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Academic Trajectory

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Learn About Me and My Work

Publications

Book Chapters

Documenting the Black Experience, 2nd edition (McFarland), editor Novotny Lawrence, invited. 

Articles

‘I’m Not a Girl,’ ‘I’m Just Ken:’ Gender, Agency, and Commodity in “Barbie” and “Crossroads.” Under Review, Journal of Popular Culture 

Book Reviews
Burrell, Kathryn. 2024. “Screening Social Justice: Brave New Films and Documentary Activism.” Journal of Popular Culture, July, 1. doi:10.1111/jpcu.13366.

 

Burrell, K. 2024. “Watching Game of Thrones: How Audiences Engage with Dark Television.” Journal of Popular Film and Television, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2024.2320617 K

Conference Presentations

Hollywood, Marvel, and Streaming: Transmedia Tactics Transforming Cinematic Genre Theory. 
The Hollywood Conference; University of Southern California,  Los Angeles, CA, July 2025.

"‘I’m Not a Girl,’ ‘I’m Just Ken:’" Gender, Agency, and Commodity in “Barbie” and “Crossroads.”

Blockbuster Futures Conference; University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, October 2024. 

“'I’m Not A Girl,” “I’m Just Ken:'” An Analysis of "Crossroads" (2002) and "Barbie" (2023).

Popular Culture Association, Chicago, IL, March 2024.

Historiography in the Film Archive: Making New Conclusions About The American Immigration Film.

Cultural Studies Association, Fairfax, VA, June 2023.

From Shield to Ass: Reassessing the Captain America Complex through Contemporary Films and Television.

Popular Culture Association, San Antonio, TX, April 2023.

Genre Fluidity: Applying American Methodology to Agnes Varda. Southwest American/Popular Culture Association, Albuquerque, NM, Feb. 2021.

© Kathryn Burrell

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