Megan Jean Harlow
Research Interests: Affective AI Architecture, AGI, BioComputational Paradigms, Biognostic Ethics, Crip & Disability Theory, Debate and Game Theory, Rhetorical Theory, Postcolonial Studies, Neuromorphic Modeling, Multi-Entity AI Empathetic Interaction, Virtual Reality, Video Games, and Agent Identity.
Education
Ph.D. Candidate & Graduate Assistant at George Washington University, English August 2022 - present
ABD Ph.D. from European Graduate School, Media Philosophy May 2009-2020
MA from Kansas State University, Communication May 2009
Thesis: “Virtual Vision Quest; Second Life and the Digital Self”
Advisor: Dr. Tim Steffensmeier
BA from University of Vermont, Political Science May 2007
Policy and Parliamentary Debate Team
Minored in Women’s Studies & Rhetoric
ABD Ph.D. from European Graduate School, Media Philosophy May 2009-2020
MA from Kansas State University, Communication May 2009
Thesis: “Virtual Vision Quest; Second Life and the Digital Self”
Advisor: Dr. Tim Steffensmeier
BA from University of Vermont, Political Science May 2007
Policy and Parliamentary Debate Team
Minored in Women’s Studies & Rhetoric
Teaching Experience
George Washington University, Washington DC January 2023 - May 2023
Teaching Assistant, English
George Washington University, Washington DC September 2022-December 2022
Teaching Assistant, English
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH May 2013 to 2022
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
Castleton State College, Castleton, VT May 2018 to Aug 2020
Adjunct Faculty, Media Communication
Lord Fairfax Community College, Middleton, VA Sept. 2016 to Aug 2017
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
Eastern Gateway Community College, Online Sept. 2018 to Aug 2020
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT May 2011 to Aug 2011
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland January 2011 to May 2011
Visiting Faculty, English
Worlds Debate Institute, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia January 2011 to May 2011
Faculty, Debate
University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq December 2009
Visiting Faculty, Debate
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Sept. 2009 to May 2010
Visiting Faculty, Debate
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Sept. 2007 to May 2009
Teaching Assistant & Debate Fellow, Communication
Teaching Assistant, English
- TA for Antony Lopez, Introduction to Literary Studies
George Washington University, Washington DC September 2022-December 2022
Teaching Assistant, English
- TA for David Mitchell, Literature of the Americas
Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH May 2013 to 2022
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
- Taught Public Speaking 101 & Advanced Public Speaking, an undergraduate online course averaging 60 students per semester, covering the following topics: professional speaking, argument development, presentation skills, research.
- Original Assessment Materials
- Grading and advising of students virtually
Castleton State College, Castleton, VT May 2018 to Aug 2020
Adjunct Faculty, Media Communication
- Taught Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality in the Media, an undergraduate in person course for 30 students per semester, covering the following topics: identity, critical theory, sociology, media.
Lord Fairfax Community College, Middleton, VA Sept. 2016 to Aug 2017
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
- Taught Public Speaking, an undergraduate in person course averaging 60 students per semester, covering the following topics: verbal and written communication, developing speech, presentation skills, speech anxiety.
Eastern Gateway Community College, Online Sept. 2018 to Aug 2020
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
- Taught Interpersonal Communication, an undergraduate online course averaging 80 students per semester, covering the following topics: verbal, listening, written, and non-written communication.
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT May 2011 to Aug 2011
Adjunct Faculty, Communication
- Taught Public Speaking
University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland January 2011 to May 2011
Visiting Faculty, English
- Taught Introduction to Writing and Debating in English to 60 undergraduate students.
Worlds Debate Institute, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia January 2011 to May 2011
Faculty, Debate
- Taught Critical Debate to 100 undergraduate and high school students. Topics included: applying critical theory to argumentation, debate tips and identity within debate.
University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq December 2009
Visiting Faculty, Debate
- Taught 100 international students parliamentary debate skills. Topics included: debate and democracy, research, advocacy and argumentation.
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York Sept. 2009 to May 2010
Visiting Faculty, Debate
- Debate Instructor for 20 undergraduate students. Taught research, debate and managed debate travel and judging for debate tournaments.
