BIANCA BATTI Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in English – Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2019
Primary: Literary Studies
Secondary: American Literature from 1940 to the Present, Feminist Game Studies,
Feminist Science Fiction Studies, Feminist New Media Studies
Graduate Concentration: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Dissertation: Worldbuilding in Feminist Game Studies: Toward a Methodology of
Disruption (Defended April 10, 2019)
Committee: Samantha Blackmon (co-chair), Marlo David (co-chair), John Duvall, and
Cheryl Cooky

M.A. in English – San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 2012

Thesis: The Undead Ingestion of the Self: Cannibalistic Identity Formation and
Ghoulish Subjectivity in Zombie Literature
Committee: Phillip Serrato (chair), William Nericcio, and Suzanne Bordelon

B.A. in English – University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 2009

Major: Literature / Writing
Honors: Provost Honors

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellowship 2019
Georgia Institute of Technology
Writing and Communication Program
School of Literature, Media, and Communication

PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed:
Batti, Bianca. “Feminist Worldbuilding: Intersectional Methodologies in Feminist SF Criticism
and Feminist Game Studies.” TransMissions: Journal of Film and Media, vol. 2, no. 2,
2018, pp. 30-46.

---. “The Past, Present, and Future of Game Studies: An Interview with Janet Murray.”
Historiographies of Game Studies: Where It Has Been, What It Could Be, edited by
Cody Mejeur, et al., forthcoming.

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---. “Something’s Not Right: Monstrous Motherhood and Traumatic Survival in Among the
Sleep.” The Popular Culture Studies Journal, vol. 6, no. 2 & 3, 2018, pp. 399-419.

---. “Speaking from Beyond the Grave: Abjection and the Maternal Corpses of William
Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying and Suzan-Lori Parks’s Getting Mother’s Body.” Absent
Mothers, edited by Frances Greenslade, Demeter Press, 2017.

---. “‘What’s real is family’: Maternal Bodies, Paternal Labor, and Parenting Roles in the Fast
and Furious Franchise.” Full-Throttle Franchise: The Culture, Commerce and Ideology
of The Fast and the Furious Films, edited by Joshua Gulam, et al., Bloomsbury,
forthcoming.

Batti, Bianca and Jasmine R. Linabury. “‘Are you okay?’: Online Harassment and
Cyberstalking.” Communication and Social Media: Case Studies Across Personal and
Professional Relationships. Oxford UP, 2019.

Karabinus, Alisha and Bianca Batti. “Game Review: Her Story.” Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric,
Technology, and Pedagogy, vol. 21, no. 2, 2016.

---. “The Experience of Embodiment: Video Games Are Better With Stories.” Proceedings of
Meaningful Play 2018, ETC Press, 2019.

Linabury, Jasmine R. and Bianca Batti. “‘Should I Even Be Writing This?’: Public Narratives
and Resistance to Online Harassment.” Gender Hate Online: Understanding the New
Anti-Feminism, Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.

Smith, Allegra, Libby Chernouski, Bianca Batti, Alisha Karabinus, and Bradley Dilger. “People,
Programs, & Practices: A Grid-Based Approach to Designing and Supporting Online
Writing Curriculum.” PARS in Practice, edited by Jessie Borgman and Casey McArdle,
WAC Clearinghouse, in press.

Departmental & Programmatic Publications:

Maria Almanza, Alok Amatya, Bianca Batti, Rebecca Burnett, Rachel Dean-Ruzicka,
Alexandra Edwards, Andy Frazee, Corey Goergen, Courtney Hoffman, Jeff Howard,
Amanda Madden, Leah Misemer, Darcy Mullen, McKenna Rose, Jonathan Shelley,
Kendra Slayton, Nick Sturm, and Julia Tigner. “Diversity Champion Award
Nomination.” Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020.

Burnett, Rebecca, Bianca Batti, Alexandra Edwards, Andy Frazee, Krystin Gollihue, Steve
Hodges, Courtney Hoffman, Darcy Mullen, McKenna Rose, and Wendy Truran.
“Online Teaching in Response to COVID19: Georgia Tech’s Writing and
Communication Program and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication.”
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020.

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Burnett, Rebecca, Bianca Batti, Andy Frazee, Courtney Hoffman, and McKenna Rose. A WCP
Teaching Guide: Creating Remote Courses for Summer 2020. Georgia Institute of
Technology, 2020.

Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program. WOVENText: Georgia Tech’s

Writer/Designer. Macmillan, 2020. Contributing writer and editor of the latest
edition of the Writing and Communication Program’s textbook.

