Jonathan Hansen, PhD
curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2014 - PhD, American Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dissertation: Take a Chill Pill: A Cultural History of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
1998 - BA, English, Communication Studies (Film Studies); Music (Composition) Minor
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
TEACHING
2018-present - Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA: Adjunct Instructor, Film Studies
2016-2018 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric
2014-2016 - Grinnell College, Grinnell IA: Lecturer, Department of American Studies
2001-2009 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: Graduate Instructor
FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTION
2019 - Future Self (short), dir. Sean Lewis
Boom operator, sound production
2017 - Night of the Babysitter, dir. Louis Doerge
Sound production
2017 - Hooker Assassin (short), dir. Misty Dawn
Sound production
1997-1998 - Pro Video, Cedar Rapids
Commercial video editing and production
AUDIO PRODUCTION
1991-present - Numerous albums
Sound engineering, mixing, mastering
GRAPHIC DESIGN
1991-present - Numerous projects
Promotional materials for academic conferences, musical events, and charity events
INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT, & EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2010-2018 - Private Instructor, Music Theory and Performance
2010-2015 - Freelance Editor
1997-2011- Academic Writing Coach and Tutor
2005-2008 - Writing Assessment Specialist, ACT, Iowa City, IA
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012-2013 - Research Consultant
2010-2012 - Research Assistant, Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, University of Iowa
Drs. Kembrew McLeod and Naomi Greyser
PUBLICATION
2001 - “Reconstructing Lewis Carroll’s Looking Glass” Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies (20) pp. 1-18.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2009 - “Scientology vs. Psychiatry in the Museum.”
March 28, Mid-Atlantic American Studies Association Conference, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA.
2009 - “Chemical Technology and Emerging Identities: The Role of Technology and Rhetoric in the Construction of the Hyperactive Child.”
April 3, Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts/Mid-American American Studies Association Conference, University of Iowa.
2009 - “The Cognitive Science Freak Show”
April 18, Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana Seminar, The Theatre Museum, Mt. Pleasant, IA.
AWARDS, HONORS, & SERVICE
2009 - Best Paper, Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana Seminar
2000-2003 - Iowa Fellowship, American Studies, University of Iowa
2003 - Co-organizer, MAASA/GLASA Conference
2002 - Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Iowa
1994 - Helen K. Fairall Scholarship, University of Iowa
2014 - PhD, American Studies, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Dissertation: Take a Chill Pill: A Cultural History of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
1998 - BA, English, Communication Studies (Film Studies); Music (Composition) Minor
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
TEACHING
2018-present - Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA: Adjunct Instructor, Film Studies
- Introduction to Film
- Film History
- Film Analysis
- Independent Project in Film
- Visual Rhetoric
- Communication and Social Change
2016-2018 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Rhetoric
- Speaking and Reading (Rhetoric)
2014-2016 - Grinnell College, Grinnell IA: Lecturer, Department of American Studies
- Introduction to American Studies
- Disability and Mental Health in U.S. Culture
2001-2009 - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: Graduate Instructor
- American Lives: Criminality in U.S. Culture
- Interpretation of Literature
- Gender, Race, and Class in the U.S.
- Sex and Popular Culture in Postwar U.S.
FILM & TELEVISION PRODUCTION
2019 - Future Self (short), dir. Sean Lewis
Boom operator, sound production
2017 - Night of the Babysitter, dir. Louis Doerge
Sound production
2017 - Hooker Assassin (short), dir. Misty Dawn
Sound production
1997-1998 - Pro Video, Cedar Rapids
Commercial video editing and production
AUDIO PRODUCTION
1991-present - Numerous albums
Sound engineering, mixing, mastering
GRAPHIC DESIGN
1991-present - Numerous projects
Promotional materials for academic conferences, musical events, and charity events
INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT, & EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2010-2018 - Private Instructor, Music Theory and Performance
2010-2015 - Freelance Editor
- 33 1/3: Blondie’s Parallel Lines, Kembrew McLeod (Bloomsbury, 2015)
- Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World, Kembrew McLeod (NYU, 2013)
- Copyright Criminals: The Funky Drummer Edition (Box Set), Ben Franzen and Kembrew McLeod (Copyright Criminals, 2011)
- Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption, Robert Latham (University of Chicago, 2002)
1997-2011- Academic Writing Coach and Tutor
2005-2008 - Writing Assessment Specialist, ACT, Iowa City, IA
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012-2013 - Research Consultant
- The Downtown Pop Underground: New York City and the Literary Punks, Renegade Artists, DIY Filmmakers, Mad Playwrights, and Rock 'n' Roll Glitter Queens who Revolutionized Culture, Kembrew McLeod (Abrams Press, New York: 2018)
- Beautiful Fools: The Last Affair of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald, R. Clifton Spargo (Overlook Press: 2013)
- Pranksters: Making Mischief in the Modern World, Kembrew McLeod (NYU: 2013)
2010-2012 - Research Assistant, Project on Rhetoric of Inquiry, University of Iowa
Drs. Kembrew McLeod and Naomi Greyser
PUBLICATION
2001 - “Reconstructing Lewis Carroll’s Looking Glass” Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies (20) pp. 1-18.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2009 - “Scientology vs. Psychiatry in the Museum.”
March 28, Mid-Atlantic American Studies Association Conference, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA.
2009 - “Chemical Technology and Emerging Identities: The Role of Technology and Rhetoric in the Construction of the Hyperactive Child.”
April 3, Center for Ethnic Studies and the Arts/Mid-American American Studies Association Conference, University of Iowa.
2009 - “The Cognitive Science Freak Show”
April 18, Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana Seminar, The Theatre Museum, Mt. Pleasant, IA.
AWARDS, HONORS, & SERVICE
2009 - Best Paper, Theatre Museum of Repertoire Americana Seminar
2000-2003 - Iowa Fellowship, American Studies, University of Iowa
2003 - Co-organizer, MAASA/GLASA Conference
2002 - Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Iowa
1994 - Helen K. Fairall Scholarship, University of Iowa