katherine e. morrissey
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI), Ph.D., 2016
English (Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies)
Georgetown University (Washington, DC), M.A., 2008
Communication, Culture, and Technology
Emerson College (Boston, MA), B.A. 2000
Writing, Literature and Publishing, Cum Laude, Dean’s List
ACADEMIC POSTS
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), 2010 – present
Assistant Professor, English Department (Film & Media Studies)
San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA), 2018 – 2020
Assistant Professor, School of Cinema (Cinema Studies)
University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), 2017 – 2018
Lecturer, College of Communication & Information
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY), 2014 – 2017
Visiting Assistant Professor, English Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI), 2009 – 2014
Film Studies Instructor & College Writing Instructor, English Department
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Publications
“(Media) Fandom is Not a Noun” The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom, 2nd Edition. Eds. Melissa A. Click and Suzanne Scott. New York: Routledge. [Forthcoming, 2024.]
Nicholas Proferes and Katherine Morrissey. “Lost in the ‘Dash:’ Content, Customization, and Community on Tumblr.” A Tumblr Book. Eds. Allison McKraken, Alexander Cho, Louisa Stein and Indira Neill Hoch. University of Michigan Press, 2020.
“Vidding and/as Pedagogy.“ The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom. Eds. Melissa A. Click and Suzanne Scott. New York: Routledge, 2017.
Corey Creekmur, Melanie Kohnen, Jonathan McIntosh, Lori Morimoto and Katherine Morrissey. “Roundtable: Videographic Criticism, Vidding, and Remix.” Mods. Suzanne Scott and Louisa Stein. Cinema Journal, vol. 56 no. 4, 2017, pp. 159-184.
“Gender and Fandom.“ The Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender. Eds. Elizabeth Kaplan, Patrice Petro, Kristin Hole and Dijana Jelača. New York: Routledge, 2016.
“Steamy, Spicy, Sensual: Tracing the Cycles of Erotic Romance.“ Shattering Releases: The Pleasure and Politics of Popular Erotic Fiction. Ed. Kristen Phillips. Jefferson: McFarland & Co., 2015.
“Rattling the Toolkit: Methods for Reading Romance, Gender, and Culture.“ Journal for Popular Romance Studies. 4.1. (2014) 1-17.
“Fifty Shades of Remix: The Shared Pleasures of Commercial and Fan Romances.“ Journal for Popular Romance Studies. 4.1. (2014) 1-17.
“Fan/dom: People, Practices, and Networks.“ Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 14, 2013
Refereed Proceedings
“Fandom Problems: Networks of Practice, Digital Publishing, and the Dilemmas of Fans Going Pro.” Association of Internet Researchers. Phoenix, AZ. October 2015.
Non-refereed Publications
“From Crazy Rich Asians to Netflix: The ‘Rebirth’ of Romantic Comedies, part 2.“ Flow.tv, 26.04, 2020.
“From Crazy Rich Asians to Netflix: The ‘Rebirth’ of Romantic Comedies.“ Flow.tv, 26.02, 2019.
“Stop Teaching, Software Start Teaching Software Literacy.“ Flow.tv, no. 22, 2015.
Reviews
“Transmedia Storytelling & the New Era of Media Convergence in Higher Education by Stavroula Kalogeras.” Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 20, 2015.
“Archive of Our Own.” Popular Romance Project. 26 Nov. 2013.
Digital Projects
Digital Project Teaching Resources (ongoing).
Fandom Then/Now (2014).
GRANTS & AWARDS
Internal: Arizona State University
Institute for Humanities Research Fellows Program (2022-2023)
Internal: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Provost’s/UWM Libraries Scholar Award (2014)
UWM English Department’s Teaching Excellence Award (Finalist, 2014)
Lesson Study Project Grant (with Drs. Rachel Baum, Shelleen Greene & Stuart Moulthrop) (2014)
UW-Milwaukee Golda Meir Library Scholar Fellowship (Finalist, 2013)
UW-Milwaukee James A. Sappenfield Fellowship (2012, 2011)
UW-Milwaukee Chancellor’s Award (2009)
External
HASTAC Graduate Scholars Program (2014-2015)
PCA/ACA Kathleen Gilles Seidel Travel Grant (2014)
International Society for Popular Romance/Romance Writers of America Travel Grant (2012)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Premium Cable’s (Formerly?) Unromantic Tastes.” Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS). Boston, MA. March 2024.
