Madison Barnes-Nelson

Media and Cultural Studies

Teaching Assistant

barnesnelson@wisc.edu

Madison Barnes-Nelson

Expertise

Madison Barnes-Nelson (she/her) is a Ph.D. student in Media and Cultural Studies. She researches television and film comedy, race & ethnicity, gender & sexuality, media audiences, and media industries. She has presented her research at conferences including Society for Cinema and Media Studies and Console-ing Passions.

Madison’s current projects explore:

  • How audiences make meaning of comedy across television, film, and digital media
  • Feminism and comedy TV
  • Gender, race, sexuality, youth, and national identity in the media

Education

  • M.A. – Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Media Studies emphasis
  • B.A. – Communication Studies, double-minor in Business and Spanish, Gonzaga University

Publications

  • 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.

Critical Bibliography

Book Reviews

Teaching Experience

  • CA 359 – Sports Media (TA, upcoming)
  • CA 250 – Survey of Contemporary Media (TA)
  • CA 449 – Sound Cultures: Podcasting and Music (Grader)

Service

  • Reader Board, The Velvet Light Trap, 2023-
  • TV Entertainment Screening Committee, Peabody Awards, 2023-

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