Milton W. Wendland, J.D., Ph.D.
Permanent Instructor & Dir of Undergrad Internships
Department of Women's & Gender Studies
4202 East Fowler Ave, CMC 202-L
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. with Honors, American Studies, August 2011
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Dissertation: “Real, Truly Live Places: Notes toward the Queer Uncanny”
Co-Chairs: Ann Schofield (WGSS) and Kathryn Conrad (ENGL)
Comprehensive Exams: April 2008 with Honors
Semester Away, Fall 2006,
Department of Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley.
Employment: Research Assistant (Judith P. Butler) and Graduate Student Instructor, “Critical
Thinking and the Craft of Writing.”
Courses: “Freud in the 21st Century” (Kaja Silverman) and “Language & Epistemology” (David
Bates).
M.A. with Honors, American Studies, August 2006
University of Kansas, Lawrence
Thesis: “With Less Noise Than Expected: The Disappearing Feminine in All-Male Spaces”
Chair: Iris Smith Fischer (ENGL)
Graduate Certificate, Women’s Studies, May 2006
University of Kansas, Lawrence
J.D., Law, December 1999.
University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence
Haines Law Scholar, 1997-1998; Jeffreys Law Scholar, 1996-1997
Summer Abroad, 1998
University of Miami School of Law, Miami FL / Universidad de Málaga, Spain
Program in European Union Law & International Immigration Law
B.A., Sociology, Phi Beta Kappa, 1996.
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
Lewis Ethics Essay Award in Applied Religious Studies; Nelson Scholar in Religious Studies
Summerfield Scholar; Freshman Honors Scholar
Completion of KU Honors Program Curriculum
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Permanent Instructor and Director of Undergraduate Internships. Women’s & Gender Studies.
University of South Florida. 2013 to present.
Visiting Assistant Professor. Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. University of Kansas. 2011-2013.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record). Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. University
of Kansas. 2005-2006, 2007-2011.
Instructor. Continuing Education. University of Kansas. Spring 2008-Fall 2009.
Graduate Student Instructor. Rhetoric. University of California, Berkeley. Fall 2006.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Discussion Section Leader). American Studies. University of Kansas.
2004-2005.
PUBLICATIONS
Published
2015. Wendland, Milton, Chris Robinson, & Pete Williams. "Thick Critical Thinking: Toward a New
Classroom Pedagogy." Palgrave Handbook of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Eds.
Ronald Barnett, Robert H. Ennis, and Martin Davies. Palgrave McMillan. (7500 words)
2011. “Advertising,” “Backlash,” Meat and Violence,” and “Alexander Pacheco.” Entries. Cultural
Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism. Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz (ed). Santa Barbara CA: Greenwood
Press, 2011. 8-10, 45-47, 157-59, and 175-76.
2008. “May Sarton” and “Sylvester.” Entries. LGBTQ America Today. John C. Hawley (ed). Santa
Barbara CA: Greenwood Press, 2008. 1080-81 and 1177-78.
2008. “James (Fugate) Barr,” Doris Grumbach,” “Patricia Highsmith,” and “John Weir.” Entries.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGTBQ Literature of the United States. Emmanuel Nelson (ed).
Santa Barbara CA: Greenwood Press, 2008. 66-67, 276-77, 305-06, and 637-38.
COURSES TAUGHT (& RELATED ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT)
FUTURE SEMESTERS (Summer & Fall 2015)
Queer Film & TV. WST 4930. Summer 2015.
Introductioni to Women’s Studies. WST 3015. Online. Summer 2105.
Internship in WGS. WST 490. Fall 2015
Capstone/Senior Project. WST4935. Fall 2015
Introduction to Women’s Studies. WST 3015. Online. Fall 2015.
CURRENT & PREVIOUS SEMESTERS (most recent first)
Internship in WGS. WST 4940.
Fall 2013 6 students. Spring 2014 12 students.
Fall 2014. 4 students. Spring 2015 23 students.
The Nature of Gender (Social/Behavioral Science Honors). IDS 3400. Spring 2015. 17 students.
Introduction to LGBTQ Cultures. IDS 2931. Fall 2014. 27 students.
Capstone/Senior Project. WST 4935.
Spring 2014. 11 students. Spring 2015. 7 students.
Queer Film & TV. WST 4930. Summer 2014. 25 students.
Directed Research. WST 4910. Summer 2014. 1 student.
Introduction to Women’s Studies. WST 3015. Classroom and Online versions.
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Spring 2015. Online. 100 students.
Fall 2014. Online 80 students. Classroom 50 students.
Summer 2014. Online. 100 students.
Spring 2014. 80 students.
Fall 2013. 80 students.
Classics in Feminist Theory. WST 4522. 20 students.
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(Previous at University of Kansas)
Studies in: Intersections of Identity. WGSS 396. (Bi-campus, hybrid course)
Summer 2013. 22 students.
Comparative Sexualities (Graduate Seminar). WGSS 810.
Fall 2012. 12 students.
Feminist Pedagogies (Graduate Practicum). WGSS 803.
Fall 2012. 5 students.
Interdisciplinary Introduction to Women’s Studies. WGSS 201. Instructor of Record, with oversight
of three Graduate Teaching Assistants
Fall 2012. 112 students.
Fall 2011. 75 students.
Gender, Sexuality, & the Law. WGSS 563. Instructor of Record
Spring 2012. 25 students.
Sexuality & Sexual Constructions. WGSS 396. Instructor of Record
Spring 2012. 30 students.
Honors in Interdisciplinary Introduction to Women’s Studies. WGSS 201. Instructor of Record.
Spring 2013. 12 students.
Spring 2012. 15 students.
Spring 2010. 15 students
Fall 2009. 7 students.
Independent Study. WGSS 498.
Summer 2012. 3 students. Topics: “LGBT-Based Bullying in Public Schools,” “The Writer’s
Research: Louise Brooks, Historical Accuracy, and Laura Moriarty’s The Chaperone,”\
and “Sex Trafficking: Considerations in Kansas.”
Spring 2012. 1 student. Topic: “Female Creativity and Self-Knowledge: Alice Miller, Joan
Riviere, & the Self.”
Senior Seminar in Women’s Studies. WGSS 601. Instructor of Record.
Fall 2013. 8 students
Fall 2011. 6 students.
Perspectives in LGBT Studies. WGSS 327. Instructor of Record
Spring 2013. 32 students.
Fall 2011. 30 students.
Gender, Sexuality & the Law. WGSS 396/AMS 344. Instructor of Record.
Fall 2010. 25 students.
Spring 2010. 30 students.
Summer 2009. 15 students.
LGBT Cultures in the Contemporary United States. WGSS 396/AMS 344. Instructor of Record.
Summer 2010. 15 students.
Fall 2009. 30 students.
Summer 2009. 10 students.
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Spring 2009. 30 students.
Fall 2008. 30 students.
Spring 2008. 30 students.
Summer 2007. 10 students.
Interdisciplinary Introduction to Women’s Studies. WGSS 201. Instructor of Record.
Fall 2010. 25 students.
Spring 2009. 30 students.
Fall 2008. 30 students.
Spring 2006. 60 students between two sections.
Fall 2005. 60 students between two sections.
American Identities. AMS 110/ SOC 110. Instructor of Record. Univ of Kansas Continuing Education.
Spring 2008 – Fall 2009. 7 students.
Understanding America. AMS 100. Instructor of Record. Univ of Kansas Continuing Education.
Spring 2008 – Fall 2009. 5 students.
Academic Communications Liaison. (Non-teaching.) American Studies. Univ of Kansas. Spring 2007.
Research Assistant. (Non-teaching.) Judith P. Butler. Univ of California, Berkeley. Fall 2006.
Editorial Assistant. (Non-teaching.) Diana E.H. Russell. Mills College. Fall 2006.
Critical Thinking & the Craft of Writing. RHET 1B. Grad Student Instructor. University of California,
Berkeley.
Fall 2006. 35 students.
Studies in Gay & Lesbian American Culture in the 20 th Century. AMS 696. Assistant to the
Instructor.
Spring 2005. 20 students.
The American People(s). AMS 100/SOC 110. Discussion Section Leader.
Spring 2005. 100 students divided among four discussion sections.
Fall 2004. 100 students divided among four discussion sections.
PRESENTATIONS
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“The AIR Up Here: Gay and Queer Male Adult Intergenerational Relationships (AIRs).”
National Popular Culture Association Conference. New Orleans LA. April 2015.
“100 Years of LGBTQ History in 50 Minutes – Go!” Florida Collegiate Pride Conference.
Florida Collegiate Pride Coalition. February 2015.
“Our Lives are Legislated: A Brief Overview of the Law and LGBTQ Lives.” Florida
Collegiate Pride Conference. Florida Collegiate Pride Coalition. February 2015.
“Student Resistance in the Feminist Classroom.” Invited Guest. Feminist Pedagogies
Graduate Seminar. October 2014.
“100 Years of LGBT History.” LGBTQ History Month. Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Univ of South Florida. Oct 2015.
