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, International Communication Association, 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
- 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
- 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
Book Reviews
- 2025. Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic that Makes it Work by Jesse David Fox. Television and New Media.
- 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, 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