Cathlena Martin, Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

PhD Candidate in English, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Expected 2008
Focus: Children’s Literature and New Media Studies
Tentative Dissertation: Charlotte's Website: The Convergence of Children's Print and Digital Literature and Culture

Master of Arts in English, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (May 2004)
Focus: Children’s Literature
Thesis: Breaking Narrative Bounds: The Use of Multiple Visual Narratives in Caldecott Medal Award Books. Available in PDF.

Bachelor of Arts in English, Samford University, Birmingham, AL (May 2002) – cum laude

Bachelor of Science in Education, Samford University, Birmingham, AL (May 2002) – cum laude
Class B teaching certificate, grade 6-12

Study Abroad:

Estudio Sampere Language Institute: Madrid, Salamanca, and El Puerto de Santa María, Spain. Summer 2001.
London Study Center, Samford University: London, England. Spring semester 1999.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Guest Editorships with Editorial Introduction:
ImageTexT: Special Issue on Comics and Childhood. (Summer 2007) 3.3.
Guest editor with Charles Hatfield. Available online.

Learning, Media and Technology: Special Issue on Digital Games and Learning. (Dec 2006) 31.4.
Guest editor with Liam Murray.

Refereed Articles:
"Charlotte's Weblog: Media Transformation and the Intertextual Web of Children’s Culture."
Textual Infidelities: Rethinking Adaptation in Contemporary Culture. Edited by Rachel Carroll.
I.B Tauris, Forthcoming 2008.

"Wiki Lore and Politics in the Classroom"
Wiki Writing: Educators on Collaborative Writing and Learning. Edited by Robert Cummings and Matt Barton.
University of Michigan Press, Forthcoming 2008.
Collaboratively written with Lisa Dusenberry.

"“The game is everything”: Collaborative Play with Global Consequences in Ender's Games"
Playing the Universe: Games and Gaming in Science Fiction. Edited by David Mead and Pawel Frelik.
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press, 2007.

"Playing in Neverland: Peter Pan Video Game Revisions"
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan In and Out of Time: A Children's Classic at 100. Edited by Carole Anita Tarr and Donna R. White.
Scarecrow Press, 2006.
Collaboratively written with Laurie Taylor.

"A Rhizomatic Wisdom Project"
Hyperrhiz.1:1. (Fall 2005).
Collaboratively written and designed with Kate Casey-Sawicki, Brenda Maxey-Billings, and Lindsey Collins. Available online.

"Gaming's Non-Digital Predecessors"
The International Digital Media & Arts Association Journal. 2:1. (Spring 2005), 25-29.
Collaboratively written with Laurie Taylor. Available in PDF.

"E is for Everyone: A Call for Interdisciplinary Studies"
International Game Developers Association (IGDA), The Ivory Tower. January 2005.
Collaboratively written with Laurie Taylor. Available online.

"Practicing What We Teach: Collaborative Writing and Teaching Teachers to Blog"
LORE: An E-journal for Teachers of Writing. December 2004.
Collaboratively written with Laurie Taylor. Available online.

Book Reviews:
"Review of Emma Wilson's Cinema's Missing Children." Journal of Film and Video. 57.1-2 (Spring/Summer 2005), 94-95.

"Review of Ed. John Alberti's Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture."
ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comic Studies. 1.2 (Fall 2004). Available online.

Peer Reviewed Radio Publications:
"Video Game Music." Recess! January 18, 2005. Collaboratively written with Laurie Taylor.
"Stephen King Pops Up." Recess! December 13, 2004.
"Mystery Games." Recess! November 23, 2004. Collaboratively written with Laurie Taylor.
"National Children's Book Week: Let's Book." Recess! November 15, 2004.
"Korean Valentines.” Recess! April 14, 2004.
"Crayola Turns 100.” Recess! December 18, 2003.

Encyclopedia Entries & Other Publications:
"Introduction to Film: Through the Eyes of a Child."
Newsletter of the Society for the History of Children and Youth. (Number 7: Winter 2006). Available online.

" Digital Virtual Libraries"; "Ecology and the Environment"; "Paul Bunyan"; "C.W. Anderson."
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature. Edited by Jack Zipes. Oxford University Press, March 2006.

