Rebecca Jackson, Ph.D.

Public Memory, Co-Performance, and Digital Rhetoric

Email: RebeccaJacksonPhD@gmail.com

Website: www.RebeccaJacksonPhD.com

Location: Denver, Colorado

University of Georgia, Athens, GA - PhD Theatre and Performance Studies,
May 2023
Performing Legacies and Subversions of White Supremacy: Co-Performance, Commemoration, and Cultural Identity in the Post-Civil War United States

Dissertation Committee: Dr. Emily Sahakian (Chair),
Dr. Mechtild Widrich (School of the Art Institute of Chicago),
Dr. David Saltz, and Dr. Farley Richmond

University of Georgia, Athens, GA - Museum Studies Graduate Certificate,
December 2022

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA - MA Communication,
December 2011
The Glitch Aesthetic 

Thesis Committee: Dr. Ted Friedman (Chair), Dr. Alessandra Raengo, and
Dr. Jennifer Barker

Clayton State University, Morrow, GA - BA Communication and Media Studies and Certificate in Web Design, May 2008

PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Review:
“Meet the New White Power Brokers: Confederate Feminsim, Tradwives, and Aspriational Whiteness,” Ecumenica, forthcoming September 2025.

Book review:
“Monumental Cares: Sites of History and Contemporary Art by Mechtild Widrich,” Theatre Journal 76, no. 2, (June 2024): 222-224.

WORKING MONOGRAPH
Confederacy Now! Confederacy Always?: Embodying American Whiteness, University of Michigan Press, forthcoming.

WORKING ARTICLES
“Confederacy Now, Confederacy Always?: White Power Future-Pasts and/as Performative Time,” under review at Theatre Journal, June 2025.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
Museum of History and Holocaust Education (MMHE) Special Projects Intern, Kennesaw State University, 2020-2021

Willson Center for Humanities Grant Awardee, University of Georgia, 2018

Ideas for Creative Exploration Scholartist Fellowship, University of Georgia, 2016-2018

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Regis University - Denver, CO - Affiliate Professor
August 2024 - Present
Courses taught as Instructor of Record:
COM 456/ HS 441 Public Memory and National Identity
COM 200 Critical Media Studies
COM 250 Speaking to Make a Difference

MSU Denver - Denver, CO - Affiliate Professor
August 2024 - Present
Courses taught as Instructor of Record:
COMM 3000 Diversity and Communication in the U.S.
COMM 1100 Fundamentals of Oral Communication
COMM 1010 Presentational Speaking

University of Georgia, Athens, GA - Teaching Assistant
August 2016 - May 2020
Courses taught in break-out sessions:
THEA 3300 Foundations of Production
THEA 3700 Principles and Elements of Design
THEA 2000 Introduction to Theatre Appreciation

Johnston Community College, Smithfield, NC - Communication Instructor
August 2014 - May 2016
Courses taught as Instructor of Record:
COM 231 Public Speaking
COM 110 Intro to Communication Studies

Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA - Large Lecture Teaching Assistant
January 2009 - June 2011
Courses assisted:
SPCH 2050 Media, Culture, and Society
SPCH 1000 Intro to Speech
THEA 1000 Intro to Theater

Clayton State University, Morrow, GA - Teaching Intern
Spring 2007
Courses assisted:
CMS 1100 Intro to Film
CMS 3100 Women in the Arts

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Singing Dixie: Confederate Performative Time and the Private Echoes of White Power Nostalgia,” in proceedings of the Cultural Studies Association Conference, May 29-31 2025, Valencia, CA.

“Black Excellence in Atlanta’s Entertainment Scene,” Panel Chair on behalf of the Anti-Racism Committee in proceedings of Mid-America Theatre Conference, March 3-6, 2025, Atlanta, GA.

“Confederacy Now, Confederacy Always?: White Power Future-Pasts and/as Performative Time,” plenary presentation in proceedings of the American Society for Theatre Research Conference, Nov. 14-17, 2024, Seattle, WA.

“AI Generated Black Voices Reading White Authors: The Compossiblity of American Whiteness on Speechify,” in proceedings of the Cultural Studies Association Conference, May 30-June 1, 2024, Virtual Conference.

“Co-Performing Black Death and White Power in America” in proceedings of the Mid-America Theatre Conference, March 7-10, 2024, Madison, WI.

