Vita Dr.

Sharon Marie Ross Television Department Columbia College, Chicago 600 South Michigan Avenue 15th floor Chicago, IL 60605 Education Ph.D. 2002 M.A. 1997 B.A. 1994 Date of Birth: October 31, 1969 Nationality: U.S.A. Office Phone: 312-369-7166 Home Phone: 773-728-0684 sross@colum.edu sharonbuffy@msn.com

Radio-Television-Film, University of Texas at Austin Womens Studies, The Ohio State University Psychology, Cleveland State University, First College, Summa cum laude

Teaching and Professional Experience Columbia College, Chicago: Television Department 2009Associate Professor 2009Associate Chair 2009-2010 Assessment Coordinator, Departmental Review 2005-2006 (college reaccreditation) 2003-2008 Assistant Professor University of Texas at Austin 2001-2002 Assistant Director, College of Communications Senior Fellows Honors Program 2001-2002 Instructor of Record, College of Communications Senior Fellows Honors Program seminar 2001 assistant, Office of Graduate Admissions, Radio-TV-Film 1998-2001 Instructor of Record, courses in Radio-Television-Film The Ohio State University, Womens Studies Department 1996-1997 Instructor of Record, introductory courses in Womens Studies Other designer and instructor: The Tube and You: Televisions Meaning in Life; Senior Exploration Summer Program for high school juniors and seniors at Yale University (Summer 2003) co-designer and co-instructor: TV News Magazine Production; Austin Museum of Art Summer Program in conjunction with University of Texas at Austin Department of Radio-Television-Film; for girls aged 9-12 (Summer 2000)

Awards and Honors 2010 special invitation to attend Television Critics Association Press Tour, Los Angeles (Summer 2010) 2005 nominated for Teacher of the Year, college-wide, Columbia College 2004 nominated for Teacher of the Year, college-wide, Columbia College Fellowships and Grants 2012 Faculty Development Grant, Columbia College Chicago (book and focus group project on Teens and TV) 2009 Disney Inc., faculty seminar, International Radio and Television Society Foundation 2006 Faculty Fellow for National Association of Television Program Executives 2005 Faculty Development Grant, Columbia College Chicago (book and industry interviews project on the Internet and TV) 2004 Faculty Fellow at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences faculty seminar week 2002consultant, Ford Foundation Grant, Initiative to Improve 2003 Representations of Race and Ethnicity on U.S. Primetime Television, University of Texas at Austin 2000 Jesse Jones Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, College of Communication 1998 contributing researcher, Hewlett Grant, Media Literacy and Ethnicity, University of Texas at Austin Scholarly Publications BOOKS Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell-Wiley Publishing. 2008 EDITED ANTHOLOGIES Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom (co-editor with Dr. Louisa Stein). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 2008. JOURNAL SECTION EDITOR Writing and Producing TV in the Post-Network Era, Cinema Journal In Focus section, 50.2 (Winter 2011). BOOK CHAPTERS Defining Teen Culture: The N Network. Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom (co-editor with Dr. Louisa Stein). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 2008. 61-77. Pressurizing the Media Industry: Achievements and Limitations (with Mary Beltran, Jane Park, Henry Puente, and John Downing). Representing Race: Racisms, Ethnicity and the Media, eds. John Downing and Charles Husband. New York: Sage, 2005.

