Renee M.

Powers NSF IGERT Fellow

University of Illinois at Chicago reneepowers4@gmail.com (630) 373-7072

EDUCATION In progress

Doctor of Philosophy University of Illinois at Chicago Field of Study: Communication NSF IGERT Fellow in Electronic Security and Privacy Advisor: Steve Jones

2012 Master of Arts Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois Field of Study: Communications, graduate certificate in Womens Studies Emphases: New Media and Rhetoric Thesis: Postfeminist social networks: Traditional femininity in life coaching blogs and image aggregating websites Thesis Committee: Robert Brookey (chair), Mehdi Semati, Kathryn Cady 2008 Bachelor of Arts Saint Marys College, Notre Dame, Indiana Fields of Study: Communications and Womens Studies Comprehensive Project: SecondLife: Hegemonic hypersexuality in virtual communities Advising Team: Astrid Henry, Amanda Littauer, Colleen Fitzpatrick

PUBLICATIONS Powers, Renee M. (2013). A review of Mommyblogs and the Changing Face of Motherhood, by May Friedman. Womens Studies in Communication, 36(3), 348350. Powers, Renee M. & Robert Alan Brookey. (2013). Domesticating Sports: The Wii, the Mii and Nintendos Postfeminist Subject. In Thomas Oates and Robert Alan Brookey (eds.) Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. (In press). Cady, Kathryn A., Robert Alan Brookey, and Renee M. Powers. (2011). Seeing Dixie: Exposing patriarchy in an Internet meme. Women and Language, (Alternative Scholarship).

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS [titles in italics are still under review] Renee M. Powers (2014, November). Makeup, Reddit, and Radical Self(ie) Love. Paper submitted to the 2014 National Womens Studies Association Conference, San Juan, PR. Kelly Quinn and Renee M. Powers (2014, May). Does sharing relate to privacy?: Conceptualizing sharing though reader comments to online news. Paper accepted to the International Communication Association Preconference on Sharing, Seattle, WA. Renee M. Powers and Alessandro Panebianco. (2014, April). Location-Based Social Networks: GPS On, Privacy Off. Paper accepted to the Sixth Bi-Annual Surveillance Studies Network Conference, Barcelona, Spain. Renee M. Powers and Jenny Unghba Korn (2013, November). He is #RudeToWaiters but he #SmellsAmazeballs: Privacy concerns surrounding the social networking dating application of Lulu. Paper presented to the 99th National Communication Association Convention, Washington, DC. Renee M. Powers (2013, November). Privacy and power in mommyblogs: A Marxist feminist approach. Paper presented to the 2013 National Womens Studies Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH. Renee M. Powers. (October, 2013). The new second shift: Privacy maintenance as labor in mommyblogs. Paper presented at the University of Illinois Communications Collaboration Conference, Champaign, IL. Renee M. Powers (2013, July). Compulsory participation in social networking sites: Exploring why we share. Paper presented at the 2013 National Communication Association Honors Doctoral Seminar, Schoodic Point, ME. Renee M. Powers (2013, May). Pinning postfeminism: Traditional femininity on Pinterest. Paper presented at the 2013 Cultural Studies Association Conference, Chicago, IL. Renee M. Powers and Adrienne Massanari (2013, May). Creepshots and Predditors: When should privacy matter? Paper presented at the 2013 Dark Side of the Digital Conference, Milwaukee, WI. Renee M. Powers (2013, April). Blueprint for a womans life: Life-coaching blogs and traditional femininity. Paper presented at the 2013 Gender Matters Conference, Chicago, IL. Hale Thompson and Renee M. Powers (2013, April). Understanding the blogging

behaviors and disclosure practices of HIV-positive men who have sex with men: An exploratory content analysis. Poster presented at the 2013 University of Illinois-Chicago Student Research Forum, Chicago, IL. Renee M. Powers (2012, April). Postfeminism and the girls games movement: Destined for failure. Paper presented at the 2012 Gender Matters Conference, University Park, IL. Renee M. Powers (2012, March). Gay marriages will save the economy: Prop 8 The Musical and political satire online. Paper presented at the 2012 Midwest Conference on Literature, Language, and Culture, DeKalb, IL. Robert Alan Brookey and Renee M. Powers. (2012, January). Fear of a queer gamer: The erasure of sexuality in the girls games movement. Paper presented at the 2012 Hawaii International Conference on Humanities, Honolulu, HI. Renee M. Powers. (2011, March). When a volcano meets a tornado: Eminem, Rihanna, and the cycle of domestic violence. Paper presented at the 2nd Annual Graduate Student Research Conference, DeKalb, IL.

INVITED LECTURES Ideological Criticism, guest lecture in Dr. Maggie Griffith Williams Communication Research course, University of Illinois-Chicago, 2014. Gender, Womens Studies, and Feminism at Saint Marys, alumnae panel sponsored by the Gender and Womens Studies program, Saint Marys College, 2013. Negotiating online presence, guest lecture in Dr. Robert Brookeys Corporate Advocacy and Issue Management course, Northern Illinois University, 2011. Marketing through personal blogs, guest lecture in Dr. Robert Brookeys Corporate Advocacy and Issue Management course, Northern Illinois University, 2010.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Illinois at Chicago 2013 Teaching Assistant, COMM 102: Interpersonal Communication 2012-2013 Graduate Instructor, COMM 100: Fundamentals of Human Communication Northern Illinois University 2011 Graduate Teaching Certificate, Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center 2010-2011 Graduate Instructor, COMS 100: Fundamentals of Oral Communication 2011 Teaching Assistant, COMS 356: Critical Interpretation of Film and Television

2011-2012

Teaching Assistant, COMS 230: Rhetoric and the Media

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2010-current Executive Board Member, 20 Something Bloggers, http://20sb.net 2012 Instructor, Just for Girls Games Camp (NIU), Fine Arts Camp (SMC) 2009-2010 Manager & Web Master, Arcedium Coffeehouse, St. Charles, IL 2009 Office Manager & District Scheduler, Office of Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson, Joliet, IL 2008 Regional Field Director, Melissa Bean for Congress, Grayslake, IL 2006-2008 Intern, Office of Congressman Joe Donnelly and Office of Senator Evan Bayh, South Bend, IN 2005-2008 ResNet Manager, Office of Information Technology, Saint Marys College

COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate Employees Organization, Member Northern Illinois University GradCOMM, Executive Secretary, Professional Goals Chair, Spring Colloquium Chair Graduate Student Research Association, Peer Evaluator Saint Marys College Womens Resource Center, Director Board of Governance, Womens Issues Commissioner

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS University of Illinois at Chicago NSF IGERT Fellowship in Electronic Security and Privacy Graduate Student Council Travel Award Northern Illinois University Paul K. Crawford Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Presidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Travel Award Student Membership in NCA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award nominee Saint Marys College Lily Graduate Fellows Program nominee Womens Studies Prize Center for Womens Intercultural Leadership Travel Award LeMans Award for Academic Excellence Charles Leo Eaton Scholar Lambda Pi Eta

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS National Communication Association

Organization for Research on Women and Communication Cultural Studies Association National Womens Studies Association