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Marnie Pratt, Ph.D., Online instructor, joint appointment with American Culture Studies.  Dr. Pratt has been involved with the Women’s Studies Program since 2004.  Her research interests include LGBTQ cultural histories and theories, popular culture (with an emphasis on film, television, and music), media/new media studies, celebrity, fandom, and consumer culture. 

Education:  Ph.D. American Culture Studies, BGSU, 2008; Women’s Studies Graduate Certificate, BGSU, 2006; M.A. American Culture Studies, BGSU, 2004; B.A. Art, Carroll College, 1996. 

Courses Taught:  Introduction to Women’s Studies; Women, Art, and Culture; Gender and Media; LGBT Culture; Introduction to American Culture Studies; and Cultural Pluralism in the U.S. 

Recent Publications/Presentations:

Publications-
“‘This is the Way We Live…and Love!’:  Feeding on and Still Hungering for Lesbian Representation in The L Word.”  Televising Queer Women: A Reader.  Ed. Rebecca Beirne. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 

“Don’t I Know You From Somewhere?:  Exploring the Historicity of Celebrity and Functions of Race in The L Word.”  Battleground States: Scholarship in Contemporary America.  Eds. Michael Lupro, Steven Swanson, and Sarah Tebbe.  London: Cambridge Scholars Publications, 2007. 

Presentations-
“Trashy, Trivial, and Testimony: Lesbian Investments in Representation from Pulp Novels to The L Word.”  National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2007.

“Achtung Bono:  New Celebrity Activist Model or Same Old Song and Dance.”  Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2006.

“TVs on TV: Gender Subversion and Reinscription in Popular Culture.”  Battleground States: Scholarship in a Time of Crisis Conference, Bowling Green, OH, March 2006.

Email:  mpratt@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Updated: 08/05/18