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Jacqueline E. Adams 270-320-4536 • [email protected]
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EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy 2
nd Year Student: American Culture Studies
Primary Concentration: Critical Studies in Film, Media, and Culture (15 graduate hours), Secondary Concentration: Ethnicity, Gender, and Social Identities (anticipated:15 graduate hours in Ethnic Studies)
Bowling Green State University, 2015 to present: anticipated date of graduation: 2019
Graduate Certificate 2nd
Year Student: Performance Studies (15 hours) Bowling Green State University, 2015 to present: anticipated date of graduation: 2019
Master of Arts with Distinction: Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities, Magna Cum Laude
Western Kentucky University, 2014
Transnational Research Project: "Women's Work in Urban Peru and the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest." Advisor: Dr. Jane Olmsted
Graduate Certificate: Gender and Women’s Studies, Summa Cum Laude
Western Kentucky University, 2014 Bachelor of Arts: History Major and Women’s Studies Minor
Western Kentucky University, 2011
Thesis: "Women's Kitchen Lives." Advisor: Dr. Andrew McMichael
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Transnational Feminisms; Women's Labor; Cultural Trauma; Community-Based Research Methods; Visual and Material Culture; American Studies; Queer Theory; Gender Studies; Qualitative Inquiry; Film & Television; Performance Studies;
Eco-feminism; Sustainability; Race & Ethnicity; Space
HONORS Bowling Green State University, Graduate Assistant Scholarship, Recipient, 2015-present
Master of Arts: Social Responsibility & Sustainable Communities, Graduate with Distinction
Western Kentucky University, Graduate Assistant Instructor Scholarship, Recipient, 2013-2014
Western Kentucky University, Esther Fund Graduate Scholarship, Recipient, 2013
Western Kentucky University Women’s Studies Scholarship, Recipient, 2008
Western Kentucky University Music Scholarship, Recipient, 2004
University of Kentucky Music Scholarship, Recipient, 2003
PUBLICATIONS "Healing Spaces in the Academy: The Value of Home, Space, and Coalition," forthcoming in Feminist
Spaces sponsored by The University of West Florida Women's Studies Collective
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Graduate Administrative Assistant (Dual Assistantship) August 2016 -Present
Bowling Green State University, LGBT Center in the Office of Multicultural Affairs
Primary Responsibilities:
Serve as the Education/Training Coordinator, LGBT Programs & Services; see below training section for
details
Bowling Green State University, School of Cultural & Critical Studies
Primary Responsibilities:
Serve the Director of the School of Cultural & Critical Studies in organizing & budgeting of the committees for
the 22nd Annual Latino/a Issues Conference Encuentro Latinoamericano & the 17th Annual Black Issues
Conference
Contracted Position: Head Researcher/Data Collector April 2016 – Present
University of Toledo, Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute
Primary Responsibilities:
Gathering qualitative data for the Cincinnati Pathways Project
Graduate Administrative Assistant August 2015 -June 2016
Bowling Green State University, School of Cultural & Critical Studies
Primary Responsibilities:
Serve the Director of the School of Cultural & Critical Studies in organizing & budgeting of the 22nd Annual
Latino/a Issues Conference Encuentro Latinoamericano & the 17th Annual Black Issues Conference
Graduate Assistant Instructor June 2013 -August 2014
Western Kentucky University, Gender and Women's Studies: Department of Diversity & Community Studies
Primary Responsibilities:
Management of undergraduate assistants, marketing for departmental events, and clerical work
Research for the development of a new undergraduate major in Diversity and Community Studies
Writing course proposals, daily office tasks, and managing student-led organizations
Instructor of Record: Gender & Women's Studies 200; Designed syllabus, learning outcomes, and reading list
Research Assistant
Collaborated with Kentucky Library to create a database for research concerning women's labor and laundry from
1890 to 1960
Managed database and primary sources consisting of laundry advertisements from 1890 to 1960
