Amanda Martin Sandino
Education
| University of California, San Diego
Cultural Studies focus, Doctoral Candidate Dissertation Advisor: Prof. Shelley Streeby Committee Members: Profs. Michael Davidson, Brian Goldfarb, Sarah Nicolazzo, Winnie Woodhull, and Ari Heinrich Dissertation Title: “The Dis-Topic Future: Disability, the American Dream, and the Shifting Normate in 20th to 21st Century U.S. Literatures.” |
Ph.D. Literature | June 2018 |
| University of California, San Diego
Poetry focus. Thesis Chair: Prof. Anna Joy Springer Committee Members: Profs. Rae Armantrout, Brian Goldfarb, and Ben Doller Thesis Title: “The Five Hundred Disciples: an apocalypse of the now.” |
MFA Writing | June 2013
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| University of Washington Bothell
Thesis Chair: Prof. Bruce Burgett Thesis Title: “the usual head/ache: Building Empathy for Physical Suffering Through the Use of Poetry.” |
M.A. Cultural Studies | June 2011 |
| Seattle University
Certificate in Diversity, Citizenship, and Social Justice. Summa cum laude. Education abroad. Sophia University (上智大学). Tokyo, Japan. JASSO Scholar |
B.A. Asian Studies | June 2009 |
Academic Publications
| “Companion Species: From Imaginary to Cyborg Friend in Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and Scott’s Blade Runner.” Posthuman Pooh: Edward Bear After 100 Years. Children’s Literature Association Press. Editor Jennifer Harrison. | 2018 |
| “Running to a Still: Narratives of Energy and Care in Oz.” Monsters of Fiction, Film, and Fable. Cambridge University Press. Editors Lisa W. Bro, Crystal O’Leary-Davidson, and Mary Ann (Mert) Gareis. | 2017 |
| Translation from the Spanish of “Los Sonetos de la Muerte” by Gabriela Mistral. Alchemy Journal of Translation 3: 32–34. | 2013 |
| “On perfection: Pain and arts-making in Aronofsky’s Black Swan.” Journal of Visual Art Practice 12(3): 291–303. | 2013 |
| “The Grad Student and the Vicodin Bottle.” Gnovis Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology Blog. Web. | 2011 |
Artistic Publications
| “Desertification.” 101 Fiction 12. Web. | 2016 |
| “Comedy Is…” Northwest Comedy Network. | 2012 |
| “Som.” Clamor. We b. | 2011 |
| “Gardener of Xibalba.” Clamor. Web. | 2011 |
| “The Day the Englishman Stole Don Quixote Away.” Clamor. 116–117. | 2010 |
| “moving on.” Clamor. 97–100. | 2010 |
Presentations
| Modernist Studies Association Conference. “The Wizard of Oz and Conceptions of the Modernist Utopia.” Speculative Fiction Seminar. Pasadena, California. November 17–20. | 2016 |
| Pacific Modern Language Association Conference. “The House that Disney Built (Over).” Pasadena, California. November 11–13. | 2016 |
| Northeast Modern Language Association Conference. “OSD vs. PhD.” University of Connecticut. Hartford, Connecticut. March 17–20. | 2016 |
| Northeast Modern Language Association Conference. “Cripping the Land of Oz.” University of Connecticut. Hartford, Connecticut. March 17–20. | 2016 |
| Cultural Studies Association Conference. “Running to a Still: Narratives of Energy and Care in The Land of Oz.” University of Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah. May 29–31. | 2014 |
| Cultural Studies Association Conference. “The House that Disney Built (Over).” University of Illinois Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. May 23–26. | 2013 |
| Convergence on Poetics. “Create. Then Destroy.” University of Washington Bothell. Bothell, Washington. September 27–30. | 2012 |
| Cultural Studies Association Conference. “Is Cultural Studies Good Enoughing?” Panel. University of California, San Diego. San Diego, California. March 28–April 1. | 2012 |
| Women of Color Collective Dialoguing Difference Conference. Copresented with Priya Frank, Mona Halcomb, and Theryn Kigvamasud’Vashti. “Survival Through Sisterhood: Developing the Graduate Women of Color Collective at UW Bothell.” University of Washington. Seattle, Washington. May 26–27. | 2011 |
| Cultural Studies Association Conference. “This mutilated, useless thing: An Autoethnographic Analysis of CNCP and Treatments as Considered in House M.D.” Columbia College Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. March 24–26. | 2011 |
| Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities. “This mutilated, useless thing: an autoethnographic analysis of CNCP and treatments as considered in House M.D.” April 18–19. | 2011 |
| Doing Autoethnography: Here and Now Graduate Conference. “On Breathing and Drowning: Beauty in a Shattered World.” Wayne State University. Detroit, Michigan. November 4–5. | 2011 |
