Renee M. PowersNSF IGERT FellowUniversity of Illinois at Chicagoreneepowers4@gmail.com(630) 373-7072

EDUCATIONIn progress Doctor of Philosophy

University of Illinois at ChicagoField of Study: CommunicationNSF IGERT Fellow in Electronic Security and PrivacyAdvisor: Steve Jones

2012 Master of ArtsNorthern Illinois University, DeKalb, IllinoisField of Study: Communications, graduate certificate in Women’s StudiesEmphases: New Media and RhetoricThesis: “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 ArtsSaint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IndianaFields of Study: Communications and Women’s StudiesComprehensive Project: “SecondLife: Hegemonic hypersexuality in virtual communities”Advising Team: Astrid Henry, Amanda Littauer, Colleen Fitzpatrick

PUBLICATIONSPowers, Renee M. (2013). A review of Mommyblogs and the Changing Face of

Motherhood, by May Friedman. Women’s Studies in Communication, 36(3), 348-350.

Powers, Renee M. & Robert Alan Brookey. (2013). Domesticating Sports: The Wii, the Mii and Nintendo’s 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 Women’s 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 Women’s 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 woman’s 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, Women’s Studies, and Feminism at Saint Mary’s,” alumnae panel sponsored by the Gender and Women’s Studies program, Saint Mary’s College, 2013.

“Negotiating online presence,” guest lecture in Dr. Robert Brookey’s Corporate Advocacy and Issue Management course, Northern Illinois University, 2011.

“Marketing through personal blogs,” guest lecture in Dr. Robert Brookey’s Corporate Advocacy and Issue Management course, Northern Illinois University, 2010.

TEACHING EXPERIENCEUniversity of Illinois at Chicago2013 Teaching Assistant, COMM 102: Interpersonal Communication2012-2013 Graduate Instructor, COMM 100: Fundamentals of Human

CommunicationNorthern Illinois University2011 Graduate Teaching Certificate, Faculty Development and Instructional

Design Center2010-2011 Graduate Instructor, COMS 100: Fundamentals of Oral Communication2011 Teaching Assistant, COMS 356: Critical Interpretation of Film and

Television

2011-2012 Teaching Assistant, COMS 230: Rhetoric and the Media

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE2010-current Executive Board Member, 20 Something Bloggers, http://20sb.net2012 Instructor, Just for Girls Games Camp (NIU), Fine Arts Camp (SMC)2009-2010 Manager & Web Master, Arcedium Coffeehouse, St. Charles, IL2009 Office Manager & District Scheduler, Office of Congresswoman Debbie

Halvorson, Joliet, IL2008 Regional Field Director, Melissa Bean for Congress, Grayslake, IL2006-2008 Intern, Office of Congressman Joe Donnelly and Office of Senator Evan

Bayh, South Bend, IN2005-2008 ResNet Manager, Office of Information Technology, Saint Mary’s College

COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIESUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoGraduate Employees Organization, MemberNorthern Illinois UniversityGradCOMM, Executive Secretary, Professional Goals Chair, Spring Colloquium Chair Graduate Student Research Association, Peer EvaluatorSaint Mary’s CollegeWomen’s Resource Center, DirectorBoard of Governance, Women’s Issues Commissioner

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPSUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

NSF IGERT Fellowship in Electronic Security and PrivacyGraduate Student Council Travel Award

Northern Illinois UniversityPaul K. Crawford Award for Outstanding Graduate StudentPresidential Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Travel AwardStudent Membership in NCAOutstanding Teaching Assistant Award nominee

Saint Mary’s CollegeLily Graduate Fellows Program nomineeWomen’s Studies PrizeCenter for Women’s Intercultural Leadership Travel AwardLeMans Award for Academic ExcellenceCharles Leo Eaton ScholarLambda Pi Eta

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSNational Communication Association

Organization for Research on Women and CommunicationCultural Studies AssociationNational Women’s Studies Association