"Introduction." 'Help is on the way!' Comic Books and Superheroes in Special Collections. A Display in the Exhibit Gallery Smathers Library (East). George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, October 25 - December 17, 2004. 4-5. Collaboratively written with Trena Houp and Laurie Taylor. Available online.

"Selected Bibliography on Comics: History, Theory, and Culture." 'Help is on the way!' Comic Books and Superheroes in Special Collections. A Display in the Exhibit Gallery Smathers Library (East). George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, October 25 - December 17, 2004. 24. Collaboratively written with Trena Houp and Laurie Taylor. Available in PDF.

Newspaper Articles:
"Feed your mind with brain game." The Gainesville Sun. January 10, 2008.
"Cathlena Martin's Top 5 Video Games for Your Brain." The Gainesville Sun. December 27, 2007.
"'Cooking Mama' hits shelves for holiday season." The Gainesville Sun. December 12, 2007.
"Make a video visit to the zoo with new games." The Gainesville Sun. November 15, 2007.
"Nancy Drew finds her way to Nintendo DS." The Gainesville Sun. October 18, 2007.
"Wii offers singing and dancing game." The Gainesville Sun. September 20, 2007.
"Challenge your mind to a game." The Gainesville Sun. August 22, 2007.
"Wii makes Potter game more magical." The Gainesville Sun. July 26, 2007.
"Company launches Nancy Drew game into 21st century." The Gainesville Sun. June 28, 2007.
"Final Fantasy franchise leaps into classic fable." The Gainesville Sun. May 31, 2007.
"Learning to play Wii is easy, fun thanks to WiiPlay." The Gainesville Sun. May 3, 2007.
"Enjoy March Madness year round with basketball video games." The Gainesville Sun. April 5, 2007.
"Studying games is one for the books." The Gainesville Sun. March 8, 2007.
"The couples that play together..." The Gainesville Sun. February 8, 2007.
"Wii is good for all of us." The Gainesville Sun. January 11, 2007.
"Top video games to get you in shape"; "Top 10 games of the year 'for everyone.'" The Gainesville Sun. December 28, 2006.
"For holiday glee, play on Wii." The Gainesville Sun. December 14, 2006.
"Hoist your lightsaber for Lego Star Wars II." The Gainesville Sun. November 16, 2006.
"At 75, Nancy Drew can still get her sleuth on." The Gainesville Sun. October 19, 2006.
"Animated flicks translate to video fun." The Gainesville Sun. September 21, 2006.
"'Pirates' produces video-game booty." The Gainesville Sun. August 31, 2006.
"Dora may be antidote to the heat for little kids." The Gainesville Sun. July 27, 2006.
"DS demo? You can't take it with you." The Gainesville Sun. June 29, 2006.
"Not so Starke? Finding culture off 301." The Gainesville Sun. June 22, 2006.
"There's more than one winner in this game." The Gainesville Sun. June 1, 2006.
"Game keeps brains from turning into summer mush." The Gainesville Sun. May 4, 2006.
"Gamers show theoretical side." The Gainesville Sun. April 6, 2006.
"Get ready for spring with some Mario Sunshine." The Gainesville Sun. March 9, 2006.
" Lock, load and play for your sweetie this V-Day." The Gainesville Sun. February 9, 2006.
"Relative finally gets gaming wish, chainsaw gathers dust." The Gainesville Sun. January 12, 2006.
"Listmania: Cathlena Anna Martin's favorite family games"; "Most addictive video games"; and "Top video game characters your child will want to be for Halloween (so buy your costume early)." The Gainesville Sun. December 29, 2005.
"Last-minute gifts? Think Mario and B-A-N-A-N-A-S." The Gainesville Sun. December 15, 2005.
"Get your kicks with FIFA 2006." The Gainesville Sun. November 17, 2005.
"In a Tim Burton mood? Jack's back!" The Gainesville Sun. October 20, 2005.
"Looking for fellow gamers?" The Gainesville Sun. September 22, 2005.
"Turn on, tee up & spray those ugly bowling shoes." The Gainesville Sun. August 25, 2005.
"Movie-inspired games soothe back-to-school blues." The Gainesville Sun. August 11, 2005.
"Stretch, punch, throw flames or just do your own Thing." The Gainesville Sun. July 14, 2005.
"New book, old games, same student wizard." The Gainesville Sun. June 16, 2005.
"Gainesville for FREE!!!: Park Place for free." The Gainesville Sun. May 26, 2005.
"Gas prices limiting beach time? Head to Bikini Bottom." The Gainesville Sun. May 19, 2005.
"'Star Wars' and Legos a Brilliant Match." The Gainesville Sun. April 21, 2005.
"Game Studies." The Gainesville Sun. March 17, 2005.
"Alien Hominid and Independent Game Design." The Gainesville Sun. February 3, 2005.
"More bullets, better zombies." The Gainesville Sun. January 20, 2005.
"Listmania: Top 10 Video Games of 2004." The Gainesville Sun. January 6, 2005.
"Virtual help for real resolutions." The Gainesville Sun. January 6, 2005.
"Step into Hero Boy's Shoes with The Polar Express." The Gainesville Sun. December 24, 2004.
"Diary of Yourself!Fitness." The Gainesville Sun. December 9, 2004.
"Holiday gaming full of stars and stolen cars." The Gainesville Sun. November 25, 2004.
"Select Start: A Video Game Music Band." The Gainesville Sun. November 11, 2004.
"Plugging into the Political Machine." The Gainesville Sun. October 28, 2004.
"Girls of Gaming? Sexy, strong and even bloodthirsty." The Gainesville Sun. October 14, 2004.
"Gainesville Gaming: Modern gaming explosion rocks Gainesville." The Gainesville Sun. September 30, 2004.