| Women of Color Collective Dialoguing Difference Conference. “‘Like a Hell-Broth Boil and Bubble’: Reflections of a Half-Blood on Mixed Race Invisibility.” Seattle, Washington. May 13–14. | 2010 |
| Second Annual Cultural Studies Conference. “the usual head/ache: Building Empathy for Physical Suffering Through the Use of Poetry.” University of Washington Bothell. Bothell, Washington. May 20. | 2010 |
| Imagining America Conference. “the usual head/ache: Autoethnographic Expressions of Pain.” Seattle, Washington. September 23–25. | 2010 |
| Washington Community College Humanities Association Conference. “Embodied Geographies of Silence.” Workshop. Bothell, Washington. October 15–16. | 2010 |
Research Experience
Comic Studies Research Group 2015–Present
University of California, San Diego
Disability Studies Research Group 2013–Present
University of California, San Diego
Economics and Migration Research Group 2010–2011
University of Washington Bothell
Teaching Experience
| University of California, San Diego
Critical Gender Studies Program Course Taught: Introduction to Social Movements: Erasure and Narratives of Resistance. |
Associate Instructor (Instructor of Record) | Summer 2017 |
| Critical Gender Studies Program
Course Taught: Introduction to CGS: Social Movements. |
Teaching Assistant
(In-person) |
2016–Present |
| Sixth College Culture, Art, and Technology Writing Program
UC Online 2014–2015, 2016–Present Courses Taught: The Book in the Digital Age; Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication; The New (Old) Connectivity; Intro to Sound Studies; Origins; World-Making; Not Just For Laughs: Exploring Rhetoric Around Contemporary Standup Comedy. |
Teaching Assistant
(In-person and Online) |
2012–Present |
| Literature Department
Courses Taught: Writing Nonfiction; Writing Poetry |
Teaching Assistant
(In-person) |
2011–2012 |
| University of Washington Bothell
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Courses Taught: Human Rights in Theory and Practice, Family in U.S. Society. |
Teaching Assistant
(In-person) |
2010 |
| Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Language Circle |
Tutor | 2008–2009 |
| Yoyogi-Uehara Community Center Tokyo, Japan
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Tutor | 2008–2009 |
Service
| EditingWorm, San Diego, CA
Senior Editor |
2015–Present |
| Modern Language Association 2018 Conference
Teaching Languages and Literatures Online Workshop Participant |
2018 |
| University of California, San Diego
Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Inclusive Teaching Practices Workshop Participant |
2017 |
| Critical Gender Studies
Town Hall Participant |
2016 |
| Literature Department
Qualifying Exam Workshop Panelist |
2016 |
| Sixth College
TA Training Panelist |
2015–2016 |
| CALIT2
Co-curator, “Senses of Care: Mediated Ability and Interdependence” |
2014 |
| Raza Resource Centro
Grad School Workshop Leader |
2013 |
| University of Washington Bothell
Policy Studies Program Faculty hiring session participant |
2011 |
| Diversity Minor Formulation Committee
Committee Member |
2011 |
| Women of Color Collective
Officer |
2010–2011 |
| Gay Straight Alliance
Officer |
2010–2011 |
| Geographic Information Systems
Faculty hiring session participant |
2010 |
Academic Honors and Awards
| University of California, San Diego Literature Department Dissertation Year Fellowship |
2017–2018 |
| Summer Research Grant | 2016 |
| San Diego Fellowship | 2013–2015 |
| University of Washington Bothell
Digital Summer Research Initiative Fellow |
2011 |
| IAS Graduate Tuition Waiver | 2009–2010 |
| Seattle University
Albert Mann Award for Exceptional Asian Studies Scholarship |
2009 |
| Japanese Student Services Organization Scholarship [JASSO] (awarded by Japanese government for international study in Japan) | 2008–2009 |
Professional Organizations
Modern Language Association 2017–Present
Modernist Studies Association 2016–Present
Cultural Studies Association 2013–Present
Languages
English: Written and spoken fluency
Spanish: Written fluency; Spoken proficiency
Japanese: Written proficiency; Spoken fluency
References
Shelley Streeby, PhD
Professor of Literature and Ethnic Studies sstreeby@ucsd.edu
University of California, San Diego
Diane Forbes Berthoud, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion daforbes@ucsd.edu
University of California, San Diego
Joe Bigham, PhD
Lecturer, Sixth College Writing Program dbigham@ucsd.edu
University of California, San Diego
Elizabeth Losh, PhD
Associate Professor of English and American Studies emlosh@wm.edu
William and Mary
Amanda Martin Sandino, Ph.D., MFA 