Publications by Date
Personal blog posts listed at end.
2020
In Appreciation of The Good Wife's Jason Crouse (co-authored with Dr. Kristen J. Warner) in TV Memories: Love Letters to Our Television Past, Bambi Haggins, editor, Rutgers UP (forthcoming, 2020).
2019
Semester vs. Quarter System: Which Is Better?
Best Colleges (Dec. 2019)
Dorothy's Grave
Atlas Obscura (May 2019)
Wood County Historical Center and Museum
Atlas Obscura (Feb 2019)
The Dowling House
Atlas Obscura (Jan. 2019)
Best Colleges (Dec. 2019)
Dorothy's Grave
Atlas Obscura (May 2019)
Wood County Historical Center and Museum
Atlas Obscura (Feb 2019)
The Dowling House
Atlas Obscura (Jan. 2019)
2018
Why Personalized Learning Is Important
ThinkCERCA (9 January 2018)
What Is Personalized Learning?
ThinkCERCA (9 January 2018)
ThinkCERCA (9 January 2018)
What Is Personalized Learning?
ThinkCERCA (9 January 2018)
2017
Why I Don't Take Attendance
The Chronicle of Higher Education (12 Oct 2017)
Milk and Mythology in Singin’ in the Rain
Transformative Works and Cultures. Vol. 25 (15 Sept 2017)
Using Social Media to Recruit Guest Speakers
Chronicle Vitae (Jul 2017)
When Your Scholarship Goes to Court
Chronicle Vitae (27 Mar 2017)
Road-Tripping to Gene Kelly’s House: Fan Tourism on Rodeo Drive
In Media Res (3 Mar 2017)
Branding Yourself As An Academic
Chronicle Vitae (30 Jan 2017)
The Chronicle of Higher Education (12 Oct 2017)
Milk and Mythology in Singin’ in the Rain
Transformative Works and Cultures. Vol. 25 (15 Sept 2017)
Using Social Media to Recruit Guest Speakers
Chronicle Vitae (Jul 2017)
When Your Scholarship Goes to Court
Chronicle Vitae (27 Mar 2017)
Road-Tripping to Gene Kelly’s House: Fan Tourism on Rodeo Drive
In Media Res (3 Mar 2017)
Branding Yourself As An Academic
Chronicle Vitae (30 Jan 2017)
2016
Kenneth Branagh: Shakespearean Auteur?
Shakespeare Magazine (24 Nov 2016)
Was MGM’s On the Town the First Musical Shot On Location?
PopMatters (6 Oct 2016)
How Social Media Has Changed the Student-Teacher Relationship
Chronicle Vitae (7 Jun 2016)
Dance Like Gene Kelly: National Tap Dance Day
PopMatters (25 May 2016)
James Bond Onscreen
James Bond: The World's Most Famous Spy (24 May 2016)
The Walking Dead: Negan as Sadomasochistic Fantasy
PopMatters (18 May 2016)
I’m an Academic, and I Run A Fan Site
Chronicle Vitae (11 Feb 2016)
Nanook and Robert Flaherty: Father of Documentary Film—and More
Bright Lights Film Journal (8 Feb 2016)
Shakespeare Magazine (24 Nov 2016)
Was MGM’s On the Town the First Musical Shot On Location?
PopMatters (6 Oct 2016)
How Social Media Has Changed the Student-Teacher Relationship
Chronicle Vitae (7 Jun 2016)
Dance Like Gene Kelly: National Tap Dance Day
PopMatters (25 May 2016)
James Bond Onscreen
James Bond: The World's Most Famous Spy (24 May 2016)
The Walking Dead: Negan as Sadomasochistic Fantasy
PopMatters (18 May 2016)
I’m an Academic, and I Run A Fan Site
Chronicle Vitae (11 Feb 2016)
Nanook and Robert Flaherty: Father of Documentary Film—and More
Bright Lights Film Journal (8 Feb 2016)
2015
What The Wiz Live! Tells Us about Race and TV Advertising
The Conversation (8 Dec 2015)
Grading Digitally with Notable PDF
Chronicle Vitae (16 Sept 2016)
The Weird History of the Pledge of Allegiance
Talking Points Memo (15 Sept 2015)
Can Stephen Colbert Uphold David Letterman’s Legacy—and Tone?