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS Sept. 2007 to May 2009
Teaching Assistant & Debate Fellow, Communication
- Taught Public Speaking solo to 60 undergraduates per semester.
- Debate Assistant, advised students on critical debate and argument
- Travel to debate tournaments to coach and judge policy debates.
- TA for Introduction to Women’s Studies summer 2008.
Publications
Harlow, Megan Jean. (2013) "Donna Haraway" in The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World (2 ed.), Sage Publications, Inc., pp. 750-753, doi:10.4135/9781452270388.n94, ISBN 9781452270388
Harlow, Megan Jean (2013), "Cyberfeminism", The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World (2 ed.), SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 430–433, doi:10.4135/9781452270388.n94, ISBN 9781452270388
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Hypermedia.” in M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender in Media.(pp. 170-172). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. 2012.
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Virtuality” “Web 2.0” and “Second Life” in: Sage Gender Encyclopedia. 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540
Harlow, Megan. “Suicide Girls: Tattooing as Radical Feminist Agency” in: Contemporary Argumentation and Debate Journal. Vol. 29, 2009. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=46793639&site=eds-live&scope=site
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Creating the Avatar: Gender in Second Life.” in: SuperPlus. 2011.
Harlow, Megan Jean, Mirja Hämäläinen, Karen Nelson, Alfred Snider, Maja Nenadović.“Debating in Finland: From Speaking in Public as a Punishment to Class Discussions” in Monash Debating Review. 2011.
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Shattered I” in Itch. June 29, 2010. https://www.itch.co.za/component/k2/item/382-shattered-i
Harlow, Megan Jean (2013), "Cyberfeminism", The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World (2 ed.), SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 430–433, doi:10.4135/9781452270388.n94, ISBN 9781452270388
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Hypermedia.” in M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender in Media.(pp. 170-172). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. 2012.
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Virtuality” “Web 2.0” and “Second Life” in: Sage Gender Encyclopedia. 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781452218540
Harlow, Megan. “Suicide Girls: Tattooing as Radical Feminist Agency” in: Contemporary Argumentation and Debate Journal. Vol. 29, 2009. https://search-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ufh&AN=46793639&site=eds-live&scope=site
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Creating the Avatar: Gender in Second Life.” in: SuperPlus. 2011.
Harlow, Megan Jean, Mirja Hämäläinen, Karen Nelson, Alfred Snider, Maja Nenadović.“Debating in Finland: From Speaking in Public as a Punishment to Class Discussions” in Monash Debating Review. 2011.
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Shattered I” in Itch. June 29, 2010. https://www.itch.co.za/component/k2/item/382-shattered-i
Research Team Member
Michael Wesh and the Digital Ethnography Class of Spring 2009 “Anonymous, Anonymity, and the End(s) of Identity and Groups Online” in: Human No More: Digital Subjectivities, Unhuman Subjects, and the End of Anthropology. Edited by Neil L. Whitehead, Michael Wesch, 2012. University of California Press. (member of research team)
Art
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Dancing Goddess of You-Tube.” Detroit New Media Show Oct.
2009, published in The Journal of New Media and Culture. Vol. 7, Fall 2010, video, http://www.ibiblio.org/nmediac/fall2010/catalog_files/TabsNextPrev/video2.html
2009, published in The Journal of New Media and Culture. Vol. 7, Fall 2010, video, http://www.ibiblio.org/nmediac/fall2010/catalog_files/TabsNextPrev/video2.html
Selected Newspaper Articles
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Mount Holly Cider Days, the quintessential Vermont celebration.” in The Vermont Journal. October 16, 2019. https://vermontjournal.com/featured-articles/mount-holly-cider-days-the-quintessential-vermont-celebration/
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Trout in the Classroom at Mount Holly Elementary School” in The Vermont Journal. June 19, 2019. https://vermontjournal.com/news/trout-in-the-classroom-at-mount-holly-elementary-school/
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Trout in the Classroom at Mount Holly Elementary School” in The Vermont Journal. June 19, 2019. https://vermontjournal.com/news/trout-in-the-classroom-at-mount-holly-elementary-school/
Research Blogs
Second Life Thesis Blog, 2009
https://secondlifesteez.blogspot.com/
Digital Ethnography Research Team, 2009
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Led by Dr. Mike Wesch creator of Web 2.0 YouTube Video and winner of 2008 CASE/Carnegie Hall Professor of the Year Award. Collaborate on anonymity and the internet project. Developed collaborative paper, 90 minute documentary
and blog. Film edited with Vegas Pro, regular new media research and publishing. https://researchdigiethnomjh.blogspot.com/2009_01_02_archive.html
Ancient Rhetorical Blog, 2008
Setup and managed blog for Dr. Steffensmeir’s Ancient Rhetoric graduate course at Kansas State.
