Conference Presentations
Some presentations have been adapted for publication; they are linked below.
Playing Games on Rodeo Drive: Gene Kelly’s House As an Extension of the Film Musical. [Read on Gene Kelly Fans]
Film & History Conference.
Milwaukee, WI. 1-5 November 2017.
Gene Kelly’s Legacy – Or Is It? Rewriting the Star’s Life One Facebook Post at a Time.
Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM).
Northern Illinois University, 7–8 April 2017.
Battling Over Gene Kelly: Lawsuits, Scholarship, and Fandom.
Audiences, Fandoms, and Reception: A Kino Club 313 Conference.
Detroit, 16–17 Feb 2017.
Annie Hall, All Grown Up: Diane Keaton, Self-Referentiality, and Coming of Age in Something’s Gotta Give.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference.
Atlanta, 30 Mar–3 Apr 2016.
A Job (Un)like Any Other: Graduate School as Academic Labor.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
Montreal, 30 Mar–3 Apr. 2016.
Transmedia Storytime with Your Host Marc Maron. [Article on JSTOR Daily]
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference.
Montreal, 25–29 Mar 2015.
Teaching with Video in the 21st Century: Clips, Essays, Full-Length Films and TV Programs.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
Montreal, 25–29 Mar. 2015.
The Phantom of Hollywood and the Destruction of the MGM Musical. [Article on JSTOR Daily]
Film & History Conference,
Madison, WI, 29 Oct–2 Nov. 2014.
Comic Conversations and Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. [Article on FlowTV]
Cultural Studies Association Conference.
Chicago, 23–26 May 2013.
Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Taking the Film, TV, and New Media Classroom Online.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
Chicago, 6–10 Mar. 2013.
Gene Kelly in the Twenty-First Century.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference.
Boston, 21–25 Mar. 2012.
The National Theatre’s 'Live' Lear: Performance, Reception, Exhibition. [Article on JSTOR Daily]
Joint Conference of the National PCA/ACA and the SW/TX PCA/ACA.
San Antonio, 20–23 Apr. 2011.
What I Give to You, What I Share, I Do with No One Else: Homosocial Love in Boston Legal. [Article on FlowTV]
Film & History Conference.
Milwaukee, 10–14 Nov. 2010.
Glee: Give Us Something to Sing About. [Article on FlowTV]
Flow TV Conference.
Austin. 30 Sept–2 Oct. 2010.
Musical Spectacle and the Absence of the Bard in Hamlet 2. [Article on BLFJournal]
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque. 10–13 Feb. 2010.
The Best Sex in Contemporary Hollywood: Utopia, Ecstasy, and (Classical) Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. [Article on BLFJournal]
Literature/Film Association Conference.
Carlisle, PA, 15–18 Oct. 2009.
The Paradox of Pixar: The Threatening Representation of Technology in Some Pixar Films.
Film & History Conference.
Chicago, 31 Oct.–3 Nov. 2008.
The Creative Process and the Power of Art in Shakespeare Behind Bars. [Article in Literature/Film Quarterly]
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque, 11–14 Feb. 2008.
Reconstructing Bogie: Autobiography and the Star Image of Humphrey Bogart. [Portions adapted for The Week]
Literature/Film Association Conference.
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, 11–14 Oct. 2007.
Satire and the Educated Elite in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report.
Film & History Conference.
Dallas, 8–12 Nov. 2006.
Bottom’s Backstory vs. Kline’s Charisma: Additions and Contradictions in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque, 9–11 Feb. 2006.
Rewriting Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Michael Hoffman’s Bland Bottom.
Film and Media Authorship, University of Texas at Austin.
Austin, 21–22 Oct. 2005.
Narrating Shakespeare: Omissions, Ambiguity, and Unconventional Constructions in Welles’s Othello.
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque, 9–12 Feb. 2005.
A Labour of Love, or a Lost Cause? Kenneth Branagh’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. [Article in Literature/Film Quarterly]
Joint Conference of the National PCA/ACA and the SW/TX PCA/ACA.
San Antonio, 21–23 Apr. 2004.
Bottomless Bonds and Crashing Waves: Water in Oliver Parker’s Othello.
7th Annual Gorgias Society National Conference, University of Texas at Arlington.
