Professional Service

• Founding Member of Board of Directors, Women's Institute for Independent Social Enquiry (WiiSE). 2018 - present
• Role: Member. Entity: Quarterly Horse: A Journal of [Brief] American Studies Editorial Board. 2016 - present
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Role: Chair. Kovács Book Award Committee. 2015 - 2016
• Role: Member. Entity: Celebrity Studies Editorial Board. 2014 - present
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Role: Coordinator. Women's Caucus, Mentorship Program. 2013 - 2014
• Role: Member. Entity: Cinema Journal Editorial Board. 2013 - 2017
• Role: Co-Chair. Entity: Society of Cinema and Media Studies Women's Caucus. 2011 - 2013
• Entity: Critical Studies in Media Communication Associate Editor. 2010 - 2016
• Role: Member. Entity: Journal of Language and Social Psychology Editorial Board. 2009 - 2010
• Role: Member. Entity: Subjectivity Editorial Board. 2007 - 2012
• Entity: National Communication Association Role: Listserv Manager Critical and Cultural Studies Division. 2006 - 2011
• Role: Member. Entity: National Communication Association Critical and Cultural Studies Division Award Committee. 2006 - 2008
• Entity: Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Associate Editor. 2005 - present
• Role: Chair, Immediate Past Chair, Vice Chair. Entity: National Communication Association Critical and Cultural Studies Division. 2004 - 2007
• Role: Program Planner. Entity: National Communication Association Critical and Cultural Studies Division. 2004 - 2005
• Role: Chair. Entity: National Communication Association Critical and Cultural Studies Division Awards Committee. 2003 - 2004
• Role: External Evaluator. Entity: Various Universities Tenure and Promotion. 2003 - present
• Role: Member. Entity: Society for Cinema Studies Program Committee. 2002 - 2002
• Role: Member. Entity: Society for Cinema Studies Dissertation Award Committee. 2002 - 2003
• Entity: Journal of Sports and Social Issues Associate Editor. 2002 - present
• Role: Member. Entity: Society for Cinema Studies Television Studies Interest Group Steering Committee. 2000 - 2003
• Entity: Critical Studies in Media Communication Associate Editor. 2000 - 2004
• Entity: Women's Studies in Communication Associate Editor. 2000 - present
• Entity: Western Journal of Communication Associate Editor. 1996 - 1999
• Entity: Alphaville, American Quarterly, Asian Women, Communication Monographs, Communication Theory, Cultural Studies/Critical Methodologies, Feminist Media Studies, Girlhood Studies, Journal of Consumer Culture, Journal of Language and Social Psychology Essay Manuscript Reviewer. 1996 - present
• Entity: National Women's Studies Association Journal, Race and Society, Sex Roles, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Social Research Methodology, Women's Studies International Forum Essay Manuscript Reviewer. 1996 - present

Internal Service

• Institutional Policy Committee. Member, 2021 - present. service.
• Senate Faculty Reviews Standards Committee. Interim Chair, 2019 - 2021. service.
• Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Student Input in Retention, Promotion, & Tenure. Co-Chair, 2019 - 2020. service.
• Film & Media Arts Department RPT Committee. Chair, 2018 - 2019. service.
• Gender Studies Program RPT Committee. Chair, 2017 - 2019. service.
• School of Music Director Search Committee. Chair, 2014 - 2015. service.
• College Council. Vice Chair, 2013 - 2018. service.
• Chair, Curriculum Committee (Film & Media Arts). 2013 - 2013. service.
• URC Faculty Research and Creative Grant Award. Reviewer, 2013 - 2013. service.
• Reviewer, Faculty Research and Creative Grant Award (CFA). 2013 - 2013. service.
• Member, Graduate Admissions Committee, Film & Media Arts. 2013 - 2013. service.
• Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Social & Behavioral Science. 2013 - 2015. service.
• Member, Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Planning Committee. 2013 - 2014. service.
• Member, Editorial Board, StUdio (College of Fine Arts Magazine). 2012 - 2014. service.
• Member, Faculty Excellence Awards Selection Committee (CFA). 2012 - 2012. service.
• Member, Faculty Learning Community, Infusing Diversity in Courses Campus-Wide. 2012 - 2013. service.

Honors & Awards

• Honorary Title of University Professor (2018-2020). University of Utah, 2018
• Bonnie Ritter Book Award. "Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture". National Communication Association, Feminist and Women's Studies Division, 2015
• Faculty Fellow. Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, 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, 2004
• Top Book Award. "Watching Rape: Film and Television in Postfeminist Culture," 2001, NYU Press. National Communication Association, Critical/Cultural Studies Division, 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, 2002

Affiliations

• Utah Women in Film (UT Women in Film), Member, 01/2014 - present
• International Council of Fine Arts Deans (ICFAD), Member, 07/2013 - present
• American Studies Association (ASA), Member, 01/2003 - present
• National Communication Association (NCA), Member, 01/1997 - present
• Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), Member, Women's Caucus Mentorship Coordinator, 01/1988 - present

In the Media

• Chicago Tribune Interview. Nina Metz, "Column: How Teen Comedies Like 'Superbad' Normalize Sexual Assault.". 2018.
• Access Utah, UPR. 1 hour interview regarding media representations of sexual violence. 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. 2016.
• Lipkin, Elline. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Women's Review of Books. 2015.
• Gwynne, Joel. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Women's Studies in Communication 38.1: 122-124. 2015.
• Fairclough-Isaacs, Kristy. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Celebrity Studies 6.4: 618-619. 2015.
• Horrex, Emma. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Journal of Gender Studies 24.6: 714-715. 2015.
• Lewis, Melinda. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Journal of Popular Film and Television 43.2: 94. 2015.
• Shin, Gloria. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Women's Studies 44: 580-584. 2015.
• Weber, BR. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Gender and Society: 1-3. 2015.
• Keller, Jessalynn. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Feminist Media Studies 15.1: 172-174. 2014.
• Kurtin, Kate S. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 91.3: 626-227. 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/. 2014.
• Lacefield, Kristen. Review of Sarah Projansky, Spectacular Girls: Media Fascination and Celebrity Culture. Studies in American Culture 37.1: 179. 2014.