(Upcoming) “At the Corner of Theory and Praxis: Teaching Queer Studies at the College
Level.” Roundtable. Annual Conference. National Women’s Studies Association. November
2013.
(Accepted But Declined Due to Grant Restrictions for International Scholars). "Mother-Allies: 10
Easy Steps for Non-Mothers & Men to Support Mothers in the Academy." Submitted. Proposal as
part of an SSHRC grant proposal to support a conference on “Being a Mother in the
Academe." Developed by Dr. Andrea Reilly. “The Motherhood Initiative for Research &
Community. York University. Toronto, Canada. May 2013.
“Sex & Gender: Why They Matter for Student Leaders.” Gender Leadership Conference. Emily
Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity. University of Kansas. April 2013.
“I’ve Been Thinking….” Last Lecture Series. Hawk Link First Year Retention Program. Sabatini
Office of Multicultural Affairs. University of Kansas. March 2013.
“Gender & Sex: They're Not Just Synonyms Anymore!” Professional Development Conference.
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2013
2012
Sabatini Office of Multicultural Affairs. University of Kansas. February 2013.
“My Father’s Wasp: Cultural Legibility and Intersecting Identities.” Leadership Enhancement
Series. Student Involvement and Leadership Center. University of Kansas. February 2013.
“QueeRevolution: Life After College – An LGBT Perspective Through the Generations.”
Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center & the KU LGBT Resources Office. University of Kansas.
November 2012.
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2012. “American Studies Scholarship: Gender & Sexuality.” Guest Lecture. “American Identities
(Honors)” class. University of Kansas. November 2012.
2012. “Coming Out – A Non-Oppression Model.” Guest Lecture. “Gender & Communication” class.
University of Kansas. Sept 2012.
2012. “Patriarchy: A System of, for, and by Everyone.” Sexuality Education Committee. Ecumenical
Campus Ministries. Lawrence, KS. August 2012.
2012. “Pornography/Sex Work.” Sexuality Education Committee. Ecumenical Campus Ministries.
Lawrence, KS. August 2012.
2012. “Diversity Training for Athletes: LGBT Issues.” Facilitator. University of Kansas Athletics. August
2012.
2012. “LGBT Sensitivity: Working with Students.” Math & Science Center, Harvest of Hope Migrant
Leadership Academy, & Upward Bound/TRIO Summer Program Staff Training. Educational
Opportunities Programs. University of Kansas. May 2012.
2012. “Queer Theory: An Introduction.” Social Work 730: Human Behavior in the Social Environment.”
University of Kansas. March 2012.
2012. “LGBT Safe Zone Training.” Watkins Health Care Center Staff Training. (Two days.) University
of Kansas. March 2012.
2012. “LGBT 101: Definitions, History, and Possibilities.” Educational Opportunities Program Staff
Training (Federal TRIO Programs.) University of Kansas. February 2012.
2012. “Masculinity: Privilege & Cost for Men & Women” (presentation) and “Men as Agents of Change”
(panel). Masculinities Symposium. University of Kansas Commission on the Status of Women.
March 2012.
2012. “Identity, Privilege, Legibility.” Guest Lecture. “Introduction to American Studies” courses. March
2012.
2012. “LGBT 101 – History, Consequences, & Suggestions.” University of Kansas Educational
Opportunities Program. February 2012.
2011. “The Scope of Coming Out: Definitions, Lifespan, & Challenging the Oppression Model.” Guest
Lecture. “Gender & Communication” class. Univ of Kansas. Sept 2011.
2011. Using Humor in the Feminist Classroom. Facilitator. Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages.
Midwest Modern Language Assoc. St. Louis. November 2011.
2011. “Bullied: We Can Make a Difference – A Community Forum.” Invited Panelist. Headquarters
Counseling Center & the Lawrence Public Library. February 2011.
2010. “How to Be a Man: Masculinities, Yesterday and Today.” Invited Panelist. University of Kansas
Commission on the Status of Women. October 2010.
2010. “Changing Landscapes: Professionalization in the 21st Century University.” Women’s Caucus
for the Modern Languages. Midwest Modern Language Assoc. Chicago. November 2010.
2010. “Serving/Learning: Using Service Learning in the Women and Gender Studies Classroom.”
Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages. Midwest Modern Language Assoc. Chicago.
November 2010.
2010. “Make and Break Moment in Service Learning: Best (and Not the Best) Practices from the
University of Kansas.” Panelist. Regional Campus Compact Conference. Tulsa OK. September
2010.
2010. “Rethinking ‘Coming Out.’” Guest Lecture for Gender & Communication. Prof. Adrianne Kunkel.
Univ of Kansas. Fall 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.