“#QueerBookTok’s Reading Networks: Who gets to read and write LGBTQ+ Romance?” International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR). Birmingham, UK. June 2023. 23.
“The Disintegration of Media Fandom.” Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism. Calgary, Canada. June 2023.
“‘Romance Readers, Are You Okay?’ Hot Takes and Queer Desire on #BookTok.” SCMS. Denver, CO. April 2023.
“From Sla/sh to #Ship: An Archive of Our Own and the Restructuring of Fan Networks.” Console-ing Passions. Orlando, Florida. June 2022. 20.
“Digitizing Romance: From a Charmed Circle of Norms to Competing Hierarchies for Love and Desire.” SCMS. Virtual. April 2022.
“The Death of Slash.” Fan Studies Network North America (FSN-NA). Chicago, IL. October 2019.
“The Unbearable Whiteness of the Rom-Com.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA). Washington D.C., April 2019.
“Slash Practices” (Roundtable). Fan Scholar Salon 2019. USC. Los Angeles, CA. February 2019.
“Vidding Challenge: Remix Your Discipline.” Fan Studies Network North America (FSN-NA). Chicago, IL. October 2018.
“Seen and Unseen: Female Nudity on HBO’s Girls and Insecure.” Society for Cinema & Media Studies (SCMS). Toronto, CA. March 2018.
“Platforms that Matter: Fans and Digital Spaces.” HASTAC. Orlando, FL. November 2017.
“Digital Romance: Crowdfunding & Multiplatform Love Stories.” PCA/ACA. San Diego, CA, April 2017.
“‘Quality’ Sex: Packaging Female Desire for Premium Cable.” SCMS. Chicago, IL, March 2017.
“Podcasts & Convergent Digital Media.” Flow. Austin, TX, September 2016.
“Fairly Using and Reusing: Remixing Copyright in the Digital Classroom.” Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism. Notre Dame, Indiana, June 2016.
“Keeping It Classy: Studying Sex and Romance.” International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (IASPR). Salt Lake City, Utah. June 2016.
“Modular Love: The Contemporary Hyper-Romance Comedy.” SCMS. Atlanta, Georgia, March 2016.
“Fandom Problems: Networks of Practice, Digital Publishing, and the Dilemmas of Fans Going Pro.” Association of Internet Researchers. Phoenix, Arizona, October 2015.
“From Derivative to Transformative: Making Remix and Vidding Practices Matter In Our Classrooms.” Console-ing Passions. Dublin, Ireland, June 2015.
“Love and Plurality: Ensemble Casting and Modularity in Contemporary Rom-Coms.” PCA/ACA. New Orleans, LA, April 2015.
“‘Reading the Romance’ Turns Thirty: A Roundtable Discussion with Janice Radway.” PCA/ACA. Chicago, IL, April 2014.
“Erotic Romance 2.0: The (Re)Emergence of the Erotic in Commercial Romance.” PCA/ACA. Chicago, IL, April 2014.
“Rise of Bridezilla: Reveling in Love’s Discontents.” SCMS. Seattle, WA, March 2014.
“Saying Yes!: Romance and Reality in Wedding TV.” PCA/ACA. Washington, D.C., March 2013.
“Fifty Shades of Remix: The Shared Pleasures of Commercial and Fan Romances.” IASPR. York, UK. October 2012.
“‘He Learned a Lesson… I Got an Education’: Female Desire in The Red Shoe Diaries.” Midwestern Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (MPCA/ACA), Milwaukee, WI, October 2011.
