As an Associate Professor in the School of Theatre, Film & Television at the University of Arizona, my research and teaching explore how movies and television series are shaped by the industrial and socioeconomic contexts in which they are created. My work focuses on the intersections of media, the film and television industries, and their audiences. This includes research on media content branding, representations of socioeconomic class, and examinations of pivotal moments in film and television history.
I am the author of TV’s American Dream: U.S. Television After the Great Recession (Bloomsbury, 2025), Global Television: Co-Producing Culture (Temple University, 2008), and Sure Seaters: The Emergence of Art House Cinema (University of Minnesota, 2001). My work has been featured in anthologies such as From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels and Very Special Episodes: Televising Industrial and Social Change, as well as in journals like TV/Series, MAI: Feminism and Visual Culture, and the Journal of Science Fiction Film & Television.
In the classroom, I aim to prepare students for meaningful careers in the media industries by fostering a multifaceted understanding of the cultural and social implications of film and television.