CURRAN NAULT
EDUCATION
[August 2013]: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX. Ph.D. in Radio-Television-Film.
[May 2002]: San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA. M.A. in Cinema Studies.
[May 1999]: Boston University, Boston MA. B.A. in Political Science.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
[2015-Present]: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX. Lecturer.
Joint appointment of Women’s and Gender Studies & Radio-Television-Film.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Sexuality Studies, Subcultural Studies, Film-TV-Expanded Media, Homonationalism in the Philippines, Curatorial Activism, Transnationalism, Queer of Color Critique, Transfeminisms.
PUBLICATIONS
Book
[August 2017]: Queercore: Queer Punk Media Subculture. New York: Routledge.
Book Chapters
[2017]: “Girlyboys on Film: Queering the Frame(s).” Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls’ Media Culture, Volume 2. New York: Peter Lang.
[2013]: “No Skin Off My Ass: Bruce LaBruce and the Curious Case of Queer Punk Love.” Queer Love in Film and Television. Eds. Pamela Demory and Christopher Pullen. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 169-180.
Refereed Journal Articles
[2012]: “The Cinematic Quiet Girl from The Breakfast Club to the Badlands.” Feminist Media Studies 13.2 (May 2012): 303-320.
[2010]: “Bend Over Boyfriend to Take it Like A Man: Pegging Pornography and the Queer Representation of Straight Sex.” Jump Cut 52 (Summer 2010).
[2009]: “Punk Will Never Diet!: Beth Ditto and the Queer Revaluation of Fat.” The NeoAmericanist: A Journal of American Studies 4.2 (Spring/Summer 2009).
Book Reviews
[2014]: Review of Mundo Cruel by Luis Negrón. Sargasso: A Journal of Caribbean Literature, Language & Culture (2014): 211-13.
[2010]: Review of Punk Slash! Musicals: Tracking Slip-Sync on Film by David Laderman. Velvet Light Trap 67 (Spring 2010): 77-79.
[2008]: Review of Screening Sex by Linda Williams. Velvet Light Trap 65 (Spring 2008): 79-81.
Invited Critical Essays
[2017]: “Hanky Code 2.0: The New Rules of Flagging.” In the Die Kränken catalogue review. 2017 exhibition at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Library.
[2014]: “Queer Philippine Cinema is Undead.” In Media Res (Winter 2014). <mediacommons.futureofthebook.org>.
[2010]: “Internet Killed the Zinester Star: Queercore Zines in the Age of Digital Self-Publishing.” Queer Zine Archive Project: Meta 4 (Summer 2010). <www.qzap.org>.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS
[Manuscript]: Homonationalism of a Different Hue: Bakla Cultural Production in the Philippines.
A remapping of homonationalist discourse via critical examination of the confluent ascension of bakla (queer) cultural production and anti-imperialist sentiment in the Philippines.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION [Abridged]
[2017]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Chicago IL. “Homonationalism of a Different Hue: Bakla Cinema in the Philippines.” March 22-26.
[2016]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Atlanta GA. “‘Queer’ Philippine Cinema is Undead: Homonationalism and the Zombading.” March 30-April 3.
[2015]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Montreal Canada. “Curatorial Crisis: Queer Film Festivals and the Demise of Gay Identity.” March 25-29.
[2014]: Film and History Annual Conference, Madison WI. “Pink Rising: The ‘Golden Age’ of the ‘Queer’ Film Festival in the Philippines.” October 29-November 2.
[2014]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Seattle WA. “Shut Up White Boy: Queer of Color Fantasy and the Punking of Anti-Social Theory.” March 19-23.
[2013]: Hip Hop and Punk Feminisms Conference, Urbana-Champaign IL. “From Imagined Violence to Terrorist Chic: Strategic Aesthetics of Queercore Women of Color.” December 5-6.
[2012]: Console-ing Passions Annual Conference, Boston MA. “‘Tom Girls’ Takeover: G.B. Jones and the Queer Critique of Gay Fascism.” July 19-21.
