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. Her research focuses on media audiences, television and film comedy, and the production, representation, and reception of identities in media.  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 include:

  • 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

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