Curriculum Vitae

Below is a link to my full CV. This is a selection from my CV.

Education

Ph. D. (in progress), American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, anticipated May 2026

Graduate Certificate (in progress), International/Intercultural Communication, School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, anticipated May 2026

M.A., Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, December 2017
Thesis: “Reframing Normal: The Inclusion of Deaf Culture in the X-Men Comic Books”
Committee Chair: Dr. Jeremy Wallach

Teaching Experience

Marion Technical College, Marion, OH

Introductory American Sign Language I (Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022). Adjunct Instructor.

Introductory American Sign Language II (Fall 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023). Adjunct Instructor.

Intermediate American Sign Language (Spring 2024). Adjunct Instructor.

Cultural Literacy (Fall 2025). Adjunct Instructor.

Ethnic and Cultural Diversity (Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022). Adjunct Instructor

Oral Communication (Fall 2022). Adjunct Instructor.

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH

Cultural Pluralism in the United States (Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019). Graduate Instructor of Record

Introduction to Popular Culture (Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2016). Graduate Instructor of Record

Introduction to Popular Culture (Fall 2015). Graduate Teaching Assistant.

Assistantships

Graduate Assistant, The Writing Center, BGSU, August 2018 – May 2019
Research Assistant, Dr. Jeremy Wallach and Dr. Angela Nelson, July 2016 – August 2016

Publications

Bliss, Courtney. ““What Did You Think About…?”: The Metaculture of Fandom.” The Journal of Fandom Studies 10.2-3.

Bliss, Courtney. “From B-Boys to Broadway: Activism and Directed Change in Hip-Hop.” Asia Pacific Media Educator 29.2.

Gajjala, Radhika, and ACS 7700 [including Bliss, C.]. (2019). “New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy”. South Asian Review.

Grants

Gary Burns Graduate Student Travel Grant, Midwest Popular Culture Association, October 2019

Conference Activity

Conferences Organized

Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 28 August – 1 September 2025. Organizing Committee member and volunteer.

Wayne Pop 2021: Disruptions, Gaps, Transitions, and Leaps (DGTL), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 24-26 September 2021. Conference planning committee and volunteer.

Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU, April 2017. Conference organizer.

Papers Presented (Recent)

“Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations: Star Trek’s incorporation of the social model of disability in its vision for the future,” Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 30 August – 2 September 2024.

“Oracle: The Glitch in the System,” The Comics Studies Society Annual Conference, virtual, 24-28 June 2024.

“The Metacultural Impact of the Original Cast Album: A Hamilton Case Study,” Original Cast Recordings: Art, Artefact, Analysis, virtual, 5-6 September 2023.

“Musicking at Hamilton: Bringing the Concert to the Theater,” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, Chicago, IL, 14-16 October 2022.

“Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us: The intersection of theater and hip-hop cultures at Hamilton,” Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 1-5 September 2022.

“More Than a Theater Geek: How Theater Fandom Exists and Impact Theater Culture,” Culture Under Construction: Culture as Syncretism, Authenticity, and Experience, Bowling Green State University, 19 February 2022.

Session Chair

“Challenging the Mainstream: Marginalized Identities in Comics.” Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 28 August – 1 September 2025.

“Animating Identities: Gender & Disability in Animation.” Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 28 August – 1 September 2025.

“Queering Bodies, Glitching Forms” panel, The Comics Studies Society Annual Conference, virtual, 24-28 June 2024.

“Closing Gaps in Youth and Fan Cultures” panel, Wayne Pop 2021: Disruptions, Gaps, Transitions, and Leaps (DGTL), Wayne State University, 24-26 September 2021.

“FanC IX: Metacultures of Fandom” panel, Popular Culture Association Conference, virtual, 2-5 June 2021.

“Music II” panel, Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 2018.

“Ethnic Studies in Literature” panel, Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU, April 2018.

Nonacademic Work

“Down the Rabbit Hole: My Descent into Hamilton fandom.” BroadwayCon 2019, 11-13 January 2019.

Languages

American Sign Language
English

Professional Memberships

The Comics Studies Society, Founding Member, 2016 – present.
Golden Key International Honour Society, 2016 – present.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2016 – present.
Midwest Popular Culture Association, 2016 – present.
National Association of the Deaf, 2016 – present.
Popular Culture Association, 2016 – present.
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, 2016 – present.