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Elana Levine

  • Professor, English

Education

  • PhD, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • MA, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • BA, English and Telecommunications, Indiana University

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
ENGLISH 690-001 Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media: Cultural Studies in Film and Media TR 10am-11:15am
ENGLISH 876-001 Seminar in Media Studies: Feminist Media Studies T 4pm-6:40pm
FILMSTD 690-001 Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media: TR 10am-11:15am

Courses Taught

  • ENGLISH 291 - Introduction to Television Studies
  • ENGLISH 393 - Entertainment Industries:
  • ENGLISH 395 - Feminist Media Criticism and Theory:
  • ENGLISH 690 - Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media:
  • ENGLISH 747 - Proseminar in Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies
  • ENGLISH 876 - Seminar in Media Studies
  • FILMSTD 291 - Introduction to Television Studies
  • FILMSTD 395 - Feminist Media Criticism and Theory: Gender and Popular Culture

Teaching Interests

  • Television history, theory, and criticism
  • Media analysis, history, and theory
  • Gender, sexuality, race, and class in media
  • Media industries
  • Cultural studies and cultural theory

Research Interests

  • Television history, theory and criticism
  • Media convergence
  • Media production studies
  • Media audience studies
  • Gender, sexuality and media

Selected Publications

Levine, Elana. Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History. Duke University Press, 2020
Levine, Elana, editor. Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Ladyporn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early 21st Century. University of Illinois Press. 2015
Newman, Michael Z., and Levine, Elana H. Legitimating Television: Media Convergence and Cultural Status. Routledge, 2012
Levine, Elana and Parks, Lisa, editors. Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Duke University Press, 2007
Levine, Elana. Wallowing in Sex: The New Sexual Culture of 1970s American Television. Duke University Press, 2007