Lesley Stevenson
Media and Cultural Studies
Teaching Assistant
2158 Vilas Hall
Biography
OFFICE HOURS
Spring 2026: Tuesdays, 12:00–1:00p.m.COURSES TAUGHT
- CA 100: Intro to Speech Composition (instructor of record)
- CA 155: Intro to Digital Media Production (TA)
- CA 250: Survey of Contemporary Media (TA)
- CA 323: The Business & Culture of Disney (lecturer)
- CA 468: Producing for Internet TV and Video (lecturer)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dissertation focus: intersections of media labor and identity, particularly at the early-career level Other interests: Entertainment, media, and theatre industries; industry lore; identity; precarious and early-career labor; politicians and celebrities; media authorship; media and entertainment history and historiographyPUBLICATIONS
- “Vanderpump Rules and the Labor of ‘Real’ Life,” by Lesley Stevenson, ASAP/J, August 2024
- “Writers and Actors Can Strike, But Not Their Assistants: On Paying ‘Real Money’ for Unskilled Labor,” by Lesley Stevenson, In Media Res, October 2023
- “What the Constitution Means to Me, Now that Roe Is Dead: Finding Hopeful Solidarity in the Anzaldúan Nepantla,” by Lesley Stevenson, Theatre Topics, July 2023 (PDF)
- “Love, Links, Archives: Saving and Sharing the Wendy Clarke Tape Collection,” by Eric Hoyt, Mary Huelsbeck, Amanda Smith, Lauren E. Wilks, and Lesley Stevenson, The Moving Image, 2025
- “Searching for Similarity: Computational Analysis and the U.S. Film Industry Trade Press of the Early 1920s,” by Eric Hoyt, Ben Pettis, Lesley Stevenson, and Samuel Hansen, Global Movie Magazine Networks, 2025