In Media Res (1 Sept 2015)
Julie Andrews, Ultimate Family Actress and Christopher Plummer, Reluctant Film Star
The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary of the World’s Favorite Musical (1 Sept 2015)
Stars and Scars: Disfigurement in Film
JSTOR Daily (16 Jun 2015)
Don’t Say Cheese: The Smiles of Buster Keaton and Humphrey Bogart
JSTOR Daily (2 Jun 2015)
Rethinking Twitter in the Classroom
Chronicle Vitae (1 Jun 2015)
An American In Paris: Onstage and Onscreen
JSTOR Daily (19 May 2015)
Forming a Critical Sense of Race with Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
JSTOR Daily (5 May 2015)
Why You Know Marc Maron Better Than Your Own Family
JSTOR Daily (21 Apr 2015)
Rednecks: A Brief History
JSTOR Daily (7 Apr 2015)
How to Work the University Lecture Hall
Chronicle Vitae (10 Apr 2015)
Streaming Shakespeare in the 21st Century
JSTOR Daily (12 Mar 2015)
Animated GIFs: A Throwback to Cinema’s Beginnings
JSTOR Daily (24 Feb 2015)
Embrace Your Online (Academic) Nemesis
Chronicle Vitae (9 Feb 2015)
Why I Taught a Class on Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino
The Conversation (15 Jan 2015)
How to Curate Your Digital Identity As an Academic
The Chronicle of Higher Education (5 Jan 2015). Print and online.
The Conversation (8 Dec 2015)
Grading Digitally with Notable PDF
Chronicle Vitae (16 Sept 2016)
The Weird History of the Pledge of Allegiance
Talking Points Memo (15 Sept 2015)
Can Stephen Colbert Uphold David Letterman’s Legacy—and Tone?
In Media Res (1 Sept 2015)
Julie Andrews, Ultimate Family Actress and Christopher Plummer, Reluctant Film Star
The Sound of Music: 50th Anniversary of the World’s Favorite Musical (1 Sept 2015)
Stars and Scars: Disfigurement in Film
JSTOR Daily (16 Jun 2015)
Don’t Say Cheese: The Smiles of Buster Keaton and Humphrey Bogart
JSTOR Daily (2 Jun 2015)
Rethinking Twitter in the Classroom
Chronicle Vitae (1 Jun 2015)
An American In Paris: Onstage and Onscreen
JSTOR Daily (19 May 2015)
Forming a Critical Sense of Race with Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
JSTOR Daily (5 May 2015)
Why You Know Marc Maron Better Than Your Own Family
JSTOR Daily (21 Apr 2015)
Rednecks: A Brief History
JSTOR Daily (7 Apr 2015)
How to Work the University Lecture Hall
Chronicle Vitae (10 Apr 2015)
Streaming Shakespeare in the 21st Century
JSTOR Daily (12 Mar 2015)
Animated GIFs: A Throwback to Cinema’s Beginnings
JSTOR Daily (24 Feb 2015)
Embrace Your Online (Academic) Nemesis
Chronicle Vitae (9 Feb 2015)
Why I Taught a Class on Spike Lee and Quentin Tarantino
The Conversation (15 Jan 2015)
How to Curate Your Digital Identity As an Academic
The Chronicle of Higher Education (5 Jan 2015). Print and online.
2014
"Slapstick Comedy"
Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. 2014. 700-702. Print.
The Phantom of Hollywood and the Demise of the MGM Musical
JSTOR Daily (23 Dec 2014)
Punishing Women in Shakespeare’s England (and Today)
The Week (27 Oct 2014)
Five Reasons Millennials Are No Longer Religious
AlterNet (1 Oct 2014)
The Anatomical Part Missing from Masters of Sex
AlterNet (29 Sept 2014)
Why Some of the Most Satisfying Movies Are About People 60 and Over
AlterNet (24 Sept 2014)
Lauren Bacall's Account of Humphrey Bogart's Death
The Week (13 Aug 2014)
What Gene Kelly Tattoos Teach Us about Modern Fandom
The Week (25 Jul 2014)
Our Long National Love Affair with the American Bungalow
The Week (15 Jul 2014)
12 Slams on Seinfeld
Mental Floss (5 Jul 2014)
10 Recipes from the Kitchens of Classic Hollywood Stars
Mental Floss (19 Jun 2014)
Trigger Warnings, Quentin Tarantino, and the College Classroom
Chronicle Vitae (7 Mar 2014)
Why Were the Oscars Created?