Public Achievement Coordinator & Graduate Assistant August 2012 -June 2013 Western Kentucky University, Institute for Citizenship &Social Responsibility
Primary Responsibilities:
Managing & training thirty Public Achievement coaches at local K-12 schools; civic engagement youth initiative
Organizing office events and programming for films, curricular programs, and ICSR 301: Project Freedom School
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record, GWS 200: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies, Spring 2014, Western Kentucky
University: Gender and Women's Studies Program, Department of Diversity & Community Studies
Primary Responsibilities:
Developed course syllabus, reading list, and assignments; graded all submitted works and mentored one on one
Graduate Teaching Assistant, ICSR 301: Project Freedom School Fall 2012 - Spring 2013
Western Kentucky University, Institute for Citizenship &Social Responsibility
Primary Responsibilities:
Developed course syllabus and assignments; graded class reflections
Primary instructor for historical evaluation of student-led movements & community organizing/civic engagement
Traveled to several Black Culture Centers for regional research and student development
Graduate Teaching Assistant, ICSR 301: Public Achievement Fall 2012
Western Kentucky University, Institute for Citizenship &Social Responsibility
Primary Responsibilities:
Assisting in course design, Public Achievement community organizing, and coaching undergraduate students
TRAINING EXPERIENCE/ TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS Creating Inclusive Spaces for Trans* and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals, Organizer & Discussant,
Completed for the BGSU Housing and Residence Life, 2016
Safe Zone Training, Certified Trainer, Bowling Green State University LGBT* Programs, Division of Student
Affairs, Office of Multicultural Affairs
CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE “Living Beyond the Binary: Social Change, the Black American Family, and Black-ish,” Panel Chair
Midwest Popular Culture Association & Midwest American Culture Association Annual
Conference, Chicago, IL 2016
“American-Crafted Autoethnographic Female Narratives,” Session Organizer & Panel Discussant
12th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 2016
“The American Home: Space and a Nostalgia for Oppression,” Presenter
3rd Annual Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BowlingGreen, Ohio 2016
“Defining Skin: An Autoethnographic Performance of Queer White Feminist,” Presenter
5th Annual Doing Autoethnography, San Angelo, Texas 2016
Newly Elected Officials Training Conference, Attendee, Louisville, KY, 2014
Governor's Local Issues Conference, Attendee, Louisville, KY 2014
“Women's Kitchen Lives,” Accepted Presenter
National Women’s Studies Association Conference: San Juan, Puerto Rico 2014
“Scholar Activism: Project Freedom School,” Presenter
American Democracy Project Conference: Denver, Colorado 2013
“WKU Civic Engagement,” Poster Presenter
American Democracy Project Conference: Denver, CO 2013
“Women's Kitchen Lives: Martha Potter,” Presenter
Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference, 2013
COMMITTEE POSITIONS Latino/a Issues Conference Encuentro Latinoamericano Steering Committee, BGSU, Member, 2015-2016
Black Issues Conference Steering Committee, BGSU, Member, 2015-2016
Ray Browne Conference Planning Committee, BGSU, Member, 2015-2016
Culture Club, Bowling Green State University Community Outreach Committee, Co-Chair, 2015-present
School of Cultural & Critical Studies Recruitment Committee, Member, 2015-present
WKU Graduate Council Student Research Committee, Member, 2013-2014
WKU Graduate Council, University College Representative, 2013-2014
Western Kentucky University Gender & Women’s Studies Steering Committee, Member, 2013-2014
Western Kentucky University Gender & Women’s Studies Film Series Committee, Member, 2013-2014
WKU Women’s Studies Public Relations Committee, Head Chair, 2006-2008
CURATOR POSITIONS “The New American Diaspora: A Performance in Urban Exploration and the Gendered Domestic Sphere,”
Curator, Installation Designer, Head Researcher, and Photographer: 3-Day Exhibit concerning the 2008 subprime
mortgage crisis, race, gender, and space in Toledo, OH displayed at the Ray Browne Conference at Bowling
Green State University. Co-Curators include: Kacey E. Long, MSW & Elizabeth Pysarenko, Ph.D.