“Commemorative Evolution on Monument Avenue: The Robert E Lee Memorial at MDP Circle” in proceedings of the Theatre Symposium Regional Conference, April 10, 2021, Virtual Conference.

“Alternative Monuments: Productive Performance and Monumental Trauma” in proceedings of the a2ru National Conference, November 1-2, 2018, Athens, GA.

“Performing Trauma: An Autoethnographic Account of Comfort Zone Camp” in proceedings of ATHE National Conference, August 3-7, 2017, Las Vegas, NV.

“The Gaming Detective: Sherlock Holmes and the Implementation of GUI in BBC One’s Sherlock” in proceedings of the NEMLA Conference on Popular Culture, April 7-10, 2011, New Brunswick, NJ.

“The Digital Index and the Glitch Aesthetic: Bridging the Analog/Digital Divide with Beautiful Garbage” in proceedings of the 9th Cultural Studies Association Conference, March 24-26, 2011, Chicago, IL.

GUEST LECTURES AND SPECIAL APPEARANCES

AI Generated Black Voices Reading White Authors: The Compossiblity of American Whiteness on Speechify at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Research Symposium, 2024.

Departmental ProSeminar: Mentorship with Emily Sahakian at the University of Georgia, 2023

Finding the Lost Cause: Performance, Monuments, and Protest in “Histories of Slavery” at University of Antilles and University of Georgia, 2020.

Performing Race: Protest and Symbolism in “History of African American Theatre” at University of Georgia, 2018.

(Re)Performing Dada in “Theatre and Modernity” at University of Georgia, 2017

The Glitch Aesthetic in “Film Studies: Fantasy and Science Fiction” at Georgia State University, 2013.

A History of New Media in “Film Studies: Fantasy and Science Fiction” at Georgia State University, 2013.

Queer Representation in Classical Hollywood Cinema in “Introduction to Film History” at Georgia State University, 2012.

Queer Representation and Television in “Media, Culture, and Society” at Georgia State University, 2010.

CURATION AND EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE

2021 Special Projects Curation Intern, “The Legacy of Lemon Street” at The Museum of History and Holocaust Education in conjunction with Marietta City Schools, Marietta, GA

2020 Curation Intern, “Women Pilots of WWII:” an alcove case curation in Beyond Rosie: Women of World War II at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

2020 Curation Intern, “Non-Jewish Victims of the Holocaust:” an episode of “History Hub” at the Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

2018—2020 Principal Researcher, Alternative Monuments: A Performative Monument and Performance Art Exhibition, University of Georgia President’s Club Garden, Athens, GA

2015 Solo Exhibition, J‘Adore Marilyn Vader Marxism, The Manor Six Forks Gallery, Raleigh, NC.

2012 Group Exhibition, Dorothy Wonders, Artisphere, Washington, DC.

2011 Two-Person Exhibition, Elizabeth Taylor Paper Doll and Nicole Diabolique, Madeline’s Tea Room and Gallery, Atlanta, GA.

EDITORIAL WORK

Peer-Reviewer, Lateral, published by the Cultural Studies Association, May 2024 - present.

Peer-Reviewer, Western States Communication Association, September 2024.

ONLINE PUBLICATION AND EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Publication:
“JOLT! And the Glitch Aesthetic,” In Media Res. Ed. Ethan Tussey. August 2015.
https://mediacommons.org/imr/2015/08/14/glitch-aesthetic-and-focus-competition

Editorial Experience:
“Technology and the Horrible,”  In Media Res, Theme Week Coordinator, June 6-10, 2011.
https://mediacommons.org/imr/theme-week/2011/15/technology-and-horrible-june-6-10-2011

“Queer Americana”  In Media Res, Theme Week Coordinator, Aug  8-10, 2011. https://mediacommons.org/imr/theme-week/2011/32/queer-americana-august-8-12-2011

“DVD Translations,”  In Media Res, Theme Week Co-Coordinator,  Feb 21-25, 2011. https://mediacommons.org/imr/theme-week/2010/49/dvd-translation-and-transmission-february-21-25-2010

VOLUNTEER WORK AND ACTIVISM

Co-Chair, Anti-Racism and Equity Committee (IDEALS) for the Mid American Theatre Studies Conference,  March 2024 - present

Big Buddy, Comfort Zone Camp, Raleigh, NC,  2017-2019

Tutor, Wiley International Studies Magnet Elementary Raleigh, NC,  2015-2016