How feminist theory and gender roles are used in film, literature and society.

Ingrid Fernandez-Casey

Education

                        Ph.D., currently applying to post-master's programs

06/2006           M.A. Literature (emphasis on Film Studies)                    

                        English Dept., School of Arts and Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Courses:

• American Romanticism, Dr. Bruce Harvey, "The Burden of Eve: Images of Women in Hawthorne's The Blithedale Romance."
• Psychology in Literature, Dr. Ricahrd P. Sugg, "And Then There Were None: The Apocalyptic Vision and Imminence of Divine Justice in The Odyssey."
• Independent Studies-Film Theory, Dr. Richard P. Sugg, "Opening Pabst's Pandora's Box:The Evils of Democracy, Modernization and the New Woman in Weimar Germany."
• Wilde and Yeats, Dr. Maneck Daruwala, "The Pit of Desire: Engendering Space in Wilde's Salomé."
• Thesis: "Identity and the Seduction of Desire: The Films of David Cronenberg."Committee: Dr. Richard P. Sugg, Major Professor, Dr. Bruce A. Harvey, Member, Prof. Dan Wakefield, Member

04/1999           B.S. Mass Communication-Journalism and PublicRelations                                                                             

Florida International University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Miami, FL 

Work Experience

09/2001-        SER Jobs for Progress-- Training Specialist/Grant Writer

present          Miami FL

09/1999-        Fleishman-Hillard International Communications-- Senior Account Executive

02-2001         Coral Gables, FL

01/1998-        Boardroom Communications-- Account Executive

08/1999         Plantation, FL

12/1995-          Museum of Modern Art-- Promotions Coordinator

01/1998           New York, NY

Coordinated communication with public and media.  Created marketing materials.  Promoted special events and film cycles.  Established relations with museum members and patrons.

Projects: The Films of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, The Films of Luchino Visconti, The Films of Agnes Varda, Modern German Cinema, Ingrid Bergman Films, Egon Schiele Exhibition

Honors and Awards

• SER Jobs: Prepared winning proposals for grant contracts to deliver workforce services in Miami-Dade County ($3.5 mill.),Broward County ($2.8 mill.), and Palm Beach County ($1.2 mill.)

• Fleishman Hillard: Beyond-the-Call Award
• MoMA: Museum Member Recruitment Bonus
• Florida International University: Magna Cum Laude, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, School of Journalism and Mass Communication Honors Scholarship, Cristina Saralegui Scholarship, Dean's List

• Pratt Institute: National Talent Search Scholarship, Presidential Merit Scholarship, Pratt Grant, President's List

Research Interests 

Film and Media                                                Gender studies

Psychoanalytic theory (Freud, Lacan)             Post-modernism