Jesse Stommel
3720 SW Bond Ave. #1010
Portland, OR 97239
(303) 408-9809
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English, University of Colorado Boulder. 2010.
Dissertation: Pity Poor Flesh (for online companion site, click here)
Committee: Kelly Hurley (Director), Eric White, Lori Emerson, Martin Bickman, Jennifer Peterson
Description: My work focuses on postmodern bodies and disembodiment. I analyze an array
of media, juxtaposing four figures: the automaton, the corpse, the body in pieces, and the zombie.
M.A., English, University of Colorado Boulder. 2002.
B.A. with Distinction (Summa Cum Laude), English, University of Colorado Boulder. 1999.
Thesis: “Henry James and Lesbian Desire: The Representation of Fluid Sexuality in the Novels and Film Versions of The Bostonians and The Portrait of a Lady.”
TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Film, new media, 19th - 21st century American literature, critical theory, horror, queer theory, postmodernism, popular culture, television, digital Shakespeare, visual rhetoric, composition, and digital pedagogy.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Scholarship:
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship. Georgia Institute of Technology. Aug. 2010 - present.
Eaton Graduate Student Travel Grant. Competitive Award. Center for Humanities and the Arts. University of Colorado Boulder. 2010.
“Powers of Wonder” Colloquium Fellowship. Center for Humanities and the Arts. University of Colorado Boulder. 2005 - 2006.
Alumni Association Fellowship. University of Colorado Boulder. 2002.
University Fellowship. University of Colorado Boulder. 2002.
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society. 1996.
Pedagogy:
Media Literacy Award, National Council of Teachers in English (NCTE). Spearheaded application for this award won by the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Tech. 2011.
Faculty Leadership Award: Faculty of the Year. Colorado Community Colleges Online. 2010.
Graduate Teacher Program Certification. University of Colorado Boulder. 2010.
Service Learning Course Development Grant for “WRTG 3020: Queer Rhetorics.” Service Learning Office. University of Colorado Boulder. 2010.
Marinus Smith Teaching Award. Parents Association. University of Colorado Boulder. 2009.
Gold Medal Faculty. Colorado Community Colleges Online. 2007 and 2009.
Provost’s Fellowship for Digital Media Teaching Project. University of Colorado Boulder. 2005.
Graduate Teaching Excellence Award. University of Colorado Boulder. 2004.
Best Should Teach Award. Graduate Teacher Program. University of Colorado Boulder. 2003 and 2004.
PUBLICATIONS
Journals and Book Chapters:
“When We Look, We See Zombies: The Human Being Undone in George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and David Cronenberg’s Shivers.” Horror Studies. Under Review.
“Toward a Zombie Pedagogy: Embodied Teaching and the Student 2.0.” Zombies in the Academy: Living Death in Higher Education. Eds. Andrew Whelan, Chris Moore, and Ruth Walker. Forthcoming in 2012 from Intellect Press.
“Something that Festers: The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the Visual Pleasures of Horror.” Bright Lights Film Journal Vol. 71 (February 2011). <http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/71/71horror_stommel.php>
“I’m Not a Dead Body; I Just Play One on TV: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Performativity of the Corpse.” Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association Vol. 8.1 (Spring 2010). <http://slayageonline.com/Numbers/slayage29.htm>.
“The Dead Things We Already Are: Pod People, Body Snatching, and the Horrors of Business as Usual.” Bright Lights Film Journal Vol. 66 (November 2009). <http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/66/66deadthings.php>
“‘Pity Poor Flesh’: Terrible Bodies in the Films of Carpenter, Cronenberg, and Romero.” Bright Lights
Film Journal Vol. 56 (May 2007). <http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/56/bodies.php>
Edited Collection:
Virtual Shakespeare. Co-edited with R L Widmann. Kendall Hunt. 2011. <http://kendallhunt.com/store-product.aspx?id=24660>
Conference Proceedings:
“What Do Dead Things Eat?: Monstrous Machines, Automata, and the Zombie Horde.” The Image of Technology in Literature, the Media, and Society: Selected Papers From the Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery. Eds. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan. 2009.
“‘Infection in the Sentence Breeds’: Grammar and the Student 2.0.” The Image of Technology in Literature, the Media, and Society: Selected Papers Presented at the Conference of the Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery. Eds. Will Wright and Steven Kaplan. 2009.
“‘Pity Poor Flesh’: Terrible Bodies in the Films of John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, and George
Romero.” Proceedings for the 5th Annual International Conference on Arts & Humanities. 2007.
