Disney History
Here are some of the amazing scholars working on Disney History!
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
Allison McClain Merrill
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Journalist/Editor
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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!
Audrey Louckx
Pronouns:
She her
Institution:
UMONS / University of Mons
Position:
Associate Professor
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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
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
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
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
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
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 Palsa
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Kansas State University
Position:
PhD Candidate
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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
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Theme Parks, Pixar
Additional Research Expertise:
Kyle Meikle
Pronouns:
he/him
Institution:
University of Baltimore
Position:
Associate Professor
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Live Action
Twitter: @kylemeikle
Additional Research Expertise:
Leona Heimfeld
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of Exeter
Position:
PhD student
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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
Marley Healy
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
Website:
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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:
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
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:
Selin Akınç Akpınar
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Position:
Research Assistant
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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
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
Allen Babiarz-Lira
Pronouns:
He/Him/His
Institution:
Saint Xavier University
Position:
Lecturer
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Theme Parks
@allenfuturephd
Additional Research Expertise:
Amanda Leigh Gomez
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
El Paso Community College
Position:
Librarian / Assistant Professor
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Lucasfilm
@LibrarianGomez
Additional Research Expertise:
Amy Davis
Pronouns:
She/Her
Institution:
University of Hull
Position:
Lecturer
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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
Bethanee Bemis
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
Position:
Museum Specialist
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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
Bobby Schweizer
Pronouns:
he/him
Institution:
Texas Tech University
Position:
Assistant Professor
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Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Fandom
Additional Research Expertise:
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 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
Dr. Michelle Martinez
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Arizona State University
Position:
Instructor, Film and Media Studies
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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
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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:
Jenny Kokai
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
University of South Florida
Position:
Director of the School of Theatre and Dance
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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
Katie Kapurch
Pronouns:
she/her
Institution:
Texas State University
Position:
Associate Professor
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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
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
Marley Healy
Pronouns:
She/her
Institution:
Independent Scholar
Position:
Independent Scholar
Website:
Social Media:
Research Expertise:
Disney History, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Fashion
Instagram: @bastion_of_fashion
Additional Research Expertise:
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: