CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2006-Present
Ph.D. Candidate, English Literature and Language.
Completed Ph.D. Exams, June 2008.
Committee: Herbert Blau (Chair), Depts. of English and Comparative Literature; Jessica Burstein, Depts. of English and Women Studies; and Thomas Foster, Dept. of English.
Focus Areas: Anglo-American Modernism, Technoculture Studies, and the Digital Humanities.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, June 2006
M.A., English Literature and Language. Spring 2006.
First Reader: Herbert Blau, Byron W. and Alice L. Lockwood Professor of the Humanities, Depts. of English and Comparative Literature.
Second Reader: Thomas Foster, Dept. of English.
Master’s Essay: “The Avant-Garde and the Cold, Cold Heart of the Network Society.”
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, June 2001
B.A., English, Magna Cum Laude with Honors.
English Seminar Research and Senior Essay: “Minimalism: Cézanne & Hemingway.”Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, June 2001
B.S., Criminal Justice, Magna Cum Laude with Honors.
Criminal Justice Seminar Research and Senior Essay: “Boot Camps & the Juvenile Offender.”
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Undergraduate Research Adviser and Workshop Facilitator.
- Assistant Organizer, The Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium.
- Assistant Organizer, The Annual Summer Institute in the Arts & Humanities.
- Webmaster for the Undergraduate Research Program, the Center for Experiential Learning, and Annual Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2008-June 2009
HASTAC Scholar, HASTAC Scholars Program and the Simpson Center for the Humanities.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, June 2008-June 2009
Huckabay Teaching Fellow, University of Washington Graduate School.
Faculty Mentors: Phillip Thurtle, Comparative History of Ideas Program and Dept. of Anthropology; and Sarah Elwood, Dept. of Geography.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, June 2008-September 2008
Predoctoral Teaching Associate, Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities, Simpson
Center for the Humanities and the Undergraduate Research Program.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2006-December 2008.
Predoctoral Teaching Associate, Department of English.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2007
Fellow, Institute on the Public Humanities for Doctoral Students, Simpson Center for the Humanities.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, September 2004-September 2006
Graduate Student Assistant, Undergraduate Research Program, under the auspices of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. Director: Janice DeCosmo, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education.
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Sayers, Jentery. “Now Chronicling the Banal: Longitude and Latitude at Play.” Writing (and) the Digital Generation. Ed. Heather Urbanski (forthcoming, McFarland Publishing).
Sayers, Jentery and Curtis Hisayasu. “Geolocating Compositional Strategies at the Virtual University.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy12.2 (2008).
REVIEWS
Rev. of “Digital Media Studies in Detroit,” Computers and Writing 2007. Kairos 12.2 (2008).
Rev. of Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics, by Wendy Hui Kyong Chun. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies 2008.
Rev. of Shaping Things, by Bruce Sterling. Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies 2006.
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCES, COLLOQUIA AND TALKS
“Composing with Metadata in Mind.” With Curtis Hisayasu and J. James Bono. Watson Conference 2008: “The New Work of Composing.” University of Louisville. Louisville, KY, 16-18 October 2008 (forthcoming).
“Invisible Technologies? Tapping into Some Cultural Histories of Sound Reproduction.” Online Podcast. On the Boards. Seattle, WA, August 2008 (forthcoming).
Closing Remarks. The Seventh Annual Symposium for the Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities. The Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities. University of Washington. Seattle, WA, 15 August 2008.
"Now and Forever: Mentoring and Supporting Graduate Students Teaching Service-Learning Courses." With Michaelann Jundt and Rachel Vaughn. 2008 Continuums of Service Conference. Portland, OR, 18 April 2008.
“Mobilizing Learning through Technologies.” With Curtis Hisayasu. Practical Pedagogy Round Table. University of Washington. Seattle, WA, 14 November 2007.
“Geolocating Compositional Strategies at the Virtual University.” Digital Media Working Group. “Networking Public Spheres” Panel. University of Washington. Seattle, WA, 8 November 2007.
“You’re Code! You Really Are Code! Or, Zombies, Control, and the Digital Body.” Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Annual Meeting: “Code.” Portland, ME, 1-4 November 2007.
