Adrian Hanrahan
English - Media, Cinema and Digital Studies, MA
Achieved Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2022
Interests
- Horror film
- Audience responses to gore and body horror
- Internet historiographies
- Queer, trans, and feminist theory, particularly transfeminism
- Discourses of naturalness
- Music-based subcultures
Publications
- “‘The Enormity of My Desire Disgusts Me:’ The Male Gaze and Queer Monstrousness in The Lighthouse.” Published following double-blind review. Oshkosh Scholar, volume XVI, 2021
- "Transing the Queer Fanwork: Supernatural Fanfiction and Trans* Representation.” Published following double-blind review. Oshkosh Scholar, volume XVIII, 2024
Academic Awards
- Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award in English, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2023–2024
- UW Oshkosh Outstanding Queer Student Leader Award, 2022
- Doug and Carla Salmon Foundation Scholarship, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Charlotte A. Nooe Memorial Creative Writing Scholarship, 2021
- Pride Scholarship for LGBTQIA+ Activism, 2020
Teaching Experience
- ENG 100: Introduction to College Reading and Writing
- ENG 102: College Writing and Research