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Jillana Enteen, Ph.D.
655 W. Bittersweet Pl. #3E
Chicago, IL 60613
Jillana Enteen

Gender Studies Program
Kresge 2-360—1880 Campus Drive
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
Jillana Enteen


Education

Invited Lectures and Presentations

Prof. Act. and Affiliations

Academic Positions

Conferences and Panel Presentations

Languages

Awards & Fellowships

Research & Teaching Interests

Travel

Publications

Courses Taught

References

Works in Preparation

University Service

 


Education

1999

PhD

English (Cultural Studies; Gender Studies),
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Dissertation: "Import/Export: English Language Genders in Thailand."
Director: Bruce Robbins; Committee: Abena Busia, Louisa Schein, Marc Manganaro.

1996

MA

English (20th Century Literatures),
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

1992

MA

English (Renaissance Literature), University of Alabama
Thesis: "'Yeeld Ladies, Yeeld to Love Ladies': Homoeroticism between Women in Renaissance Texts." Director: David L. Miller; Committee: Elizabeth Meese, Sharon O'Dair.

1986

BA

General Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University

Academic Positions

2004-present Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies Gender Studies Program Northwestern University. Chicago, IL.
In charge of program development, member of advisory board, oversee undergraduate programs and advising, head of undergraduate curriculum committee.  Performing all duties pertaining to these two positions. Teaching New Media Theory, Recent Diaspora Fiction, and Queer Theory.

2000-2004 Visiting Assistant Professor - English, Gender Studies, and Comparative Literary Studies Northwestern University. Chicago, IL.
Teaching New Media Studies, Queer Theory, Gender Theory, Postcolonial Theory, Cultural Studies, and Asian Diaspora Literature in the English Department, Comparative Literary Studies Program, Gender Studies Program, Asian-American Studies Program and Asian Studies Program.

1999-2001 Assistant Professor –English Department, University of Central Florida. Orlando, FL.
Tenure track position in Cultural Studies and Composition and Rhetoric. Developed interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in "Texts and Technologies." Taught the pilot course for this Ph.D. in Spring 2000.

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Awards and Fellowships

2004

Northwestern University Research Grant - Northwestern University

2001,2,3,4

Northwestern University WCAS Curriculum Enhancement Grant - Northwestern University

2004

Nominated for Northwestern University Teaching Excellence Award - Northwestern University

2003-04

Kaplan Center for the Humanities Faculty Affiliation - Northwestern University

2002

Gender Studies Faculty Seminar Fellowship– Gender Studies Program,
Northwestern University

2002

Program for the Study of the Imagination Curriculum Development Grant - Northwestern University

2000

Women's Studies Curriculum Development Grant – Women's Studies, University of Central Florida.

1999-2000

FCTL Grant – Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida.

1996-97

English Department Dissertation Fellowship - Rutgers University.

1996

Ford Foundation Travel Grant -The Sixth International Conference on Thai Studies.

1995-96

Fulbright Junior Research Grant - Thailand.

1995-96

Walter C. Russell Scholarship - Rutgers University.

1994

Symposium Paper Award - Rutgers English Department Annual Colloquium.

1993-94

Graduate Fellowship - Rutgers University.

1992

Outstanding Teaching Award - English Department, University of Alabama.

1991

Strode Fellowship in Renaissance Studies - University of Alabama.

1990

Graduate Council Fellowship - University of Alabama.

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Publications

"'On the Receiving End of the Colonization': Nalo Hopkinson's Nanny Web." Special issue on Afrofuturism. Ed. Ron E. Shavers. Callaloo (forthcoming).

"Spacial Conceptions of URLs: Tamil Eelam on the World Wide Web." Special issue on Asian Internet Practices. Radhika Gajjala, ed. New Media and Society (forthcoming).

 "Lesbian Studies in Thailand." Special issue on "Lesbian Studies in the Twenty-First Century." Noreen Giffney Katherine O'Donnell, eds. The Journal of Lesbian Studies11.1/2 (2007). Also in Twenty-First Century Lesbian Studies. Harrington Park Press, 2007.

 "Siam ReMapped: CyberInterventions by Thai Women." New Media and Society 7.4 (August 2005): 457-482.

"'Subject: Re: Why I HATE Achebe!': World Literature on the World Wide Web." Coauthored with Tanya Agathocleous.Teaching Literature: A Handbook. Tanya Agathocleous and Ann Dean, eds. New York: Palgrave Press, 2002.

