Madison Barnes-Nelson

Expertise

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

Education

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

Publications

• 2023. “Female Friendship and Intersectional Allyship on Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” in Rebecca Ann Lind (ed.) Race/Gender/Class/Media (5th ed.), New York: Routledge, 188-193.

Book Reviews

• 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

• CA 250: Survey of Contemporary Media (TA)
  • First-Year Interest Group (FIG) Instructor: Children & Media, Children & Youth in a Changing World, LGBTQ+ History Through Activism and Art

Service

• Article Reviewer, The Velvet Light Trap
• TV Entertainment Screening Committee, Peabody Awards

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, Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, 2023