Electronic Publications:
“Gothic Realness: a Review of L. Andrew Cooper’s Gothic Realities: the Impact of Horror Fiction on Modern Culture.” TECHStyle. Feb. 2011. <http://techstyle.lcc.gatech.edu/?p=1201>
“Feed: Texting, Twitter, and the Student 2.0.” TECHStyle. Dec. 2010. <http://techstyle.lcc.gatech.edu/?p=861>
Writer. Pity Poor Flesh. Jan. 2010 - present. <www.pitypoorflesh.com>
Writer. CCCOnline Faculty Voices. Jun. 2010 - Sep. 2010. <http://5voiceccco.blogspot.com/>
PRESENTATIONS
Film, Literature, and New Media:
“The Traumas of the Interactive Text.” Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Division. Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference. San Antonio, TX. 2011.
“The Rotting Dead and Other Literary Matter that Teems.” Horror Literature Division. International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts Annual Conference. Orlando, FL. 2011.
“On Decay and Disc Rot: Digital Texts and the (De)Evolution of Media.” Rendering the Visible Conference. Georgia State University. 2011.
“Can Dead Flesh Be Good Flesh: Film, Digital Media, and the Tactile.” Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Albuquerque, NM. 2010.
“The Ecstatic Corpse: the Buffyverse and What Becomes of Bodies Once They’re Dead.” SC4: the Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse. St. Augustine, FL. 2010.
“What Do Dead Things Eat?: Monstrous Machines, Automata, and the Zombie Horde.” 19th Annual
Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference. Colorado Springs, CO. 2009.
“Pity Poor Flesh: The Dead and the Walking Dead in Contemporary Literature and Film.” Center for Humanities and the Arts Works-in-Progress Series. University of Colorado Boulder. 2008.
“Pity Poor Flesh: Terrible Bodies in the Films of John Carpenter, David Cronenberg, and George
Romero.” 5th Annual International Conference on Arts & Humanities. Honolulu, HI. 2007.
“Camera Mortua: Reflections on Photography, the Other, and Zombification.” Center for Humanities and the Arts “Powers of Wonder” Colloquium. University of Colorado Boulder. 2006.
Teaching and Pedagogy:
“Teaching with Twitter.” THATCamp Pedagogy. The Humanities and Technology Camp. Vassar College. 2011.
“Feed: Texting, Twitter, and the Student 2.0.” Writing and Communication Program Fall Colloquium. Georgia Institute of Technology. 2010.
“Toward a Zombie Pedagogy: Embodied Teaching and the Student 2.0.” Panel Organizer: “Web 2.0, Lit. 2.0, Students 2.0.” AAUP Conference on the State of Higher Ed. Washington, D.C. 2010.
“Shakespeare from Text to Hybrid to On-line.” 13th Annual Colorado Learning and Teaching with
Technology Conference. Boulder, CO. 2009.
“Infection in the Sentence Breeds: Grammar and the Student 2.0.” Panel Organizer: “Web 2.0, Literature 2.0, Students 2.0.” 19th Annual Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference. Colorado Springs, CO. 2009.
“Students 2.0.” 12th Annual Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference. Boulder, CO. 2008.
“Virtual Shakespeare: Shakespeare in the Electronic Classroom.” Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology Conference. Boulder, CO. 2002 and 2005.
“The Best Do Teach: Outstanding Lead Graduate Teachers.” Graduate Teacher Program Fall Intensive. University of Colorado Boulder. 2003.
Invited Talks:
“Demystifying the Comprehensive Exams” and “Demystifying the Dissertation.” English Department Special Workshop Series. University of Colorado Boulder. 2009.
“Introducing Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing,” “Introducing Merchant of Venice,” and “Introducing A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” CU President’s Office Lunchtime Lecture Series. University of Colorado System Administration. 2008 - 2009.
“Teaching with Technology and the Student 2.0.” English Department Pedagogy Seminar. University of Colorado Boulder. 2008.
Alumni College Inside Washington. Presented on Shakespeare’s Macbeth for University of Colorado donors as part of a visit to the Folger Shakespeare Library. 2008.
“Assessing Assessment: Grading and Alternatives to Grading in the University Classroom.” Graduate Teacher Program Workshop Series. University of Colorado Boulder. 2004.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Marylhurst University: Assistant Professor of English and Digital Humanities, English Language and Writing. 2011 - present. 1 section total.
LIT 468: Hypertext and Literature
Georgia Institute of Technology: Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture. 2010 - 2011. 11 sections total.