Mental Floss (2 Mar 2014)
4 People Buried Alive (And How They Got Out)
Mental Floss (15 Feb 2014)
Part-Time Professing: It’s Not All Gloom and Doom
Chronicle Vitae (7 Feb 2014)
Four Surprising Facts about Gene Kelly
Mental Floss (2 Feb 2014)
Encyclopedia of Humor Studies. 2014. 700-702. Print.
The Phantom of Hollywood and the Demise of the MGM Musical
JSTOR Daily (23 Dec 2014)
Punishing Women in Shakespeare’s England (and Today)
The Week (27 Oct 2014)
Five Reasons Millennials Are No Longer Religious
AlterNet (1 Oct 2014)
The Anatomical Part Missing from Masters of Sex
AlterNet (29 Sept 2014)
Why Some of the Most Satisfying Movies Are About People 60 and Over
AlterNet (24 Sept 2014)
Lauren Bacall's Account of Humphrey Bogart's Death
The Week (13 Aug 2014)
What Gene Kelly Tattoos Teach Us about Modern Fandom
The Week (25 Jul 2014)
Our Long National Love Affair with the American Bungalow
The Week (15 Jul 2014)
12 Slams on Seinfeld
Mental Floss (5 Jul 2014)
10 Recipes from the Kitchens of Classic Hollywood Stars
Mental Floss (19 Jun 2014)
Trigger Warnings, Quentin Tarantino, and the College Classroom
Chronicle Vitae (7 Mar 2014)
Why Were the Oscars Created?
Mental Floss (2 Mar 2014)
4 People Buried Alive (And How They Got Out)
Mental Floss (15 Feb 2014)
Part-Time Professing: It’s Not All Gloom and Doom
Chronicle Vitae (7 Feb 2014)
Four Surprising Facts about Gene Kelly
Mental Floss (2 Feb 2014)
2013
"Jerry Seinfeld"
100 People Who Changed American Entertainment, 2013. Print.
Comic Conversations and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
18.03 FlowTV (Jul 2013)
Rubrics and Assessing the Video Essay
Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier 1.2 (Spring/Summer 2013)
Gene Kelly, Star Signification, and Centennial Celebrations
Virginia Quarterly Review (15 Feb 2013)
100 People Who Changed American Entertainment, 2013. Print.
Comic Conversations and Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
18.03 FlowTV (Jul 2013)
Rubrics and Assessing the Video Essay
Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier 1.2 (Spring/Summer 2013)
Gene Kelly, Star Signification, and Centennial Celebrations
Virginia Quarterly Review (15 Feb 2013)
2012
BOOK/ANTHOLOGY: Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
King Lear 'Live': Cinema As Theatre, Theatre As Cinema (co-authored with Gabrielle Malcolm)
Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century, 2012. 38-48.
Show Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee's Unevenness Explained
John J. Ruszkiewicz's How to Write Anything: A Guide and Reference, 2/e and in How to Write Anything: A Guide and Reference with Readings, 2/e, 2012
Tweeting in the Classroom
Private University Products and News Mag (Dec 2012): 10-13. Print.
Video Essays in the Cinema History Classroom
Frames Cinema Journal 1.1 (Jul 2012)
Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages, Giving Until It Hurts
In Media Res (15 Jun 2012)
Louie's ‘God' As Cathartic Television
In Media Res (22 Mar 2012)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
King Lear 'Live': Cinema As Theatre, Theatre As Cinema (co-authored with Gabrielle Malcolm)
Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century, 2012. 38-48.
Show Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee's Unevenness Explained
John J. Ruszkiewicz's How to Write Anything: A Guide and Reference, 2/e and in How to Write Anything: A Guide and Reference with Readings, 2/e, 2012
Tweeting in the Classroom
Private University Products and News Mag (Dec 2012): 10-13. Print.
