I am the author of two books: "The Fantasy Film," and "Giving Up the Ghost: Spirits, Ghosts, and Angels in Mainstream Films." I received my Ph.D. in critical and cultural media studies from The University of Texas at Austin. My research focuses on..
I am the author of two books: "The Fantasy Film," and "Giving Up the Ghost: Spirits, Ghosts, and Angels in Mainstream Films." I received my Ph.D. in critical and cultural media studies from The University of Texas at Austin. My research focuses on fantasy films, comedy films, gender, and the link between fantasy film and myth and fairy-tales. Elsewhere I have published on comedy ghosts, the trickster, and the films of Tim Burton and M. Night Shyamalan. At High Point University I teach a wide variety of media-related courses including "Myth and Media," and "Movies and Methods," both which apply theoretical approaches to the analysis of mainstream cinema. I have recently given keynote addresses at international conferences in Denmark and Portugal.
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