Zane Austin Willard 🏳️🌈 (is on the job market 😄)
@zaneawillard.bsky.social
PhD Candidate @ USF Communication | Cultural Studies | Media | Surveillance | Pop Culture | Public Policy | Race & Ethnicity | Queerness | Citizenship | Authenticity
📍Chicago X Tampa
📍Chicago X Tampa
Some light reading on a Saturday when it’s already hotter than satan’s you know what in Florida 🥵☀️🌴
April 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Some light reading on a Saturday when it’s already hotter than satan’s you know what in Florida 🥵☀️🌴
Pure queer joy 10/10 recommend
April 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Pure queer joy 10/10 recommend
I was honored with the Burgeoning Scholar Award last night by my colleagues for my pursuit of scholarly excellence in the classroom and in my scholarship.
Grateful for the brilliant community of faculty and graduate students we have at Univ of South Florida particularly in these trying times.
Grateful for the brilliant community of faculty and graduate students we have at Univ of South Florida particularly in these trying times.
April 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I was honored with the Burgeoning Scholar Award last night by my colleagues for my pursuit of scholarly excellence in the classroom and in my scholarship.
Grateful for the brilliant community of faculty and graduate students we have at Univ of South Florida particularly in these trying times.
Grateful for the brilliant community of faculty and graduate students we have at Univ of South Florida particularly in these trying times.
Happy Tampa Pride ☀️🌴🏳️🌈
March 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Happy Tampa Pride ☀️🌴🏳️🌈
We got to celebrate the incomparable Dr. Aisha Durham give the Trailblazer lecture for USF’s College of Arts & Sciences, a 45-year long tradition. Dr. Durham’s shared her Black feminist autoethnography on “Belonging: Life Matters of the Home.”
We are all very proud advisees!
We are all very proud advisees!
March 28, 2025 at 4:05 AM
We got to celebrate the incomparable Dr. Aisha Durham give the Trailblazer lecture for USF’s College of Arts & Sciences, a 45-year long tradition. Dr. Durham’s shared her Black feminist autoethnography on “Belonging: Life Matters of the Home.”
We are all very proud advisees!
We are all very proud advisees!
Subjecting my American Cinema students to emotional torture this morning
March 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Subjecting my American Cinema students to emotional torture this morning
Successfully passed my comprehensive exam and proposal defense today!
I’m so grateful to have wonderful mentors and committee members.
Zane A. Willard, ABD
I’m so grateful to have wonderful mentors and committee members.
Zane A. Willard, ABD
February 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Successfully passed my comprehensive exam and proposal defense today!
I’m so grateful to have wonderful mentors and committee members.
Zane A. Willard, ABD
I’m so grateful to have wonderful mentors and committee members.
Zane A. Willard, ABD
Welp…
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Welp…
Yep… these were Facebook sentiments
February 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yep… these were Facebook sentiments
Very excited for our seminar on pessimism this semester
January 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Very excited for our seminar on pessimism this semester
A screenshot of my reflections on my accomplishments this year
Very excited to start a new chapter as I move into dissertation writing and taking a break from teaching in 2025
Very excited to start a new chapter as I move into dissertation writing and taking a break from teaching in 2025
December 31, 2024 at 5:49 PM
A screenshot of my reflections on my accomplishments this year
Very excited to start a new chapter as I move into dissertation writing and taking a break from teaching in 2025
Very excited to start a new chapter as I move into dissertation writing and taking a break from teaching in 2025
Got the fam tickets to see Hamilton which just happened to be in-town over the holiday
Child of the Year Award goes to me!
Child of the Year Award goes to me!
December 28, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Got the fam tickets to see Hamilton which just happened to be in-town over the holiday
Child of the Year Award goes to me!
Child of the Year Award goes to me!
Despite my family collectively having the palette of a 7 year old I made a board and they were excited for “fancy appetizers” this year 😅
My 52 year old uncle tried goat cheese for the first time, he said “Mmmm, that’s something”
And it surely was, in fact, something.
My 52 year old uncle tried goat cheese for the first time, he said “Mmmm, that’s something”
And it surely was, in fact, something.
December 25, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Despite my family collectively having the palette of a 7 year old I made a board and they were excited for “fancy appetizers” this year 😅
My 52 year old uncle tried goat cheese for the first time, he said “Mmmm, that’s something”
And it surely was, in fact, something.
