Helen Ditouras Email: [email protected]

Department of English 11995 Timber Bay Schoolcraft College Windsor, Ontario 18600 Haggerty Road N8R 2L24 Livonia, Michigan, 48152 (519) 816-5870

(734) 462-7263

Current Position

Assistant Professor of English Liberal Arts Schoolcraft College

Education

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI M.A. in English Literature, May 2004

University of Windsor, Windsor, ON B.A. in English Literature, December 1998 Minor in Communication Studies

Conference Presentations

“Proven Methodologies to Advance Global Civic Engagement On Campus.” Association of American Colleges and Universities Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2019.

“From Champaign to Chengdu: The Other Side of Chinese Cuisine.” Midwest Institute Conference, Dayton, OH, April 2018.

“Shaping Indonesia: Murder, Memory, and Documentary Cinema.” Midwest Institute Conference, Wooster, OH, April 2017.

“Frameworks for Diversity and Inclusion: Lessons Learned at the ILR.” Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI, January 2017.

“Sign ‘O’ the Times: Global Films of Southeast Asia.” Midwest Institute Conference, Indianapolis, IN, April 2015.

"Development of Global Studies Program/Degree." Midwest Institute Conference, Elyria, OH, April 2013.

"Film Noir." Coffee and Conversation at Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI, March 2013.

"Re-Awakening Justice: Bearing Witness to Bosnia's Women, 20 Years Later." Midwest Institute Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2012.

"Murder City: Femicide, Popular Culture and the Rise of Global Awareness in Ciudad, Juarez." St. Louis Community College at Forest Park (Keynote Presentation), St. Louis, MO, November 2011.

"Cinematic Pedagogies: Teaching Munich as a Global, Interdisciplinary Text." Midwest Institute Conference, Springfield, IL, March 2010.

"Hollywood vs. International Cinema: Duke it Out." Coffee and Conversation at Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI, May 2009.

"Abject" Puberty and Teenage Transgression: Female Representation in Horror Films." Macomb Community College Speaker Series, Macomb, MI, May 2008.

"The Use of Pop Culture in Introductory English Composition and Philosophy Courses." Co- presentation with Dr. Mark Huston. The 22nd Annual Land Conference, Lansing, MI, February 2007.

"Critical Thinking Across All The Disciplines." Co-presentation with Dr. Mark Huston. Schoolcraft College Professional Development, Livonia, MI, January 2007.

"Textual Condition(s): Material Texts and Interpretive Strategies in Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's Dictee." Twelfth Annual Humanities Conference, Riverside, CA, April 2005.

"Dark, Black Despair: The Intersection of Race and Neo-Noir in the Hughes Brothers' Film Dead Presidents." Popular Culture Association/American Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2003.

"Age, Alienation and Destruction: The Politics of Exclusion in Darren Aronovsky's Requiem for a Dream." The Image of the Outsider in Literature, Media and Society. Sponsored by: Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery and the University of Southern Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, February 2002.

"Black Parodies: Misogyny and the Black Female Minstrel." American Literature Association, Cambridge, MA, May 2001.

"Teaching Social Justice via Popular Culture in the Composition Classroom." Y/X (Youth Exchange): Representations of Adolescence Within and Beyond Cultural Boundaries, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, March 2001.

Academic Publications

“Beyond the Kournikova Phenomenon” in the Routledge Handbook of Tennis: History, Culture, and Politics, edited by Robert J. Lake. Routledge, 2019.

“Re-Imagining Communities: Creating a Space for International Student Success” in The Community College Enterprise: A Journal of Research and Practice. 2018.

"The Kournikova Phenomenon" in Tennis and Philosophy: What The Racket Is All About, edited by David Baggett. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

Awards and Honors

Honors Program Faculty Ambassador Award, Schoolcraft College, 2019 Faculty Forum Teaching Excellence Award, Schoolcraft College, 2017 Midwest Institute for International/Intercultural Education Leadership and Service Award, Midwest Institute, 2016. Honors Program Grace Award, Schoolcraft College, 2016. Presidential Award, Schoolcraft College, 2015. National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Award, Schoolcraft College, 2013. Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Wayne State University, 2005-2006. Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Wayne State University, 2001-2003.

Teaching Experience

Jackson College, 2019-2019, Adjunct Instructor in English, Prison Education Initiative

Schoolcraft College, 2006-Present as Assistant Professor of English and Humanities

Henry Ford Community College, 2000-2005 as Adjunct Instructor in English

University of Windsor, 2004 as Sessional Instructor in Communication Studies

Lawrence Technological University, 2003-2005 as Adjunct Instructor in English

Wayne State University, 2002-2006 as Adjunct Instructor in English

Wayne State University, 2001 as Film Studies Teaching Assistant to Dr. Kirsten Thompson and Dr. Les Brill

Additional Academic Experience

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace Certification, Cornell University, NY, 2019.

Diversity and Inclusion Certification, Cornell University, NY, 2016.

Innovative Instructional Technology Grant Project, Committee Member, Department of English, Wayne State University, 2005-2006.

Basic Writing Instructor for Project 350, Wayne State University, Summer 2005.

Placement Exam Reader, Honors Enrollment, University of Michigan, Dearborn, 2004.

Graduate Tutor, Wayne State University Writing Center, 1999-2004.

Professional Memberships

Midwest Institute for International Intercultural Education (MIIIE)

Schoolcraft College Committees

International Institute Focus Series Coordinator, 2013-Present Bridging Barriers: Unity in Diversity Committee, 2010 International Institute, Faculty Co-Chair, 2009-Present Multicultural Fair, 2010-Present Pageturners Book Club, 2006-Present Service Learning, 2006-2011 S.A.F.E. on Campus, Officer, 2010-Present Faculty Forum Senator, 2008-2010 Schoolcraft College Coordinator for the Midwest Institute, 2008-Present

Board Membership

Board Member, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, 2012-Present Board Member, Midwest Institute, 2012-Present