 

“Golden Girl Goes Bronze: Brandi Chastain, Public Statuary, and the Illusion of Equality in Women’s Sports,” North American Society for Sports History, May 2021, Chicago, IL (Virtual)

 

“Monumental Achievements: Mapping Athletic Statuary with the Digital Humanities,” Jakobsen Memorial Conference, March 2020, Iowa City, IA (canceled due to Covid-19)

 

“Athletic Statues and Stuart Hall’s Theory of Articulation,” Graduate Student Showcase for the Digital Humanities, February 2019, Iowa City, IA

 

“In-Your-Face: Race, Sportsmanship, and the Ban of the Dunk,” North American Society for Sports History, May 2017, Fullerton, CA

 

“Gloved Fists and Bowed Heads: The Public Memory and Legacy of the 1968 Olympic Protest,” Popular Culture Association, March 2017, San Diego, CA

 

“Plead the Fifth: The Progression of the African American Lawyer,” American Studies Student Association Symposium, April 2016, Fullerton, CA

 

INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

 

“Center for Sociocultural Sport and Olympic Research Sixth Annual Conference,” March 2024, California State University Fullerton (Panel Moderator)

 

“Sports, Power, and Resistance: Legacies and Futures,” September 2023, University of Iowa (Panel Moderator)

 

“Law and Gender in American Sports,” October 2022 Jin’ai University, Japan (Virtual)

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

 

University of Iowa, 2025-present 

• SPST 3178: History of Sport in the United States 

  • Instructor: Fall 2025

• SPST 3173: Cultures of Basketball 

• Instructor: Fall 2025

• SPST 2079: Race and Ethnicity in Sport 

  • Instructor: Fall 2025

• JMC 3186: Athletes, Activism, and Social Media 

  • Instructor Fall 2025

 

California State University Fullerton, 2022

• KNES 480: Gender and Sexuality Issues in Sport

• Instructor: Fall 2024-present

• AMST 201: Introduction to American Studies 

• Instructor: Fall 2023-present (In person & Online)

• AMST 300: Introduction to American Popular Culture 

• Instructor: Fall 2022-present

• AMST 346: American Culture Through Spectator Sports

• Instructor: Spring 2022-present

 

California State University Long Beach, 2022 

• AMST 361: Sports in American Culture 

• Instructor: Fall 2022

• AMST 350: California Cultures 

• Instructor: Fall 2022

 

University of Iowa 2018-2022

• AMST/SPST 1074- Inequality in American Sport

• Instructor: Winter 2020-2022

• Lead Teaching Assistant: Spring 2020

• Lead Teaching Assistant/ Instructor: Fall 2019 (Took over in October- Parental Leave)

• AMST/SPST 1074- Inequality in American Sport

• Teaching Assistant: Fall 2018, Spring 2019

 

California State University Fullerton 2017

• AMST 300- Introduction to American Popular Culture

• Teaching Assistant: Spring 2017

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

American Studies Association

 

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