LCC 4702: Undergraduate Research Thesis Writing
English 1102: Multimodal Composition II, “Monstrous Bodies”
English 1102: Multimodal Composition II, “The Dead and the Undead”
English 1101: Multimodal Composition I, “The Haptic Interface”
English 1101: Multimodal Composition I, “The Posthuman”
University of Colorado Boulder: Program for Writing and Rhetoric. 2008 - 2010. 8 sections total.
Writing 3020: Topics in Writing, “Queer Rhetorics”
Writing 3020: Topics in Writing, “Issues in Higher Education”
Writing 1150: First Year Writing and Rhetoric, “The Word is Flesh”
University of Colorado Boulder: Department of English. 2001 - 2008. 22 sections total.
English 3060: Modern and Contemporary Lit. and Film, “The Posthuman”
English 3060: Modern and Contemporary Lit. and Film, “The Body and Its Limits”
English 3060: Modern and Contemporary Lit. and Film, “Words, Bodies, Images”
English 3060: Modern and Contemporary Lit. and Film, “Monstrosity and the Other”
English 3000: Shakespeare for Non-majors
English 2707: Introduction to LGBT Literature
English 1600: Masterpieces of American Literature, “The American Gothic”
English 1600: Masterpieces of American Literature, “Melville, Thoreau, and Dickinson”
English 1260: Introduction to Women’s Literature
English 1001: Freshman Composition, “World’s Elsewhere”
English Department Graduate Teacher Pedagogy Seminar
University of Colorado Boulder: Film Studies Program. 1999 - 2005. 6 sections total.
Film 1502: Introduction to Film Studies
ONLINE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Colorado Boulder: Hybrid and Online Instructor. 2001 - present. 10 sections total.
English 3000: Virtual Shakespeare
Colorado Community Colleges Online: Online Instructor. 2007 - 2010. 26 sections total.
English 121: English Composition I
English 122: English Composition II
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Committee Chair: Assessment Committee, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2011 - present.
Committee Member: Writing and Communication Committee, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology. Elected Position. 2010 - present.
Committee Member: Social Media Committee, School of Literature, Communication and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2010 - present.
Committee Member: Educational Policy and Uniform Standards Committee (EPUS), University of Colorado System Administration. 2009 - 2010.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Director: Online English Degree Program, Marylhurst University. 2011 - present.
Lead Instructor: Department of English, Colorado Community Colleges Online. 2007 - 2010.
Developed standardized online versions of ENG 121 and 122 (English Composition I and II).
Trained 15 - 20 instructors teaching 30 - 40 sections of these courses each semester.
Learning Management System Mentor. Technical support to all faculty in D2L and Blackboard.
Interim Administrator: Faculty Council, University of Colorado System Administration. 2007 - 2008.
Webmaster: Faculty Council, University of Colorado System Administration. 2007 - 2008.
Webmaster: Staff Council, University of Colorado System Administration. 2007 - 2008.
Lead Graduate Teacher: Department of English, University of Colorado Boulder. 2003 - 2005.
Mentor for all graduate instructors and teaching assistants.
Lead Graduate Teacher Training. 2003 and 2004.
Designed and maintained web site with pedagogical resources.
Developed and taught semester-long pedagogy seminar in Fall 2003 and Fall 2004.
FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCTION
Director, Producer, Editor: “Georgia Tech It Gets Better.” 2011. <http://youtu.be/FKwrrTcFbqA>
Producer, Editor: “Defending Neverland.” Midheaven Productions. 2009.
Editor: “Uncommon Hope.” MCC. 2008.
Editor: “We Who Are One Body.” MCC. 2007
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Web and Graphic Design: Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, RapidWeaver, (X)HTML.
Film and Video: Final Cut Studio, Final Cut Pro X, iMovie.
Course Management Systems: Blackboard, WebCT, D2L, Sakai, Moodle.
LANGUAGES
Latin: Intermediate reading and translation.
Spanish: Intermediate reading, speaking, and translation.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS)
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA)
Whedon Studies Association (WSA)
REFERENCES
Kelly Hurley, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder.
(303) 492-8951. Kelly.Hurley@colorado.edu
Eric White, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder.
(303) 492-8930. Eric.White@colorado.edu
Steve Lamos, Assistant Professor, Writing and Rhetoric, University of Colorado at Boulder.
(303) 735-5693. Steve.Lamos@colorado.edu.
R L Widmann, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder.
(303) 492-8946. R.Widmann@colorado.edu.
Martin Bickman, Professor, Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder.
(303) 492-8945. Martin.Bickman@colorado.edu.
