Curriculum Vitae

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Courtney C. Bliss

Marion Technical College
1467 Mt. Vernon Ave
Marion, OH 43302
blissc@mtc.edu
cblissacafan@gmail.com

Education

Ph. D. (in progress), American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, anticipated May 2024

Graduate Certificate (in progress), International/Intercultural Communication, School of Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University, anticipated May 2024

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

Certificate, American Sign Language/Deaf Studies, Columbus State Community College, December 2013

B.A., Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, December 2005

Teaching Experience

Marion Technical College, Marion, OH

Introductory American Sign Language I (Spring 2023, Fall 2022). Adjunct Instructor.
  • Created course for Marion Technical College, including:
    • Selected textbook.
    • Created curriculum.
    • Created Deaf History Paper assignment.
    • Created comprehension exams.
  • Taught fingerspelling, numbers, grammar, vocabulary, and culture using a mix of English and American Sign Language.
  • Assigned and checked homework for each lesson covered in class.
  • Graded comprehension and production exams and papers.
    • Use rubrics provided by the textbook to grade production exams and give feedback so the students know what area of ASL they need to improve.
  • Created Canvas template for the class.
  • Create Canvas site for each semester based on template.
Introductory American Sign Language II (Spring 2023). Adjunct Instructor.
  • Created course for Marion Technical College, including:
    • Selected textbook.
    • Created curriculum.
    • Created Deaf Culture Paper assignment.
    • Created comprehension exams.
  • Taught additional fingerspelling, numbers, vocabulary, and culture using a mix of English and American Sign Language, with an increased emphasis on American Sign Language
  • Assigned and checked homework for each lesson covered in class.
  • Graded comprehension and production exams and papers.
    • Use rubrics provided by the textbook to grade production exams and give feedback so the students know what area of ASL they need to improve.
  • Created Canvas template for the class.
  • Create Canvas site for each semester based on template.
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity (Spring 2023, Fall 2022). Adjunct Instructor
  • Selected readings in addition to the textbook.
  • Connected topics in the class to the real world through examples, news, current events, and media.
  • Created weekly Reflection assignments based on the topic and readings for the week.
  • Created exams for each unit taught.
  • Created Research Paper project.
  • Created weekly video lectures and lesson plans for in-class discussion.
  • Graded reflections, paper, and exams.
  • Created Canvas site for the class, breaking down the work into weekly modules.
Oral Communication (Fall 2022). Adjunct Instructor.
  • Taught class based on template provided using recommended textbook and speech types and templates.
  • Created lesson plans and PowerPoints for weekly in-class lectures and discussion.
  • Graded speeches given in class and submitted on Canvas, providing feedback in addition to the grade so the students could improve their public speaking skills.
  • Modified existing rubric for grading speeches to give more nuanced feedback for the students.
  • Graded final exam and quizzes on each speech style.
  • Personalized the Canvas template for the class to this semester’s class.

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
  • Selected readings for the class.
  • Created the schedule for the semester.
  • Connected topics in the class to the real world through examples, news, current events, and media.
  • Create, grade, and give feedback for assignments including Critical Responses based on the readings, midterm exam, final exam, and research paper bringing media and Cultural Pluralism together.
  • Create and maintain Canvas site for each semester.
  • Restructured the class for an 8-week summer online semester.
  • Restructured assignments for teaching the course asynchronously online for Fall 2020.
  • Created video lectures for Fall 2020.
  • Modified the class for teaching the class synchronously online for Spring 2021 using Canvas for assignments and a Discord server for lectures and class discussions.
  • Meet with students and reply to students’ electronic correspondence to further their understanding of the topics covered in the course.
Introduction to Popular Culture (Spring 2018, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2016). Graduate Instructor of Record
  • Following guidelines set for the course:
    • Set schedule for most of the class.
    • Chose readings from selection provided.
    • Created and administered exams.
    • Created lectures that taught the topics and encouraged discussion about them in class.
    • Create and grade Reading Reflection assignment.
  • Gave students feedback on final paper topic and the first draft of their paper.
  • Graded exams, assignments, and final paper.
  • Met with students to further their understanding of Popular Culture studies.
  • Maintained Canvas sites for each semester.
Introduction to Popular Culture (Fall 2015). Graduate Teaching Assistant.
  • Attended twice weekly lectures providing assistance to professor.
  • Led two recitation sections in discussion based on the week’s lectures:
    • Discussing the topics and clarifying information as necessary
    • Administering quizzes periodically
  • Assist in administering exams, and grading exams for students in my recitation sections.

