Anthony Guerrero

  • Teaching Assistant - Dissertator, English

Education

  • MA, Communication, Media and Theatre, Northeastern Illinois University, 2020
  • MBA, Nonprofit Management, Roosevelt University, 2012
  • BA, Acting, Theatre and Performance Studies, New York University, 1998

Courses Taught

  • ARTHIST/ENGLISH/FILMSTD 111 - Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet
  • ENGLISH 102 - College Writing and Research
  • ENGLISH 205 - Business Writing
  • LGBT 200 - Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies

Research Interests

  • Media & Cultural studies
  • LGBTQ+ studies
  • Film/TV history & criticism
  • Performance studies
  • Queer theory & Queer of Color Critique
  • Women's & Gender studies

Academic Awards & Selected Conference Presentations

  • James A. Sappenfield Fellowship, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 2023
  • Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 2021
  • Library Award for Excellence in Research, Northeastern Illinois University, 2020

 

  • "A Double-edged Sword: Larry Kramer and the Legacy of The Normal Heart." Queer History Conference, Fullerton, CA, 2024.
  • "The History & Politics of Queer and Trans Theories: Finding Their Radical Roots." Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Conference, Madison, WI, 2024.
  • "Fire Island Bros: Finding Queer Realism in the Fantasy of Gay Rom-Coms." Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Boston, MA, 2024.
  • "Masculinity and Myth in The Power of the Dog." Popular Culture Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2023.
  • "Lee Brewster: Creating Queer Spaces in the 1970s." Queer History Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2022.

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