160-93. Talking Sex and the City: Comparison Shopping Through Female Conversation: HBOs Sex and the City. The Sitcom Reader: America Skewed and Viewed. Eds. Mary Dalton and Laura Linder. Albany: SUNY Press, 2005. 111-22. Tough Enough: Xena, Buffy, and Knowledgeable Heroism. Action Chicks: New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture, ed. Sherrie A. Inness. Palgrave Macmillan: New York, 2004. 231-56. Dormant Dormitory Friendships: Race and Gender in Felicity. Teen TV: Genre, Consumption and Identity, eds. Glyn Davis and Kay Dickinson. BFI: London, 2004. 141-150. PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES It's My Party: Accepting TV's Invitation to Participate in Storytelling. Spreadable Media, eds. Henry Jenkins, Joshua Green, and Samuel Ford. NYU Press: New York, forthcoming. Dangerous Demons. femspec: Girl Power Plus Issue. Ed. Batya Weinbaum. vol. 5, issue 2. (2004). 82-100. Toward Ethical Cyberspace Audience Research: Strategies for Using the Internet for Television Audience Studies (with Amanda D. Lotz). Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. BEA: Washington, D.C. (Fall 2004). Bridging Media Specific Approaches: The Value of Feminist Television Criticisms Synthetic Approach (with Amanda D. Lotz). Feminist Media Studies, vol. 4, issue 2. (2004). ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES Female Friendships in Science Fiction and Fantasy Television, in Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Robin Reid. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in Encyclopedia of Television, second edition, ed. Horace Newcomb. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. Xena Warrior Princess, in Encyclopedia of Television, second edition, ed. Horace Newcomb. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005. ONLINE JOURNALS AND BLOGS (INVITED CONTRIBUOR) Antenna (blog; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Communication Arts: http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/). (regular contributor, 2009-current) On The Set With Degrassi: The Next Generation~ There's Something to Be Said for Passion in FLOW (University of Texas Press: http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/). vol.3, issue 9. TV Revisiting TV in FLOW (University of Texas Press: http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/). vol.3, issue 5. Teen Choice Awards: Better Than The Emmys? in FLOW (University of Texas Press: http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/). vol.3, issue 1. (includes request for permission to reprint: McGraw Hill)

What Do We Want from TV Studies? in FLOW (University of Texas Press: http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/). vol.2, issue 7. Meaningful Mysteries: Psychoanalytic Pleasures in Today's TV, in FLOW (University of Texas Press: http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/). vol.2, issue 2. BOOK REVIEWS Wallowing In Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television by Elana Levine, American Studies Journal. vol. 48, no. 4 (Winter 2007). 185-86. OTHER A Salute to Chicago Television, Museum of Broadcast Communication, Salute to Chicago Television Program, 2010. Scholarly Presentations INVITED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS I Don't Watch TV, Except When I Watch it Online: Teen Meanings and Practices of Convergence in the Post-Millennial Era, panel. (Convergence Culture and Transmedia Strategies). Invited presentation and roundtable discussion. Crossroads 2012, Association for Cultural Studies. Le Sorbonne, Paris, France. July 2012. The History of Television in the United States: From Family Living Room to Global Screens, two day seminar. Invited presentation and discussion with broadcast and cable executives from Beijing, China. The 21st Century Institute. March 6-7, 2012. Franchises, Extensions, and World Building, panel. Invited presentation and roundtable discussion. Futures of Entertainment 3, Convergence Culture Consortium. MIT, Cambridge, MA. 22 November 2008. A Dialogue on Race between the Media Reform and Media Justice Movements with Dr. Mary Beltran. Invited presentation. Rethinking the Discourse on Race: A Symposium on How the Lack of Racial Diversity in the Media Affects Social Justice and Policy. St. John's School of Law, Queens Campus, New York, NY. April 2006. Extending the TV Text. Invited Lecture. Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Communication Arts. University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2005. PANEL AND WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION Participant (UNABLE TO ATTEND). Workshop: Teaching Ourselves to Teach: Developing Pedagogies for Cinema and Media Studies (topic: Teaching, Tenure, Vocation: Managing Competing Expectations in Academic Advancement). Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Boston, Mass. March 2012.