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. (Forthcoming)

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

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

“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.

““Men can be divas, right?”: The modern-day male diva,” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 7-10 October 2021.

“Finding the Good in the Global Pandemic: What we can learn from the #Ratatousical community.” Wayne Pop 2021: Disruptions, Gaps, Transitions, and Leaps (DGTL), Wayne State University, 24-26 September 2021.

““What do you think about last night’s episode?”: The Metaculture of Fandom,” Popular Culture Association Conference, virtual, 2-5 June 2021.

“From B-Boys to Broadway: Activism and Directed Change in Hip-Hop.” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, virtual, 1-4 October 2020.

“From B-Boys to Broadway: Activism and Directed Change in Hip-Hop.” Popular Culture Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 15-18 April 2020, *cancelled due to COVID-19.

“‘Who Tells My Story?’: The enduring conversation about race on Broadway.” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH, 10-13 October 2019.

“SuperTropes: Finding the difference between Narrative Prosthesis and Introduction to Disability in Marvel Comics.” Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 29 August – 2 September 2019.

“From All-Knowing to Erased: Oracle’s Representation and Erasure of Disability in Comic Books.” Batman in Popular Culture Conference, Bowling Green State University, 12-13 April 2019.

“Remixing the Revolution: How Hamilton tells the story of the Founding of America,” 2019 Pop Culture Consortium Conference, Wayne State University, 1-3 March 2019.

“Is Hamilton Authentic (insert genre here)?” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN, October 2018.

“Penny Rolle: Medusa Laughing at the Patriarchy,” Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, 31 August – 3 September 2018.

“Reframing Normal: Colonization of the Deaf and the Mutant,” Chicago Disability Studies Conference, University of Chicago, April 2018.

“It Started With a School: The Use of Geography in Deaf and Mutant Culture,” Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU, April 2018.

“Bitch, Please!: Flipping (Off) Tradition (and Patriarchy),” 2018 Pop Culture Consortium Conference, Wayne State University, February 2018, and Popular Culture Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN, 28-31 March 2018.

 “The Day of the Doctor: A Doctor Who case study,” Midwest Popular Culture Association Conference, St, Louis, MO, October 2017.

“The Super Problem with the Supercrip?” Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 2017.

“Hawkeye’s Magic Ears: From Narrative Prosthesis to Representation,” Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU, April 2017.

“Down the Rabbit Hole: My descent into Hamilton fandom,” Audiences, Fandoms, and Reception: A Kino Club 313 Conference, Wayne State University, February 2017.

 “Are Mutants Deaf?: The Similarities Between Deaf Culture and the Mutants of the X-Men Comics,” Comics and Popular Arts Conference, Atlanta, GA, September 2016.

“Webcomics: Modern Day Folklore,” Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU, March 2016.

“National Association of the Deaf: Are They Feminists?” Ray Browne Conference on Cultural and Critical Studies, BGSU, March 2016.

“Are Mutants Deaf?: Social Disability in the X-Men comics,” Popular Culture Association Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2016.

Session Chair

“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.

Panelist

“Popular Culture Pedagogy Roundtable.” Wayne Pop 2020, Wayne State University, virtual, 25-26 September 2020.

“Professional Collectors” (roundtable), The Ray Browne Conference for Popular Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, 6-7 March 2020.

Campus Presentations

 “Reframing Normal: The Inclusion of Deaf Culture in the X-Men Comic Books,” Popular Culture Colloquium Series, BGSU, 27 April 2017 (colloquium).

 “National Association of the Deaf: Are They Feminists?” The Women’s Center at BGSU, December 2016 (invited).

University Service

Executive-at-Large, Culture Club, BGSU. August 2018-May 2019.
Subject Tutor, The Learning Commons, BGSU, May 2018 – December 2018.
Advisor, Undergraduate Advising and Academic Services, BGSU, May 2016 – July 2016.
President, Popular Culture Scholars Association, BGSU. Fall 2016- Spring 2017.
Webmaster, Popular Culture Scholars Association, BGSU. Fall 2015 –Spring 2017.

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.

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