Expertise
- Madison Barnes-Nelson is a Ph.D. student in Media and Cultural Studies. She researches gender, sexuality, race & ethnicity, television comedy, media industries, and audiences. She has presented her research at conferences including Society for Cinema and Media Studies and Console-ing Passions. Her current research projects include: 1) Textual and industrial analyses of contemporary TV comedies and dramedies, 2) intersection of comedy and trauma in representations of gender, sexuality, and (trans)national identity, and 3) collaborative authorship between women creatives in television comedy past and present.
Education
- M.A. – Communication Studies, Colorado State University
- 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
- 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
- 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