2010. “Beautiful Wickedness: Lacanian Structural Figurations of the Homosexual in Popular Culture.”
National Popular Culture Assoc. St. Louis MO. April 2010.
2010. “Falling from Kansas: On Aliens, Witches, & the Sinthomosexual.” Invited Presentation. Gender
Seminar. Hall Ctr for the Humanities. Univ of Kansas. Lawrence KS. February 2010.
2009. “From the Three R’s to the Three C’s -- Create, Critique, Contextualize in the Women and Gender
Studies Classroom.” Women’s Caucus for the Modern Languages. Midwest Modern Language
Assoc. St. Louis MO. November 2009.
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2009. “I Matter, You Matter, We Matter.” Keynote. Wichita (Kansas) Gay Pride Celebration. June 2009.
2009. “Make It & Break It: Strategies of Media (De)Construction in Cultural Studies Pedagogy.
Roundtable. Cultural Studies Assoc. Kansas City MO. April 2009.
2009. “Service Learning in the Undergraduate Classroom.” Panel. Ctr for Teaching Excellence. Univ of
Kansas. Spring 2009.
2008. “Conference Sex (“My Dark (Conference Hotel Room) Heart: A Polemics of Queer Sex.”).
Roundtable. Division of Gay Studies in Language & Literature. Modern Language Assoc. San
Francisco CA. December 2008. [See “Inside Higher Ed” at
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/01/02/mla and “The Huffington Post” at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joanne-rendell/conference-sex-or-what-pr_b_154792.html ]
2008. “Vaginal Tensions: Rethinking The Vagina Monologues.” Invited Panelist. February Sisters Assoc.
Univ of Kanass. February 2008.
2006. “Straight Seduction: The Politics of the Heterosexual Body on seancody.com.” Nat’l Popular
Culture Assoc. Atlanta GA. April 2006.
2006. “Men in Feminism.” Invited Panelist. Univ of Kansas Commission on the Status of Women.
Lawrence KS. March 2006.
2006. “Brokeback Mountain: Queer Implications, Straight Narratives.” Invited Panelist. Univ of Kansas
Student Union Activities & KU Queers & Allies. Lawrence KS. March 2006.
2005. “One-Handed Subjects: Gay Male Masturbation as an Act of Kristevan (Dis)/(Resis)tance.” New
Literacies Conference. American Theatre & Drama Society. Lawrence KS. March 2005.
2005. “Identithology: A Conversation about Methodology in the Studying the Performance of Identity.”
Invited Co-presentation. Performance and Culture Seminar. Hall Ctr for the Humanities. Univ of
Kansas. Lawrence KS. February 2005.
2004. “Performing Paradox: Desire and the Gay Male Body.” Invited Presentation. American Seminar.
Hall Ctr for the Humanities. Univ of Kansas. Lawrence KS. October 2004.
2004. “Someone’s Looking: Law, Technology, and the Homoerotic Image.” Nat’l Popular Culture
Assoc. San Antonio TX. April 2004.
2004. “Lewd Developments: The Eroto-Politics of the Homoerotic Image in the 20th Century United
States.” Cultural and Literary Studies Conference. Emporia State Univ. Emporia KS. April
2004.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Global Pathways Development Grant. Global Citizens Project. Office of Undergraduate Studies.
University of South Florida. Summer 2015. $3500.
Service-Learning High-Impact Course Development Grant. Office of Community Engagement &
Participation. University of South Florida. Summer 2015. $3000 + $500 research.
Online Course Development Grant. Innovative Education. University of South Florida. Summer
2014. $3500.
Bi-Campus Course Development Grant. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. University of Kansas.
Spring 2013.
(Declined.) International Summer Institute for the Cultural Study of the Law. Full Fellowship and
Travel Grant (Approx. €2000). Universität Osnabrück. Osnabrück, Germany. August 2012.
Department Teaching Support Grant ($150). Women Gender & Sexuality Studies University of
Kansas. Fall 2011.
Dissertation Completion Fellowship ($7500 + tuition/fees). Office of Graduate Research. University of
Kansas. Spring 2011.
Graduate Honors Fellow ($14,000/year stipend + $10,000 tuition/fees). Graduate School. University of
Kansas 2003-2004, 2007-2008.
Graduate Honors Semester Fellowship ($5000). Graduate School. University of Kansas. Spring 2007.
Modern Language Association Travel Grant ($400). Annual Conference. San Francisco CA. 2008.
Service Learning Teaching Grant ($150). Center for Service Learning. University of Kansas. Spring
2008.
