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Susan McLeland 2607 Zach Scott Street Austin, Texas 78723 512/663-9262 [email protected] Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, Radio/Television/Film, 1996 Teaching Experience: University of Texas at Austin: Lecturer – teaching graduate courses in pedagogy for the College of Communication from 2000-2014; undergraduate courses in media history, theory, and screenwriting, 1996-2017. Publications include: “Roseanne, Roseanne, Reality, and Domestic Comedy,” in The Sitcom Reader, 2nd Ed., ed. Laura Linder and Mary Dalton, Albany: SUNY Press, 2016. “Mary Tyler Moore,” “Grant Tinker,” “Ted Turner” and “Barbara Walters,” in The Encyclopedia of Television, Vol. I and II, ed. Horace Newcomb. (Chicago: Museum of Broadcast Communications, 1997, 2005). “Barbarella Goes Radical: Hanoi Jane and the American Popular Press,” in Headline Hollywood: A Century of Film Scandal, ed. Adrienne L. McLean and David A. Cook. (New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Press, 2001.) Selected Conference Presentations: “’Why Jump the Shark when You Can Rape It?’ Game of Thrones, Online Fans and Sexual Violence,” 2015 Reception Studies Society Conference, IUPUI, Fort Wayne, Indiana. “WARNING: SPOILER ALERT: Talking about Television in the Era of Asynchronous Viewing,” at 2013 Reception Studies Society Conference, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “DeadWife’s in the Pimp Spot: Reading American Idol through Extratextual Discourses,” at 2009 Reception Studies Society Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. “Brangelina v. Team Aniston: Images as Weapons in the Battle for Public Opinion,” at A Thousand Words: Visual Culture and the Humanities Conference at the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, Texas A&M University, 2006. Other Work Experience: Diversity Training Facilitator, Anti-Defamation League, 2010-present Assistant Guest Curator, “Dallas: Passion and Power on Primetime TV,” an exhibit commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the television show Dallas at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, May 31-September 14, 2008. Executive Producer, “Southfork Pilgrims” documentary for the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, 2007-2008. Producer, “Sweetbrush,” “Tom Miller Dam,” “Enfield Development,” “Brackenridge Tract,” “Index,” Austin Past and Present CD-ROM documentary project. Executive Producer, Karen Kocher in association with the Austin History Center, 2004-05. .

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