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Mr. Travis J. Sutton

Senior Lecturer

University of North Texas

Department of Media Arts

Email: Travis.Sutton@unt.edu

Education

  • Certificate, Texas A&M University, 2015
    Major: Film Studies
  • Certificate, Texas A&M University, 2015
    Major: Women and Gender Studies
  • MA, University of North Texas, 2009
    Major: Radio, Television and Film
    Dissertation: "'According to Their Wills and Pleasures": The Sexual Stereotyping of Mormon Men in American Film and Television.
  • BA, Brigham Young University, 2004
    Major: Media Arts
  • AS, Utah Valley State College, 2002
    Major: General Academic Studies

Professional Memberships

  • The Society for Cinema and Media Studies. (2010 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • MRTS 1320 - Introduction to Film Studies, 18 courses.
  • MRTS 3470 - International Film History to 1945, 9 courses.
  • MRTS 3475 - International Film History from 1945, 9 courses.
  • MRTS 3610 - Film and Television Analysis, 18 courses.
  • MRTS 4230 - Affect, Emotion and the Movies, 1 course.
  • MRTS 4240 - Hitchcock Films, 2 courses.
  • MRTS 4415 - Topics in Film and Television Studies, 7 courses.
  • MRTS 4540 - Lesbian, Gay and Queer Film and Video, 2 courses.
  • MRTS 4951 - Honors College Capstone Thesis, 1 course.
  • MRTS 5515 - Media Genres and Authors, 2 courses.
  • RTVF 1320 - Perspectives on Film, 3 courses.
  • RTVF 3470 - Film History to 1945, 1 course.
  • RTVF 3475 - Film History from 1945, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Blinn College, DRAM 2366 Introduction to Motion Picture Arts, 2013.
  • Texas A&M University, ENGL 203 Introduction to Literature, 2012.
  • Texas A&M University, ENGL 301 Technical Writing, 2012.
  • Texas A&M University, ENGL 104 Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric, 2011.
  • Southern Methodist University, CTV 2362 Diversity and American Film: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, 2010.

Directed Student Learning

  • Undergraduate Honors Thesis, "Examining the 2020 Academy Award Representation and Inclusion Standards for Oscars Eligibility in Increasing Diversity Amongst Oscar Nominations and its Cultural Impact on the Future of Filmmaking," Media Arts. (August 26, 2021 - December 3, 2021).

Awards and Honors

  • Membership, Phi Kappa Phi. (2008).
  • Graduate Academic Excellence in Radio, Television, Film Award, University of North Texas. (2007).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Harry Benshoff. (2014). "Avenging the Body: Disability in the Horror Film". A Companion to the Horror Film. Hoboken, NJ, Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Harry Benshoff, Aviva Briefel, Sam Miller. (2012). "'Forever Family' Values: Twilight (2008) and the Modern Mormon Vampire". Horror after 9/11. Austin, TX, University of Texas.

Presentations Given

    Lecture

  • Sutton, T.J. (Presenter), ENGL 392: Studies in Literature, Religion, and Culture, Early Mormon Cinema, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States of America. (2013).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Sutton, T.J. (Panelist), Texas Film Festival 2012, Screening of Melancholia (2011), Texas A&M University Film Studies, College Station, TX, United States of America. (2012).

    • Paper

  • Sutton, T.J. (Author & Presenter), Annual Conference, "'Forever Family' Values: Twilight (2008) and the Modern Mormon Vampire.", Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America. (2010).
  • Sutton, T.J. (Author & Presenter), Deaf Studies Today, "To the Point of Exclusion: Balancing Lorenza Mazzetti's Together between Deaf and Hearing Communities, Utah Valley State College, Orem, UT, United States of America. (2008).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Sutton, T.J., "Graduate Achievement Grant," sponsored by Texas A&M University, Other, Funded. (2012).
  • Sutton, T.J., "Graduate Achievement Grant," sponsored by Texas A&M University, Other, Funded. ( - 2014).
  • Sutton, T.J., "Professional Supplemental Travel Grant," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, Funded. ( - 2008).

Service

University Service

  • Faculty Advisor, Department of Media Arts. (August 2023 - Present).
  • Co-Chair, Media Arts Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (August 29, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Media Arts Awards and Events Committee. (2019 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Media Arts Personnel Affairs Committee. (2022 - 2023).
  • Committee Member, Media Arts Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (2020 - 2022).
  • Faculty Advisor, Department of Media Arts. (August 2018 - August 2021).
  • Committee Member, Media Arts Personnel Affairs Committee. (August 2018 - August 2021).
  • Faculty Advisor, The Short Film Club. (2018 - 2020).
  • Committee Member, Media Arts Awards and Events Committee. (2017 - 2018).
  • Other (Treasurer), English Graduate Student Association. (2012 - 2013).