USC.edu
Department of Art History

Jillian Burcar

Ph.D. Student
Email burcar@usc.edu

Education

  • M.A. English, University of Southern California, 2008
  • B.A. English, Univ Maryland Baltimore County, 2004

  • Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

    • Predoctoral Fellow, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2008-2009
    • Consultant, USC, The Writing Program,
    • Program Coordinator, USC, The Writing Program,
    • Assistant Lecturer, USC, The Writing Program,

  • Conference Presentations

    • Cyborg for Sale, Slightly Used: The Commoditization and Mapping of Technophobia upon the Female Cyborg Body and in Sky Doll and Chobits. Comic Art and Comics. Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association. New Orleans , 4/2009
    • “(Re)Animating the Cyborg. Fisher Center Lecture Series. The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 4/2009
    • Roundtable Session on (Re)Animating the Cyborg. Fisher Center Lecture Series. The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 4/2009
    • Shelley Jackson Writing Workshop: Words and Other Bodies in Motion. The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 2/2009
    • “Dollhouse: Screening, Cyborgian Discussions, and Joss Whedonverse Goodness.” The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 2/2009
    • Richard Move: MARTHA@TheFisherCenter.Dance Roundtable Session, moderator. The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 11/2008
    • Leading Women: Wonder Woman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer … and You. Workshop. William Smith Centennial Celebration. Geneva, NY , 11/2008
    • David Mack: The Alchemy of the Art of Alchemy Roundtable Session, moderator. The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 11/2008
    • David Mack: Artistic License Workshop. The Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men. Geneva, NY , 11/2008
    • Howl’s Moving Castle: Shapeshifting, Strange Machines and Inner Beauty. Anime Central. Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Geneva, NY , 10/2008
    • “Love Song in Binary: Tracing the Female Cyborg Body in Chobits.” Animation, Atomics and Anticipation. Film & History Conference: Film & Science: Fiction, Documentary and Beyond. Chicago , 10/2008
    • Comic Studies Forum, Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con International. San Diego , 7/2008
    • AEGS Conference: Text/ure: Form, Content, Materiality , 3/2007
    • Fisher Center for the Study of Women and Men Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Gender and Animation at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 07/2008 – 06/2009