Video Essays in the Cinema History Classroom
Frames Cinema Journal 1.1 (Jul 2012)
Tom Cruise in Rock of Ages, Giving Until It Hurts
In Media Res (15 Jun 2012)
Louie's ‘God' As Cathartic Television
In Media Res (22 Mar 2012)
2011
Sex and Screwball Comedy in The Good Wife
In Media Res (10 Oct 2011)
Aaron Sorkin's Elite Smart Girls (or Lack Thereof)
In Media Res (30 Jun 2011)
Gene Kelly, Volkswagen, and Posthumous Performance
FlowTV 13.11 (Apr 2011)
Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
FlowTV 13.07 (Jan 2011). [Also voted a FlowTV favorite.]
In Media Res (10 Oct 2011)
Aaron Sorkin's Elite Smart Girls (or Lack Thereof)
In Media Res (30 Jun 2011)
Gene Kelly, Volkswagen, and Posthumous Performance
FlowTV 13.11 (Apr 2011)
Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal
FlowTV 13.07 (Jan 2011). [Also voted a FlowTV favorite.]
2010
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear: For the Young or the Young at Heart?
FlowTV 13.03 (Nov 2010)
Musical Spectacle and the Missing Bard in Hamlet 2
Bright Lights Film Journal, 70 (31 Oct 2010)
Why Did Everybody Love Raymond?
FlowTV 12.08 (Sept 2010)
Show Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee's Unevenness Explained
FlowTV 12.04 (Jul 2010)
ABC's The Middle: Redefining the Working-Class Male
FlowTV 12.01 (Jun 2010)
Live-Tweeting and the Academic Conference
Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture (18 Jun 2010)
Message and Meaning in the ‘Sassy Gay Friend’ Videos
Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture (12 Apr 2010)
Utopia, Ecstasy, and (Classical) Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Bright Lights Film Journal, 71 (31 Jan 2010)
Why David Letterman's Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise
FlowTV 11.05 (Jan 2010)
FlowTV 13.03 (Nov 2010)
Musical Spectacle and the Missing Bard in Hamlet 2
Bright Lights Film Journal, 70 (31 Oct 2010)
Why Did Everybody Love Raymond?
FlowTV 12.08 (Sept 2010)
Show Musical Good, Paired Segments Better: Glee's Unevenness Explained
FlowTV 12.04 (Jul 2010)
ABC's The Middle: Redefining the Working-Class Male
FlowTV 12.01 (Jun 2010)
Live-Tweeting and the Academic Conference
Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture (18 Jun 2010)
Message and Meaning in the ‘Sassy Gay Friend’ Videos
Antenna: Responses to Media and Culture (12 Apr 2010)
Utopia, Ecstasy, and (Classical) Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Bright Lights Film Journal, 71 (31 Jan 2010)
Why David Letterman's Interoffice Escapades Took This Longtime Fan by Surprise
FlowTV 11.05 (Jan 2010)
2002-2009
Something’s Gotta Give and the Classical Screwball Comedy
Journal of Popular Film and Television 37.1 (2009): 9-15. Print.
The Creative Process and the Power of Art in Shakespeare Behind Bars
Literature/Film Quarterly 37.2 (2009): 140-50. Print.
Kenneth Branagh, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and (Mis)Interpreting the Musical Genre
Literature/Film Quarterly 33.2 (2005): 83-91. Lead article, Shakespeare edition. Print.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? A Problematic (Re)Interpretation of Maria in Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night."
iterature/Film Quarterly 30.3 (2002): 217-22. Print.
Journal of Popular Film and Television 37.1 (2009): 9-15. Print.
The Creative Process and the Power of Art in Shakespeare Behind Bars
Literature/Film Quarterly 37.2 (2009): 140-50. Print.
Kenneth Branagh, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and (Mis)Interpreting the Musical Genre
Literature/Film Quarterly 33.2 (2005): 83-91. Lead article, Shakespeare edition. Print.
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? A Problematic (Re)Interpretation of Maria in Trevor Nunn’s Twelfth Night."
iterature/Film Quarterly 30.3 (2002): 217-22. Print.
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