https://ancientrhetorickstatedigs.blogspot.com
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Hysterical Wander Wombs.” in Ancient Rhetorics Blog. 2008. https://ancientrhetorickstatedigs.blogspot.com/2008/04/hysterical-wandering-wombs.html
https://secondlifesteez.blogspot.com/
Digital Ethnography Research Team, 2009
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Led by Dr. Mike Wesch creator of Web 2.0 YouTube Video and winner of 2008 CASE/Carnegie Hall Professor of the Year Award. Collaborate on anonymity and the internet project. Developed collaborative paper, 90 minute documentary
and blog. Film edited with Vegas Pro, regular new media research and publishing. https://researchdigiethnomjh.blogspot.com/2009_01_02_archive.html
Ancient Rhetorical Blog, 2008
Setup and managed blog for Dr. Steffensmeir’s Ancient Rhetoric graduate course at Kansas State.
https://ancientrhetorickstatedigs.blogspot.com
Harlow, Megan Jean. “Hysterical Wander Wombs.” in Ancient Rhetorics Blog. 2008. https://ancientrhetorickstatedigs.blogspot.com/2008/04/hysterical-wandering-wombs.html
Filmed Interviews
Harlow, Megan Jean interviewed in: “How The School Came to Be.” By Sam Putnam as part of his 2021 senior capstone project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLfKfjH4Mw0
Harlow, Megan Jean interviewed in: “Update on The Expeditionary School at Black River.” aired on Okemo Valley TV, May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xlfVMPnQ0o
Harlow, Megan Jean interviewed in “Independent School at Black River.” aired on Okemo Valley TV, June 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPMXlRRTdi
Harlow, Megan Jean interviewed in: “Update on The Expeditionary School at Black River.” aired on Okemo Valley TV, May 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xlfVMPnQ0o
Harlow, Megan Jean interviewed in “Independent School at Black River.” aired on Okemo Valley TV, June 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPMXlRRTdi
Film and Theater
Producer
Veneration of Bettie Page, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 9 and 11, 2009.
Burlesque Show produced in Collaboration with Collective Unconscious and director of Bettie Page authorized documentary Mark Mori.
Internship
Bettie Page Reveals All, New York, NY, Winter 2009.
Assisted with production, social media and research for Mark Mori’s 2012 documentary.
Veneration of Bettie Page, New York, NY, Dec. 2, 9 and 11, 2009.
Burlesque Show produced in Collaboration with Collective Unconscious and director of Bettie Page authorized documentary Mark Mori.
Internship
Bettie Page Reveals All, New York, NY, Winter 2009.
Assisted with production, social media and research for Mark Mori’s 2012 documentary.
Conferences
Paper Presentation, “Chimeric Crip Doulaing: Werewolves, Crip Childhood, and Dancing Deviant Mothers”
The American Studies Association. November, 2023.
Seminar Paper “Returning Home to the Resilience of Home Birth as an Active Medical Praxis” in: Narratives of Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Seminar at North East Modern Language Association, Buffalo, NY. March 2023
Invited Speaker “Loki and Viral Crip-Futures.” 23rd Mezipatra Queer Film Festival. Co-sponsored by Charles University. Prague CZ. November 2022.
