Elizabeth Ellcessor. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison May 2012

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1 Elizabeth Ellcessor Department of Communication & Culture Indiana University 800 E Third Street Bloomington, IN [email protected] Academic Positions Assistant Professor (2012-Present) Visiting Instructor ( ) Department of Communication & Culture Indiana University, Bloomington IN Department of Journalism & Mass Communication Miami University, Oxford OH Education Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison May 2012 Dissertation Title: Access Ability: Policies, Practices, and Representations of Disability Online Dissertation Committee: Jonathan Gray (chair), Greg Downey, Michele Hilmes, Lisa Nakamura, and Ellen Samuels M.A. University of Wisconsin Madison May 2008 B.S.F.S. Georgetown University, Walsh School of Foreign Service May 2004 Research Interests History and theory of digital media Media access and participation Critical disability studies Media industries and production cultures Relationships between internet and television media Books Restricted Access: Disability, Digital Media, and Participation (NYU Press; in progress). Uses digital media accessibility as a case through which to examine disability studies implications for cultural studies, the social shaping of technology, and the study of media access in an environment of bodily and technological variation.

2 Popular Disability: Media, Popular Culture, and the Meanings of Disability. Edited with Bill Kirkpatrick (in progress). A collection of original essays bringing together critical disability studies and studies of popular media in a cultural studies tradition. Peer-Reviewed Publications <ALT= Textbooks >: Web Accessibility Myths as Negotiated Industrial Lore Critical Studies in Media Communication. In Press. Captions On, Off, On Tv, Online: Accessibility and Search Engine Optimization in Online Closed Captioning. Television and New Media. 13:4 (2012) Online Social Media, Convergence and the Subcultural Stardom of Felicia Day. Cinema Journal. 51:2 (2012) Edited Publications Stardom, Social Media and the Indie Auteur: The Erasure of Intermediaries in the case of Felicia Day. Intermediaries. Derek Johnson, Derek Kompare, and Avi Santo, eds. Critical Cultural Communication Series. NYU Press. Forthcoming Forming The Guild : The Use of Star Power in Fostering Affinity Spaces (with Sean C. Duncan). International Journal of Game-Based Learning. Games, Learning and Society Special Issue. 1:2 (April-June 2011) Bridging Disability Divides: Web Content Accessibility, Information, Communication and Society. Internet Research 10 Special Issue. 13:3 (April 2010) Other Publications Introduction (with Andrea Comiskey, Lindsay H. Garrison, and Jonah Horwitz). The Velvet Light Trap. Issue 68 (Fall 2011). Personal Connections in the Digital Age, by Nancy Baym. Review. Transformative Works and Cultures. Volume 7 (2011). Online. Introduction (with Nicholas Marx, Mark Minnett, and John Powers). The Velvet Light Trap. Issue 66 (Fall 2010). Geert Lovink s Zero Comments. Review. Resource Center for Cybercultural Studies. August Online.

3 "Mixed Medium: Trolls, Authority, and Blog Comments in a Feminist Space." Conference Papers -- International Communication Association (2009): Blogs, Interviews, and Other Popular Writing Media Commons On Rethinking Access and Research. (Response to Question on Digital Divide) 3/16/13. Antenna: Responses to Popular Culture ( Seeing is Disbelieving, 11/5/12 Report from Internet Research 11, 10/25/10 Summer Media: Reading Sookie Stackhouse (with Lindsay H. Garrison), 7/13/10 Report from GLS 6.0 (with Sean Duncan), 6/13/10 My Deaf Family, My New Web Series? 4/10/10 Google Leaving China? 1/13/10 Unfriended! 11/18/09 Glee on Wheels 11/12/09 In Media Res Playing Through Representation: Disability, Fable 3, and Consequences FLOW TV People I Want to Know: Twitter, Celebrity and Social Connection. 5/28/09. Dis/Embody Personal blog maintained from Change of Speaker (VITAC Closed Captioning Blog) Closed Captioning Policymaking and Civil Rights 7/3/12 Conference Presentations and Workshops Hidden from View: Closed Captioning, Digital Labor, and Ideologies of Ability International Communication Association, Seattle, WA, May 2014 Disability and Digital Distinction ICA Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide Preconference Seattle, WA, May 2013

4 Cultural Accessibility and Transmedia Participation in Switched at Birth Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Chicago IL, March 2013 Workshop: Scholarly Social Media Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Chicago IL, March 2013 Constructing an Indie Auteur: Social Media, Celebrity, and Felicia Day National Communication Association, Orlando FL, November 2012 "This is Our World: Disability Representation and the Limits of Television." National Communication Association, Orlando FL, November 2012 Service-y: Identity, Instruction, and Participation in Online Communities of People with Disabilities Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Boston MA, March 2012 Workshop: The ipad for Cinema and Media Studies Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Boston MA, March 2012 Work in Progress Session in the Computers, Information, and Society SIG Social History of Technology Conference, Cleveland OH, November 2011 Doctoral Colloquium Workshop. Association of Internet Researchers 12.0 Conference, Seattle WA, October 2011 Case Closed: Closed-captioning, US Law and Assumptions about Audience Society for Cinema and Media Studies, New Orleans LA, March 2011 Tuning in to the Fine Print: Law and Social Change in Media Roundtable FLOW Conference, Austin, TX, October 2010 Partici-bility: Theorizing the Rhetoric and Realities of Participatory Culture and Disability Association of Internet Researchers 11.0 Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010 "Gamers, Geeks, Gender & The Guild: Felicia Day and Changing Meanings of Gaming Culture" Fiske Matters, Madison WI, June 2010 Forming The Guild : The Use of Star Power in Fostering Affinity Spaces (with Sean C. Duncan) Games+Learning+Society 6.0, Madison WI, June 2010 Crossing Over to the Dark Side: Television Character Blogs Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Eugene OR, April 2010

