Cultural Studies

K-State Program in Cultural Studies

I have an interest in cultural studies, and was a member of the committee responsible for the K-State Program in Cultural Studies for a number of years, helping to organize an annual cultural studies conference.

Presentations

• "Gender Dysphoria from a Non-binary Perspective: Understanding and Ameliorating the Transgender Blues in 21st Century America", presented at the American Seminar, University of Kansas, Hall Center for the Humanities, April 21, 2010 (paper)
• "Gender Dysphoria", presented at K-State Individuals for Freethought Meeting, April 9, 2009 (slides)
• "Gender Dysphoria", guest lecture in Sociology at Washburn University, April 3, 2009 (slides)
• "Gender Dysphoria from a Non-binary Perspective", guest lecture to FSHS 350 (Family Relationships and Gender Roles), Kansas State University, October 20, 2008 (slides)
• "Gender Dysphoria from a Non-binary Perspective", presented at meeting of Topeka Transgender Alliance, March 24, 2008 (slides)
• "On the Nature and Amelioration of Gender Dysphoria", presented at Extremism and the Excluded Middle, 17th Annual Cultural Studies Symposium, Kansas State University, March 6-8, 2008 (paper, slides).
• "Abstraction, Actors and Computers", presented at Brain Power: Intelligence, Emotion, Cultural Fantasy, 12th Annual Cultural Studies Symposium, Kansas State University, March 6-8, 2003 (one-page abstract, slides).