BIO
Deborah Hanan holds a doctoral degree in communication, specializing in entertainment media, creative labor, transgression studies and queer theory. Currently, she is associate faculty with Royal Roads University's School of Communication and Culture, teaching remotely for their graduate blended learning program in professional communication. Deborah also 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 has served as adjunct faculty in their Television and Film Studies department. She is a former USC Provost Fellow, CSU Chancellor's Fellow, and recipient of the Stark Foundation's research grant in popular culture.
Deborah Hanan's 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), and Loving The L Word: Television Fans and Queer Pleasures (I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., forthcoming 2011). In 2004, her “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 award, see p. 6 of this article.
Before entering academia, Deborah enjoyed a lengthy professional career as both a musician and graphic artist in the recording and communication arts industries. Visit deborahhanan.com for more information.
Contact: dhanan@usc.edu