Invited Talk. “Becoming Technoliterate: Engaging Undergraduates in Technoculture Studies Research.” With Edmond Chang. Research Exposed! Autumn 2007. University of Washington. Seattle, WA, 31 October 2007.
“Virtual Office Hours, A Rhetorical and Pedagogical Experiment.” With Edmond Chang. Computers and Writing 2007 Conference: “Virtual Urbanism.” Wayne State University. Detroit, MI, 17-20 May 2007.
“Moblogging the Virtual University: Toward Horizontal, Multi-Authored Mappings.” With Curtis Hisayasu. Computers and Writing 2007 Conference: “Virtual Urbanism.” Wayne State University. Detroit, MI, 17-20 May 2007.
Participant. “Experiencing Communities: Blogger's Perspectives.” Capstone Symposium for “Creating Community Through Blogging” Research Cluster, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. Seattle Central Library. Seattle, WA, 28 April 2007.
Discussant. "Performance and History: What History?" Conference. Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. Seattle, WA, 22-23 February 2007.
“Punk Muzak?: Royally Scammed into Steely Dan Fandom and Smooth Rock.” Annual Experience Music Project Pop Conference: “‘Ain’t That a Shame:’ Loving Music in the Shadow of Doubt.” Seattle, WA, 28 April 2006.
“Moving Toward the Center of BLAST.” American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting: “The Human and Its Others.” Princeton University. Princeton, NJ, 26 March 2006.
Participant. “Meaning in Motion” Three-Day Panel. American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting: “The Human and Its Others.” Princeton University. Princeton, NJ, 24-26 March 2006.
“Performance without a Passport: Plugging the End-User into the Art of Guillermo Gómez-Peña.” American Studies Colloquium Annual Graduate Conference: “Citizenship and Race.” University of Washington. Seattle, WA, 26 May 2005.
“Translating Lars von Trier’s Loud, Silent Communities: An Analysis of Dancer in the Dark & Dogville.” “Communities in Crisis” Conference. University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC, 2 April 2005.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC SERVICE
Delegate and Advocate. “National Humanities Alliance Humanities Advocacy Day 2008.” With Raymond Jonas. For the University of Washington and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. Washington, D.C., 4 March 2008.
Participant. “National Humanities Alliance 2008 National Conference.” National Humanities Alliance, Washington D.C., 3 March 2008.
Participant. “Race in the Classroom” Faculty and Graduate Student Workshop. With Rick Bonus and Betty Schmitz. UW Teaching Academy, University of Washington, 8 February 2008.
Digital Humanities Consultant. City of Lynwood Arts Commission. With Lance Bennett and the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement. January 2008 - Present.
Participant. “Community and Practice-Based Course Design” Graduate Student Development Workshop. With Ron Krabill, Georgia Roberts, and Becky Rosenberg. Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. 6 October 2007.
Workshop Facilitator. “English 131 Orientation for New Teaching Assistants.” Expository Writing Program, Department of English, University of Washington. 18-24 September 2007.
Member. Editorial Committee, e.g.: The UW’s Online Journal of 100-Level Writing. University of Washington, September 2007-Present.
Participant. “Leading Effective Discussions” Faculty and Graduate Student Workshop. With David G. Allen. UW Teaching Academy, University of Washington. 9 February 2007.
Graduate Student Mentor. University of Washington English Department. September 2005-Present.
Reviewer. Application Committee. Mary Gates Endowment for Students Research Scholarship. October 2005 and February 2006.
Conversation Partner. University of Washington SK Conversation Partner Program. University of Washington Business School. April – August 2006.
RESEARCH GROUPS AND COLLABORATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Speaker. “Graduate Student Forum on Science and Technology Studies.” Presentation of Graduate Research. Science Studies Network. Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. 5 May 2008.
Participant. Keywords for American Cultural Studies Keyword Collaboratory Project. With Bruce Burgett, Glenn Hendler, and Deborah Kimmey. Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. November 2007-March 2008.
Participant. Science Studies Network. Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. October 2007-Present.
“Virtual Modernisms.” Presentation of Graduate Research. Works-in-Progress Series. Modernist Studies Group and the Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. 7 February 2007.
