Expertise
Madison Barnes-Nelson (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Media and Cultural Studies. She is interested in mixed-methods research that examines audience activity across film, television, and digital media, with an emphasis on mediated comedy in audiences’ everyday lives. She has presented her research at conferences including Society for Cinema and Media Studies, International Communication Association, and Console-ing Passions.
Education
- M.A. – Communication Studies, Colorado State University
- B.A. – Communication Studies, double-minor in Business and Spanish, Gonzaga University
Publications, Public Writing, and Book Reviews
- 2025. “Emmys Watch 2025 – The Studio – Television (About Movies), Now More Than Ever.” Pop Junctions. https://henryjenkins.org/blog/2025/9/9/emmys-watch-2025-the-studio-television-about-movies-now-more-than-ever
- 2025. Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic that Makes it Work by Jesse David Fox. Television and New Media.
- 2024. Gray, Jonathan; Marx, Nick; Barnes-Nelson, Madison. “Television Comedy.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies, edited by Krin Gabbard. New York: Oxford University Press: https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0186.xml?p=emailAYOueSKrxLUNA&d=/document/obo-9780199791286/obo-9780199791286-0186.xml
- 2023. “Female Friendship and Intersectional Allyship on Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” In Race/Gender/Class/Media (5th ed.), edited by Rebecca Ann Lind. New York: Routledge, 188-193.
- 2023. Consent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in US Movies by Michele Meek. New Review of Film and Television Studies.
- 2023. Micro Media Industries: Hmong American Media Innovation in the Diaspora by Lori Kido Lopez. Media Industries Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, 87-90.
Teaching Experience
- CA 359 – Sports Media (TA)
- CA 250 – Survey of Contemporary Media (TA)
- CA 449 – Sound Cultures: Podcasting and Music (Grader)
Service & Activities
- Reader Board, The Velvet Light Trap, 2023-
- TV Entertainment Screening Committee, Peabody Awards, 2023-
- Telluride Film Festival FilmSCHOLAR, September 2025
Awards
- Charles Chester Pearce Scholarship, UW-Madison, Spring 2025 (This award is given for the purpose of funding student research and encouraging excellent performance skills)
- Sharon Sites Award, UW-Madison, Spring 2024 (awarded to outstanding women in Film & Media and Cultural Studies areas of Communication Arts)
- Gordon F. Hostettler Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Master’s Student, Colorado State University Department of Communication Studies, Spring 2023