BIO
Deborah Hanan is a doctoral fellow of communication, specializing in entertainment media, creative labor, transgression studies and queer theory. She holds an M.A. in Communication from USC Annenberg (2007) and an Interdisciplinary M.A. in American Cultural Studies from CSU Los Angeles (2004), where she maintains an adjunct faculty position in Television and Film Studies (housed within the Communication Studies department). Her doctoral dissertation examines the ways in which ideological transgression has been alternately framed as both an American virtue and a repellent (and foreign) aberration in U.S. media products.
Her research has been published in anthropology, media and communication quarterlies, journals, and anthologies, including Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, and Popular Media and Communication: Essays on Publics, Practices, and Processes. (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008). In 2004, Hanan’s “Unmasking the Invisible: The Construction of Gender Variant Characters in Late 20th Century American and British Cinema (1992-2002)” was named an international finalist in the WAGS/UMI Most Distinguished Master’s Thesis competition. To read more about this project and the award, see page 6 of the article linked here.
Before entering academia, Hanan enjoyed a lengthy professional career in both the recording and communication visual arts. Visit deborahhanan.com for more information.
Contact: dhanan@usc.edu