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Associate Vice President for Faculty, Office for Faculty
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Professor, Film & Media Arts Department
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Professor, Gender Studies
Internal Service
- SELECTED.
01/2023 - 01/2023.
University service.
- Senate Faculty Reviews Standards Committee.
Interim Chair,
10/2019 - 06/2021.
University service.
- Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Student Input in Retention, Promotion, & Tenure.
Co-Chair,
08/2019 - 06/2020.
University service.
- Film & Media Arts Department RPT Committee.
Chair,
07/2018 - 07/2019.
Department service.
- ad hoc Career-line, Adjunct, Visiting Faculty Appointment, Reappointment, Review, and Promotion Policy Revision Committee.
ex officio,
02/2018 - 06/2018.
College service.
- Senate ad hoc Committee on Centers, Institutes, and Bureaus 2.
Member,
11/2017 - 06/2018.
University service.
- Taft-Nicholson Center Artists' Colony Advisory Board.
Member,
10/2017 - 06/2018.
University service.
- Gender Studies Program RPT Committee.
Chair,
08/2017 - 07/2019.
Department service.
- General Education Curriculum Committee.
Member,
08/2017 - 06/2018.
University service.
- Celebrate U Task Force.
Member,
09/2016 - 05/2017.
University service.
- Ethnic Studies/Gender Studies School Planning Committee.
Member,
01/2016 - 05/2016.
College service.
- Continuing Education and Community Engagement (CECE) Taskforce.
Member,
10/2015 - 05/2016.
University service.
- School of Music Director Search Committee.
Chair,
11/2014 - 05/2015.
College service.
- CFA Research Dean. Support and encourage grant-getting, Run CFA External Funding Workshop Series, Liaison with OSP and other campus research deans.
07/01/2014 - 06/30/2016.
College service.
- College Council.
Vice Chair,
07/2013 - 06/2018.
College service.
- Curriculum Policy Review Board.
Member,
07/2013 - 06/2018.
University service.
- Senior Associate Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs (CFA). [Promoted to "Senior" Associate Dean 07/01/2016].
07/01/2013 - 06/2018.
College service.
- Member, Editorial Board, StUdio (College of Fine Arts Magazine).
10/2012 - 05/2014.
College service.
Professional Service
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
SELECTED.
01/2023 - 01/2023
- Quarterly Horse: A Journal of [Brief] American Studies.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2016 - present
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
Role: Chair.
Kovács Book Award Committee.
10/2015 - 03/2016
- Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media, and Feminism.
Role: Member.
Governing Board.
06/2015 - 01/2022
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
Role: Member.
Program Committee.
10/2014 - 12/2014
- Celebrity Studies.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2014 - 05/2023
- Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
Role: Coordinator.
Women's Caucus, Mentorship Program.
03/2013 - 03/2014
- Cinema Journal.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2013 - 12/2017
- Society of Cinema and Media Studies.
Role: Co-Chair.
Women's Caucus.
03/2011 - 03/2013
- Critical Studies in Media Communication.
Associate Editor.
01/2010 - 12/2016
- Journal of Language and Social Psychology.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2009 - 12/2010
- Subjectivity.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2007 - 12/2012
- Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies.
Associate Editor.
01/2005 - 12/2019
- National Communication Association.
Role: Chair, Immediate Past Chair, Vice Chair.
Critical and Cultural Studies Division.
11/2004 - 11/2007
- National Communication Association.
Role: Program Planner.
Critical and Cultural Studies Division.
11/2004 - 11/2005
- National Communication Association Critical and Cultural Studies Division.
Role: Chair.
Awards Committee.
11/2003 - 11/2004
- Society for Cinema Studies.
Role: Member.
Dissertation Award Committee.
10/2002 - 03/2003
- Society for Cinema Studies.
Role: Member.
Program Committee.
10/2002 - 12/2002
- Journal of Sports and Social Issues.
Associate Editor.
01/2002 - present
- Society for Cinema Studies Television Studies Interest Group.
Role: Member.
Steering Committee.
03/2000 - 03/2003
- Women's Studies in Communication.
Associate Editor.
01/2000 - 12/2019
- Critical Studies in Media Communication.
Associate Editor.
01/2000 - 12/2004
- Western Journal of Communication.
Associate Editor.
01/1996 - 12/1999
Outreach
- Guest Instructor, "Gender Studies." Salt Lake Center for Science Education 11th graders.
09/23/2014 - 09/23/2014
- Participant, "Women in Film" panel. Fantasycon, Salt Lake City, UT.
07/05/2014 - 07/05/2014
Community Partnership
- Founding Member of Board of Directors, Women's Institute for Independent Social Enquiry (WiiSE) .
01/2018 - present
Honors & Awards
- Honorary Title of University Professor (2018-2020).
University of Utah,
02/2018
- Bonnie Ritter Book Award. "Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture".
National Communication Association, Feminist and Women's Studies Division,
11/2015
- Faculty Fellow.
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities,
08/2008
- Outstanding Published Article Award. Vande Berg, Leah R., and Sarah Projansky. 2003. "Hoop Games: Narrativizing Identity in Televised Coverage of U.S. Professional Women's and Men's Basketball." In Case Studies in Sports Communication. Ed. Robert S. Brown and Daniel J. O'Rourke. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender,
01/2004
- Top Book Award. "Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture," 2001, NYU Press.
National Communication Association, Critical/Cultural Studies Division,
11/2002
- Emily Toth Award for Excellence in Feminist Studies of Popular Culture. "Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture," 2001, NYU Press.
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Women's Caucus,
01/2002
Affiliations
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Utah Women in Film
(UT Women in Film),
Member,
01/2014 - present
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International Council of Fine Arts Deans
(ICFAD),
Member,
07/2013 - 06/2018
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American Studies Association
(ASA),
Member,
01/2003 - present
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National Communication Association
(NCA),
Member,
01/1997 - present
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Society for Cinema and Media Studies
(SCMS),
Member, Women's Caucus Mentorship Coordinator,
01/1988 - present
In the Media
- SELECTED. 01/2023.
- Chicago Tribune Interview. Nina Metz, "Column: How Teen Comedies Like 'Superbad' Normalize Sexual Assault.". 10/03/2018.
- Access Utah, UPR. 1 hour interview regarding media representations of sexual violence. 05/24/2018.
- Lovrekovićm Mateja. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Libri & Liberi: Journal of Research on Children's
Literature and Culture (Croatia) 5.1: 246-248. 01/2016.
- Lipkin, Elline. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Women's Review of Books.
03/2015.
- Fairclough-Isaacs, Kristy. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Celebrity Studies 6.4: 618-619. 01/2015.
- Gwynne, Joel. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Women's Studies in Communication 38.1: 122-124. 01/2015.
- Weber, BR. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Gender and Society: 1-3.
01/2015.
- Shin, Gloria. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Women's Studies 44: 580-584.
01/2015.
- Lewis, Melinda. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Journal of Popular Film and Television 43.2: 94.
01/2015.
- Horrex, Emma. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Journal of Gender Studies 24.6: 714-715.
01/2015.
- Keller, Jessalynn. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Feminist Media Studies 15.1: 172-174. 12/20/2014.
- Kurtin, Kate S. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 91.3: 626-227. 08/14/2014.
- Curtis, Audrey. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. San Francisco Book Review. http://citybookreview.com/spectacular-girls-media-fascination-and-celebrity-culture/. 05/29/2014.
- Lacefield, Kristen. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Studies in American Culture 37.1: 179.
01/2014.