University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography Lore FitzWhittemore is a current PhD student on the Media and Cultural Studies track in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Communication Arts program. She received her B.A. in Cinema and Media Studies from the University of Southern California in 2019 and her M.A. in Media and Public Engagement from the University of Colorado Boulder in …
Biography SM Fleming is a Film PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research examines the intersections of sound, music, and narrative across film, television, and digital media. She is particularly interested in how audiences engage with difficult or alternative forms of storytelling. SM’s broader work considers how technological changes shape media production and …
Biography Biography Allyson Gross is a doctoral candidate in the Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture program of the Communication Arts department at UW-Madison. Her research has been supported by the Institute for Research in the Humanities through the Dana-Allen Dissertation Fellowship, a Mellon-Morgridge Fellowship, and the Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies. Her work can …
Biography Garrett Hartman Strpko is a PhD candidate in Communication Arts (Film) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, having received his MA in Film and Media Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. His primary areas of interest lie in film and media philosophy and theory, especially phenomenology. His dissertation focuses on historical documentary produced for …
Biography Mari Henderson is a PhD student in Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture. Her research focuses on comedy as a form of political rhetoric, specifically how state legislators use it to achieve legislative goals.
Biography I am a PhD student in Communication Science working under Dr. Lyn Van Swol. My research interests consist of polarization at the interpersonal level and the role of social identity in both intergroup and interpersonal interactions. Before returning to academics in 2019, I spent several years working in nonprofits and prehospital medicine. Education MSc …
Biography Mattie Jacobs is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He works within the intersecting fields of Hollywood filmmaking, cognitive theory, and media production labor. His dissertation project focuses on Hollywood storytelling strategies and how viewers develop a theory of mind for characters in movies …
Biography Samantha Janes is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research interests include classical Hollywood films, B-films, gender studies, media industries, and archival work in trade papers and ballyhoo. Her dissertation focuses on the creation of B-film stars of the 1930s—1950s. She works at the Wisconsin …
Biography Max Kaplan is a PhD candidate in the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Communication Arts Department. His research focuses on the politics of audiovisual cultures and the re-circulation of popular music catalogs through sync licensing. Education M.A. City University of New York Graduate Center, 2022 B.S. University of Pittsburgh, 2015 Publications, Public Writing, and Book …