Faculty Profile

Tanya Zuk

Tanya Zuk

Title
Lecturer
Department
Media Arts
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Georgia State University, 2022. 
Major: Communication - Film
Degree Specialization: Moving Image Studies





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
No current or future courses scheduled.


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MRTS 4215.001, British Cinema and Television, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5215.001, British Cinema and Television, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 1330.001, Foundations of Media Arts, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 1330.002, Foundations of Media Arts, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5400.001, Media Studies Seminars, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 4410.001, Topics in Digital Media Studies, Spring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 5120.001, Critical Cultural Media Theory, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 1330.001, Foundations of Media Arts, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MRTS 1330.002, Foundations of Media Arts, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Book
Zuk, T. D., Mizejewski, L.  (2021). Our Blessed Rebel Queen: Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia. 
Book Chapter
Zuk, T. D. (2014). Where Are the Web Shows?. It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon. 128-139. McFarland Publishing. 
Zuk, T. D. (2013). Art Spiegelman & Maus. ,” Icons of the American Comic Book: from Captain America to Wonder Woman. 472-478; 698-707. ABC-CLIO. 
Book Review
Zuk, T. D. (2020). Review of "Only at Comic-Con: Hollywood, Fans, and the Limits of Exclusivity" by Erin Hanna. Other. 7(2), . https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mij/15031809.0007.208/--book-review-only-at-comic-con-hollywood-fans-and-the-limits?rgn=main;view=fulltext;q1=ONly+at+comic-con
Journal Article
Zuk, T. D. (2022). Queering the Unseen Character: Remediation and Radical Ambiguity in Welcome to Night Vale. Other. 3(2), . University of California Press. https://online.ucpress.edu/res/article-abstract/3/2/163/185522/Queering-the-Unseen-CharacterRemediation-and?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Zuk, T. D. (2017). Coming Out on Grey’s Anatomy: Industrial Scandal, Constructing a Lesbian Storyline, and Fan Action. Other. 24, . https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/980
Zuk, T. D. (2014). Proud Mormon Polygamist:’ Assimilation, Popular Memory, and the Mormon Churches in Big Love. Other. 26(1), 93-106. The University of Toronto Press. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
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Fellowship   
Zuk, T. D. (Principal), "Provost Dissertation Fellowship," Sponsored by Georgia State University, Other, $18000 Funded. (July 1, 2019 – May 31, 2020).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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