“Sex and the City’s Ambivalent Women.” Midwestern Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. Milwaukee, WI. February 2011.
“Fen Responses to Fan Research: Methods of Participation and Engagement.” MPCA/ACA. Minneapolis, MN. October 2010.
INVITED
“Feminist Open Access and Internet Publishing” (Respondent). Berkeley Center for New Media. Berkeley, CA. March 12, 2020.
POSTERS/WORKSHOPS
“How to Talk About Media (When you’re not quite sure how): A Workshop.”PCA/ACA. Washington D.C., April 2019.
“WordPress 101.” THATCamp Bootcamp. Milwaukee, WI. May 2014.
“Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age.” Center for Instructional and Professional Development Workshop. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI. November 2013.
“Zotero 101: Collect, Organize, Cite, Sync.” Technology/Pedagogy Workshop. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, WI. March 2012.
“ecomp: Creating a Collaborative Space for Composition Teachers,” (poster session and web demo co-produced with Jay Johnson). Marquette/UWM First-Year Composition Conference. Milwaukee, WI. December 2009.
MEDIA PRESENCE
“‘Harry Potter for Adults’: Netflix Lures ‘Bridgerton’ Fans With Live Events.” New York Times. March 22, 2022.
“Has The Rom-Com Been ‘Reborn’ Or Has It Never Gone Away?” Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio. February 6, 2020.
PUBLIC TALKS
Facilitator. “Friday Night Films: Roman Holiday.” Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. March 24, 2023.
Facilitator. “Friday Night Films: Metropolis.” Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. January 28, 2022.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Film & Media Studies, Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), 2020 – present
Introduction to Film & Media Studies (FMS 100)
Introduction to New Media (FMS 110)
Film History (FMS 200)
Television Studies (FMS 300)
Media Genres: Screening Desire (FMS 360)
Special Topics: Fans, Audiences, & Participatory Culture (FMS 394)
Online Course Development
Introduction to Film & Media Studies (FMS 100)
Television Studies (FMS 300)
Media, Technology, Society (FMS 598)
Assistant Professor, School of Cinema, San Francisco State University (San Francisco, CA), 2018 – 2020
Introduction to Cinema Studies (CINE 200)
Writing About Cinema (CINE 303GW)
Gender and Film: Screening Female Desire (CINE 304)
Representation & Narration of Sexuality in Hollywood Cinema (CINE 332)
History and Film: Digital and Transmedia Revolution (CINE 507)
Race, Sex, and Identity Online (CINE 541)
Film Theory: The Real and the Virtual (CINE 572)
Cinema and Cultural Studies (CINE 748)
Lecturer, College of Communication and Information, University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY), 2017 – 2018
Accelerated Composition & Communication (CIS 112)
Composition & Communication Part II (CIS 111)
Visiting Assistant Professor, English Department, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY), 2014 – 2017
Digital Creative Writing Workshop: Remix (ENG 389, hybrid course)
Future of Writing (ENG 150)
Literary & Cultural Studies: Participatory Culture (ENG 210)
Literary & Cultural Studies: Reading/Screening Desire (ENG 210)
Storytelling Across Media (ENG 375, taught online and off)
Text and Code (ENG 215, taught online and off)
English Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI), 2009 – 2014
Film Studies & College Writing Instructor
Bad Romance: Romance Genres Across Media (FS 212)
Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (FS 111, online course)
Introduction to College Writing (ENG 101)
Introduction to Television Studies (FS 291, online course)
Participatory Culture: Audiences, Viewers, and Fans (FS 212)
Teaching Assistant
Cinema and Digital Culture (FS 312, online course)
Entertainment Arts: Film, Television, and the Internet (FS 111)
Film History Part 1: 1895-1945 (FS/AH 205)
Gotemba Minami High School (Gotemba City, Shizuoka, Japan), 2008 – 2009
Assistant Language Teacher with Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Program
Teaching Assistant, Communication, Culture & Technology, Georgetown University, 2007 – 2008
