Additional Research Interests
Can't find the work you're looking for on the other area pages? On this page, you can find some of the amazing scholars who are working on various additional topics, all related to Disney!
Aaron Settipane
Pronouns:
He/Him
Institution:
University of Southern California
Position:
Adjunct Lecturer
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Princesses, Live Action, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney corporate culture and operations in studios, theme parks, Imagineering and corporate
Amy Davis
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
University of Hull
Position:
Lecturer
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Sexuality, Other
@DrAmyMDavis
Additional Research Expertise:
Walt Disney
Anna Zsubori
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney Audiences, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race
@DrAnnaZsubori
Additional Research Expertise:
My research and teaching incorporate the study of young people’s understanding of their self-image through their perception of Disney Princesses, and thus my work is strongly linked to audience, communication, cultural, film, gender, and media studies, cultural theory and sociology, while examining participants’ sociocultural construction of identity. My doctoral research explores the heterogeneity of the diverse audiences through the participants’ ambivalent and sometimes even contradictory ideas about their identity. My study combines diverse and innovative research methods, such as textual (thematic) analysis of the interviews and visual (semiotic) examination of Eastern European tween’s drawings and building blocks, and the broader contextual investigation of the sessions with Hungarian young people by using NVivo.
Audrey Louckx
Pronouns:
She her
Institution:
UMONS / University of Mons
Position:
Associate Professor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Adaptation, Remakes & Reboots
Bethan Jones
Pronouns:
She/her/hers
Institution:
University of York
Position:
Research Associate
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Research Expertise:
Other
Twitter: @memories_child
Additional Research Expertise:
Fandom, anti-fandom, gender, tourism
Brittany Eldridge
Pronouns:
she/her and they/them
Institution:
UCL
Position:
PhD Student
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Sexuality, Live Action, Other
@BEldridg39
Additional Research Expertise:
Fairy Tales and Adaptation; Motherhood
Charlotte Durham
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Leeds
Position:
PhD Student
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Research Expertise:
Disney Theme Parks, Disney Fandom, Disney & Gender, Disney & Technology, Other
Twitter: @charlotte_em_d
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and Embodiment, Disney and the Everyday
Dion Georgiou
Pronouns:
He/Him
Institution:
University of Chichester
Position:
Senior Lecturer
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Other
Twitter: @drdiongeorgiou
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and environmental issues
Dr Catherine Lester
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Birmingham
Position:
Lecturer
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender
@cinefeline
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney & Horror
Dr John Wills
Pronouns:
He/him
Institution:
University of Kent
Position:
Reader in American History and Culture
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Theme Parks
twitter: @drjonw
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney & Environment
Emily Rose Aguilo-Perez
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Position:
Assistant Professor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race
@ProfEmilyAguilo
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and Latinx Representation
Evan Nooe
Pronouns:
He/Him
Institution:
University of South Carolina Lancaster
Position:
Assistant Professor of History
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Other
@EvanNooe
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Foodways
Hannah Neuhauser
Pronouns:
she/her/hers
Institution:
UT Austin
Position:
PhD Musicology Student
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Theme Parks, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and Music!
Jennessa Hester
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Texas Tech University
Position:
PhD Candidate
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Other
@CherryPopPunk
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Video Games, Disney Music, Disney Channel
Katie Kapurch
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Texas State University
Position:
Associate Professor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Other
Twitter: @KatieKapurch
Additional Research Expertise:
The Beatles and Disney, Music on Disney Plus
Leona Heimfeld
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Exeter
Position:
PhD student
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Fandom, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and the environment, Disney informational films
Noel Brown
Pronouns:
he/him
Institution:
Liverpool Hope University
Position:
Senior Lecturer in Film
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Industry, Other
@NoelDBrown
Additional Research Expertise:
Children's film and media; family entertainment
Allison McClain Merrill
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Journalist/Editor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Fandom, Other
@AMcClainMerrill
Additional Research Expertise:
My research includes Disney Channel, Disney television series and films, Disney music, Disney-related pop stars, and Disney+. I study the history and impact of the Disney Channel media on viewers across generations!
