Ph.D. student, English
B.A. English, Indiana University, 2020
I am currently writing a dissertation on the visual art and lyrics of the British musician Poly Styrene, aka Marianne Elliott (1957-2011), of the London punk/new wave band X-Ray Spex. I am focusing on Elliott’s subversive use of images of girlhood and domesticity in the posters, flyers, and costumes she created to promote their 1978 album “Germfree Adolescents.”
In my teaching, I focus on cultivating feelings of communal care that support learning and sharing ideas. This includes somatic practices that encourage students to gently and continually arrive in the present moment of the class space. I strive to always be re-rooting in the vivid, care-centered pedagogies of bell hooks, Kathy O. Smith, Judith Brown, Dr. Debra Walker King, and many others.
COURSES TAUGHT:
World Literature 17th c-Modern; Technical Communication; Rhetoric and Research; Writing for Engineers
Publications:
- “Review of DIY House Shows and Music Venues in the U.S.” Journal of Popular Music Studies, vol. 6, issue 1, 2024.
- “Tulip Poplars.” Mid-Atlantic Review, vol. 30, 2022.
- “Review of Dancing After TEN, by Vivian Chong,” ImageTexT, 2022.
Awards:
National Humanities Center Graduate Summer Residency: Meaningful Teaching and Learning in the Humanities Classroom
UF Chief Diversity Officer’s Grant
Fields of Study:
- Feminist Visual Rhetoric
- Popular Music Studies
- Critical Pedagogy
- Victorian Spiritualism
Contact:
UF email: dj.fields@ufl.edu