[2012]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Boston MA. “Terrorist Chic: Queercore Cinema’s Troubling Shock Effect.” March 21-25.
[2011]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, New Orleans LA. “WhenPunk Meets Porn: The Convergence of Music and Sex in Courtney Trouble’s Art Erotica.” March 10-13.
[2010]: American Studies Association Annual Conference, San Antonio TX. “Queercore Zines in the Age of Digital Self-Publishing.” November 18-21.
[2010]: Console-ing Passions Annual Conference, Eugene OR. “‘Riot Don’t Diet!’: The Reinscription of Fat Embodiment in Queercore Music Videos.” April 22-24.
[2010]: Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference, Los Angeles CA. “ALL PUNKS ARE GAY’: Queering the Punk in the Films of Bruce LaBruce.” March 17-21.
[2009]: Annual UCLA Queer Studies Conference, Los Angeles CA. “Police Surveillance and Queer Resistance: William E. Jones’ Tearoom Trade.” October 9-10.
[2009]: Cultural Studies Association National Conference, Kansas City MO. “Restroom Revolutionaries: The (Re)Mediation of Queer Restroom Politics.” April 16-18.
[2008]: Popular Culture Association National Conference, San Francisco CA. “Toward a New Heteroerotics: Queer-Straight Cinema.” March 19-22.
REFEREED CONFERENCE ROUNDTABLES
[2016]: FlowTV Bi-Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Participant. “Television’s Transgender Tipping Point.” September 15-17.
[2010]: FlowTV Bi-Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Moderator. “‘Featuring Music From’: Song, Sound, and Remix.” September 30-October 2.
[2008]: FlowTV Bi-Annual Conference, Austin TX. “More Failure: Gender & Race Representation on Television” Flow TV Bi-Annual Conference, Austin Texas. October 9-11.
[2008]: FlowTV Bi-Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer and Moderator: “The Long Laugh: Asian American Comedy and Television.” October 9-11.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Sexuality and Gender Studies, Feminism, Film-Television-Expanded Media, Subcultures, Critical Race Studies, Transfeminisms, Curatorial Practice, Transnationalism, Asian American Studies.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Queer Studies
[2016-2018]: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies. Lecturer. 3 Semesters. UT Austin.
[2010-2018]: Queer Media Studies. Lecturer. 5 Semesters (*Grad and Undergrad*). UT Austin.
[2003-2006]: History of Homosexuality in Film. Lecturer. 6 Semesters. City College of San Francisco.
[2005]: Global LGBT Culture. Lecturer. 1 Semester. City College of San Francisco.
[2004]: Lesbians and Gays in Modern American Culture. Lecturer. 1 Semester. City College of San Francisco.
[2003-2004]: Recent Queer Cinema. Lecturer. 3 Semesters. City College of San Francisco.
Gender Studies
[2017]: Gender and Media. Lecturer. 1 Semester. UT Austin.
[2015-2017]: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies. 3 Semesters. UT Austin.
Critical Race Studies
[2016-2018]: Race, Internet and Social Media. Lecturer. 3 Semesters. UT Austin.
[2015-2017]: Documenting Difference (POC Social Justice Documentary). Lecturer. 3
Semesters. UT Austin.
[2016-2017]: Introduction to Asian American Studies. Lecturer. 2 Semesters. UT Austin.
[2009-2016]: Asian American Film History. Lecturer. 3 Semesters. UT Austin.
[2008-2010]: Race, Ethnicity and Media. Instructor of Record. 3 Semesters. UT Austin.
ACADEMIC SERVICE: EDITORIAL
[2010]: Coordinating Editor, Velvet Light Trap (Graduate Student Print Journal, UT).
[2006 – 2008]: Editor and Article Shepherd, Velvet Light Trap.
