jaimy michelle mann
honors
publicationsReview: Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, ed. by Takashi Murakami, Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 31.1 (Spring 2006): 93-97. “Los Angeles.” Historical Encyclopedia of Prostitution. Ed. Melissa Hope Ditmore. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, August 2006. radio publications“Soothing Sounds for Babies.” Recess! WUFT, Gainesville, FL. 19 June. 2006. Transcript. <http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2007/0619.shtml> “Little Boy.” Recess! WUFT, Gainesville, FL. 10 May. 2006. Transcript. <http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2006/0510.shtml>. “Seen Art?” Recess! WUFT, Gainesville, FL. 19 July. 2005. Transcript. <http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2005/0719.shtml>. “Keba Keba.” Recess! WUFT, Gainesville, FL. 14 October. 2004. Transcript. <http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2004/1014.shtml>. presentationsOrganizer and Chair, "Japanese 'Kawaii'/'Cute' Children's Culture 1995-Now." Modern Language Association, panel of the Children's Literature Division. Chicago, Illinois, December, 2007. Children's Literature Association Conference: Transformations. "Henry Darger, the Blengiglomenean Serpent: The Queer Artist, The Wizard of Oz, and Cuteness." Manhattan Beach, CA. June 8 -10, 2006. Graduate Student Council Forum. "The Politics of 'Cute' in the Art of Aya Takano and Chiho Aoshima." University of Florida. March 31, 2006. North American Victorian Studies Association: "'Some make-believe must be where women strive': Michael Field's Trilogy of Plays The World at Auction, Race of Leaves, and Julia Domna. " Charlottesville, VA. Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2005. Children's Literature Association Conference: Performing Childhood. "Performing Art and Audience: Fine Artist Takashi Murakami's First Children's Picture Book KebaKeba." Winnipeg, Canada. June 9-12, 2005. EGO Conference: Constellations of Youth: Intersecting Adults' and Children's Culture.“‘Pornography’ and ‘Cuteness’ as Post War Trauma in Contemporary Japanese Culture: Fine Artist Takashi Murakami’s First Children’s Picture Book KebaKeba” Gainesville, Florida. October 20-22, 2004. QGrad: A Graduate Student Conference on Sexuality and Gender. "Why is There No Lesbian Sex in Victorian Literary Criticism?". Los Angeles, California. November 14, 2003. Children's Literature Association Conference : Of Rainbows and Dream-Catchers: the Diversity of Childhood. "Gay and Lesbian Children's Picture Books." El Paso, Texas. June 5-8, 2003. Significations: CSU Humanities Graduate Conference. "Victor's Blow-Up Doll: Homoerotic Tragedy in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." Los Angeles, California: 2003. Significations: CSU Humanities Graduate Conference. "Michael Field: Decadence in Race of Leaves." Los Angeles, California: 2004.
teachingUniversity of Florida: courses devised & taught
additional teaching experienceUniversity of Florida AML 2410 "Issues in American Literature and Culture: Gay Male Adolescent Literature." For two class sessions, I guest taught Dennis Cooper's novel Closer (1989). Fall, 2005. California State University Los Angeles English 101: Freshman Composition CSULA English 100: One unit, credit/no credit supplement, taken in conjunction with English 101, for students scoring between English 96 and English 101 level. CSULA English 96: Basic Writing CSULA English 430: Children's Literature Graduate Student Assistant. Lectures and power point presentations on African-American children's picture books, trauma literature, graphic novels, comic books, children's literature awards, lesbian & gay chldren's literature. Attendance and grading of exams, papers, and weekly Internet postings for lecture course of 75-100 students. Facilitate discussions for smaller groups of 4-25 students. CSULA University Writing Center Tutor and Writing Proficiency Exam Consultant: Individual writing tutoring across the curriculum for undergraduate and graduate students. Conduct and facilitate workshops for 2-35 students on topics including the Writing Proficiency Exam, Proofreading, Grammar, ESL, Conversation Lab. CSULA University Tutorial Center Tutor: Multiple subject tutoring. Tutor certification by the College Reading and Learning Association. East Los Angeles College: hired paper grader for composition and mythology courses university serviceAfter designing the course “Asian and Asian Diasporic Childhoods 1930-2008,” the course was added to the University of Florida’s list of required courses for the Asian American Studies Certificate. I designed and curated the art exhibition “The East of West: Florida Enchantments & Victorian Tourism,” which was displayed Feb 20-Mar 31, 2006 at the Grinter Gallery in conjunction with the International 18th and 19th century British Women Writer’s Conference. I borrowed art objects from the Harn Museum of Art and the private collection of Rita Smith, director of the University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature. I choose the concept and art objects, and arranged the printing of fliers. I organized the film screening of artist Renee Green’s Some Chance Operations (1999) and Partially Buried Continued (1997) in preparation for the conference Art in the Age of Globalization: Directions in Contemporary Art since 1989. I arranged the purchase of the films by the University of Florida’s Architecture and Fine Arts Library, as well as the sponsorship of the Black Graduate Student Organization. Member of the University of Florida Feminist Reading Group. professional affiliations
children’s literature related experienceTutored children, ages 8-13, visiting Florida from South Korea. 2004-2005. Voice work for Recess! WUFT, Gainesville, FL. “Emily Bronte and the Genii” 28 July 2005; “Barbie’s Debut” 16 March, 2005; “Mitsumasa Anna” 24 March, 2005; “Elia’s Mission Elsie’s War” 8 March, 2005; “Patty Duke Working Miracles” 14 December, 2004; “Hans Christian Andersen’s First Tales” 2 December, 2004; “Persepolis 2” 17 November 2004. Hao Chinese School. Grade 4-6. English and Reading instructor. Los Angeles, 2004. Every Picture Tells a Story. Curator’s Assistant. Register, photograph, PhotoShop and file original artwork and illustrations from children’s books. Assist curator in organizing outside exhibits including at the Museum of Tolerance and Skirball Cultural Center. Write/edit gallery promotional material, children’s book reviews, book summaries, artist/author biographies. Organize author and illustrator children’s picture book readings and signings. Maintain artist and author contact. Hyde Park Elementary School. Kindergarten Teacher. Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. 2000-2001. Television host. Weekly Los Angeles host for at least four seasons of The Anti-Gravity Room, a 30 minute show about video games, virtual reality games, science fiction and comic books which aired internationally on stations including the U.S. Sci-Fi channel and Canada’s YTV. I would occasionally travel to Toronto, Vancouver, and San Francisco to shoot on location. panels moderatedOrganizer and Chair, "Japanese 'Kawaii'/'Cute' Children's Culture 1995-Now." Modern Language Association, panel of the Children's Literature Division. Chicago, Illinois, December 2007. "Hauntings; Orientalism; Us and Them in Video Games." Video Games and the Alien/Other: Game Studies Conference. University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. April 7-8, 2006. "Language, Labor, and Neoliberalism in Contemporary Film." Spaces of Dissent: The Borders of Transnational Dreams. University of Florida. Gainesville, FL. March 30-April 1, 2006. "Marx, Blake, Deleuze, and Lenin." Grave ReMarx: The Accumulating Dead. University of Florida. Gainesville, FL, March 24-26, 2005. referencesDr.
Kenneth Kidd Dr.
John Cech Dr. Alex Alberro Dr. Amy Abugo Ongiri Dr. Michelle Hawley Marcos McPeek Villatoro
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