Amy Adele Hasinoff
Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
228 Gregory Hall
810 South Wright Street
Urbana, IL 61801
EDUCATION
PhD Candidate, Institute of Communications Research, 2005-present
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Certifications:
Gender and Women’s Studies
Cultural Studies and Interpretive Research
Co-Advisors: Sarah Projansky and Paula Treichler
Committee: John Nerone and Shefali Chandra
Bachelor of Arts, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2005
Anthropology, Psychology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Feminist Media Studies, Girls Studies, Queer Theory, Sexuality Studies, New Media, Identity and Difference, Race and Representation, Crime and the Media, Journalism Studies, Reality Television, Science and the Media, Feminist Science Studies
JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)
(2009, forthcoming) “It’s sociobiology, hon! Genetic gender determinism in Cosmopolitan magazine,” Feminist Media Studies.
(2008) “Fashioning race for the free market on America’s Next Top Model,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25 (3), pp. 324-343.
BOOK REVIEW
(2009, forthcoming) “Better living through reality TV: Television and post-welfare citizenship,” Communication Review.
FELLOWSHIPS
Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture, Doctoral award, 2007-2010
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Doctoral award, 2007-2009
Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Departmental Fellowship, 2005-2008
Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture, Masters award (transferred award to PhD program), 2005-2007
James McGill Entrance Scholarship, McGill University, 2001-2005
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Conference Travel Grant, 2009
Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Conference Travel Grant, 2009
Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Conference Travel Grant, 2009
Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Conference Travel Grant, 2008
Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Equipment and Research Grant, 2007
Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Conference Travel Grant, 2007
McGill University, Dean’s Honor List, 2001-2005
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (REFEREED)
“’Think before you post’: Internet safety lessons on sexual self-esteem as a neoliberal strategy for governing girls,” National Communication Association, Chicago, IL: November 12-15, 2009
“Teen sexting epidemic!: The use of self-empowerment advice in the news to discourage girls’ sexual expression,” Canadian Association of Cultural Studies, Montreal, Canada: October 22-26, 2009
“‘She’s a victim and she’s not a victim’: Legal, legislative, and journalistic responses to adolescents’ self-produced child pornography,” Canadian Communication Association, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada: May 28-30, 2009.
“Internet sex offenders caught on hidden camera! To Catch a Predator’s neoliberal rhetorics of representation,” Canadian Communication Association Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: June 4-6 2008.
“Between racism and rape: Discursive gridlock in dominant and marginal newspaper coverage of the Marcus Dixon trial,” International Communication Association Conference, Montreal, Canada: May 22-26 2008.
“‘What about your reputation?’: An autoethnographic exploration of teens, sexuality, and mass media,” Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: May 2-5 2007.
“The racialization of teen sexuality in the news,” Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: May 2-5 2007.
“Teen Oral Sex in Mass Media: The Reiteration of Race, Gender, and Class Hierarchies,” Obscenity: An Interdisciplinary Discussion, Iowa City, IA: Mar 1-4 2007.
“Mental Hygiene Films in the Internet Archive and the Ironic Recuperation of Nostalgia” National Communication Convention, San Antonio, TX: Nov 15-19 2006.
“The Scientific Legitimation of Femininity in Cosmopolitan Magazine,” National Communication Convention, San Antonio, TX: Nov 15-19 2006.
“‘Coeds Need Cash’: Sex Work, Universities, and Class Formations,” Console-ing Passions, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: May 25-27 2006.
“Teen Oral Sex Epidemic! Sex acts an the formation of race, gender, and class.” Queer Theory Symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: May 8-9 2006.
“Biological Fairytales: Sociobiology and Gender Essentialism in Cosmopolitan,” Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at U-C: May 4-6 2006.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, Professor Sarah Projansky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gender and Women’s Studies/Cinema Studies, 2007
Research Assistant, Professor Carrie Rentschler, McGill University, Communication Studies, 2005
Research assistant, Professor Axel van den Berg, McGill University, Sociology, 2003
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2009: Introduction to the Media, Media Studies 101
Teaching Assistant, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2006: Film Culture: Blaxploitation, Communications 321
Teaching Assistant, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2005: Media Money and Power, Communications 264
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Chair, “Intimacy in/and the Public Sphere II: The Creation and Disruption of Intimate Space,” Canadian Communication Association Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada: May 28-30 2009.
Reviewer:
Critical Studies in Media Communication, 2009-present
The Communication Review, 2006
Volunteer, Las Krudas: Women, power and resistance symposium, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 17, 2007
Volunteer, Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 4-6 2006
Chair, “Post 9/11 Feminist Cultural Politics,” Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: May 4-6 2006.
Volunteer, [CTRL] Conference, McGill University, October 22-23, 2004
JOURNALISM AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Publicity Assistant, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2004 – 2005
Mind and Body Editor, The McGill Daily, McGill University, 2003 – 2004
Culture Editor, The McGill Daily, McGill University, 2002 – 2003
Staff Writer, The McGill Daily, McGill University, 2001 – 2002
LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND READ
French
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Canadian Communication Association
Canadian Association of Cultural Studies
National Communication Association