Arlington, TX, 24 Feb. 2001.
Film & History Conference.
Milwaukee, WI. 1-5 November 2017.
Gene Kelly’s Legacy – Or Is It? Rewriting the Star’s Life One Facebook Post at a Time.
Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM).
Northern Illinois University, 7–8 April 2017.
Battling Over Gene Kelly: Lawsuits, Scholarship, and Fandom.
Audiences, Fandoms, and Reception: A Kino Club 313 Conference.
Detroit, 16–17 Feb 2017.
Annie Hall, All Grown Up: Diane Keaton, Self-Referentiality, and Coming of Age in Something’s Gotta Give.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference.
Atlanta, 30 Mar–3 Apr 2016.
A Job (Un)like Any Other: Graduate School as Academic Labor.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
Montreal, 30 Mar–3 Apr. 2016.
Transmedia Storytime with Your Host Marc Maron. [Article on JSTOR Daily]
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference.
Montreal, 25–29 Mar 2015.
Teaching with Video in the 21st Century: Clips, Essays, Full-Length Films and TV Programs.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
Montreal, 25–29 Mar. 2015.
The Phantom of Hollywood and the Destruction of the MGM Musical. [Article on JSTOR Daily]
Film & History Conference,
Madison, WI, 29 Oct–2 Nov. 2014.
Comic Conversations and Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. [Article on FlowTV]
Cultural Studies Association Conference.
Chicago, 23–26 May 2013.
Teaching and Learning at a Distance: Taking the Film, TV, and New Media Classroom Online.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
Chicago, 6–10 Mar. 2013.
Gene Kelly in the Twenty-First Century.
Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference.
Boston, 21–25 Mar. 2012.
The National Theatre’s 'Live' Lear: Performance, Reception, Exhibition. [Article on JSTOR Daily]
Joint Conference of the National PCA/ACA and the SW/TX PCA/ACA.
San Antonio, 20–23 Apr. 2011.
What I Give to You, What I Share, I Do with No One Else: Homosocial Love in Boston Legal. [Article on FlowTV]
Film & History Conference.
Milwaukee, 10–14 Nov. 2010.
Glee: Give Us Something to Sing About. [Article on FlowTV]
Flow TV Conference.
Austin. 30 Sept–2 Oct. 2010.
Musical Spectacle and the Absence of the Bard in Hamlet 2. [Article on BLFJournal]
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque. 10–13 Feb. 2010.
The Best Sex in Contemporary Hollywood: Utopia, Ecstasy, and (Classical) Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. [Article on BLFJournal]
Literature/Film Association Conference.
Carlisle, PA, 15–18 Oct. 2009.
The Paradox of Pixar: The Threatening Representation of Technology in Some Pixar Films.
Film & History Conference.
Chicago, 31 Oct.–3 Nov. 2008.
The Creative Process and the Power of Art in Shakespeare Behind Bars. [Article in Literature/Film Quarterly]
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque, 11–14 Feb. 2008.
Reconstructing Bogie: Autobiography and the Star Image of Humphrey Bogart. [Portions adapted for The Week]
Literature/Film Association Conference.
The University of Kansas, Lawrence, 11–14 Oct. 2007.
Satire and the Educated Elite in The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report.
Film & History Conference.
Dallas, 8–12 Nov. 2006.
Bottom’s Backstory vs. Kline’s Charisma: Additions and Contradictions in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque, 9–11 Feb. 2006.
Rewriting Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Michael Hoffman’s Bland Bottom.
Film and Media Authorship, University of Texas at Austin.
Austin, 21–22 Oct. 2005.
Narrating Shakespeare: Omissions, Ambiguity, and Unconventional Constructions in Welles’s Othello.
SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference.
Albuquerque, 9–12 Feb. 2005.
A Labour of Love, or a Lost Cause? Kenneth Branagh’s Love’s Labour’s Lost. [Article in Literature/Film Quarterly]
Joint Conference of the National PCA/ACA and the SW/TX PCA/ACA.
San Antonio, 21–23 Apr. 2004.
Bottomless Bonds and Crashing Waves: Water in Oliver Parker’s Othello.
7th Annual Gorgias Society National Conference, University of Texas at Arlington.
Arlington, TX, 24 Feb. 2001.