Mr. Travis J. Sutton
University of North Texas
Media Arts
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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 Title: "'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, 8 courses.
MRTS 3475, International Film History from 1945, 8 courses.
MRTS 3610, Film and Television Analysis, 16 courses.
MRTS 4230, Affect, Emotion and the Movies, 1 course.
MRTS 4240, Hitchcock Films, 1 course.
MRTS 4415, Topics in Film and Television Studies, 7 courses.
MRTS 4540, Lesbian, Gay and Queer Film and Video, 1 course.
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, Introduction to Motion Picture Arts, DRAM 2366, 2013.

Texas A&M University, Introduction to Literature, ENGL 203, 2012.

Texas A&M University, Technical Writing, ENGL 301, 2012.

Texas A&M University, Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric, ENGL 104, 2011.

Southern Methodist University, Diversity and American Film: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality, CTV 2362, 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).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Sutton, T. J. (2014). "Avenging the Body: Disability in the Horror Film". A Companion to the Horror Film. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
Sutton, T. J. (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 and Sponsored Research

Grant - Research
Sutton, T. J., "Graduate Achievement Grant," Sponsored by Texas A&M University, Other, Funded. (2012 – Present).
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).

Awards and Honors

Membership, Phi Kappa Phi. (2008 – Present).

Graduate Academic Excellence in Radio, Television, Film Award, University of North Texas. (2007 – 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, English Graduate Student Association. (2012 – 2013).