"Globalization and Intercultural Communication: A Virtual Exchange Project." Coauthored with Radhika Gajjala. Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy 7.2 (Summer 2002).

"Tom, Dii and Anjaree: Women Who Follow Non-Conformist Ways." Postcolonial, Queer: Theoretical Intersections. John Hawley, ed. State University of New York Press, 2001.

"'Whiskey is Whiskey. You Can't Make a Cocktail from That': Self-Identified Gay Thai Men in Bangkok." Jouvert: A Journal of Post-Colonial Studies 2.1 (Fall 1998).

"Seamlessly Intertwined? Representations of Women and Weaving." Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Thai Studies, Theme V: Women, Gender Relations and Development in Thai Society. Chiang Mai: 1996, 1-8.


Works in Preparation

"Linguistic Opportunities: Thai Gay and Straight Sex Tourism Dictionaries." South Atlantic Quarterly. Special issue on "Critical Tourism." Ed. Ian Buchanan.

Ying rat ying: Thailand's Women Who Love Women. Lesbianism in Thailand.  Ed. Virada Somswasdi and Kathleen Corrigan.  Chiang Mai University Press.

Virtual English: Internet Use, Language, and Global Subjects
(Book-length manuscript forthcoming on Routledge Press). This manuscript bridges the chasm between the hyperbolic perception and the everyday use of emergent technologies by examining alternative approaches and practices. Analyzing internet activities of non-mainstream participants and organizations reveals exchanges that simultaneously challenge and circumvent dominant routines, providing fresh interpretations of this important new medium. Rather than attempting to be a comprehensive study of internet use, this work provides a strategic analysis of a set of divergent practices that counter prominent notions about the deployment and meaning of electronic communication. My study locates instances where subjects use electronic media to resist popular understandings of cyberspace, computer-mediated communication, nation and community, presenting unexpected responses to the forces of globalization and predominant U.S. value systems. These populations contribute websites, conversations, and artifacts that employ English strategically, broadening and splintering the language to express their concerns in the manner they perceive as effective. Users thus illustrate opportunities to transmit information, conduct conversations, teach, and make decisions, in the process, shaping both language and technology.

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Invited Lectures and Presentations

"Phet: Non-Thai Interpretations of Thai Sex/Gender." Invited lecture sponsored by the Women’s Studies Center ofChiang Mai University. Chiang Mai, Thailand.  June 2004.

 "Queering Digital Space." Keynote Address. Institute for the Study of Culture and Society. Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, Ohio, March 2004.

"Re-Searching Cyberspace/Re-Producing Cyberculture." Featured presentation for Communications Week. School of Communication Studies, Bowling Green State University. Bowling Green, Ohio, March 2004.

"No Funny Citizens Need Apply." Media Queered Symposium. Respondent Steve Jones. University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL, February 2004.

"Postcolonial Feminists: A Workshop." Presenter and Co-moderator. Association of Internet Researchers Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada, October 2003.

"Colonial Traces: Sexual Acts." Rainbow Alliance Week. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. May 2003.

"Reading Sex Acts in Lawrence Chua’s Gold by the Inch."  Asian-American Heritage Week.  Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL, April 2003.

"Charting Your Course." Interview/Demonstration for Course Management Resources.  Academic Technologies. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2003.

"Time's Up! We'll Continue On-line: Internet Enhanced Classrooms." University Teaching Series. Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL, September 2002 and 2003.

"Using New Media in the Humanities." WCAS College, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL,June 2001.

"Northwestern Faculty Comments on Blackboard." Interview and on-line reference. Information Technologies. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, January 2001.

"WWW Resources for the Humanities Classroom." Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Summer Institute. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, May 2000.

"Thai Women on the Internet." Intercollegiate Sex Researcher's Group. Rutgers, NJ, February 1999.

"Self-Identified Gay Thai Men in Bangkok." Post-Colonial Studies Group. Rutgers, NJ, March 1998.

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Conferences and Panel Presentations

"DigiCultural Crossroads." Roundtable Moderator and Organizer.  Annual Convention of the American Studies Association. Atlanta, GA. November 2004.

"Tamil Eelam on the World Wide Web: Stategies for Recognition." Association of Internet Researchers Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada, October 2003.

"Internet Based Learning: The Lessons of Collaboration." Respondent.  Association of Internet Researchers Annual Convention. Toronto, Canada, October 2003.

"Nannysong: Nalo Hopkinson's Calypsonian Operating Language." CongressCATH 2003: WARP/WOOF: Aurality/Musciality/Textuality, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, July 2003.

"Electronic Elsewheres Conference." Panel Moderator. College of Communications. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 2003.

"Classroom Uses for Blogging." Feature presentation.  2East New Technology Series. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, April 2003.

"Hacking a Poetics." Version>03: Digital Arts Convergence. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, March 2003.

"Networking Against Spatial Conceptions: Tamil Eelam on the World Wide Web." Globalization and the Image Session for the Society for Critical Exchange. Modern Language Association Convention. New York, NY, December 2002.

"Funny--Out of U.S. Sexuality's Binary Bind." Asian American Division Panel. Modern Language Association Convention. New York, NY, December 2002.

"The Language of New Media." Panel Organizer, Chair and Respondent. American Studies Association 2002 Annual Meeting. Houston, TX, November 2002.

"'On the Receiving End of the Colonization': Nalo Hopkinson's 'Nansi Web." Race in Digital Space 2.0. Los Angeles, CA, October 2002.

“Spatial Conceptions of URLs." Third International Conference on Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication. Montreal, Canada, July 2002.

"Tinglish on the WWW: Thaisms in English Language Websites by Thai-Americans." Second European Conference of the International Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Aarhus, Denmark, May 2002.

"Tinglish Talk: Strategic Uses of Thaisms by Thai Women in English Language WWW Environments." "Unruly Women: (Ab)Uses of Translation and the Negotiation of Gender" Panel. American Comparative Literature Association. San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 2002.

"Using English, Talking Thai: Decentering the US and the Thai Language on the WWW." "Worlding the US Wide Web" Panel. Annual Convention of the American Studies Association. Detroit, MI, October 2000.

"Thai Sisters are Doing it For Themselves." "Race, Gender, and the Internet" Panel. Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference. Atlanta, GA, October 2000.

"Race, Gender, and the Internet." Panel chair.Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts Conference. Atlanta, GA, October 2000.

"CyberInterventions by Thai Women." Third International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference. Birmingham, UK, June 2000.

"Constructing Community: Establishing Shots in I Like It Like That." "On the Edge of Time." Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference on Film and Literature. Tallahassee, FL, January 2000.

"'Ahem* We Are Not Horny Thai Girls': Resisting the Thai Girl Image on the Internet." Popular Culture Panel. Modern Language Association Convention. Chicago, IL, December 1999.

"'Don't Worry about LaNgUaGe sKilLs': English as a Second Language on the Internet." Social Dialects and Bilingualism Panel, Modern Language Association Convention. Chicago, IL, December 1999.

"Funding for Graduate Students." Panel discussion. Rutgers, NJ, April 1998.

"Tom, Dii and Anjaree: Thai Women Loving Women and Their Representations." Terrains: Landscapes/ Bodyscapes Conference. SUNY Stony Brook, NY, March 1998.

"Representations of Thai Women by Thai NGOs." The Institute for Research on Women's Fifteenth Annual Celebration of Our Work Conference. Rutgers, NJ, May 1997.

Panel on Gender and Sexualities. Roundtable participant. American Association of Geographers Conference. Houston, TX, April 1997.

"Seamlessly Intertwined? Representations of Women and Weaving." Sixth International Conference on Thai Studies. Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 1996. 

"'Indulging Vices by Proxy': The Eruption of Homoerotic Desire and Opportunities for Spectactorial Identification in The Big Sleep." Popular Culture Conference. SUNY Binghamton, NY, April 1995.

"Northwest WorldPerks: Speaking about the Hmong Diaspora from the Orientalist/ Western Feminist Paradigm." Diasporas Old and New: Institute for Research on Women Conference, Rutgers, NJ, March 1994, and Rutgers English Department Annual Colloquium. Rutgers, NJ, May 1994.

"Beyond Visual Pleasure: Dissolution in Cinema." Text, Lies and Stereotypes Conference. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 1991.

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Research and Teaching Interests

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Courses Taught

Northwestern University (2000-2005)

University of Central Florida (1999-2000)

Rutgers University (1994-1998)

University of Alabama (1989-1992)

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University Service

Associate Director. Gender Studies Program. Northwestern University. 2004-present.

Associate Director. Northwestern University’s Thailand Study Abroad Program. 2004-present.

Faculty Affiliate. Screen Cultures Program. Northwestern University. 2004-present.