Speaker, OMG, LOL: Urban Teens Thoughts on Media. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA. November 2011. Speaker, Hollywood Losers: The Appeal of Failing Entertainment Characters on TV. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. New Orleans, LA. March 2011. Participant, Workshop: Teaching Television Today (topic: Teaching TV to Millenials and Beyond: How to Manage and at Times Subvert the Millenial Mindset). Society for Cinema and Media Studies. New Orleans, LA. March 2011. Participant, Gleeful Teens: The Appeal of Mixing Past and Present Desires in Teen TV. FLOW Conference roundtable: Glee! Give Us Something to Sing About. University of Texas at Austin. October 2010. Speaker, OMFG!: The Incorporation of Fan Reception Practices Into the Marketing and Narrative of Gossip Girl. Reception Studies Society panel: Reading Complex Narratives. Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. September 2009. Participant, Workshop: Now What? Examining the Study of Gender, Television, and Feminism in the Millenium. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Philadelphia, PA. March 2008. Speaker, When The Digital Frontier Throws Up Roadblocks: A Case Study In Digital Applications For Teaching Television. International Digital Media Arts Association. Philadelphia, PA. November 2007. Participant, Diversity and Cultural Production Communities. FLOW Conference roundtable. University of Texas at Austin. October 2006. Speaker, Where Supernatural and Reality Television Meet. Media in Transition Conference. MIT, Cambridge, MA. May 2005. Speaker, Talking Sex and the City: Comparison Shopping Through Female Conversation HBOs Sex and the City. University Film and Video Association Conference. University of Toledo, OH. August 2004. Speaker, Gender, Genre, and Quality: Fan Responses to the Female Action Heroes in Buffy and Xena. Console-Ing Passions: The International Conference of Feminism and Television, Video, New Media, and Audio. New Orleans, LA. May 2004. Speaker, Queer-y Me This: Fan Responses to the Fantastic Queer Bonds on Buffy and Xena. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 2004. Co-Presenter, The TeleVisions Project. Media in Transition Conference. MIT, Cambridge, MA. May 2003. Speaker, All the World is But a Stage...Performing/Female Friendship in Xena, Warrior Princess. Fantasy: Play, Peril, and Politics, University of Texas at Austin Womens and Gender Studies Programs Conference. November 2001. Speaker, Dormant Dormitory Friendships: The Continuing Saga of Race and Gender on Felicity. Society for Cinema Studies

Conference. Washington, D.C., MD. May 2001. Speaker, Telling Stories/StoryTelling: Witnessing Black Women in Julie Dashs Daughters of the Dust and Spike Lees 4 Little Girls. Real to Reel: Black Life in Cinema Conference. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, NC. April 2000. Speaker, Rowing Upstream on Dawsons Creek: Decoding the Ideology of Sexual Orientation in Youth-Oriented Melodrama. Society for Cinema Studies Conference. Chicago, IL. March 2000. PANELS AND WORKSHOPS CHAIRED The More Things Change:Writing for Television in the 21st Century. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Los Angeles, CA. March 2010. Television as a Cultural Center: the Future of the Public Sphere. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Philadeplphia, PA. March 2008 Querying Queer Spectatorship: Fan Responses to Buffy, Xena, Smallville, and The OC. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference. Atlanta, GA. March 2004. Teaching COLUMBIA COLLEGE History of Television (department core) Studies in Television: Teen TV (college core Humanities) Studies in Television: 1980s TV (college core Humanities) Aesthetics and Storytelling (department core; Learning Community) Critical Studies: Television (college core Writing Intensive; departmental advanced concentration) Producing the Television Interview (coordinated with Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) (departmental capstone advanced class) Television Program Development (departmental capstone advanced class) Script Analysis: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (elective) UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN Women/Feminism/Media (honors, College of Communication) Narrative Strategies in Film and Television (Radio-TV-Film) Mass Media and Representations of Race and Ethnicity (Radio-TV-Film) OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Introduction to Womens Studies through the Social Sciences Introduction to Womens Studies through the Humanities

INDEPENDENT STUDIES Spanish-Language Television in the U.S. (CC)

