Tiffany L. Knoell
Associate Teaching Professor
Department of Popular Culture
350 Shatzel Hall | 419-372-8172 | tknoell@bgsu.edu
Tiffany L. Knoell is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Knoell is a cultural historian who specializes in the intersection of film and history with a particular focus on animation from the 1900s to the present day. She earned her doctorate in American Culture Studies from BGSU, and now teaches courses on popular culture, media, and popular film. She also serves as the area chair for Popular History in American Culture for the National Popular Culture Association Conference.
Professional Affiliations:
- Popular Culture Association
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Animation
- Cultural History
- Film
- Digital Humanities
- Science Fiction
- Video Games
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
- MA, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University
- BA, History, Utah Valley University
SELECT COURSES TAUGHT:
Undergraduate
- POPC 1650: Popular Culture and Media
- POPC 2500: Introduction to Popular Film
- POPC 3500: Time Travel
- POPC 3500: Science Fiction
- POPC 3500: American Mythologies
- POPC 3500: Global Animation
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
- “From Monk to Superhero: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars and the Transformation of the Jedi” in Dominic Nardi and Derek R. Sweet, (eds.), Star Wars TV: The Televisual Worlds of a Transmedia Franchise (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) 137-151
- “The usable past and the usable present in Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs” in Ray B. Browne and Ben Urish (eds.) Dynamics and Interconnections in Popular Culture. (Newcastle-on-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014) 25-35.
- “Coffee? Tea? Monster?: Movie Monsters in Classic and Contemporary Warner Bros. Animation” in Laura Davis and Cristine Santos (eds.), The Monster Imagined: Humanity’s Re-Creation of Monsters and Monstrosity (Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2010) 191-202.
RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- “Music and the Great War,” Presented in conjunction with the Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives, Bowling Green State University, 6 December 2018
- “Study What You Love: Turning Doctor Who, Animation, and More into Pop Culture Scholarship,” 2018 Marianne D. McComb
- Biennial Conference on Creative Writing: NERD LIT!, Miami University, 3 March 2018.
- Plenary Panel: “Nerd Lit: Creativity, Community, and Culture – A Conversation,” 2018 Marianne D. McComb Biennial Conference on
- Creative Writing: NERD LIT!, Miami University, 3 March 2018.
- Nominated for the 2016-2017 BGSU Master Teacher Award, January 2017
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