- jghoover@uwm.edu
- Curtin Hall
Jessica Hoover
- Teaching Assistant - Dissertator, English
Education
- MA, Media Industry and Cultural Studies, University of North Texas, 2019
- BA, History and Radio/TV/Film, University of North Texas, 2015
Teaching Schedule
| Course Num | Title | Meets |
|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH 102-076 | College Writing and Research | TR 11:30am-12:45pm |
| ENGLISH 102-083 | College Writing and Research | TR 1pm-2:15pm |
Courses Taught
- ENGLISH 101 - Introduction to College Writing
- ENGLISH 102 - College Writing and Research
- ENGLISH 111 - Entertainment Arts: Introduction to Film, Television, and Media
- ENGLISH 201 - Strategies in Academic Writing
- ENGLISH 291 - Introduction to Television Studies
- FILM STD 291 - Introduction to Television Studies
Research Interests
- Film History
- Television History
- Feminist Media Studies
- Humor Studies
- Horror Studies,
- Cultural History
- Gender History
- Women's & Gender Studies
- True Crime
Related Activities
- Conference Presentations
- "The Shakiest Man in the Movies: Don Knotts and Fraudulent Masculinity," SMCS 2024, Boston
- "So, It’s Come to This: The Sitcom Clip Show," SCMS 2023, Denver
- "Adapting to the Dark: Managing Fear Through True Crime," Console-ing Passions 2022, Orlando
- "Picture It: The Formal and Textual Value of Flashback Episodes in The Golden Girls," SCMS 2022, Virtual
- “Through the Screen: The Carol Burnett Show as Cultural Antecedent to Feminist Media Analysis” SCMS, Seattle, 2019\n“Daddy Issues: Television’s Single Parent Shows of the 1950s and ‘60s” Console-ing Passions, Bournemouth, UK, 2018
- “As Seen on TV: The Carol Burnett Show, Second Wave Feminism and the One-Two Punch to Advertising” SCMS, Toronto, 2018
- “Blurring Boundaries and Breaking Binaries in Let the Right One In” SWPCA, Albuquerque, 2018
- “Just a Woman: Feminist Perspectives in The Carol Burnett Show” PACA, San Diego, 2017
- “Bury the Patriarchy: Alfred Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry as Critique of 1950s America’s Cold War Values” SWPCA Albuquerque, 2017
Academic Awards
- UCLA Library Special Collections James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowship, Spring 2024
- UCLA Library Special Collections James and Sylvia Thayer Short-Term Research Fellowship, Spring 2024
- James A. Sappenfield Fellowship Award, 2022-23
- Frederick J. Hoffman Award- Honorable Mention, 2021
- Staples Graduate Scholarship, UNT, 2017 MA Graduate Student Academic Excellence Award, UNT, 2016
- Media Arts Undergraduate Excellence Award, UNT, 2014