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Disney Live Action

Here are some of the amazing scholars working on Disney Live Action!

Aaron Settipane

Pronouns:

He/Him

Institution:

University of Southern California

Position:

Adjunct Lecturer

Website:

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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

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

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

Kyle Meikle

Pronouns:

he/him

Institution:

University of Baltimore

Position:

Associate Professor

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Social Media:

Research Expertise:

Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Industry, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Live Action

Twitter: @kylemeikle

Additional Research Expertise:

Rebecca Lewis

Pronouns:

she/her

Institution:

University of Westminster

Position:

PhD Student

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Research Expertise:

Disney Audiences, Disney Industry, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Live Action

Additional Research Expertise:

Robyn Muir

Pronouns:

she/her

Institution:

University of Surrey

Position:

Lecturer in Media and Communication

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Research Expertise:

Disney Audiences, Disney Theme Parks, Disney Merchandising, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney Villains, Disney & Gender, Live Action

Twitter: @DrRobynMuir

Additional Research Expertise:

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.

Brittany Eldridge

Pronouns:

she/her and they/them

Institution:

UCL

Position:

PhD Student

Website:

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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

Dr Tracey Mollet

Pronouns:

She/her

Institution:

University of Leeds

Position:

Associate Professor

Website:

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Research Expertise:

Disney History, Disney Animation, Disney Fandom, Disney Princesses, Disney & Gender, Disney & Race, Marvel, Live Action

@tracey130287

Additional Research Expertise:

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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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

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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Social Media:

Research Expertise:

Disney History, Disney Animation, Pixar, Live Action

Additional Research Expertise:

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

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