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Allison M. Lakomski

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George Mason University - Cultural Studies

Intuitive Problem-Solver -- Wearer of Many Hats
Consumer Services
Allison
Lakomski, PhD
Buffalo, New York
Diverse interests and experiences. A mover and shaker, not fit for a cube.

Translating and communicating great ideas in all arenas-- academia, education, non-profit sector, service industry, and retail realm. Every day is a learning experience. Never close the book of life.

Experience

  • George Mason University

    Instructor

    Courses taught:
    Globalization and Culture, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012
    Department of Cultural Studies, George Mason University
    Reading and writing intensive upper-level class examining the history and political economy of globalization through technological advance, commodity production, and labor migration.

    Representation of Women, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011
    Department of Women and Gender Studies, George Mason University
    General education class engaging students in thinking critically about perceptions of women across the globe through historical and contemporary texts from religions, academia, news media, and popular culture.

    Alternative Breaks, Academic year 2009-10
    New Century College, George Mason University
    An independent academic credit option for students to bridge theory and practice through scholarly reflection on their Alternative Break service learning experience.

  • George Mason University

    Technical Writer

    - Contracted to research and write web-based news articles promoting programming and advances in the College of Health and Human Services intended for internal and external audiences.
    - Coordinated and conducted timely interviews with faculty and students via phone and email.
    - Integrated faculty and administrators’ feedback into writing to edit articles to meet specifications.
    - Efficiently learned and followed the university’s guidelines for written publications based on dictation.

  • PETA

    Media Coordinator

    - Prepared, pitched, and followed-up on an average of 20 news releases per month promoting the organization’s initiatives, activities, and campaigns to local and national publications.
    - Reviewed and edited news releases for writing style and tone, as well as factual accuracy according to organizational standards. Assisted in the writing and rewriting of news releases and templates.
    - Collaborated interdepartmentally in development of media campaigns and initiatives at daily brainstorming meetings. Monitored specific media outlets to offer new areas of interest to the organization’s Special Projects department.
    - Tracked and analyzed media coverage to provide recommendations for follow-up press releases or interviews.

  • Self-Employed

    Independent Scholar

    Working on publications and presentations in the areas of Political Economy, Consumer Studies, American Cultural Studies, Globalization, Environmental/Sustainability Studies, and Gender/Sexuality Studies.
    Please see my academia.edu page at https://gmu.academia.edu/AllisonLakomski

  • Flour and Flex

    Owner, Baker Master

    Proving you can have your cake and eat it too. Winning hearts and building muscles, one healthy plant-based confection at a time.

  • University of Maryland Baltimore County

    Part Time Faculty

    Courses Taught:
    First-Year Seminar: EnGENDERING Popular Culture, Fall 2016 and Spring 2017
    Interdisciplinary general education course introducing students to the study of American popular culture and intersectional gender studies to develop college-level critical-thinking and communications skills.

    Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies, Spring 2017
    Provides students with the foundational texts and theories of the interdisciplinary field of Gender and Women's Studies with specific focus on the relationship between social, economic, and political power structures and the formation and interpretation of gendered identity as informed by race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and (dis)ability.

    Gender, Race, Media, Spring 2017
    Upper-level interdisciplinary course exploring representations of gender, race, class, and sexuality in various media forms with the goal of understanding how the cultural meanings associated with gender are created, disseminated, regulated, and contested, as well as how gender ideology has evolved and been reproduced over time.

Education

  • George Mason University

    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

    Cultural Studies
    Dissertation: “Shopping for Wholeness: The Political Economy of Whole Foods Market and the Commodification of Altruism” (available through Proquest) Project Summary: Interdisciplinary analysis of the Whole Foods Market Corporation’s philanthropic, marketing, and business practices informed by ethnographic, scientific, and economic data. Keywords: business ethics, consumer studies, environmentalism, fair trade, food studies, philanthropy - Certified by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) in Human Subjects Research, March 2013. - Successfully completed French language reading proficiency exam, December 2012. - College of the Humanities and Social Sciences Fellowship, 2009-13.

  • George Mason University

    Instructor


    Courses taught: Globalization and Culture, Spring 2015, Spring 2013, Fall 2012 Department of Cultural Studies, George Mason University Reading and writing intensive upper-level class examining the history and political economy of globalization through technological advance, commodity production, and labor migration. Representation of Women, Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011 Department of Women and Gender Studies, George Mason University General education class engaging students in thinking critically about perceptions of women across the globe through historical and contemporary texts from religions, academia, news media, and popular culture. Alternative Breaks, Academic year 2009-10 New Century College, George Mason University An independent academic credit option for students to bridge theory and practice through scholarly reflection on their Alternative Break service learning experience.

  • George Mason University

    Technical Writer


    - Contracted to research and write web-based news articles promoting programming and advances in the College of Health and Human Services intended for internal and external audiences. - Coordinated and conducted timely interviews with faculty and students via phone and email. - Integrated faculty and administrators’ feedback into writing to edit articles to meet specifications. - Efficiently learned and followed the university’s guidelines for written publications based on dictation.

  • Stony Brook University

    Bachelor’s Degree

    Art History and Criticism

  • Simmons College

    Master’s Degree

    Gender and Cultural Studies
    Thesis: “Male Psychosexual Trauma in American Independent Cinema” Project Summary: Character and narrative analysis informed by film theory, gender studies scholarship, and psychoanalytical theories and case studies. - Research Assistant, Department of English, Summer 2007. Archival text and multimedia research conducted primarily in/through the Boston Public Library, as well as through direct-contact media requests from major networks and studios.

Publications

  • Book Review: Fear of Food by Harvey Levenstein

    Journal of Social History

    Harvey Levenstein’s Fear of Food is an extension of his previous work tracing the development of the American public’s relationship to the evolving industrialized food system in relation to an increasingly globalized form of capitalism. For Levenstein, Americans’ understanding of what is on their plates—how it gets there, what it contains, and what it should be—is the result of the nation’s history as punctuated by specific events, which, though isolated as unique moments within Levenstein’s narrative, are situated along a continuum of the constantly changing social world.

  • Book Review: Fear of Food by Harvey Levenstein

    Journal of Social History

    Harvey Levenstein’s Fear of Food is an extension of his previous work tracing the development of the American public’s relationship to the evolving industrialized food system in relation to an increasingly globalized form of capitalism. For Levenstein, Americans’ understanding of what is on their plates—how it gets there, what it contains, and what it should be—is the result of the nation’s history as punctuated by specific events, which, though isolated as unique moments within Levenstein’s narrative, are situated along a continuum of the constantly changing social world.

  • Review of Portfolio Society: On the Capitalist Mode of Prediction by Ivan Ascher (MIT Press)

    Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association

    Historically situated, Marx could not have predicted a transformation of this magnitude, but today we must consider the historical continuity of political economy—the deeply intertwined narratives of market, innovation, and speculation about the future and the static nature of western culture’s socio-economic hierarchy. Taken accordingly, Portfolio Society provides timely insight into specific instances wherein the public and private sectors colluded in the name of economic growth at the expense of public welfare and the stability of the working class.

Positions

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

  • Cultural Studies Association, Environment, Space, and Place Work Group

    Conference Panel Chair, 2016

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