ACADEMIC SERVICE: CONFERENCE ROUNDTABLES
[2016]: OUTsider Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer: “Queer Space & Place: Troubling Gentrification.” Moderated by Kareem Khubchandani, Ph.D. February 18-20.
[2016]: OUTsider Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer: “Sex in Public: Queer Art on the Edge.” Moderated by Ann Cvetkovich, Ph.D. February 18-20.
[2016]: OUTsider Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer: “Bodies of Work: Gender Variance and Visual Culture.” Moderated by Evan Garza, MFA. February 18-20.
[2015]: OUTsider Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer: “Performing Gender: Gender and Queer Performance.” Moderated by Laura Guttiérez, Ph.D. February 19-21.
[2015]: OUTsider Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer: “Your Nostalgia is Thrilling Killing Me: Queer Art and HIV/AIDS.” Moderated by Andrew Campbell, Ph.D. February 19-21.
[2015]: OUTsider Annual Conference, Austin TX. Roundtable Organizer and Participant: “Music Subculture: Queercore & Beyond.” Moderated by Paige Schilt, Ph.D. February 19-21.
ACADEMIC SERVICE: INVITED CAMPUS TALKS
[2016]: Alternative Breaks Program, Austin TX. “Queer Media Activism in San Francisco.” May 1.
[2015]: Queer Texas Student Conference, Austin TX. “Austin’s Gentrificaton and Queer Media Activism.” November 21.
[2014]: Queer Texas Student Conference, Austin TX. “A Brief History of QTPOC Media Activism.” November 1.
[2013]: The University of Alabama Seminar on Film Festivals and Indie Cinema, Tuscaloosa AL. “Queer Film Festivals and the Challenges of the Niche.” February 27.
[2009]: Queer Texas Student Conference, Austin TX. “Queer Divas & Other Icons.” November 5.
PROFESSIONAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE [Abridged]
[2013-Present]: Founder and Executive Director. OUTsider Transmedia Festival and Conference.
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[2015-Present]: Programmer. Frameline International LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco CA.
[2014-Present]: Freelance Writer. Center for Asian American Media, San Francisco CA.
[2015]: Publicity Coordinator. Frameline International LGBT Film Festival, San Francisco CA.
[2008-2014]: Director of Programing. Austin Asian American Film Festival, Austin TX.
[2012-2013]: Artistic Director. Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, Austin TX.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/ADVOCACY [Abridged]
[2009-Present]: Founder and Political Organizer. QueerBomb, Austin TX.
[2016-Present]: Board of Directors Member. Austin Asian American Film Festival, Austin TX.
[2013-Present]: Board of Directors Member. OUTsider Festival and Conference, Austin TX.
[2016]: Jury Member. Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin TX.
[2013]: Jury Member. Outfest International LGBT Film Festival, Los Angeles CA.
PRODUCTION CREDITS [Abridged]
[2017]: Co-Producer. Justice for Jennifer (Dir. PJ Raval). Guggenheim funded documentary about the murder of a Filipina transwoman by a U.S. marine.
[2017]: Script Consultant. 1985 (Dir. Yen Tan). A closeted HIV positive man returns home to Texas in this dramatic feature based on the SXSW award-winning short.
[2017]: Consulting Producer. I’m Going to Make You Love Me (Dir. Karen Bernstein and Nevie Owens). A tragi-comedic tale of transgender survival.
[2014]: Producer and Performer. The Reverie and Randee Show (Web Series, Dir. PJ Raval). Jerry Lewis meets Tammy Faye Baker in a wackadoo mock telethon.
[2013]: Associate Producer. Before You Know It (Dir. PJ Raval). Multi-award winning SXSW premiere about three gay seniors navigating the triumphs and tribulations of their golden years.
[2012]: Performer. Fourplay (Dir. Kyle Henry). Cannes Festival premiere that unfurls fourdiverse tales of sexual intimacy.
[2011-2014]: Production Assistant and Performer. CHRISTEENE Music Video Series (Dir. PJ Raval).