ERIN M. HANNA Curriculum Vitae School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon 1275 University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 (541) 346-3738 ehanna@uoregon.edu EDUCATION PhD 2014 University of Michigan (Screen Arts & Cultures) U-M Graduate Teacher Certificate, 2013 MA 2007 York University (Cinema and Media Studies) BA Honors 2004 York University (Film Studies) Cum laude Dissertation Making Fandom Work: Industry Space and Structures of Power at the San Diego Comic-Con Committee Sheila C. Murphy, Associate Professor, University of Michigan (Chair) Dan Herbert, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Yeidy Rivero, Associate Professor, University of Michigan Aswin Punathambekar, Associate Professor, University of Michigan EMPLOYMENT 2015 Assistant Professor, Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon 2014 2015 Adjunct Instructor, Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon 2008 2013 Graduate Student Instructor, Screen Arts & Cultures, University of Michigan 2006 2008 Teaching Assistant, Department of Film, York University 1
PUBLICATIONS Scholarly Articles Be Selling You: The Prisoner as Cult and Commodity. Television & New Media 15, no. 5 (July 2014): 433-48. (Published online before print: January 24, 2013) Second City or Second Country?: The Question of Canadian Identity in SCTV s Transcultural Text. CineAction. Issue 78 (Winter 2009): 52-59. http://cineaction.ca/issue78sample.htm Other Publications All Work and No Cosplay MediaCommons. March 13, 2015. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/question/how-can-increased-scholarly-study-cosplaybecome-benefit-education/response/all-work-and-no Geek Chic, Ain t it Cool? In Media Res. September 24, 2013. http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2013/09/24/geek-chic-aint-it-cool Comic-Con 2013: The Fan Convention as Industry Space, Part 2. Antenna: Responses to Media Culture. July 22, 2013. http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2013/07/22/comic-con-the-fanconvention-as-industry-space-part-2/ Comic-Con 2013: The Fan Convention as Industry Space. Antenna: Responses to Media Culture, July 19, 2013. http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2013/07/19/comic-con-2013-the-fanconvention-as-industry-space/ Mutt and Jeff: On Strike. National Film Preservation Foundation: Film Notes. 2009. http://www.filmpreservation.org/userfiles/image/pdfs/muttjeff_hanna.pdf INVITED TALKS AND LECTURES Cult Television and The Prisoner. Guest Lecture. University of Michigan. Department of Screen Arts & Cultures: Television Genres. April 1, 2013. From the Sewers to the Mainstream: New Line and Franchise Filmmaking. Guest Lecture. University of Michigan. Department of Screen Arts & Cultures: New Line and New Hollywood. February 11 & 13, 2013. Canadian Television History. Guest Lecture. University of Michigan. Department of Screen Arts & Cultures: Television History. December 8, 2009. 2
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS 2015 Selling Star Wars: Hollywood, Comic-Con, and Grassroots Marketing. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Montreal, QU, CA. March 25-29. (Paper accepted, but unable to attend.) 2014 Discussant, Attending Media Industry Events Workshop. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Seattle, WA. March 19-23. 2013 Above, Below, and In the Line: Hierarchies of Labor and Power at Comic-Con. Cultural Studies Association Conference. Chicago, IL. May 23-26. (Paper accepted, but unable to attend.) 2012 Scott Pilgrim vs. Comic-Con: Power, Labor, and Promotional Space. Film Studies Association of Canada. Kitchener-Waterloo, ON, CA. May 30-June 1. 2011 Be Selling You : The Prisoner as Cult and Commodity. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. New Orleans, LA. March 10-13. 2010 Discussant, Comics Across Media. Flow Conference. University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. September 30-October 2. Comic-Con, Where Fans and Producers Make Media Industries. Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Los Angeles, CA. March 17-21. 2009 Rebooting Hollywood and Re-Imagining the Blockbuster. What is Film? Change and Continuity in the 21 st Century. University of Oregon/Turnbull Center, Portland, OR. November 6-7. 2006 She Saved the World. A Lot. : Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Myth. The Slayage Conference on the Whedonverse. Gordon College, Barnesville, GA. May 26-28. 3
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS Rackham School of Graduate Studies Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan (2014) Rackham School of Graduate Studies Research Grant, University of Michigan (2013) Screen Arts & Cultures Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan (2013) Rackham School of Graduate Studies Humanities Research Fellowship, University of Michigan (2012) Screen Arts & Cultures Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan (2012) Rackham School of Graduate Studies Research Grant, University of Michigan (2011) Screen Arts & Cultures Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan (2011) Screen Arts & Cultures Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan (2010) Screen Arts & Cultures Summer Research Grant, University of Michigan (2009) Rackham School of Graduate Studies Support Fellowship, University of Michigan (2008-2009) Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2008; declined) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (2006-2007) MA Entrance Scholarship, York University (2005) Dean s Honor Roll, York University (2003) Faculty of Arts Academic Achievement List, York University (2001) BA Entrance Scholarship, York University (1999) PRESS (AS INTERVIEWEE) Chris Berg. How and Why Marvel Found Success in Complex Storytelling. Daily Emerald. April 24, 2015. http://www.dailyemerald.com/2015/04/24/berg-how-and-why-marvel-foundsuccess-in-complex-storytelling/ U-M Lecturer Explains Comic-Con, Geek Culture. U-M Alumni Association Newsletter. July 2014. http://alumni.umich.edu/about/news-features/u-m-professor-explains-comic-con-geekculture 4
COURSES TAUGHT University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication How to Watch TV (Fall 2015) U.S. Film Industry (Spring 2015, Fall 2015; Online: Fall 2014, Spring 2015) Cult Media (Winter 2015) Gender, Media, and Diversity (Winter 2015) Understanding Media (Fall 2014) University of Michigan, Department of Screen Arts & Cultures As Instructor of Record Classical Film Theory (Summer 2014, Summer 2013) As Graduate Teaching Instructor Contemporary Film Theory (Fall 2013, Fall 2012) New Line and New Hollywood Cinema (Winter 2013) The Art of Film (Fall 2011, Fall 2010) Film History, 1960 to the Present (Winter 2011) TV Theory (Winter 2010) Digital Media Theory (Winter 2010) American Television History (Fall 2009) York University, Department of Film As Teaching Assistant Film Art: An Introduction (2206-2007) Intro to Film for Non-Majors (2205-2006) RESEARCH Research Assistant: Professor Sheila C. Murphy, University of Michigan, Department of Screen Arts & Cultures, 2009-2010. Assisted in the research and preparation of bibliographic materials and manuscript for the book How Television Invented New Media. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2011. SERVICE Media Studies, University of Oregon Part of working group to review and revise J201 Media and Society, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon (2015-) 5
Part of working group to review and revise J209 Understanding Media, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon (2014-2015) University of Michigan President: Graduate Students Association, Department of Screen Arts & Cultures, University of Michigan (2011-2012) Graduate Student Representative: Department of Screen Arts & Cultures, University of Michigan (2009-2010) Founding Member: Graduate Students Association, Department of Screen Arts & Cultures, University of Michigan (2008) York University Film Studies Stream Representative: Film Graduate Students Alliance, Department of Film, York University (2005-2006) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Society for Cinema and Media Studies (Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group) Film Studies Association of Canada 6