People Type: Graduate Student

Biography Doing interesting stuff at the intersection of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture.

Biography Expertise Madison Barnes-Nelson (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in Media and Cultural Studies. Her dissertation is a mixed-methods audience study that examines the roles and meanings of mediated comedy in young women’s everyday lives. She has presented her research at conferences including Society for Cinema and Media Studies, International Communication Association, and Console-ing …

Biography Kallan Benjamin is a PhD student in Film in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her M.A. in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Southern California. Her research centers on the intersection of gender and labor in screenwriting history, with a particular focus on the early …

Biography My dissertation–“The Algerian Film Industry, 1956-1984: Internationalization, Institutions and Ideology”–offers a history of the international activities of the Algerian film industry, from its pre-independence roots in the mid 1950s to the end of the state monopoly on filmmaking in the mid 1980s. The dissertation argues that, though largely run by the state and partially …

Biography Eric Boateng holds an MPhil in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology from the University of Ghana. He has served as an assistant lecturer at the University of Media, Arts, and Communication (UNIMAC), where he taught various communication-related courses. His professional experience includes working as a communications specialist on …

Biography Carter Brown is a Masters student with interests in the digital humanities, internet and film cultures, media and film industries, and new media technologies.   Education B.A. Film Studies, Michigan State University, 2025 B.S. Data Science, Michigan State University, 2025 B.S. Psychology, Michigan State University, 2025

Biography Minh Bui is a Film MA student in the Communication Arts department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her main research interests revolve around female representation in Southeast Asian cinema and Vietnamese cinema.

Biography Taylor holds a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Sociology from the University of Nevada, Reno, as well as an M.A. in Folklore and Public Culture from the University of Oregon. After completing her graduate studies, she worked for four years as a public folklorist, conducting qualitative research for multi-year projects in collaboration …