Member. Modernist Studies Group at the University of Washington. Winter 2006-
Present.Founder, Officer, and Webmaster. Postmodernist Studies Group at the University of Washington. Spring 2005-December 2007.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Instructor. “Project-Based Approaches to the Digital Humanities.” Comparative History of Ideas 498. Spring 2009 (forthcoming).
Instructor. “Cultural Studies in Excess: Technoculture and the Senses.” English 207: Introduction to Cultural Studies. Autumn 2008 (forthcoming).
Instructor. “Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities: Media and the Senses.” Humanities 498, Special Topics in the Humanities: Undergraduate Research Institute. Computer-Integrated. With Carrie Bodle, Axel Rosler, and Phillip Thurtle. Summer 2008.
Instructor. “Animating 1919.” English 111, Composition: Literature. Computer-Integrated Course. Spring 2008.
Instructor. “Service-Learning, Sonic Culture & Media Activism.” English 121, Composition: Social Issues. Computer-Integrated Honors Course with a Service-Learning Component. Winter 2008.
Instructor. “Service-Learning, Sonic Culture & Media Activism.” English 121, Composition: Social Issues. Computer-Integrated Course with a Service-Learning Component. Autumn 2007.
Instructor. “Composing a Virtual Campus.” English 131, Composition: Exposition. Summer 2007.
Instructor. “Robots, Zombies, and Other Automata: Unlearning Cultural Programming?” English 131, Composition: Exposition. Computer-Integrated Course. Winter 2007 and Spring 2007.
Instructor. “Writing Technologies: Technophobia, Technophilia.” English 131, Composition: Exposition. Autumn 2006.
Teaching Assistant. “Research Exposed!: Approaches to Inquiry.” General Studies 391. Autumn 2004, Winter 2005, Autumn 2005, and Winter 2006.
Director: Janice DeCosmo, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education.
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
Award, 2008-2009 HASTAC Scholars Program, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. September 2008-June 2009.Fellowship, 2008-2009 Huckabay Teaching Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Washington. June 2008-June 2009.
Teaching Assistantship, Summer Institute in the Arts and Humanities, University of Washington. June 2008-September 2008.
Kairos Computers and Writing Teaching Award, Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy and Bedford/St. Martin’s Press. May 2008.
Travel Award, University of Washington English Department. April 2008. Travel to 2008 Continuums of Service Conference. Portland, OR.
Travel Award, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. March 2008. Travel to the National Humanities Alliance 2008 National Conference. Washington D.C.
Travel Award, University of Washington English Department. February 2008. Travel to Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Annual Meeting: “Code.” Portland, ME.
Fellowship, 2007 Institute on the Public Humanities for Doctoral Students, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. September 2007.
Joan Webber Outstanding Teaching Prize, First Year 100-Level Teaching, University of Washington English Department. May 2007.
Travel Award, Computers and Writing/Graduate Research Network Travel Awards Committee. May 2007.
Travel Award, Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. February 2007. Travel to Computers and Writing 2007 Conference: “Virtual Urbanism.” Wayne State University. Detroit, MI.
Teaching Assistantship, University of Washington English Department. September 2006-June 2008.
Travel Award, University of Washington English Department. April 2006. Travel to “Communities in Crisis” Conference. University of South Carolina. Columbia, SC.
Graduate Student Assistantship, University of Washington, Undergraduate Academic Affairs. September 2004-September 2006.
Provost Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University. August 1996-June 2000.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Spanish: Conversational reading, writing and speaking knowledge.
German: Elementary reading and writing knowledge.
French: Elementary reading and writing knowledge.
COMPUTING SKILLS
Computational and Markup Languages: TEI, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, XML, PHP, and Flash ActionScript.
Software and Platforms: Adobe Macromedia Flash, Dreamweaver and Fireworks; Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop; Google Maps, Docs and SketchUp; WordPress; MediaWiki; Audacity; and, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Access.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Modern Language Association. 2004-Present.
Member, American Comparative Literature Association. 2006-Present.
Member, International Comparative Literature Association. 2006-Present.
Member, The Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. 2007-Present.
Member, Alpha Phi Sigma, Honor Society of Criminal Justice. 2000-2001.
Member, Golden Key International Honor Society, Virginia Commonwealth University Chapter. 1999-2001.
Member, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Virginia Commonwealth University Chapter. 1999-2001.
Member, Virginia Commonwealth University Honors Program. 1996-2001.
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