Developing an Original TV Series (CC) Characterization and Story Development in TV (CC) Representations of Blackness and Gender in Films of the 1990s (UT) Management of Television Production Sites (UT) THESIS ADVISING MA student (Arts and Entertainment Media Management, CC), 2010 MFA student (Interactive Arts and Media, CC), 2007 DISSERTATION COMMITTEE Ph.D. candidate (Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin Madison outside faculty committee member), current MULTI-SECTION COURSES DESIGNED AND COORDINATED (CC) History of Television Critical Studies: Television Writing for TV TV Arts: Writing Aesthetics and Storytelling 1 Aesthetics and Storytelling 2 TV and Society COURSES COORDINATED (CC) Business of Broadcasting Rock on TV Studies in Television: John Cleese Studies in Television: Dick Van Dyke Studies in Television: 1950s Drama Studies in Television: 1968 Studies in Television: Mad Men Studies of Television: Seinfeld Studies in Television: The Daily Show Writing the Sitcom Writing for Television: Genre Script Analysis: Mad Men Script Analysis: Twin Peaks Adminstration and Service PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE Society for Cinema and Media Studies member, Television and New Media Special Interest Group steering committee, Television and New Media Special Interest Group (2007-2010) chair, Television and New Media Special Interest Group (20092010) editorial board, Cinema Journal (2010-current) pedagogy award committee (2011-2012)

International Digital Media Arts Association advisory board (2008-current) associate editor, Journal of International Digital and Media Arts Association (2004-current) University Film and Video Association committee member, grant selections for Carole Fielding Student Grants in documentary (2006) member planning committee, 2005 Conference Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Archive of American Television nominating committee (2005current) ADVISORY AND EDITORIAL BOARDS Museum of Broadcast Communication (2006-current) editorial board, Transformative Works and Cultures (online journal: http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/index), (2008-current) editorial board, Cinema Journal (2010-current) consulting editor, FLOW (online television studies journal, University of Texas Press: http://idg.communication.utexas.edu/flow/), 20042005 CONSULTING AND REVIEWING Journal of Illinois History Feminist Media Studies Television and New Media Cinema Journal Journal of Popular Communication Blackwell-Wiley Publishing University of Toronto Press Oxford University Press ME-TV, national website development UNIVERSITY LEVEL SERVICE TV representative, Faculty Senate; Academic Affairs subcommittee micro-teaching sessions, MTV: Blurring the Lines of Traditional Media. Admitted Student Days. sponsored a visit from Jane Espenson, television and web series writer and producer, with Maureen Ryan, TV critic HuffingtonPost.com interview with Carl Reiner (public presentation) faculty representative on Committee for New Advising Initiative, School of Media Arts faculty representative on Committee for new proposed crossdepartmental major in School of Media Arts TV representative, College Council sponsored a visit and screening session from Paul Stekler, professor and documentarian; part of Critical Encounters Initiative sponsored a visit from James Longley, documentarian and Academy Award nominee

member, ad hoc committee on Professor Emeritus status sponsored a visit from Bob Daily, executive producer of Desperate Housewives (public presentation) sponsored a visit from Elizabeth Collins and Nav Singh, managers of NovaStar, a Los Angeles-based sound post-production company (cross-departmental) debater participant for Film Departments Cinema Slapdown, Barbarella (public presentation) tenure-track faculty representative, working group, IPS committee on Employee Morale organizing committee, Asian American animation film festival (with Center for Asian Arts and Media) sponsored a visit from Horace Newcomb, Director of the Peabody Commission for Excellence in Television (public presentation) panel judge, undergraduate film student competition, Film and Video sponsored a visit from Diane Zander, documentary filmmaker (public presentation) DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL SERVICE supervisor, 3 departmental staff: External Relations Coordinator; Student Activities Coordinator; Internship Coordinator coordinator, adjunct faculty evaluations coordinator, student work aids faculty liaison, student government association TV Department representatives presentation for Television Department student organization, Saved by the Bell: How and Why It Lives On faculty organizer, Sharon Palermo Scholarship fund-raising reception Television Department liaison for Chicago International Film Festival Academic Excellence Scholarship selection committee EXTERNAL SERVICE coordinated Reality Check, Television Department co-production with Girl Scouts of America (Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana); live studio shoot; also appeared as local expert on teen girls and media panel judge, Student Emmys (Midwest Division) panel judge, local Emmys (Cleveland division) jury member, the International Communications Film & Video Competition, Chicago International Film Festival panel judge for Chicago Film Festivals TV competition panel judge, local Emmy (Miami division) guest judge, Teen Voices in Chicago Media video competition