Middle-State Publications:
Not Your Mama’s Gamer, Staff Writer and Bi-Weekly Podcaster; More than 60 published
pieces, including:
• “Feminist Science Fiction, Video Games, and Reimagining the Role of the Mother”
• “The Power of the Fathers: Patriarchal Fatherhood and Oppressed Daughterhood
in The Last of Us”
• “Until Dawn: On Representation, the Horror Genre, and the Illusion of Choice”

PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCES

“Introduction to Night of the Living Dead.” Science Fiction Halloween Virtual Watch Party.
Georgia Tech Library, Atlanta, GA. October 2020.

“Remote Teaching Workshop: Creating Online Accessibility, Online Activities, and Online
Community.” New Brittain Fellow Onboarding Orientation, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA. August 2020.

“Remote Teaching Workshop: Creating Online Accessibility, Online Activities, and Online
Community.” Writing and Communication Program, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA. June 2020.

“Introduction to Night of the Living Dead.” Science Fiction Virtual Watch Party. Georgia
Tech Library, Atlanta, GA. May 2020.

“Becoming Vulnerable: Paradoxes of Public Engagement.” With Jasmine R. Linabary.

International Communication Association Pre-Conference, Washington, D.C. May
2019.

“Visions of a Techno-Maternal Future: Complicating and (Re)Imagining Maternal Futurities

in Horizon: Zero Dawn.” College English Association Annual Conference, New
Orleans, LA. March 2019.

“Teaching Her Story: Integrating Games in First Year Composition Assignments.” With
Alisha Karabinus, Digital Praxis Poster Presentation, Conference on College
Composition and Communication, Pittsburgh, PA. March 2019.

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“Intersectional Feminist Worldbuilding: Disrupting Video Game Culture through Feminist
Game Studies Methodologies.” National Women’s Studies Association Annual
Conference, Atlanta, GA. November 2018.

“The Experience of Embodiment: Video Games Are Better With Stories.” With Alisha
Karabinus, Meaningful Play, East Lansing, MI. October 2018.

“Worldbuilding in Feminist Game Studies: Toward a Methodology of Disruption.” The Office

of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Spring Reception, West Lafayette, IN. May
2018.
“Teaching with Games in Writing-Intensive Courses.” With Alisha Karabinus. Purdue Writing
Showcase, West Lafayette, IN. April 2018.

“Teaching with Games.” With Alisha Karabinus. Introductory Composition at Purdue Brown
Bag, West Lafayette, IN. February 2018.

“Feminist Ludus: Intersectional Methodologies in Feminist SF Criticism and Feminist Game

Studies.” National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, MD.
November 2017.

“Whose Story? Reflections on Two Years of Teaching Her Story and Composing Through
Play.” Ball State Symposium on Games in Academia, Muncie, IN. November 2017.

“Anita Then and Now: Tracing Gender Incredulity from Physical to Digital Spaces.” Console-
ing Passions, Greenville, NC, July 2017.

“Playing with Postmodern Feminism: Toward a Methodology of Disruption.” Disjunctions,

Riverside, CA. October 2016.

“Video Games, Interface, and the Gaze: What Does it Mean to See/Play and Be
Seen/Played?” Extending Play 3, New Brunswick, NJ. September 2016.

“Gaming Narratives: Bridging Literature, Rhetoric & Composition, and Second Language
Writing.” With Alisha Karabinus and Ashley J. Velázquez. Computers and Writing,
Rochester, NY. May 2016.

“Online Harassment.” Guest Lecture, Jasmine Linabury’s WGSS 280. Introduction to

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies course. April 2016.

“Gaming as Complicitous Critique: Postmodern Historicity and Reflexivity in The Magic

Circle.” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture since 1900, Louisville,
KY. February 2016.

“Gamergate, Feminism, and the Repercussions of Cyber-Anonymity.” National Women’s

Studies Association Annual Conference, Milwaukee, WI. November 2015.

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Guest Lecture, Dr. Cheryl Cooky’s WGSS 280: Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and
Sexuality Studies course. April 2015.

“In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream: Gender Roles and Survival Narratives in the Space
Horror of Alien: Isolation.” Popular Culture Association / American Culture
Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. April 2015.

“Subaltern Cannibalism: Power Relations and Identity Politics in World War Z.” Intersections
Conference at California State University, Northridge. Northridge, CA. March 2014.

Guest Lecture, Annual Teaching Associate Orientation. Department of English and

Comparative Literature. San Diego State University. May 2012.

“‘The Last Hope for Humanity Rests on a High-Powered Machine Gun’: Challenging Gender
Roles within the Zombie Genre of Planet Terror.” Far West Popular and American
Culture Association’s 24th Annual Meeting. Las Vegas, NV. February 2012.

“Introduction to the Zombie Genre.” Guest Lecture, Dr. William Nericcio’s ENGL 220:
Introduction to Literature course. October 2011.

