Robert Saunders
Professor, History, Politics, and Geography · Farmingdale State College
Dr. Saunders teaches from a global point of view; he is an expert on British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
International Politics Russia and Central Asia Islam and the Middle East Nationalism Cyber-Politics
Jane Caputi, Ph.D.
Professor · Florida Atlantic University
Jane Caputi is an expert in contemporary American cultural studies, including popular culture, gender and violence, and ecofeminism.
Feminism Gender and Violence Contemporary American Cultural Studies Popular Culture Ecofeminism
Melissa Avdeeff
Assistant Teaching Professor · University of Victoria
Popular culture, specialising in pop music; music technology and society; social media and fandom.
Popular Music Popular Culture Music Technology and Society Fandom Social Media
Greg Garrett, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English · Baylor University
Popular theologian and cultural critic, exploring the intersections between film and popular culture, literature, religion, and politics.
Public Speaking Media Resource Creative Writing Religion and Culture Popular Culture and Society
Shobha Gurung
Associate Professor of Sociology · Southern Utah University
Specializes in gender and labor, comparative family and community, migration, globalization, and transnationalism, and civic engagement.
Global Civic Citizenship Human Rights and Social Justice Gender and Labor Studies Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Community Gender and Society
Kyle William Bishop
Professor of English · Southern Utah University
Specializing in British Gothic literature, film and television studies, cinematic adaptation, and pop culture
Video Games Visual Literacy Saxophone American Studies Music
Andrea Braithwaite, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Communication and Digital Media Studies, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities · University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Cultivating awareness of the role of pop culture representations in gender and sexual inequality
Feminist Media Studies Game Studies Gender Studies Popular Culture Studies Television Studies
Tanner Mirrlees, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director, Communication and Digital Media Studies, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities · University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Analyzing the economic and political drivers and impacts of creative industries and cultural goods around the world
Globalization Political Communication Popular Culture Cultural Industries Cultural Policy
Kylo-Patrick Hart
Chair of Film, Television, and Digital Media and Professor Film, Television and Digital Media · Texas Christian University
Kylo-Patrick R. Hart teaches courses in film and television history, theory and criticism; film screenwriting; and queer media studies.
Stardom Popular Culture International Cinemas Masculinity and Sexual Orientation in Film and Entertainment Media Representations of HIV/AIDS
Luis Alvarez
Associate Professor, Department of History · UC San Diego
Institute of Arts and Humanities director, Luis Alvarez focuses on race, ethnicity and Latinx and African-American social movements.
Humanities in Higher Education Oral Histories Popular Culture Chicano/Chicana Studies Race Relations
Greg Garrett
Professor of English · Baylor University
Writer and Professor of English at Baylor University
Dexter Gabriel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History · University of Connecticut
Dexter Gabriel's research interests include the history of bondage, resistance, and freedom in the Black Atlantic.
Black Atlantic Slavery Slavery in Popular Culture Abolition and Emancipation
Karen Dill-Shackleford, PhD
Doctoral Faculty - Media Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
Media violence; Fandom and the construction of meaning from media; Media, race and gender.
Media Psychology Media Effects Social Psychology Gender Race
Priya Rehal
MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent
Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator
Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · Villanova University
Susan Mackey-Kallis, PhD, is an expert in film analysis and commentary, particularly in regard to pop culture.
Communication Political Rhetoric Gender, Media and Pop Culture American Film
Amy Woodson-Boulton
Associate Professor of History · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
History European History Art History Museum Studies Imperialism
Janni Aragon
Director, Technology Integrated Learning and Interim Director Technology & Society Program · University of Victoria
Janni Aragon has taught courses on American Politics, Political Theory, Gender and Politics, Feminist Theory, and Women's Studies.
Gender and Leadership Gender and Higher Education Cogressional Elections Women and Social Media Teaching and Social Media
Brenda Elsey
Associate Professor of History · Hofstra University
Specialist in Popular Culture and Politics, as well as Gender and Sports, in Twentieth Century Latin America.
Latin American Culture Latin American Politics Sports in Latin America Gender Studies
Vanessa Díaz
Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Hollywood Celebrity Culture Cuba Latin America oral & life histories
Michele Hammers
Associate Dean and Professor of Communication Studies, College of Communication and Fine Arts · Loyola Marymount University
Associate Dean and Professor of Communication Studies
Feminist Media Studies Qualitative Research Methods Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social Movements Rhetorical Criticism