Academics (through 1999)

As evidence of over-achievement, Jean has over 180 hours of coursework in a program that required 120. Along with her double bachelors in English and Philosophy, Jean has significant hours invested in theater, art history, and biology. Her favorite topics include: performance, identity, change, resistance, ethics, cognitive science, and systems thinking.

Publications

Text and Territory, Mediations Journal, Volume 22, Spring 1999.
Urban Alchemy of Martin Wong, Octopus, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, February 1998.
Heel of the Boot: Prints by Sue Coe, Octopus, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, September 1997.
Kenny Scharf, University Galleries, Illinois State University, 1998. Assistant Editor.
Sweet Oblivion: The Urban Landscapes of Martin Wong, exhibition catalogue, University Galleries, Illinois State University, newmuseumbooks, Rizzoli, New York, 1998. Curatorial Assistant and Assistant Editor on Blinderman essay.
The Twentieth Century's Seventeenth Century: Modernism, Postmodernism, and Metaphysical Poetry, textbook, unpublished, 1996. Proofreader.

Panels

Text and Territory Artist Panel, University Galleries, Illinois State University, October 1998. Moderator.
Wendy Jacob and Jin Lee Art Talk, McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois. Panelist.

Conferences

Border Subjects III: (Dis)location of Culture, Illinois State University, 1997-1998. Curator of corresponding exhibition, Organizing Committee, and Treasurer.
Border Subjects II: Bodies of Evidence, Illinois State University, October 1997. Presenter: "Postcolonial Sleepers: Love in Two Languages and Malady of Death".
Performance Margins: Sites of Resistance, Illinois State University, May 1997. Head of Organizing Committee.
Postcolonial Feminism and Historiography, Illinois State University, April 1997. Presenter, "Pain and Performance in Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower."
Border Subjects: Transgressions of Culture, Knowledge, and Identity, Illinois State University, October 1996. Presenter: "Performing Feminist Biographies: Representations of Jiang Qing in White Boned Demon."

Exhibition