Degrees

PhD, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison
MA, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison
BA, English and Telecommunications, Indiana University

Courses Taught

• ENGLISH 291 - Introduction to Television Studies
• ENGLISH 393 - Entertainment Industries:
• ENGLISH 395 - Feminist Media Criticism and Theory:
• ENGLISH 690 - Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media:
• ENGLISH 747 - Proseminar in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies
• ENGLISH 876 - Seminar in Media Studies:

Research Interests

• Television history, theory and criticism
• Media convergence
• Media production studies
• Media audience studies
• Gender, sexuality and media

Teaching Interests

• Television history, theory, and criticism
• Media analysis, history, and theory
• Gender, sexuality, race, and class in media
• Media industries
• Cultural studies and cultural theory

Selected Publications

Levine, Elana. Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History. Duke University Press, 2020

Levine, Elana, editor. Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early 21st Century. University of Illinois Press, 2015

Newman, Michael Z., and Levine, Elana H. Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status. Routledge, 2012

Levine, Elana. Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television. Duke University Press, 2007

Levine, Elana and Parks, Lisa, editors. Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Duke University Press, 2007