Individual Paper “Loki’s Khora-Voids and the Possibility of Risky Ethics in the Disruptive Rhythms of Covid’s Media Topography” at Society for Cinema and Media Conference, Chicago February 2022
Paper Presentation, “Wanda Vision's Hex: The Gendered Nature of Temporal Space,”
The 4th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality. Virtual. October, 2021.
Symposium, “Awakening Cyborgs in Cyber-Space(s): Lucid Dreaming as pattern of
consciousness”
2019 Presenter - 2 Hour PSI Symposium IASD 2019 Conference Netherlands
Paper Presentation, “Ethical Engagement: Disrupting Suspicion in the Online
Classroom Through an Ethical Practice of Hospitality” 2018 Presenter - Reframing the
Narrative of Online Education: Social Presence as a Path to Engagement &
Experimentation
Southern States Communication Association
Montgomery, AL
Chair and Funded Intern, “Global Local Positioning,” International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) - Belfast, Ireland 2010
Paper Presentation, “UnConventional Beauty: Bodies that Speak,” National Communication Association, 2008.
The American Studies Association. November, 2023.
Seminar Paper “Returning Home to the Resilience of Home Birth as an Active Medical Praxis” in: Narratives of Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Seminar at North East Modern Language Association, Buffalo, NY. March 2023
Invited Speaker “Loki and Viral Crip-Futures.” 23rd Mezipatra Queer Film Festival. Co-sponsored by Charles University. Prague CZ. November 2022.
Individual Paper “Loki’s Khora-Voids and the Possibility of Risky Ethics in the Disruptive Rhythms of Covid’s Media Topography” at Society for Cinema and Media Conference, Chicago February 2022
Paper Presentation, “Wanda Vision's Hex: The Gendered Nature of Temporal Space,”
The 4th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality. Virtual. October, 2021.
Symposium, “Awakening Cyborgs in Cyber-Space(s): Lucid Dreaming as pattern of
consciousness”
2019 Presenter - 2 Hour PSI Symposium IASD 2019 Conference Netherlands
Paper Presentation, “Ethical Engagement: Disrupting Suspicion in the Online
Classroom Through an Ethical Practice of Hospitality” 2018 Presenter - Reframing the
Narrative of Online Education: Social Presence as a Path to Engagement &
Experimentation
Southern States Communication Association
Montgomery, AL
Chair and Funded Intern, “Global Local Positioning,” International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) - Belfast, Ireland 2010
Paper Presentation, “UnConventional Beauty: Bodies that Speak,” National Communication Association, 2008.
Honors
McCandlish Endowment Award
George Washington University, 2024
World Debate Institute Fellow
University of Vermont, 2011
Class of 1899 Prizes for Debating
University of Vermont, 2006
National Debate Champion
Novice Nationals, DC, 2004
George Washington University, 2024
World Debate Institute Fellow
University of Vermont, 2011
Class of 1899 Prizes for Debating
University of Vermont, 2006
National Debate Champion
Novice Nationals, DC, 2004
Professional Experience
Associate Analyst
Digitive · Contract with Digitive · May 2024 - Present
- On behalf of GlobalLogic through Digitive working with their Client, a Fortune Tech 10 company in Research, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative Text Models and Natural Language Processing.
Co-Owner
Jenkins Builders, Ludlow VT 2018-2021
Co-owner of a high end residential contracting company. Designed website, advertising and bookkeeping. www.jenkinsbuild.com.
Executive Assistant
Vail, Ludlow, VT 2019-2020
Administrative tasks for the director of hospitality. GX quantitative research on customer satisfaction representative for Hospitality. Member of POWDER women’s initiative, spoke on gender identity to Okemo Mountain staff. Manage contractor payouts and office ordering using quickbooks and order management system. Organizer of corporate board visit to Okemo. Quickbooks, Statistical data analysis, contracts and calendar management.
Curriculum Design
McGraw Hill, 2018
Content Creation for interactive communication online courses.
Content Writer
Study.Com, 2017-2018
Research and write articles on communication, gender and technology.
Test Scoring
Educational Testing Service, 2014-2019
Test scoring for high school English common core testing.
