Disney Animation
Here are some of the amazing scholars working on Disney Animation!
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
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
Chloe T Rattray
Pronouns:
she/they
Institution:
Curtin University
Position:
Honours Student
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Pixar
Twitter: @ChloeTRattray
Additional Research Expertise:
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 Anna Kerchy
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Szeged, Hungary
Position:
Associate Professor
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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
Emily Rose Aguilo-Perez
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Position:
Assistant Professor
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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
Fiona Caldwell
Pronouns:
She/they
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Pixar, Lucasfilm
Additional Research Expertise:
Hannah Palsa
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Kansas State University
Position:
PhD Candidate
Website:
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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
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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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Jamie Hecker
Pronouns:
He/Him
Institution:
Independent scholar
Position:
Independent scholar
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Theme Parks, Pixar
Additional Research Expertise:
Katie Kapurch
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Texas State University
Position:
Associate Professor
Website:
Social Media:
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
Marley Healy
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains
Instagram: @bastion_of_fashion
Additional Research Expertise:
Robert Neuman
Pronouns:
he, him, his
Institution:
Florida State University
Position:
Professor
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks
Additional Research Expertise:
Sarah Jessica Darley
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
University of East Anglia
Position:
PhD Student
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability
Additional Research Expertise:
Fairy Tales
Stefanie Johnstone
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent scholar
Position:
Coordinator Research Funding and Development
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Industry, Disney Fandom, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Live Action
@trilogytweeter
Additional Research Expertise:
Franchise, seriality
luke jefferies
Pronouns:
He/him
Institution:
Swansea University
Position:
Lecturer in clinical psychology and mental health
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Disney & Disability, Live Action, Other
Additional Research Expertise:
I am interested in the psychology of Disney. I am interested in mental health and wellbeing. I am interested in nature and environmental psychology e.g. people and places such as themed parks. i can use qual and quant methods. I am interested in research partnerships and MDT working.
Amy Louise Morgan
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
University of Surrey
Position:
Lecturer in Medieval Literature
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Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Disney & Sexuality, Other
@amylouise921
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney Medievalism
Christen Mandracchia
Pronouns:
She/her/hers
Institution:
University of the Arts
Position:
Senior Lecturer
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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
Dori Koehler
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
Southern New Hampshire University
Position:
Faculty
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney Transmedia, Disney & Food, Disney & Fairy Tales
Additional Research Expertise:
Dr Catherine Lester
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Birmingham
Position:
Lecturer
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender
@cinefeline
Additional Research Expertise:
Disney & Horror
Emma Bálint
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Szeged
Position:
Assistant Professor
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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
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!
Heather Holian
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Position:
Professor of Art History
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Pixar
@heather_holian
Additional Research Expertise:
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
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
Kyle Meikle
Pronouns:
he/him
Institution:
University of Baltimore
Position:
Associate Professor
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Live Action
Twitter: @kylemeikle
Additional Research Expertise:
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
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
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
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Pixar, Live Action
Additional Research Expertise:
Selin Akınç Akpınar
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Position:
Research Assistant
Website:
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Princesses, Pixar
Additional Research Expertise:
Advertising and Audience Research, Media Sociology
Xinyue Hu
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Newcastle University
Position:
PhD Student
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney Animation, Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney & Race, Live Action
Twitter@CharlotteXinyue
Additional Research Expertise:
contemporary Mulan adaptations