Ohio University, School of Communication Studies Office: 013 Lasher Hall Mail: Lasher Hall, 43 W. Union, Athens, OH 45701 T: (740)274-2461; F: (740)593-4810 ne598513@ohio.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. 2017, (expected completion date) Ohio University, OH, Communication Studies Emphasis: Health Communication, Disability, Rhetoric and Cultural Studies M.A. 2006, Bowling Green State University, OH, American Culture Studies Potent Sleep: Cultural Politics of Sleep American Cultural Studies Master s Thesis, Chair Erin Labbie and Advisor Don McQuarie, Bowling Green State University B.A. 2003, Spelman College; Atlanta, GA, Sociology major and Art minor Eugenics and the Genetic Age: An Exploration of the Attitudes of Geneticists and Lay People towards Genetics and Eugenics, Sociology Undergraduate Thesis, Spelman College PUBLICATIONS Eugene, N. (2014, under review) Signifying on Disability: Interpretations of Muhammad Ali s Parkinson s Disease, Communication, Culture and Critique. Eugene, N. (2014, under review). Life that is neither awake nor alert: absence and resistance. Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. Special Edition on Stillness, Silence and Resistance. Eugene, N. (2013) Bridges of Katrina: Three Survivors, One Interview B. C. Ancelet, M. Gaudet and C. Lindahl. Second Line Rescue: Improvised Responses to Katrina. University Press of Mississippi, p 127-134. Eugene, N. (2013). Working While Narcoleptic. Anthropology of Consciousness Journal, Special edition on Alertness edited by Matt Wolf-Meyer, published by American Anthropological Association. Lindahl, C., Baddeley, J., Nash, S., Smothers, S. L., Eugene, N. and Mcfadden, V. (2008) Archiving the Voices and Needs of Katrina s Children: The Uses and Importance of Stories Narrated Survivor-to-Survivor. In L. Oren, (Eds.) Children, Law, and Disasters: What Have We Learned from the Hurricanes? Chicago, IL: American Bar Association. Eugene, N. (2006). Bridges of Katrina: Three Survivors, One Interview, Callaloo: A Journal of African Diaspora Arts and Letters 29, 1507-1512. Page 1 of 5
RESEARCH INTERESTS Rhetoric, illness and disability, stigma, sleep & sleep disorders, trauma, cultural studies, critical theory, health communication, health campaigns, representation, critical theory, autoethnography, performance studies, narrative, and Hurricane Katrina. PRESENTATIONS Refereed Academic Conference Presentations National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL Signifying on Disability: Interpretations of Muhammad Ali s Parkinson Disease, November 2014. Doing Autoethnography Conference, San Angelo, TX, Becoming and Unbecoming: Reflections on Working While Narcoleptic, February 28, 2014. Louisiana Folklore Society conference, New Orleans, Where is Home: Reconstructing Louisiana Material and Psychological Landscapes and panel discussion with Shari Smothers moderated by Susan Roach of the Louisiana Tech Regional Folklife program, April 5, 2008. American Folklore Society 2006 Annual Meeting, Quebec, Canada. Forum: SURVIVING KATRINA AND RITA IN HOUSTON: AN UPDATE October 20, 2007. Workshop: New Directions in the Social and Cultural Study of Sleep, Vienna. Sleeping within Systems of Power: Passivity, Patriarchy and Narcolepsy Department of East Asian Studies Japanese Studies, University of Vienna, June 2007. Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium. Better Genes = Better Life: Do Contemporary Attitudes About Genetic Determinism and Genetic Technology Point to a New Eugenics? March 2003. Ronald McNair Scholar s Conference. Social Science Division. African-American Images in Teen Films, July 2001. Invited Presentations National Narcolepsy Network Conference, Dallas, TX. Potent Sleep: The Cultural Politics of Sleep and Narcolepsy, October 2006. Women s Research Network, Bowling Green State Global Ethics without Universal Ethics, Spring, 2005. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2013-current Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Communication Studies, Ohio 2003-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of American Cultural Studies Bowling Green State Page 2 of 5
