SUE SHON. Alvord Fellowship in the Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington,

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1 University of Washington Box Seattle, WA SUE SHON Website: sueshon.com EDUCATION Ph.D. in English, 2015, WA Dissertation: Making Sense: Race and Modern Vision Committee: Alys Weinbaum (Chair), Gillian Harkins, Stephanie Smallwood M.A. in Art History, 2008 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL Thesis Chairs: James Elkins and Kymberly Pinder B.A. in English and Fine Arts, Cum Laude 2003 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA AWARDS Alvord Fellowship in the Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Society of Scholars, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, Allan and Mary Kollar Endowed Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Public Scholarship Community Event Grant, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, 2014 Joseph and Yetta Blau Award for Excellence in Research, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, Public Scholarship Fellow, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, 2012 American Studies Dissertation Prospectus Fellowship, Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington, 2010 Trustee Scholarship Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stone Summer Theory Institute Graduate Fellow, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007

2 Artists in Communities Training Program, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA, 2002 College of Arts and Sciences Mentor Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2001 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Sense and the Skyscraper: Race and Space in Nella Larsen s Passing, American Ethnic Studies 30 th Anniversary Symposium, Department of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, May 6, 2016 Racial Formalism, American Comparative Literature Association, Seattle, WA, March 28, 2015 Making Sense: Runaway Slave Portraiture and the Common Sense of Vision, American Studies Association, Los Angeles, CA, November 7, 2014 Reading Race, Publishing Vision: Black Portraiture and the Work of Glenn Ligon, Critical Ethnic Studies Association, Chicago, IL, September 20, 2013 Countervisual Aesthetics in the Work of Glenn Ligon, American Comparative Literature Association, Toronto, Canada, April 6, 2013 Runaway Slave Portraiture in Contemporary Art, Graduate Art History Public Symposium, University of Washington & Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, May 17, 2013 Spike Lee and Global Film Criticism, Stone Summer Theory Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, July 19, 2007 WORKS IN PROGRESS The Skyscraper s Blind Eye: Louis Sullivan, Nella Larsen, and Racial Formalism, American Literature, in revise and resubmit stage Runaway Slave Portraiture, Aesthetic Judgment, and the Emergence of Racial Visuality, article in preparation Visual Literacy and the Making of Racial Sense, book manuscript in preparation TEACHING EXPERIENCE Adjunct Instructor: University of Washington,, Undergraduate Programs English 200: Race and Media: Image, Text, Sound (Spring 2016) English 297: Writing in the English Major (Winter 2016 and Fall 2015) Shon 2

3 University of Washington,, Expository Writing Program English 111 (Composition in Literature): Race and Media: Image, Text, Sound (Spring 2016) Antioch University, Center for Teaching and Learning, Writing Program Writing 406: Inquiry and Research (Academic Years , , and ) Bellevue College, Academic Success Center, Reading Lab English 080/180: Critical Reading (Academic Year ) Reading Workshop (Academic Year ) Graduate Student Instructor: University of Washington,, Undergraduate Programs English 200: Reading Literary Forms: Race in 20 th & 21 st -Century Literature & Culture (Spring 2012) English 250: Introduction to American Literature: 1856-Present (Fall 2011) English 297: Writing in the English Major (Winter 2010) University of Washington,, Expository Writing Program English 131: Expository Composition Writing and the University (Summer 2013) Language and Power (Academic Year ) English 111: Composition in Literature Introduction to African American Literature (Spring 2013) Introduction to Asian American Literature (Winter 2013) Nation and Citizenship (Fall 2012) Race and Visual Culture (Spring 2011) 19th-Century American Literature (Fall 2010) Race and (Re)production (Spring 2010) The Films of Spike Lee (Fall 2009 and Winter 2010) Teaching Assistant: University of Washington, Department of American Ethnic Studies African American Studies 220: African American Film Studies, Prof. Sonnet Retman (Winter 2014) University of Washington, English 301: Introduction to the English Major, Prof. Eva Cherniavsky (Winter 2012) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Art History and the Gene Siskel Film Center Public Lecture Program Art History 3977: African American Auteurs, Prof. Jacqueline Stewart (Spring 2007) School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Art History, Theory and Criticism Art History 1001: Ancient to Modern Art and Architecture, Lecturer Daniel Merkle (Fall 2007) Instructor: The Northwest School (Middle & High School), Seattle, WA Shon 3

4 Cultural Studies (Summer 2013) Art 101: From Observation to Inspiration (Summers 2014 and 2015) Journalism (Summers 2014 and 2015) Sustainable Seattle (Summers ) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Curatorial Projects: Xenology: Drawing in Response to Octavia Butler s Dawn at Wild Seed: The 2 nd Annual Octavia E. Butler Birthday Tribute, Seattle, WA Exhibition and Catalog, July 12, 2014 Jimmies, Philadelphia, PA Site-Specific Outdoor Installation, June 2008 Who s Your? at Gallery 2 and Project Space, Chicago, IL Exhibition, December 8, 2006-January 13, 2007 Converging Patterns at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL Exhibition, December 8-18, 2006 Contours & Vectors, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania Exhibition, April May 2004 Academic and Professional Service: Scholars Against Systemic Racism, University of Washington Committee Member, 2015-present School of Applied Psychology, Counseling & Family Therapy and Doctoral Program in Psychology, Antioch University Writing Assessor, 2015-present Graduate Student Organization,, University of Washington Officer, Research Assistant for Prof. Gillian Harkins,, University of Washington, 2010 University of Pennsylvania, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Secondary School Committee, Seattle, WA Interviewer, City of Chicago, Public Art Program, Chicago IL Graduate Curatorial Assistant, September-December 2007 Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Assistant to the Special Events Coordinator, ; Volunteer, Shon 4

5 Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Counselor & Teaching Assistant, PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Comparative Literature Association, 2013-present American Studies Association, 2013-present Critical Ethnic Studies Association, 2013-present Modern Language Association, 2012-present REFERENCES Associate Professor Alys Weinbaum Associate Professor Gillian Harkins Associate Professor Stephanie Smallwood Department of History Associate Professor James Tweedie Department of Comparative Literature Shon 5