INTERVIEWS “South Unbound: Tennessee as An Abortion Battleground,” The Takeaway with John Hockenberry: National
Public Radio (NPR). Air date: October 29, 2014.
“Rape Culture in the Commonwealth,” Story Magazine Issue 12/Spring 2015. Written by Taylor Harrison
and Stephanie Jessie. Available online at http://storythemagazine.com/stories/rape-culture-in-the-
commonwealth
GRANTS The School of Cultural & Critical Studies, BGSU, Stoddard-O’Neill Fund, Author/Recipient, 2016
BGSU Graduate Student Senate Professional Development Funds, Recipient, 2015, 2016
Law Enforcement Protection Program Kentucky Homeland Security Office, Author, BRADD, 2014-15
Area Development Fund Grants, Author/Recipient Representative, BRADD, 2014-15
USDA Rural Development Grant, Author/Recipient Representative, BRADD, 2014
ALIVE Center for Community Partnerships Grant, Author/Recipient, 2013
INVITED LECTURES “The New American Diaspora: A Performance in Urban Exploration and the Gendered Domestic Sphere,”
BGSU, Crime and Violence in Context Working Group, Center for Family & Demographic Research, Co-
Lecturer with Elizabeth Pysarenko and Kacey E. Long
“Empire: Race, Masculinity, & Gender,” BGSU Graduate Women’s Caucus, October 2015
“Beyoncé Feminism,” BGSU Introduction to Gender, Women’s, & Sexuality Studies course, December 2015
“Gender Identity in Lena Dunham's Girls,” WKU Gender Images Film Series, September 2014
“Modern Family v. Duck Dynasty,” WKU Gender Images Film Series, March 2014
“America's Gun Culture: Breaking Bad,” Institute for Citizenship & Social Responsibility Film Series, Feb. 2013
“The Evolution of the American Family in Media: Leave It to Beaver to Modern Family,” ICSR Film Series,
September 2012
“The Transformation of the African American Family in Media: Good Times, The Cosby Show, and Tyler Perry's
House of Payne,” ICSR Film Series, October 2012
“The Transformation of the Latin American Family in the Media: Chico the Man to George Lopez,” ICSR Film
Series, November 2012
CONTRACTED RESEARCH POSITIONS & IRB APPROVED
RESEARCH PROJECTS
“Cincinnati Pathways Project,” University of Toledo: Human Trafficking and Social Justice Institute, Head
Researcher, Contract Position: April 2016 to present
“Student Led Organizations and Service Learning,” Western Kentucky University, November 2013
“Service Learning Abroad: An Ethnographic Study,” Western Kentucky University, November 2013
Research completed in Peru
“Scholar Activism,” Western Kentucky University, May 2013
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BGSU Culture Club: Cultural Studies Scholars’ Association, Executive at Large, 2016-present
Graduate Women’s Caucus at Bowling Green State University, Treasurer, 2016-present
The Cocoon Shelter of Bowling Green, Ohio Fundraiser, Organizer, 2016
Graduate Women’s Caucus at Bowling Green State University, Member, 2015-2016
Center for Faculty Excellence Learning Community on Sustainability at BGSU, Member, 2015-2016
Fembot Collective, Member, 2015-present
Best Practices in College Teaching and Mentoring Certification, 2013-present
Western Kentucky University, ICSR Director of Films and Discussion Sessions, 2012-2014
WKU History Department Canadian Parliament Internship, Recipient, 2006
Western Kentucky Forensic Team (Speech & Debate), Team Member, 2004-2005
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BGSU MLK Jr. Day of Service, School of Cultural & Critical Studies, Site Leader, 2015
Kentucky Fairness Coalition, Advocate, 2014-2015
Boys and Girls Club Summer Gardening Project, Volunteer, 2014
Western Kentucky University, Coalition for Gender & Racial Equality, Graduate Advisor, 2013-2014
Western Kentucky University, Hilltoppers 4 Health, Co-Founder/President, 2012-2014
Bowling Green Housing Authority S.W.A.G. Summer Camp, Founder and Organizer, 2013-2014
WKU Women’s Studies’ Women and Kids Learning Together Camp, Staff/Organizer, 2008
Greenhouse Poetry Inc., Co-Founder, 2005-2006
Franklin Kentucky Arts Council Community Theatre, Member, 1998-2011
Fountain Square Players Community Theatre, Director/Assistant Director, 1997-2015
PROFFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Women's Studies Association
Midwest Popular Culture Association
Midwest American Culture Association
ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS Business Services Team Lead March 2015 – August 2015 Barren River Area District Development: Bowling Green, KY
Primary Responsibilities:
Manage core Business Services Team through KCC & WIOA Department at BRADD; create metric system.
