Aymar Jean Christian
Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
3620 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-8454, Cell:
201-923-8369, Fax: (215) 898-2024
E-mail: ajean (at) asc (dot) upenn (dot) edu
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EDUCATION |
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2007-- |
Ph.D., Communication, University of Pennsylvania |
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2009 |
M.A., Communication, University of Pennsylvania |
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2006 |
B.A., American Culture, University of Michigan |
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JOURNAL ARTICLES |
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2009 |
(in review) Camp 2.0: A Queer Performance of the Personal. Communication, Culture and Critique. |
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2009 |
(in review) The Digital Aesthetic in Mumblecore. Cinema Journal. |
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2005 |
ÕThe Barbary Coast in A Barbarous Land:' Policing Vice in San Francisco
in Two Eras of Morality. Michigan Journal of History, Fall 2005. |
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CONFERENCE PAPERS |
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2009 |
The Network Meets Community: The Boundaries and Ethics of Online
Groups. New York American Studies Association. New York, NY. 14 Nov. |
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2009 |
Music Video Remakes and Fan Production. Mid-Atlantic Popular and
American Culture Association. Boston, MA. 5-7 November. |
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2009 |
The Structure of Authenticity on YouTube. National Communication
Association. Chicago, IL. 12-15 November. |
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2009 |
Real Vlogs: The Rules and Meanings of Online Video. 2009. Association
of Internet Researchers: IR 10.0. Milwaukee, WI. 7-11 October. |
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2009 |
Mumblecore: Networked Film and the Digital Aesthetic. International
Communication Association, Visual Communication Studies group. Chicago,
IL. 21-25, May. |
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2009 |
Camp 2.0. Presentation, International Communication Association,
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Studies group. Chicago, IL. 21-25,
May. |
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2009 |
Black Politics on YouTube. Race & Ethnicity Studies Institute
on Race, Ethnicity and (New) Media. College Station, TX. 30 April –
2 May. |
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2009 |
YouTube: Black Existentialism and Network Participation: Identity. National
Council for Black Studies. Atlanta, GA. 19-21, March. |
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2008 |
Camp 2.0: Queering Performance on YouTube. Presentation, Queer
Iconography: Third Annual LGBT Symposium, Hempstead, NY; Hofstra University, 7, November. |
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2008 |
Agency and Marginality in Anonymous Blogs: A Textual Analysis of
Online Identity. Presentation, Ethics, Technology and Identity Conference,
Delft, The Netherlands. 19, June. |
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INVITED TALKS |
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2009 |
Brian De PalmaÕs Blow Out.
Lecture. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, PA. 4, October. |
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2009 |
Music Video Remakes: History, Copyright and the Reach and Limits of
User Production. Lecture. Penn Internet and Media Policy workshop series.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December. |
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OTHER WORK |
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2009- |
Contributing Editor, Ronebreak.com |
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2008- |
Film
Curating Fellow, The Philadelphia Museum |
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2008- |
Contributing Writer, Splice
Today |
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2006-7 |
Reporter, Dow Jones Newswires |
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2006 |
Society Reporting Intern, Newsweek |
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2005 |
Metro Reporting Intern, The
Washington Post |
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2005 |
Style Reporting Intern, The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
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SELECTED PRESS |
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2009 |
ÒVlogging While Black.Ó The Root.
May 4, 2009. (byline: Aymar Jean Christian) |
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2008 |
ÒHustlinÕ, Not Mumblin.ÕÓ
Splice Today. August 7, 2008. (byline: Aymar Jean Christian) |
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2008 |
ÒLeave The Women Alone!Ó Splice Today. September 16, 2008. (byline: Aymar Jean Christian) |
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2007 |
ÒPlanetOut Is Under the Radar.Ó The Wall Street Journal. July 11,
2007. (byline: A. Christian Jean) |
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2006 |
ÒThe Giving Back Awards: The Artist.Ó Newsweek. July 3, 2006. (byline: A.
Christian Jean) |
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2005 |
ÒA New Night Life Dawns in the Suburbs; Where Social Options Were Few,
Gay Groups Forge Community.Ó The
Washington Post. September 15, 2005, A1. (byline:
Aymar Jean). |
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2005 |
ÒOnce Shunned, Student Knows He's No Longer Alone; Teen Has Started
Gay Rights Group In Outer Suburbs.Ó The
Washington Post. September 8, 2005, T03. (byline:
Aymar Jean). |
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2005 |
ÒOnline Attraction Grows Into Offline Love.Ó Atlanta Journal-Constitution. March 21, 2005, 1C. (byline: Aymar Jean) |
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2005 |
ÒLonger ads make their way onto movie screens.Ó Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 19, 2005, 1D. (byline: Aymar Jean) |
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2004 |
ÒCrossing Over: Songs with religion and spiritual themes are making their
move up mainstream charts.Ó The Plain
Dealer. September 4, 2004, E1. (byline: Aymar
Jean) |
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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS |
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2009 |
Mellon Graduate Research Fellowship |
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2008- |
Research Fellow, Dr. Paul Messaris |
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2007- |
Fontaine Society Fellow, University of Pennsylvania |
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2006 |
Phi Beta Kappa |
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COURSES TAUGHT |
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2008 |
Communication and Behavior, Dr. Daniel Chomsky, Teaching Fellow |
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2007 |
Communication and Pop Culture, Dr. Katherine Sender, Teaching Fellow |
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METHODOLOGICAL COURSEWORK |
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2009 |
Historiography (Annenberg Summer Institute for Methods and Statistics) |
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2009 |
Focus Groups (Annenberg Summer Institute for Methods and Statistics) |
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2008 |
Field Methods, Ethnography (graduate course; Katherine Sender) |
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2007 |
Introductory Statistics (graduate course; Michael Hennessy) |
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES |
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2009 |
International Communication Association |
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2009 |
National Communication Association |
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2009 |
College Art Association |
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2007 |
Fontaine Society, University of Pennsylvania |
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2002- |
National Association of Black Journalists |
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OTHER SKILLS |
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Basic HTML/Adobe Dreamweaver |
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Commissions: |
Frank Leon Roberts: http://www.frankrobertsonline.com Khadijah White: http://www.khadijahwhite.com Madison Moore: http://www.madisonmooregallery.com Aymar Jean Christian: http://www.ajchristian.org |
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Adobe Photoshop |
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Examples: |
Logo for documentary project: http://www.myspace.com/artistsunbound |
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