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & GRANTS

Unit Diversity Champion Award
Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020
This award recognizes the Writing and Communication Program's commitment to
accessibility, excellence, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Contributor to 18-member Work
Group to plan, draft, edit, and revise the unit nomination for the Diversity Champion Award,
2020.

Department of English Overall Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student (2017-2018)

Purdue University, April 2019

English Department Excellence in Teaching Award

Purdue University, August 2018
Purdue Summer Research Grant
Purdue University, Summer 2018

Honorable Mention, 2018 Berenice A. Carroll Feminism, Peace, and Social Justice Award
Purdue University, April 2018

Second Place, Kneale Award for Theory and Cultural Studies in Purdue University’s 87th
Annual Literary Awards Contest
Purdue University, April 2018

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Quintillian Award for Teaching
Purdue University, Spring 2018

Graduate School Excellence in Teaching Award

Purdue University, April 2017

Frederick N. Andrews Fellowship

Purdue University, August 2014 – August 2016

TEACHING & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow, Fall 2019 – present
Georgia Institute of Technology
Courses: English 1101: Ludonarrative Frameworks: Defining Games & Play; English 1102:
Science Fiction Futurities: Creation, Communication, & Technology

Online Developer of Teaching & Learning, Spring 2020 – Summer 2020

Georgia Institute of Technology
Curriculum Development: Worked with the Writing & Communication Program’s leadership
team to design, develop, and disseminate remote teaching guides to the program’s faculty.
Created a series of faculty workshops about topics directly and immediately relevant to
online teaching of writing and communication courses. Consulted with the leadership team
regarding policies and practices related to online teaching and learning.

Online Coordinator, Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

Purdue University
Courses: English 106Y: Online Introductory Composition
Syllabus Approach Curriculum Development: Designed online course sites, syllabuses, and
assignment sequences for the Academic Writing & Research and Digital Rhetorics syllabus
approaches for the online introductory composition courses at Purdue.

Purdue OWL Content Developer/Video Presenter, Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

Purdue University
Video Content Development: Collaborated on content development and presented videos
on grammatical and rhetorical concepts for the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2016 – Spring 2018

Purdue University
Syllabus Approach Leadership: Academic Writing and Research Document Coordinator;
Digital Rhetorics Syllabus Approach Co-Lead
Courses: ENGL 106E: Introductory Composition for the Polytechnic Integrated Approach,
English 106: Introductory Composition, English 108: Accelerated First-Year Composition for
the Creativity and Technology Learning Community, English 223: Literature and
Technology

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Teaching Associate, Fall 2010 – Spring 2012
San Diego State University
Courses: English 220: Introduction to Literature; Rhetoric and Writing Studies 102: Critical
Reading

Rhetoric and Writing Studies Tutor, Fall 2011

San Diego State University
Courses: Rhetoric and Writing Studies 280: Academic Reading and Writing

VOLUNTEER & SERVICE WORK

Committee Member, Spring 2020 – present
Brittain Fellow Hiring Committee
Service: Serve with other Writing and Communication Program faculty on the hiring
committee for incoming Brittain Fellows at Georgia Tech, engaging in application review,
interviewing processes, and hiring decisions.

Tutor/Content Developer, Fall 2019 – present

Common Good Atlanta
Service: Tutor incarcerated and recently incarcerated Atlantans in order to help provide
them with access to higher education. Develop and design course readers for instructors
teaching CGA courses.

Editorial Staff and Contributor, Spring 2020 – present

TECHStyle
Service: Work with other Brittain Fellows to edit and contribute content to TECHStyle, the
Writing and Communication Program’s academic blog on multimodal pedagogy and
research.

Editorial Staff and Contributor, Fall 2019 – May 2020

WOVENText
Service: Worked with other Brittain Fellows at Georgia Tech to revise and contribute
content to WOVENText, the textbook used by the Writing and Communication Program at
Georgia Tech, which is revised and updated every academic year.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)
Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association (PCA/ACA)

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COURSEWORK
Literary Study in a Multicultural World
Literary Theory and Critical Practice
20th C. American Children’s Literature
Gender, Sexuality, and Chicano Literature
Literature of the South
Prose Poetry and Flash Fiction
Theory of Film
Contemporary American Fiction
Video Games and Narrative Design
Bad Mothers in American Literature
American Literature/Culture, 1820-1860
Literature Seminar: Shel Silverstein
Modernism and Psychoanalysis
Visual Culture and Visual Theory
Feminist Theory
Feminism in/and Popular Culture
Issues in Feminist Research and
Methodology
Introduction to Graduate Study
Theory and Practice of Teaching
Composition
Gender, Rhetoric, and the Body
Computers, Language, and Rhetoric
Digital Pedagogy
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