5 Fertility Freakshows: Multiple Births, Reality TV and the Cult of White Motherhood (with Lindsay H. Garrison) Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Eugene OR, April 2010 Bridging Disability Divides: Web Content Accessibility, Association of Internet Researchers 10.0 Conference, Milwaukee WI, October 2009 Beyond the Cyborg: A Model of Cybercultural Disability Studies Society for Disability Studies Conference, Phoenix AZ, June 2009 Digital DIY: Blogging and Feminist Practice Panel Organizer: Cyberfeminism 2.0? Grrls Blogging and Making up Selves in Social Networks Cultural Studies Association Conference, Kansas City MO, April 2009 Feminisms and Feminists in the Public Sphere Roundtable FLOW Conference, Austin TX, October 2008 Access vs. Accomplishments: Web Development Culture and Accessibility Midwest Pop Culture Association Conference, Cincinnati OH, October 2008 Intimate Threats: The Silencing Effect in Blog Comments Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Audio, New Media and Feminism, Santa Barbara CA, April 2008 Guest Lectures/Colloquia Scholarly Identity and the Job Market Communication and Culture Grad Student Brownbag March 22, 2013 The Ability to Participate: Discourses of Online Participation and Disability Invited talk, Miami University December 3, 2010 Partici-bility: Disability and Participation Online Guest Lecture, UW Madison, Communication Arts 459: New Media & Society October 14, 2010 Fertility Freakshows: Multiple Births, Reality TV and the Cult of White Motherhood (with Lindsay Garrison) UW Madison, Communication Arts, Media & Cultural Studies Colloquium April 19, 2010 MTV and Early Cable History

6 Guest Lecture, UW Madison, Communication Arts 351: Introduction to Television October 22, 2009 Convergence, Fans, and New Media. Guest Lecture, UW Madison, Communication Arts 250: Radio, TV and Film as Mass Media July 8, 2009 Intimate Threats: The Silencing Effect in Blog Comments. UW Madison, Communication Arts, Media & Cultural Studies Colloquium April 17, 2008 Awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Science, Technology, and Society program in Division of Social and Economic Sciences). National Science Foundation, 2012 Association of Internet Research 11 - Student Travel Award Center for Internet Policy Research University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2010 UW Teaching Academy Summer Institute Participant College of Letters & Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010 Honored Instructor Award University Housing University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010 Elizabeth Warner Risser Award to the Outstanding Female Graduate Student Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison, Helen K. Herman Award for Academic Ability Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison, Jarchow Archival Fellowship Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008 Pearce Award for Research and Academic Performance Department of Communication Arts

7 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Professional Service Leadership in scholarly communities: Information Technology Committee Chair Society for Cinema and Media Studies Information Technology Committee Member Society for Cinema and Media Studies Editorial boards and peer reviewing: Editorial Board Member Disability Studies Quarterly Coordinating Editor The Velvet Light Trap Issue 66 (2010) Issue 68 (2011) Editorial Committee Member The Velvet Light Trap Fall 2006 and Fall 2008 Founding and Contributing Editor Antenna: Responses to Media & Culture present Reviewer Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media & Culture (2010- present) Information, Communication & Society (2011-present) Science as Culture (2012-present) Television & New Media (2011-present) Professional Associations

8 Association of Internet Researchers (2009-present) Society for Cinema and Media Studies (2009-present) National Communication Association (2012-present) International Communication Association (2008; 2012-present) Society for Disability Studies ( ) Cultural Studies Association ( ) Teaching Experience and Student Mentoring Courses Taught: Indiana University (Assistant Professor) CMCL334: Online Celebrity (Spring 2013) CMCL334: Media Convergence & Participation (Fall 2012; Fall 2013) CMCL337: New Media and Society (Fall 2012; Spring 2013) CMCL420: History of U.S. Television (Fall 2013) Miami University (Visiting Instructor) COM354: Media & Society (Spring 2012; Fall 2011) COM215: Electronic Media History (Spring 2012) EDL334: Youth Subcultures, Popular Culture, & Nonformal Education (Spring 2012) UW Madison (Associate Lecturer) CA346: Critical Internet Studies (Spring 2011; Fall 2010; Summer 2010) UW Madison (Administrative Teaching Assistant) CA346: Critical Internet Studies (Spring 2010) CA351: Introduction to Television (Fall 2009) CA250: Radio, Television and Film as Mass Media (Fall 2008) UW Madison (Teaching Assistant) CA250: Radio, Television and Film as Mass Media (Spring 2009, Spring 2008, Fall 2007) CA100: Introduction to Speech Communication (Spring 2007, Fall 2006) Guest Lectures Indiana University T195: Telecommunication (Special Topics Social Media) Celebrity culture & practice in social media CMCL 503: Aesthetics New media aesthetics CMCL 506: Research Methods Digital data collection, human subjects research, and privacy

9 PhD Research Committees: Member Jessica Rudy (Communication & Culture) Member - Kathryn Thompson (Gender Studies) Member Samantha Schalk (Gender Studies) Other Graduate Student Committees: Member Cory Baker (Communication & Culture) Member Christopher Miles (Communication & Culture) Member Krystal Cleary (Gender Studies)