Amy Louise Morgan
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
University of Surrey
Position:
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Other
@amylouise921
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Medievalism
Arantxa
Pronouns:
Vizcaíno-Verdú
Institution:
University of Huelva
Position:
PhD Student
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Fandom
Twitter: @aVizcainoVerdu
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Music
Bethanee Bemis
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
Position:
Museum Specialist
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Princesses, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Other
Twitter: @bbemisdalessio
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and American identities
Carl Wilson
Pronouns:
He/Him
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Marvel, Other
@CDWilson
Additional Research Expertise:
Marvel Videogames
Christen Mandracchia
Pronouns:
She/her/hers
Institution:
University of the Arts
Position:
Senior Lecturer
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Theatrical
DUPONT
Pronouns:
Nathalie
Institution:
ULCO (université du littoral cote d'opale, France)
Position:
Associate professor
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Research Expertise:
Other
Additional Research Expertise:
contemporary US film industry as a whole, Hollywood and religion
Dr Anna Kerchy
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Szeged, Hungary
Position:
Associate Professor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney & Gender, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Live Action
Additional Research Expertise:
Alice in Wonderland, adaptation studies, transmediation/translation of children's literature, body representations, posthumanism/humanimal studies
Dr Claire Hookham
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
Leeds Trinity University
Position:
Senior Lecturer Organisational Behaviour
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Theme Parks
Additional Research Expertise:
I have a PhD in Emotional Labour Control at Walt Disney World (and am a former Cast Member at both the Disney Store and Walt Disney World). I lecture in Disney Corporate Culture, Emotional Labour and Guest Service Excellence.
Dr. Michelle Martinez
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Arizona State University
Position:
Instructor, Film and Media Studies
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Audiences, Disney & Race, Lucasfilm, Other
Twitter: @mjmartinez72 Instagram:mixapix
Additional Research Expertise:
Latino/x/a Representation of Disney products
Emma Bálint
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Szeged
Position:
Assistant Professor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney & Gender, Disney & Sexuality, Live Action, Disney & Fairy Tales, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
Little Red Riding Hood, Classic Fairy Tales, Transmedial Adaptations
Garth Wenman-James
Pronouns:
He/Him/His
Institution:
Independent Scholar / University of Surrey
Position:
Independent Scholar / Research Facilitation Officer
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Research Expertise:
Other
@GWenmanJames
Additional Research Expertise:
I'm a 19th-century researcher looking at representations of poverty and how they interact with sexuality, gender, and philanthropy, but I'm interested in Disney as a field of study and want to hear more about everyone's research. I have some unpublished work on the Roald Dahl/Disney connection and animalistic imagery in Dickens's Oliver Twist and Disney's Oliver & Company, so I'm always happy to have discussions about class, gender, sexuality, and animal-human hybridity.
Hannah Palsa
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Kansas State University
Position:
PhD Candidate
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Other
@HannahPalsa
Additional Research Expertise:
I'm interested in Disney during World War II, and ideas of pet keeping and the human-animal bond within Disney films
Harsha Josephine Antony
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
CHRIST University
Position:
Postgraduate student
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Live Action
Instagram: harsha.josephine
Additional Research Expertise:
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Jenny Kokai
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of South Florida
Position:
Director of the School of Theatre and Dance
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability
@drjenniferkokai
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney and non-human animals, Disney and Ecology
Kate Koppy
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
New Economic School
Position:
Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track)
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Other
Twitter: @KateKoppy
Additional Research Expertise:
community identity
Laura M Kitchings
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Other
@foodandarchives
Additional Research Expertise:
Food in Disney Texts (Movies, TV, etc...)
Lisa Duffy
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Villains, Other
Twitter/Instagram: @_lisawithans
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Musicals
Marissa Lammon
Pronouns:
she/her/hers
Institution:
University of Colorado Boulder
Position:
PhD Candidate
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Pixar, Live Action, Other
@marissalammon
Additional Research Expertise:
Death in Disney
Miriam Kent
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
University of Leeds
Position:
Lecturer
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Marvel
@drmarvel_
Additional Research Expertise:
Interested in all things Marvel superheroes, with specific focus on representation, identity and "diversity" in relation to genre and industrial conventions. Forthcoming research is on Marvel Studios in the Disney+ Era.
Rebecca Rowe
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Texas A&M University--Commerce
Position:
Assistant Professor
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Pixar, Live Action, Other
Twitter: @Rebecca_L_Rowe
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney & Age, Disney & Adaptation, Disney & Fairy Tales
Sam Summers
Pronouns:
he/him
Institution:
Middlesex University
Position:
Associate Lecturer in Animation History & Theory
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Pixar, Live Action
Additional Research Expertise: