Matt Diebler, “The Models of Empowered Femininity We Offer Young Boys: American Animated Action Teams and the Token Female,” Spring 2007.

Tony McCosham, “’This is Generally Followed by a Blackout’: Power, Resistance, and Carnivalesque in Television Sketch Comedy,” Spring 2007.

Rebecca E. Dawson, “And Starring as Himself: Cultural Context and Images of Jesus in North American Film,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2007.

Gavin Mueller, “Ghettotech: Racialized Authenticity in Detroit Dance Music,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2007.

Claire Folkins, “Disney Starlets and the Feminine Girl Fantasy,” Department of Popular Culture, Spring Semester 2006.

Christopher Martin, “’We Feed off Each Other’: Phenomenological Embodiment and Listener Receptivity of Nirvana’s In Utero,” Department of Popular Culture, Spring Semester 2006.

Sarah Gothie, “‘Great Minds Start Little’: Unpacking the Baby Einstein Phenomenon,” Spring 2006.

Matthew Aslaksen, “Middle Class Music in Suburban Nowhere Land: Emo and the Performance of Masculinity,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2006.

Celina-Beth Meyers, “Romance and Identity: A Feminist Analysis of Felicity and Dawson’s Creek,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2006.

Kristen Moore, “The Grim Reaper, Working Stiff: The Man, the Myth, the Everyday,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2006.

Adam C. Murdough, “Myth, Metatext, and Commercial Constructions of Cataclysm in DC Comics’ Crisis on Infinite Earths,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2006.

Lisa Elliott, “Remaking Dawn of the Dead and The Stepford Wives,” Spring 2005.

Cristen Blanding, “Interracial Romance Novels and the Resolution of Racial Difference,” Department of Popular Culture, Fall Semester 2005.

Gian A. Bruno, “The Evolving Gay Television Character: An Analysis of Gay and Lesbian Representation within the Situation Comedy Genre,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 2004.

Mark Dolan, “Study of Cultural Effects of Commodification on the Alternative Music Community,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 1998.

Brenda Fite, “Ellen: R/Evolution of the Sitcom,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 1998.

Jesse J. Scott, “Diseased Language: Black Popular Music in 12 Monkeys,” Department of Popular Culture, Summer 1998.

Leigh P. Hallisey, “Decades of Decadence: Aaron Spelling as Television Auteur,” Department of Popular Culture, Spring Semester 1997.

Patricia Kim, “‘The Words We've Heard and the Music We Play’: Media and Group Dynamics in the Britpop Subculture,” Department of Popular Culture, Spring Semester 1997.

Jennifer C. Waits, “Fantastic Reality: The Blurring of Leisure and Work Space on MTV's The Real World and Road Rules,” Department of Popular Culture, Spring Semester 1997.

Julio Rodriguez, “SportsCenter: Audience as Subculture,” Department of Popular Culture, Fall Semester 1996.

Cliff Z. Samaniego, “Digital Sampling and Cultural Resistance in Rap Music,” Department of Popular Culture, Fall Semester 1996.

Travis Cunningham, “‘Beavis,’ ‘Butt-Head’ and You: American Television Today,” Department of Popular Culture, Fall Semester 1994.

Morrella Raleigh, “Riot Grrrls and Revolution,” Department of Popular Culture, Spring Semester 1994.

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