Faculty Affiliate. Asian American Studies Program. Northwestern University. 2004-present.

Faculty Affiliate. Asian and Middle East Studies Program. Northwestern University. 2001-present.

Faculty Affiliate. Comparative Literary Studies Program. Northwestern University. 2000-present.

Faculty Sponsor. Northwestern Queer Graduate Student Group. 2004-present.

Member, Board of Directors. Northwestern Queer Folk/Colored Folk Speaker Series.2003- present.

Honors Thesis Director. English Department. Northwestern University. 2002-present. (one student per year)

Freshman Advisor. Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Northwestern University. 2001-2004.

Faculty Director, Northwestern University Gender Studies Reading Group. 2002-2005.  Participant, 2000-present.

Faculty Facilitator. The National Day of Silence, a student-led protest against the discrimination and harassment experienced by LGBTQ students and their allies. Organized by NU Rainbow Alliance. April 2004.

Faculty Research Supervisor. Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP). Northwestern University. Summer 2002 and 2003.

Participant. Program in the Study of Imagination. Northwestern University. Fall 2001-2004.

Member. Texts and Technologies Ph.D.Development Cmte. University of Central Florida. 1999-2001.

Member. Women's Studies Graduate Committee. University of Central Florida. 1999-2000.

Member. Literature Curriculum Committee. University of Central Florida. 1999-2000.

Faculty Sponsor. Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society. University of Central Florida. 1999-2000.

Invited and hosted filmmaker Yvonne Welbon. Screened “Alice Ellis @ 100.” February 2004.

Conducted Inter-instutional Class Collaboration projects with classes from Bowling Green State University. 2003-2004.

Hosted visit by Radhika Gajjala to talk about collaborative project, give a lecture, and meet with undergraduates. 2003. Virtual Conference with Cyberqueer class, GS 390. 2004.

Linked Northwestern course "Postcolonial Literatures and Theories" with George Landow's "Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English Website". Class information and student papers have been integrated into this recognized Postcolonial Studies resource. English 365, Fall 2002, 03, 04.

Invited and hosted Queer Theory scholar Judith Halberstam to Northwestern for lecture, seminar and class visits. January 2003.

Created World Literature II course using e-Book technology. Students conducted weekly discussions and completed other activities through a shared website with Tanya Agathocleous' World Literature class at Rutgers University. Spring 2000.

Linked Globalization/ Intercultural Communication courses with Professor Radhika Gajjala at Bowling Green State University. Students conducted a virtual exchange project culminating in a group research paper developed using Internet technologies. Fall 1999.

Established "Epcot Component" for Postcolonial Conditions class in coordination with Disney World's College and International Student Program, where students visit Epcot Center's country exhibits, interview international students employed at Epcot, and analyze issues of representation. Fall 1999.

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Professional Activities and Affiliations

Member, Board of Directors, Beyond Media.2004-present.

Expert Witness. Immigration Court of San Francisco, California on behalf of a client accused of falsely reporting his sexuality. My declaration was cited by the Judge as the determining factor in his decision to clear the accused of these charges. 2004.

Curriculum Developer and Teacher Trainer. The National Urban Technology Center.
New York, NY. 1996-2001
Designed proposal and project demonstration for Youth-On-Line, an interactive computer and life skills acquisition program targeting urban youth. Developed and authored "Life Skills Curriculum" taught at the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA), conducted nationally since 1995 for low-income, inner-city students between the ages of 12 and 18. Prepared teachers and program facilitators to run YLA's integrated Life Skills and Computer Skills program at urban locations throughout the U.S. including the Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods of New York City, Los Angeles, Pasadena and Miami.

Teacher, Editor. Empower. Bangkok, Thailand. 1992-1996.
Taught English, AIDS awareness and self-esteem to Thai sex-workers. Participated in AIDS awareness and condom use campaigns. Edited English language press releases and grant proposals.

Foreign Expert. Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand. 1992-1993.
Taught Critical Analysis, English Literature, English Conversation and Advanced English as a Second Language (ESL).

Foreign Teacher. Civil Aviation Institute of China, Tianjin, China. 1988-1989.
Taught Western Culture, Business Writing, English Conversation and Composition, ESL.

Member: Modern Language Association, International and American Societies for Literature, Science, and the Arts, American Studies Association, Association of Internet Researchers, American Comparative Literature Studies Association, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, Society for Critical Exchange, Faces: Women in New Media, Rhizome.org.

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Languages

Travel

References

Available on request

10/2005

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