Advise local governments, industry, and career centers in policy, statutory regulation, and other relevant issues.
Act as a liaison between local governments, the WIOA at BRADD, KCC, and local industry.
Public Administration Specialist August 2014 – March 2015 Barren River Area District Development: Bowling Green, KY
Primary Responsibilities:
Provide technical assistance to local governments in areas of procurement and financial management including
budget preparation and execution; grant writing and grant management.
Advise local governments in personnel, policy, statutory regulation, and other relevant issues.
Act as a liaison between local governments, the BRADD, and KY Dept. of Local Government.
Loan Consultant February 2011 - August 2012
U.S. Bank Home Mortgage: Bowling Green, KY Primary Responsibilities:
Creating and maintenance of: SalesForce (CRM Database), NetO, Microsoft Office Suite
Collecting confidential mortgage information to make informed financial decisions
Assistant of Accounts and Human Resources August 2010 - November 2010 Kentucky Copper Incorporated: Morgantown, KY
Primary Responsibilities:
Maintaining online hiring systems: Monster, Application System, and email replies
Managed online payroll systems: Quickbooks, Payroll database, and Payroll Coordinator excel
HR clerical duties; medical, payroll, and I-9 files; created KCI Handbook
Human Resources Assistant April 2010 - August 2010
Sun Products Incorporated, Kelly Services: Bowling Green, KY
Primary Responsibilities:
Maintaining online hiring systems; Monster, Application System, and email replies
Assisting with HR Generalists duties and overseeing testing computers & computer maintenance
Maintaining files/clerical duties
Canadian Parliament Intern May 2006 – August 2006
Canadian Parliament, Member of Parliament Peter Stoffer: Ottawa Ontario, Canada
Primary Responsibilities:
Portfolio upon request.
Peter Stoffer, Member of Parliament : 613.995.5822 or [email protected]
PROFFESIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Jane Olmsted, WKU Department Head of Diversity and Community Studies, Program Director of Gender and
Women’s Studies
270.745.5787 or [email protected]
Association: Professor and Department Head (Employer) Years Known: 11 Years
Dr. Paul Markham, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Postsecondary Success 270.303.0097 or [email protected]
Association: Public Achievement Director & ICSR Director (Employer)
Years Known: 5 Years
Dr. Susana Peña, Director, School of Cultural & Critical Studies, Bowling Green State University
419.372.2796 or [email protected]
Association: Current Graduate Administrative Assistant Supervisor (Employer) Years Known: 1 Year
Dr. Celia Williamson, Executive Director, Human Trafficking & Social Justice Institute & Executive Director
at Human Trafficking & Social Justice Institute, MSW Program Director & Full Professor, University of Toledo
419.530.5590 or [email protected]
Association: Supervisor for contract research position.
Years Known: less than 1 Year