My 52 year old uncle tried goat cheese for the first time, he said “Mmmm, that’s something”
And it surely was, in fact, something.
Nikki Giovanni’s words have often found me in time of solace and reflection, rather than I ever having found them.
To honor her, I’d like to share two poems that have resonated with my over the years:
“Legacies” echoes my grandmother’s memory and “Friendship” encapsulates my relationships today.
To honor her, I’d like to share two poems that have resonated with my over the years:
“Legacies” echoes my grandmother’s memory and “Friendship” encapsulates my relationships today.
December 10, 2024 at 3:55 AM
Nikki Giovanni’s words have often found me in time of solace and reflection, rather than I ever having found them.
To honor her, I’d like to share two poems that have resonated with my over the years:
“Legacies” echoes my grandmother’s memory and “Friendship” encapsulates my relationships today.
To honor her, I’d like to share two poems that have resonated with my over the years:
“Legacies” echoes my grandmother’s memory and “Friendship” encapsulates my relationships today.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#5: Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings, Juana Maria Rodriguez (2014)
#5: Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings, Juana Maria Rodriguez (2014)
December 8, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#5: Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings, Juana Maria Rodriguez (2014)
#5: Sexual Futures, Queer Gestures, and Other Latina Longings, Juana Maria Rodriguez (2014)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#4: Gender Trouble, Judith Butler (1990)
#4: Gender Trouble, Judith Butler (1990)
December 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#4: Gender Trouble, Judith Butler (1990)
#4: Gender Trouble, Judith Butler (1990)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#3: Reel to Real, bell hooks (1996)
#3: Reel to Real, bell hooks (1996)
December 6, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#3: Reel to Real, bell hooks (1996)
#3: Reel to Real, bell hooks (1996)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#2: Disidentifications, Josè Esteban Muñoz (1999)
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#2: Disidentifications, Josè Esteban Muñoz (1999)
December 5, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#2: Disidentifications, Josè Esteban Muñoz (1999)
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#2: Disidentifications, Josè Esteban Muñoz (1999)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#1: How To Have Theory in an Epidemic (1999), Paula A. Treichler
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#1: How To Have Theory in an Epidemic (1999), Paula A. Treichler
December 4, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#1: How To Have Theory in an Epidemic (1999), Paula A. Treichler
#booksky
#bookchallenge
#1: How To Have Theory in an Epidemic (1999), Paula A. Treichler
And naturally my nerdy self would have Toby Miller’s Cultural Studies podcast as my most listened to 🤓😅
December 4, 2024 at 5:01 PM
And naturally my nerdy self would have Toby Miller’s Cultural Studies podcast as my most listened to 🤓😅
December 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Back in the sky to head to Chicago for the holiday with loved ones
Some “light listening” for this flight home 🤭😅
Some “light listening” for this flight home 🤭😅
November 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Back in the sky to head to Chicago for the holiday with loved ones
Some “light listening” for this flight home 🤭😅
Some “light listening” for this flight home 🤭😅
What a great NCA last week! Spent time sharing my work, listening to insightful new scholarship, fostering connections, and having a great time with brilliant colleagues.
Until next year 🥂🥳
Until next year 🥂🥳
November 25, 2024 at 7:32 PM
What a great NCA last week! Spent time sharing my work, listening to insightful new scholarship, fostering connections, and having a great time with brilliant colleagues.
Until next year 🥂🥳
Until next year 🥂🥳
Pleasantly surprised with a Top Paper Award from the NCA LGBTQ Caucus for my paper co-authored with Sarah Marshall and Mahuya Pal, “Organizing Trans Antagonism: A Necrocapital critique of Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Bills”
Onward! 🏳️⚧️🥳
Onward! 🏳️⚧️🥳
November 24, 2024 at 12:27 AM
Pleasantly surprised with a Top Paper Award from the NCA LGBTQ Caucus for my paper co-authored with Sarah Marshall and Mahuya Pal, “Organizing Trans Antagonism: A Necrocapital critique of Anti-Trans Youth Healthcare Bills”
Onward! 🏳️⚧️🥳
Onward! 🏳️⚧️🥳
I love burgundy and denim for a conference, or really any day of the week 😅
November 22, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I love burgundy and denim for a conference, or really any day of the week 😅