Introduction to Communication, Culture, and Technology (CCT 698)
Researching the Visual: Theory, Method and Practice (CCT 505)
TEACHING INTERESTS
Media Studies (Film, Television & Digital Studies); Cultural Studies; Participatory & Digital Culture; Gender & Sexuality Studies; Audience & Fan Studies; Popular Romance Studies; Genre Studies; Digital Humanities; Composition & Digital Production
UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND DEPARTMENT SERVICE
Arizona State University
Events Committee, English Department (2023 – 2024) CARE Committee, English Department (2022 – 2023) Events Committee, English Department (2021 – 2022)
San Francisco State University
Search Committee: Endowed Chair in Social Justice Filmmaking, School of Cinema, SFSU (2019 – 2020)
7th Cycle Program Review Committee, School of Cinema, SFSU (2019 – 2020)
Communications Committee, School of Cinema, SFSU (2019 – 2020)
Film Finals Committee, School of Cinema, SFSU (2019 – 2020, 2018-2019)
Assessment Committee, School of Cinema, SFSU (2018 – 2019)
Curriculum Committee, School of Cinema, SFSU (2018 – 2019)
Web & Social Media Committee, School of Cinema, SFSU (2018 – 2019)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Marketing Committee, English Department, RIT (2015 – 2017)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Elected Representative, Graduate Policy Committee, English Department, UW-Milwaukee (Spring 2014)
Elected Representative, Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC), UW-Milwaukee (2013 – 2014)
Elected Chair, Special Projects Committee, GSAC, UW-Milwaukee (2013 – 2014)
Student Representative: Media, Cinema & Digital Studies, English Department, UW-Milwaukee (2011 – 2014)
Member, Think Make Digital, Center for 21st Century Studies/Digital Arts & Culture Research Workshop (2011 – 2013)
Organizing Committee, Midwest Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, UW-Milwaukee (2010 – 2014)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board, Journal for Popular Romance Studies 2023 – present
Communication Officer, International Association for the Study of Popular Romance 2022 – 2023
Book Review Editor, Transformative Works and Cultures 2015 – 2022
Co-Vice President, International Association for the Study of Popular Romance 2016 – 2021
Co-Founder/Conference Organizer, Scholar Fan Salon (USC, Los Angeles, CA) 2017 – 2019
Webmaster, Media Literacy & Pedagogical Outreach Group, SCMS (elected) 2016 – 2018
Co-Director, Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop, HASTAC.org 2014 – 2016
Graduate Student Representative, Media Literacy & Pedagogical Outreach Group, SCMS 2014 – 2016
Co-Web Manager, International Association for the Study of Popular Romance 2011 – 2016
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lab Assistant, UWM Libraries Digital Humanities Lab, UW-Milwaukee (Spring 2014)
Project Assistant, Digital Arts and Culture Certificate Program, UW-Milwaukee (Spring 2014)
Web Production Assistant, University Information & Technology Services, Georgetown University (2007 – 2009)
Writer/Editor, Georgetown Research News Magazine, Georgetown University (2006 – 2007)
Marketing Associate, External Affairs Department, Boston Center for Adult Education (2004 – 2006)
Communications Coordinator, External Affairs Department, YWCA Boston (2001 – 2004)
Served on: Marketing Task Force, Regional Branding Rollout Committee
Programming Assistant, Department of Programs & Advocacy, YWCA Boston (2000 – November)
Served on: Staff Racial Justice Committee. Employee Recognition Award, Spring 2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Association of Internet Researchers
FemBot Collective & FemTechNet
International Association for the Study of Popular Romance
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
Society for Cinema and Media Studies
DIGITAL SKILLS
Web Design (HTML, CSS, WordPress)
Digital Storytelling (Twine, Scalar)
Design for Web & Print (Adobe CS: Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, AcrobatPro)
Video & Audio Editing (Premiere, iMovie, MovieMaker, Camtasia, WeVideo, Audition, Audacity)