PRESENTATIONS

"Charlotte's Weblog: Convergence in Children’s Literature." (proposed)
Children's Literature Association Conference. Normal, IL. June 12-15, 2008.

"Integrated Media: Race and Gender in Children's Video Games."
South Central Modern Language Association (SCMLA). Memphis, TN. November 1-3, 2007.

Panel Chair of "Children's Digital Literature and Culture."
Modern Language Association's 122nd Annual Convention. Philadelphia, PA. December 27-30, 2006.

"Pixie Dust to Pixels: Classic Children's Novels Transformed to Video Games."
33rd Annual International Conference of the Children's Literature Association. Manhattan Beach, CA. June 8-10, 2006.

"Culture of Comics: The Sol and Penny Davidson Special Collection at the University of Florida."
PCA/ACA 2006 National Conference. Atlanta, GA. April 12-15, 2006.

"Wiki Politics in the Classroom."
5th Annual English Graduate Organization (EGO) Conference. Gainesville, FL. October 27-29, 2005.

"Reading as Performance: Movable Books, Interactive Software, Video Games, and Wordless Picture Books."
Children's Literature Association Conference. Winnipeg, Canada. June 9-12, 2005.

"Haunted Houses and Their Unseen Spaces: Neil Gaiman and the Uncanny."
Modern Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Nashville, TN. March 31-April 2, 2005.

"Science and Video Games."
Transforming Encounters II: Children and Science, Imagination and Inquiry. Gainesville, FL. February 18-19, 2005.

"Cultural Representations in Children's Video Games and Online Resources."
30th Annual Conference on Literature and Film at Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL. January 27-29, 2005.

"Goose: The Creation of a Picture Book through Comics Influence."
Comics and Animation: Simultaneity and Sequentiality. Gainesville, FL. October 29-30, 2004.

"Digitized Borders of Neverland: Video Games Revisions and Boundary Crossings of Peter Pan."
4th Annual English Graduate Organization (EGO) Conference. Gainesville, FL. October 21-22, 2004.

Abstract presentation of "Hollywood’s Glam: Celebrity-Authored Children’s Literature."
President's Inaugural Research Symposium. Gainesville, FL. September 8, 2004.

 

“Hollywood’s Glam: Celebrity-Authored Children’s Literature.”
Children's Literature Association 31st Annual Conference (ChLA). Fresno, CA. June 10-12, 2004.

“Postmodern Piglets: A Look at Marginalization in ‘The Three Little Pigs’”
Conference on Modern Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature, Nashville, TN. April 10-12, 2003.

“Pamela’s Virtue: Education and Influence in Richardson’s Pamela Novels”
Fourteenth Annual Graduate and Professional Student Forum. Gainesville, FL. April 1, 2003.

