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Tanya Zuk

Title: Lecturer

Department: Media Arts

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

MRTS 1330.001Foundations of Media ArtsSpring 2025
MRTS 1330.002Foundations of Media ArtsSpring 2025 Syllabus
MRTS 3996.001Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceSpring 2025
MRTS 5400.001Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2025
MRTS 4900.720Special ProblemsSpring 2025
MRTS 5900.720Special ProblemsSpring 2025
MRTS 4410.001Topics in Digital Media StudiesSpring 2025 Syllabus
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.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

MRTS 5120.001Critical Cultural Media TheoryFall 2024 SPOT
MRTS 1330.001Foundations of Media ArtsFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 1330.002Foundations of Media ArtsFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 3996.720Honors College Mentored Research ExperienceFall 2024
MRTS 5400.002Media Studies SeminarsFall 2024 SPOT
MRTS 4410.002Topics in Digital Media StudiesFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4215.001British Cinema and TelevisionSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5215.001British Cinema and TelevisionSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 1330.001Foundations of Media ArtsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 1330.002Foundations of Media ArtsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5400.001Media Studies SeminarsSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 4410.001Topics in Digital Media StudiesSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 5120.001Critical Cultural Media TheoryFall 2023 SPOT
MRTS 1330.001Foundations of Media ArtsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MRTS 1330.002Foundations of Media ArtsFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
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 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.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Fellowship

  • Zuk, T.D. (Principal), "Provost Dissertation Fellowship," sponsored by Georgia State University, Other, $18000 Funded. (2019 - 2020).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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  • Overall Summative Rating (median):
    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
  • Challenge and Engagement Index:
    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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