H I L A R Y B E R W I C K E D U C A T I O N 2015 2008 2004 Cultural Studies ● University of California, Davis ● Hart Hall ● One Shields Ave ● Davis CA 95616 hrberwick@ucdavis.edu ● hilary.berwick@gmail.com Ph.D., Cultural Studies; University of California, Davis Dissertation: “Producing Anarchist Subjects: Emotion, Race, and Gender in the Case of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1917 -­‐ 1927” MA, Humanities and Social Thought; New York University Master's Thesis: “I Listen to Records: The Interplay Between Old Media and New Technologies” B.A. English Literature; University of Wisconsin, Madison Honors Thesis: “A Future Perfect Nostalgia: The effect of identity on sub-­‐cultural declarations through the lens of hardcore, emo, and riot-­‐grrrl” R E S E A R C H I N T E R E S T S American Studies, affect theory, queer and sexuality theory, gender and masculinity, ethnic studies and critical race theory, historiography and temporality, critical theory P U B L I C A T I O N S Peer-­Reviewed Journal Articles Accepted for publication: co-­‐authoring introduction and editing “Queer In/Security” dossier, GLQ, expected publication 2016 (with Tallie Ben Daniel) Online Peer-­Reviewed Journal Articles “Toward a Queer Temporality of Hip Hop: An Annotated Playlist,” Lateral II, Volume 3, May 2014. F E L L O W S H I P S A N D R E S E A R C H G R A N T S 2014 – 2015: UC Davis Provost’s Dissertation Year Fellowship for the Humanities and Social Sciences Summer 2012: Research Fellowship, UC Davis Cultural Studies Graduate Group Summer 2011: Research Fellowship, UC Davis Cultural Studies Graduate Group Summer 2010: Research Fellowship, UC Davis Cultural Studies Graduate Group S E L E C T E D R E S E A R C H E X P E R I E N C E June – August 2014: Graduate Student Researcher, Syllabus and Pedagogy Development for ‘Introduction to American Studies’, Professor Grace Wang. January – April, 2012: Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Robert Irwin, Cultural Studies Graduate Group. Spring 2012: Graduate Student Researcher, Professor Wendy Ho, Women and Gender Studies. Created affect theory pedagogy for graduate level Women’s Studies class. P R E S E N T A T I O N S & L E C T U R E S Conferences May 2014: “Investigating a Centennial: Archives, Affect, and After-­‐War.” Cultural Studies Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. May 2013: “I Kicked Him Like a Gentleman: Newspapers, Emotion, Anarchists and Soldiers in 1920s America.” Organized panel: “Affect, Racialization, Gender, and Interdisciplinary Method.” Cultural Studies Association Conference, Chicago May 2013: “I Kicked Him Like a Gentleman: Newspapers, Emotion, Anarchists and Soldiers in WWI America”. Invited panelist, “Feminist Approaches in the Multiples of Militarization” Panel for the Feminist DE Conference, UC Davis February 2011: “The Political Economy of Affect.” Paper presented at Conscripted Subjects: Discipline, Critique, and the Humanities, University of California, Los Angeles February 2008: “I Listen to Records: The Interplay Between Old Media and New Technology.” (Ex)Change Under Construction X, The Eastern Regional STS Graduate Student Conference Selected Invited Lectures Summer 2012 “Politics, Propaganda, and the UC Davis Pepper Spraying” History of Information, UC Berkeley Spring 2011 “Hip Hop, the Blues, and the Cultural Politics of Nicki Minaj.” Cultural History of the Blues, UC Davis, T E A C H I N G E X P E R I E N C E Instructor, University of California, Davis Spring 2014 Sports and American Culture Critical Sports Studies Summer 2013 Music in American Culture Spring 2012 Listening and Hip Hop in American Popular Culture Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis Winter 2014, Fall 2012 Winter 2013 Spring 2011, Spring 2013 Summer 2010, Summer 2011 Spring 2009 – Fall 2010 2008 -­‐ 2010 others. Introduction to American Studies, Professors Julie Sze and Grace Wang Fundamentalism, Professor Flagg Miller. Cultural History of the Blues, Professor Julia Simon Hip Hop in Urban America Music and American Culture, Professor Ari Y. Kelman Introduction to Women's Studies, WGS50. Lead TA. Professors Wendy Ho, Caren Kaplan, and P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E Editor in Chief, Emmie Magazine; Madison, WI, August 2002-­June 2004: Led and managed a staff of 30
volunteer students at Emmie Magazine; assigned articles and maintained deadlines for myself and others.
Created and maintained a network of promoters, public relations coordinators and distributors with various
record labels and PR firms.
President, Wisconsin Union Directorate, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Sept 2003-­June 2005: Organized and led eleven student leaders; worked with team to identify annual goals and objectives; delegated
responsibilities and managed work flow; inspired group dynamic through team building outings and low-key
gatherings; advised student leaders in their efforts to recruit, retain and reward thousands of student
volunteers in the implementation of more than a dozen programs every week throughout the school year.
Acted as chief point person for New Yorker Magazine at the University of Wisconsin, Madison during their
New Yorker College Tour of 2004-2005. Coordinated the rental of rooms; initiated contact with professors
and academic staff; recruited a volunteer staff of over fifty students to staff tables and promote events.
Tutor, ABL Student Services, New York, NY, July 2006-­April 2008: Specialized in reading and writing skills. Focused, one-­‐on-­‐one or small group work to improve language skills, reading comprehension, writing clarity and comfort. A C A D E M I C & C O M M U N I T Y S E R V I C E May 2013: Invited moderator of “Undisciplining Science: Disciplining Sexuality, Unruly Performances” Conference, Queer, Feminist, and Transgender Studies Research Cluster, UC Davis. May 2013: Co-­‐coordinator, “The US-­‐North Korean Nuclear Crisis” Teach-­‐In 2011 – 2013: Coordinator, DHI Militarization Research Cluster 2012: Coordinator, Critical Theory Reading Group October 2012: Co-­‐facilitator, 2nd Reflections on Feminist Teaching Practices Symposium May 2012: Co-­‐Coordinator, Queer (In)Securities Conference, May 2012 February 2012: Coordinator, Prospectus Colloquium, Cultural Studies Graduate Group December 2011: Founding co-­‐organizer and facilitator, Reflections on Feminist Teaching Practices Symposium September 2009 – December 2011 – Graduate Student Association Representative for Cultural Studies Graduate Group L A N G U A G E A B I L I T Y : French (spoken: intermediate; reading: fluent); German (reading: intermediate) P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S : American Studies Association, Cultural Studies Association