Senior Content Editor
European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland, 2010 - 2013
Description: Content Editor and Project Manager for all web text content. Writing, HTML editing and Typo3 Content management. Researched and wrote content, while guiding other students in similar work in the philosophical database, bibliographies and biographies for both philosophers and current faculty members. Manage and train other editors. Administrative tasks for faculty and administration.
Peace and Justice Center Work Study
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2003 - 2007.
Description: Non-Profit Organizing and fundraising. Worked on the Livable Wage Campaign.Spoke at Union rally and lobbied at state level and publicly with Bernie Sanders for tipped workers to be paid minimum wage in Vermont. Worked on anti-war efforts, anti-recruiting programs in public high schools
Professional Service
Peer-Reviewed Articles for:
December 2022. Manuscript Review for Feminist Media Studies.
May 2022. Manuscript Review for Feminist Media Studies.
January 2016. Manuscript Review for Hypatia for the Special Issue on Contested
Terrains: Women of Color, Third World Women, Feminisms, and Geopolitics
December 2022. Manuscript Review for Feminist Media Studies.
May 2022. Manuscript Review for Feminist Media Studies.
January 2016. Manuscript Review for Hypatia for the Special Issue on Contested
Terrains: Women of Color, Third World Women, Feminisms, and Geopolitics
Professional Development
Gen-Z Learners, August 2020
Southern New Hampshire University Gen-Z Learning Seminar. 3 part workshop focused
on creating Gen Z facing feedback, announcements, and videos in online instruction.
Connect Online Training ADJ:525, April 4, 2018
Southern New Hampshire University professional development seminar on using
Connect technology for online classrooms.
Brightspace Online Training ADJ:185, March 3, 2018
Southern New Hampshire University professional development seminar on using
Brightspace learning management system for online courses.
Feedback Banks in Practice, August 24, 2016
Southern New Hampshire University professional development seminar on using
feedback banks to enhance grading.
Southern New Hampshire University Gen-Z Learning Seminar. 3 part workshop focused
on creating Gen Z facing feedback, announcements, and videos in online instruction.
Connect Online Training ADJ:525, April 4, 2018
Southern New Hampshire University professional development seminar on using
Connect technology for online classrooms.
Brightspace Online Training ADJ:185, March 3, 2018
Southern New Hampshire University professional development seminar on using
Brightspace learning management system for online courses.
Feedback Banks in Practice, August 24, 2016
Southern New Hampshire University professional development seminar on using
feedback banks to enhance grading.
Community Service
Expeditionary School at Black River
Vice Chair, Ludlow, VT, 2019-2021
Trustee 2017-2018
Mount Holly Parent Teacher Association
President, Mount Holly, VT, 2018-2020
Village Montessori School
Classroom Volunteer, Bluemont, VA, 2016-2018
Vice Chair, Ludlow, VT, 2019-2021
Trustee 2017-2018
Mount Holly Parent Teacher Association
President, Mount Holly, VT, 2018-2020
Village Montessori School
Classroom Volunteer, Bluemont, VA, 2016-2018
Tech Skills
Social Mediacontent creation, content planning, facebook business, instagram business, sked social, canva
IG: @esblackriver @jenkinsbuild
FB Business Pages: Jenkins Build, ES Black River MarketingPipelines in Kajabi, SKED Social, FB Business Suites
VideoYouTube, IMovie, Vegas Pro, Final Cut Pro, Zoom Video Conferencing
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Website DesignHTML, Kajabi, Typo3, Weebly, Square Space, Wordpress
www.jenkinsbuild.com (design and development) www.esblackriver.org (management) www.egs.edu (content editor) Video GamesSecond Life, Novice Skills in Game Design in Dreams Ps4, UnReal Engine, Sketch, Skulpt VR, and Minecraft. But
Machine LearningArtificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative Text Models and Natural Language Processing, Prompt Generation, Model Training, Creative Memory Solutions, Agent Actors.
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Online TeachingBlackboard, Canvas, Kajabi, Google Classroom, Moodle
GraphicsAdobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Canva, 3d Design in VR Gravity, AI image prompting
BookkeepingQuickbooks
Project ManagementTrello, Slack, Google Workspaces, Microsoft Suites, Tasky
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