"Does Lucy know about Little Red Riding Hood': Fairytale Subtext in Richard Wright's 'Man of All Work'"
16th National Conference on Undergraduate Research. Whitewater, WI. April 25-27, 2002.

"Drowning Daisy Miller"
Sigma Tau Delta National Convention. Boise, Idaho. March 13-17, 2002.

“Postmodern Feminist Retellings of Little Red Riding Hood: Carter and Campbell”
SW/TX Popular Culture Conference (ACA). Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 2002.

“The Difference Between a Man and a Woman: Gender Deconstruction in Richard Wright’s ‘The Man of All Work’”
Sigma Tau Delta National Convention. Corpus Christi, Texas. March 14-18, 2001.

Conference Planning:
Conference Co-Chair for "(Re)Collecting British Women Writers"
14th Annual Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Conference. March 23-26, 2006.

Primary Conference Organizer for "Comics and Childhood"
4th Annual UF Comics Conference. February 23-25, 2006.

Conference Coordinator for "Playing the Past: Nostalgia for Video Games and Electronic Literature."
1st Annual UF Games Studies Conference. March 18-19, 2005.

Conference Coordinator for "Comics and Animation: Simultaneity and Sequentiality"
3rd Annual UF Comics Conference. October 29-30, 2004.

Conference Co-Chair for "Constellations of Youth: Intersecting Adults' and Children's Culture"
4th Annual UF-EGO Interdisciplinary Conference. October 21-23, 2004.

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Instructor, Core Curriculum, Samford University
Taught Communication Arts 101 and 102.
Fall 2007 - present.

Instructor, Division of Continuing Education: Distance Learning, University of Florida
Constructed and taught professional writing courses online using WebCT.
Spring 2007 - present.

Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of Florida.
Constructed and taught courses in composition, literature surveys, writing for education majors, technical writing and children's literature.
Fall 2002 - Spring 2007.

Assistant to the Curator, Special Collections Baldwin Library, University of Florida.
Catalogued books using OCLC CatMe, Connexions, and Aleph. Also created original catalogue entries for books and produced them in OCLC.
Fall 2004 - Spring 2007.

Teaching Assistant, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida.
Taught upper level course in business writing in regular academic class and online through WebCT.
Fall 2005 - Summer 2007.

Teaching Assistant, University Writing Program, University of Florida.
Taught course in college writing. Summer 2004, Summer 2005.

Journalist, gaming columnist for The Gainesville Sun, a New York Times publication.
-Independently wrote the gaming column (which focused on game reviews of children's games and E for Everyone games, articles of children's gaming culture, and coverage of local gaming events and tournaments). Spring 2005 - present.
-Collaboratively wrote the gaming column (which included game reviews, articles on gaming culture, and coverage of local gaming events and tournaments) with Laurie Taylor. Fall 2004 - Spring 2005.

Production Staff for ImageTexT: A Journal of Comics Criticism. University of Florida.
Transcribed speeches for inclusion in the journal, assisted in special online exhibit creations, helped design the front cover and image logo.
Fall 2003 - Summer 2007.

IMAGE (Instructional Media and Graphics Environment) Lab Assistant. University of Florida.
Taught course in Dreamweaver basics, helped CLAS instructors with webpage design and online syllabus posting.
Summer 2004 - Spring 2007.

SAT Essay Scorer, Pearson Education SAT.
Scored national essay SAT tests online. May 2005.

ACADEMIC COURSES DEVISED AND TAUGHT

AML 2410: Issues in American Literature and Culture: American Children’s Popular Culture in Literature, Film and Media
ENC 1101: Argumentative and Expository Writing
ENC 1102: Writing About Literature
ENC 3254: Professional Writing in the Discipline for Education Majors
ENG 1131: Writing Through Media
ENG 2300: Film Analysis
ENL 2022: Survey of English Literature: 1750 to the Present
LIT 2120: World Literature 1600 to Modern Times

ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT

UCCA 101: Communication Arts under the Core Curriculum, Samford University
UCCA 102: Communication Arts under the Core Curriculum, Samford University
ENC 1101: Introduction to College Writing under the University Writing Program, UF
ENC 1102: Argument and Persuasion under the University Writing Program, UF
ENC 2210: Technical Writing under the Department of English, UF
GEB 3213: Writing for Business under the Warrington College of Business, UF