HONORS AND AWARDS 1 st place division award for the Ohio University Student Research Expo poster presentation, Working Out While Fitting In, 2014. Gerald Davis Fund award for minority scholars to participate in the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society, 2006. Nominated to the Graduate College at BGSU for Honorable Thesis Award, 2006. Nominated for Presidential Fellowship by the American Cultural Studies Program at BGSU, 2003. 1st place Paper Award at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium, 2003. McNair Summer Research Fellowship, University of Tennessee, 2002. AKD Sociology Honors Society, 2002. Colorful Arts Society Scholarship, 2002. Eagle Award of Excellence for Excellence in Community Service, 1999. SERVICE Service to the University and the Department 2014-2015 Executive Treasure for GradCo, the School of Communication Studies Graduate Student committee. 2004-2005 Elected Secretary of the Graduate Student Senate at Bowling Green State 2003-2004 Representative of the American Cultural Studies Department for the Graduate Student Senate, Bowling Green State 2002-2003 Elected President of Diverge, the Spelman College Art Club. Community Service & Projects 2014 Served as a judge for the Regional Forensics Tournament at Ohio 2008-2010 Art Cart Program Volunteer, St. Luke s Hospital, Houston, TX. 2000 Victim Witness Assistance Program Volunteer, Atlanta, GA. Page 3 of 5
Public Scholarship and Advocacy 6/24/2014 Press release for Project Sleep, Honda Motor Company pulls offensive ad that includes inappropriate joke about narcolepsy; International Community of Honda Consumers, Narcolepsy Advocates and Doctors Rally Behind Change.org Petition. 3/31/2014 Invited blog post to WOUB blog The Journey: Embracing Inclusion National Sleep Awareness Week Highlights Sleep Disorders. http://woub.org/2014/03/31/national-sleep-awareness-week-highlightssleep-disorders Membership in Professional Associations National Communication Association Southern States Communication Association TEACHING (Undergraduate Level Courses) Introduction to American Cultural Studies: (Approximately 19 students per class) A survey course that is required for all undergrads. Students were introduced to American history from the perspective of Howard Zinn and the ideas of Theroeau and Emerson. Racism, sexism, and American exceptionalism are some of the key ideas introduced in this introductory level course. Required texts included novels and primary documents in addition to traditional textbooks. Fundamentals of Public Speaking: (Approximately 25 students per class.) Covered theories and skills related to successful communication in the public context. Assisted students with the development and performance of informative, persuasive, special occasion speeches. Projects utilized Microsoft Word and Power Point to develop outlines and sensory aids for presentations. Communication between Cultures: (Approximately 30 students per class.) Explored communicative situations commonly encountered in cultural and intercultural settings, with a specific focus on how individuals create, re-create and sustain social reality through communicative acts in socially constructed realities. GRADUATE COURSES Ohio University, School of Communication Studies Integrated Theory in Communication Studies I & II Research Design and Analysis I & II Special Topics in Rhetoric: African American Rhetoric Health Communication Campaigns Professional Training and Seminars o Graduate Teaching Assistant Training o Professional Seminar in Research and Publication o Professional Seminar in Pedagogy Bowling Green State University, American Cultural Studies Methods and Theories in American Cultural Studies Teaching American Cultural Studies Page 4 of 5
Theories and Methodology in Popular Culture Studies, Popular Culture department Sculpture, Art department The Concept of Evil, English department Fundamentals of Bioethics, Philosophy department Contemporary African Culture, French department African Literature Translation, French department Classical Sociological Theory, Sociology department SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hocking, Athens, and Perry Community Action (HAPCAP) Job Coach for the Summer Youth Employment Program, Summer 2014 Body of Books, and online bookstore Owner and Manager, October 2010-2013. Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project at the University of Houston Project Archivist, May 2006 August 2007. University of Houston School of Theater and Dance Researcher for the play KATRINA: The Bridge, October 2008. Voices Breaking Boundaries Co-Curator of Un/natural Disasters: Katrina-Kashmir, February, 2007. Surviving Katrina and Rita in Houston Project at the University of Houston Field Interviewer, March May 2006. Page 5 of 5