Research Grant ($500), Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military. University of
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California, Santa Barbara. Fall 2005
Graduate Student Presentation Travel Grant ($400). Graduate School. University of Kansas. 2004.
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AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Educator Award. Kansas State Transgender Education Project. 2012.
Man of Merit. For positive contributions to the university community. Sponsored by Emily Taylor
Women’s Resource Center, KU Student Senate, and KU Athletics Association. 2012.
University Distinguished Service Award (Nominee). 2009
University Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (Nominee). 2007, 2008.
University Distinguished Service Award (Sole Recipient). 2006 (Ranked First for Graduate Teaching
Award; subsumed into “Distinguished Service Award”)
University Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (Finalist; top 25 of 900+). 2005.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
DEPARTMENT
Department of Women’s & Gender Studies Faculty Committee of the Whole
Department of Women’s & Gender Studies SACS Assessment Committee, 2013-Present.
(Previous Institution: University of Kansas)
Mid-American American Studies Association, Department Rep, 2009-2010
Women Gender & Sexuality Studies Advisory Board, 2005-2006, 2008-Present
American Studies Steering Committee
Graduate (M.A.) Student Representative, 2004-2006
Incoming Student Representative, 2003-2004
American Studies Association of Graduate Students
Co-Chair, 2004-2005
Committees on Teaching Assistant Training and Constitutional Revision, 2003-2004
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
President’s Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues. 2015. Secretary 2015-Present.
United Faculty of Florida, USF Chapter. Senator. 2015-Present
Faculty Advisor. Trans+ Student Union. 2013-Present.
Faculty Advisor. NOW USF Tampa Chapter. 2014-Present.
(Previous Institution: University of Kansas)
Faculty Advisor. Sexuality Education Committee. Student Group. 2012.
Center for Service Learning Faculty Advisory Board, 2011- Present
Provost’s Strategic Planning Process, Steering Committee, Fall 2010
University Provost Search Committee 2009-2010
Facilitator, LGBT Safe Zone Project, KU Multicultural Resource Center, 2009- Present
Men of Merit Project, Inaugural Planning Committee and Student Group Advisor, 2008-2010
Preliminary Selection Committee, Rock Chalk Revue Philanthropy Project, KU Student
Involvement & Leadership Center, 2008-Present.
University Strategic Planning Initiative, Chancellor’s Learning & Teaching Task Force,
2008-2009
Graduate and Professional Association, Chair, Graduate Executive Committee, 2005-2006
February Sisters Assoc, Treasurer, 2005-2006
Graduate Dean’s Task Force on Professional Development, Committee Member, 2005-2006
Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Coalition, Member, 2004-2011
College Assembly, Graduate Representative, 2004-2005
NATIONAL / REGIONAL
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New York University Press. Reviewer for forthcoming revised edition of Fight Like a Girl: How
to Be a Fearless Feminist. (Jennifer Seely, original edition NYU Press, 2007).
Race, Gender, & Class, Editorial Board, 2012-2013
Journal of Popular Culture, Editorial Board, 2005-2007, 2009-2013.
Women’s Studies Caucus, Midwest Modern Language Association, 2009-Present
American Studies Association, Students’ Committee Member, 2005-2007
National Conference of the American Theatre and Drama Society, Organizing Committee,
2004-2005
Law Licenses, New York, Florida, and the District of Columbia, 2000-Present
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OTHER
Diversity Rules (LGBT Monthly), Oneonta NY, “Inqueeries” column on LGBT issues.
2012-2013.
Douglas County AIDS Project (United Way), Board of Directors, 2009-2011; Chair, 2010
The Liberty Press (LGBT Monthly), Wichita KS, Staff Features Writer, 1998-2006
University of Kansas School of Law Alumni Association, Law Student Career Mentor,
2000-2006
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OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Tax Accountant, 2000, 2003; Office Manager, 2003
Hart & Associates Accounting, Madison WI
Tax preparation for individuals and small businesses
Associate Attorney, 2000-2003
The Smith Law Firm, Key West FL
Civil and commercial litigation; Extensive pro bono work for AIDSHelp & Monroe County Foster
Parent’s Assoc.
Policy Analyst Intern, 1999
Kansas Public Policy Clinic, Lawrence KS
Prepare policy and position papers for the Kansas State Legislature
Legal Intern, 1998-1999
Douglas County Legal Aid, Lawrence KS
Provide legal service to indigent clients
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS / LICENSES
American Studies Association
Mid-America American Studies Association
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
National Women’s Studies Association
American Men’s Studies Association
Modern Language Association
Midwest Modern Language Association
American Bar Association
National Lesbian & Gay Law Association
State Bars of Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia
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