ONLINE ACADEMIC COURSES DEVISED AND TAUGHT

ENC 3250: Professional Communication and Writing under the Division of Continuing Education, UF

ONLINE ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT

GEB 3214: Writing and Speaking in Business under the Warrington College of Business, UF

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant under Dr. Bryan Johnson, Samford University, Birmingham, AL.
Cultural Perspectives 102

High School:
Briarwood Christian High School, Birmingham, AL: student teaching 11th and 12th grade
Spain Park High School, Birmingham, AL: student teaching 9th grade

Tutoring: English as a Second Language to Korean students (7th, 4th, 1st grade)

SERVICE

Elected University Position:
Graduate Representative in the Student Government Senate.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Spring 2005-Spring 2006.

Appointed University Committees:
Graduate and Professional Student Caucus (GPSC).
Charter Member
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Fall 2005-Spring 2006.

Student Representative on the University Senate Libraries Committee.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Spring 2004 - Spring 2005.

Member of the Graduate Student Advisory Board to Dean Sullivan, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Spring 2004 - Spring 2005.

Member of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching/Advising Award Committee.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Fall 2004.

Organizational Leadership:
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) Children's Literature Discussion Circle
Secretary, 2008.

English Graduate Organization (EGO)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Graduate Student Council Representative, November 2005 to November 2006.
Chancellor, November 2004 to November 2005.
Co-President, August 2003 to November 2004.

Graduate Comics Organization (CGO)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Charter Member
President, Fall 2005 to Fall 2006.
Vice-President, Fall 2003 to Fall 2004.

Children’s Culture Study Group (CCSG)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Webmaster, Spring 2005 to Spring 2007.
Host, Fall 2002 to Spring 2007.
Co-coordinator, Fall 2002 to Spring 2007.

Game Studies Group (GSG)
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Treasurer, Fall 2004 to Fall 2005.

Academic Service
Curator for "(Re)Collecting British Women Writers: Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century British Women Writers in Special Collections,"
a display in the Exhibit Gallery Smathers Library (East). George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, March 21- May 21, 2006. Exhibit Catalog available in PDF.

 

AWARDS

Honors and Awards:
Recipient of the University of Florida's Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Graduate Students, University of Florida, Spring 2005.
Recipient of the English Department Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Florida, 2004-2005.

Grants:
Recipient of the Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, University of Florida, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Recipient of the Graduate Student Council's 2005 Mentoring Opportunity Program Grant, University of Florida, Spring 2005.
Recipient of the Women's History Month Mini-Grant, University of Florida, March 2005.

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Children's Literature Association

International Research Society for Children's Literature

Society for the History of Children and Youth

Popular Culture Association

Modern Language Association

 

REFERENCES

Dr. Kenneth Kidd, Associate Professor
English Department, University of Florida
Box 117310
Gainesville, FL 32611-7310
352.392.6650
kkid@english.ufl.edu

Professor John Cech, Director of the University of Florida's Center for Children's Literature and Culture
English Department, University of Florida
Box 117310
Gainesville, FL 32611-7310
352.392.6650
jcech@english.ufl.edu

Professor Greg Ulmer
English Department, University of Florida
Box 117310
Gainesville, FL 32611-7310
352.392.6650
gulmer@nwe.ufl.edu

Dr. Sid Dobrin, Director of Writing Programs
English Department, University of Florida
Box 117310
Gainesville, FL 32611-7310
352.392.6650
sdobrin@english.ufl.edu

Professor Donald Ault, Founder and General Editor of ImageTexT
English Department, University of Florida
Box 117310
Gainesville, FL 32611-7310
352.392.6650
donault@english.ufl.edu

Dr. Jane Yellowlees Douglas, Associate Professor
College of Business, University of Florida
Box 117150
Gainesville, FL 32611-7150
352.392.8436 x 1267
jane.douglas@cba.ufl.edu

Dr. Fiona Barnes, Director of Business Communication
College of Business, University of Florida
Box 117150
Gainesville, FL 32611-7150
352.392.8436 x 1261
fiona.barnes@cba.ufl.edu

Rita Smith, Curator of the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
Department of Special & Area Studies Collections
P.O. Box 117007
208 Smathers Library
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611
352.392.9075
ritsmit@uflib.ufl.edu