Rachel Elizabeth Dillon
3840 E 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47408
Citizenship: United States
Education
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- Ph.D. Gender Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, projected 2016.
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- Minor: Informatics
- M.A. English, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2010.
- B.S. Writing and Humanistic Studies, MIT, 2004.
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- Concentration: Political Science
Fields of Interest
Trans Theory, Passing Literature, Furry Studies, STS
Academic Experience
Indiana University Bloomington
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- Teaching Assistant, Gender, Sexuality, and Pop Culture, January–May 2011.
- Teaching Assistant, Gender, Sexuality, and Pop Culture, September–December 2011.
- Student, Geographies of Technology, January–May 2011.
- Student, Transsomatechnics, September–December 2011.
MIT Experimental Studies Group
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- Instructor,
Passing: Flexibility in Race and Gender,
February–May 2009.
- Instructor, Creative Writing Seminar,
February–May 2004.
- Teaching Assistant, Freshman Chemistry,
September–December 2003.
- Instructor, Creative Writing Seminar,
February–May 2003.
- Instructor, Thirteen Great Poems Freshman Seminar,
September–December 2002.
- Instructor, Creative Writing Seminar,
February–May 2002.
- Teaching Assistant, Major Poets,
September–December 2001.
University of Massachusetts Boston
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- Thesis Project, “Peat Moss Baby: Excerpts from a novel in progress,” completed May 2010.
Boston Graduate Consortium of Women’s Studies
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- Student, Transsexuality, Transgender, and the Rest, February–May 2008
Publications
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- Editors: Dillon, Rachel Elizabeth and Gang, Alex. (2009).
Place/Time 1 (a literary magazine),
Fox and the Lion press.
Conference Presentations
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- Panelist: “Politics, Passing, and Policy: Studies in Rhetoric”
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- URI Graduate Conference: Carried Across: Translations, Temporalities, and Trajectories
April 24, 2010.
- Respondent: Elizabeth Roberts’s presentation on IVF in Ecuador
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- MIT Women’s and Gender Studies 25th Anniversary Conference
September 26, 2009.
- Speaker: “Basic Gender Theory and Why You Should Care”
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- KinkForAll Unconference, Boston University,
September 12, 2009.
- Speaker: “Apocalyptic Literature: When The World Ends And Nobody Notices”
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- Readercon, Boston, MA,
July 9, 2009.
- Panelist: “The Fiction of Greer Gilman”
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- Readercon, Boston, MA,
July 11, 2009.
- Panelist: “Teaching African-American Literature: 19th Century Authors in 21st Century Classrooms”
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- University of Massachusetts Boston Annual Conference on Teaching for Transformation,
January 25, 2008.
Professional Activities
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- Organizer and Panel Moderator, Postposttranssexual: Transgender Studies and Feminism, Bloomington, IN, April 8–9, 2011.
- Other conferences and workshops attended:
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- IU Sawyer Seminar: Reversing the Flow Capstone Seminar,
Bloomington, IN,
April 22–23, 2011.
- IU Sawyer Seminar: Transfer, Interrupted Capstone Seminar,
Bloomington, IN,
February 19, 2011.
- Transcending Boundaries Conference,
Worcester, MA,
November 20–22, 2009.
- Who’s Laughing Now? The Politics of Humor,
MIT Women’s and Gender Studies,
Cambridge, MA,
April 4–5, 2008.
Honors, Awards, & Fellowships
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- MIT Todd Anderson Teaching Award, 2004.
- MIT Robert A. Boit Manuscript Prize, Second Place, 2004.
Other Employment
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- MetaCarta, Inc., Technical Lead, February 2005–present; product documentation and technical support
- Onyx Neon Press, Consultant, January 2007–May 2007; page layout and design
- Petta Technology, Open Source Developer and Sales Engineer, August 2004–February 2005; software development and writing sales proposals
- TERC, Curriculum Development, June 2001–September 2001; wrote curriculum for computer education in Massachusetts high schools
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