Curriculum Vitae

Elizabeth D. Headrick

CURRICULUM VITAE 
Education
PhD, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, Rhetoric,  2019-Present
MLS, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, Library and Information Studies, 2018
BGS, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX, English/History/Women’s Studies, 2016
AA, North Central Texas College, Corinth, TX, 2015

Research Interests
Steampunk literature, Victorian literature, long nineteenth century, witchcraft in literature and history, colonial and post-colonial theory, gender studies, lgbtq studies, digital rhetorics, digital humanities, archival theory, library science, open access, open educational resources

Selected Conference Papers, Presentations, and Panels
“Just in Time: New Directions for the Dissertation Update” conference panel at the MLA 2023 convention, online (January 2023)

“Let’s Put On A Show! Creating An Interdisciplinary Student Journal” presented at Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, online (July 2021)

“Nothing Ruins War Like the Rising of the Dead: Examining Racism and Reconstruction in Justine Ireland’s Dread Nation” presented at the International Conference on Narrative 2021, online (May 2021)

“Project INDEX: 2020” Poster Presentation at Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL), Austin, TX (May 2020–Cancelled)

“Rotters, Doornails, and Yellow Sap: Examining the Shambling Specter of Capitalism in Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker” presented at the 41st Annual Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) Conference, Albuquerque, NM (February 2020)

“Developing Edge Librarianship: Digital Services Graduate Research Assistants at TWU” presented at Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Denton, TX (August 2019)

“Airships Over The Horizon: Imperialism, Globalization and Technology in Michael Moorcock’s Warlord of the Air” presented at Going Global: Steampunk and Transnational Cultures, Lincoln, UK (August 2018)

Print Publications
“Slippers, Snuff Boxes, and Slaves: What the Things Left Behind Say About Those Living in the Colonial Era.” Ibid.: A Student History Journal, vol. 10, 2017.

Audio Publications
Host, writer, producer. Anxiety in the Archives: A Podcast Dissertation. 2023. https://www.anxietyinthearchives.com/

Co-Host, Texas Steampunk Connection. 2021-Present. https://texassteampunkconnection.podbean.com/

Host, writer, producer. Steampunk Dollhouse Podcast. 2017-Present. https://www.spdhpod.com/spdhepisodes

Guest. “Episode 5.” Texas Steampunk Connection BEYOND! 27 March 2021. https://texassteampunkconnection.podbean.com/

Guest. “Episode 14.” Texas Steampunk Connection Reboot. 2 December 2020. https://texassteampunkconnection.podbean.com/

Guest. “#15: Steampunk With Podcast Host and Producer Elizabeth Headrick aka Bluestocking.” Storypunks Podcast. 22 March 2018. https://storypunks.world/2017/11/28/steampunk-with-podcast-creator-elizabeth-headrick-aka-bluestocking/

Guest. “Season 2 Episode 20.” Texas Steampunk Connection. 19 December 2017. https://texassteampunkconnection.podbean.com/

Academic Employment
Digital Strategies & Innovation Specialist, Texas Woman’s University Blagg-Huey Library, Denton, TX, 2022-Present
Graduate Research Assistant, Digital Services, Texas Woman’s University Blagg-Huey Library, Denton, TX, 2018-2022
Graduate Research Assistant, Reference Services, Texas Woman’s University Blagg-Huey Library, Denton, TX, 2017-2018

Service Activities
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2022
Texas Woman’s University Student Journal Editorial Staff, 2021-Present
Texas Digital Library TCDL Awards Committee, 2020-2021
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2021
Texas Digital Library TCDL Awards Committee, 2019-2020
Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Planning Committee, 2020

University Memberships
English and Rhetoric Graduate Student Organization – Rhetoric Society of America
Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society
Beta Phi Mu International Library Honor Society

Professional Memberships
Texas Library Association
North American Victorian Studies Association
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition
International Society for the Study of Narrative
Modern Language Association