Education
- BA: Telecom & Film, Eastern Michigan University, 1995
- MA: Media Arts & Studies, Wayne State University, 2002
- PhD: Media Arts & Studies, Wayne State University, 2011
Specialties/Areas of Interest
- Political Economy of Media
- Genre Studies (particularly horror, cult, and exploitation cinema with a global emphasis)
- Film History and Historiography
- Media Literacy
- Social Media
- Classic and Contemporary Television
- Film & Video Production
- Screenwriting
- Media History, Aesthetics & Theory
- Documentary Film
- Film Music
- Popular Culture
Research, Publications, & Presentations
Research & Publications
- German Popular Cinema and the Rialto Krimi Phenomenon Dark Eyes of London Rowman & Littlefield 2022
- “Hallo, hier spricht Jess Franco: How Franco Recoded the Krimi.” The Films of Jess Franco Wayne State University Press 2018
- Sex, Sadism, Spain, and Cinema: The Spanish Horror Film. Rowman & Littlefield 2015
- "Identity Crisis: Imperialist Vampires in Japan?" Draculas, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms: Essays on Gender, Race and Culture. Eds: Kay Picart and John Edgar Browning Rowman & Littlefield 2009
