Faculty

Lauren

Rocha

Title

Associate Professor of Practice

Additional Title

First-Year Writing Coordinator

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Research Interests

Digital humanities
Educational technology
Popular culture
Gender

Research Summary

I specialize in gender and popular culture. My work focuses on the relationship between body and identity across popular media, including film and television, and how it is informed by societal institutions.

Areas of Expertise

Popular culture
Gender

Recent Publications

“Fighting and Feminist Expression: The Argent Family and the Limits of Female Agency in Teen Wolf.” Gender Warriors: Reading Contemporary Urban Fantasy, eds. U. Melissa Anyiwo and Amanda Jo Hobson. Brill, 2019.
“That Geek Look: Beauty and the Female Geek Body.” Age of the Geek: Depictions of Nerds and Geeks in Popular Media, ed. Kathryn E. Lane. Palgrave Macmillan 2018.
“Angel in the House, Devil in the City: Explorations of Gender in Dracula and Penny Dreadful.” Critical Survey, vol. 28, no. 1, 2016, 29-38.
“Beneath the Surface: The Masculine Self and Body in Sheridan Le Fanu’s ‘Green Tea.” Journal of Gender Studies, February 2016, 1-8.
“Wife, Mother, Vampire: The Female Role in the Twilight series.” Journal of International Women’s Studies, vol. 15, no.2, 2014.
“Mirror, Mirror: Gender and Beauty in the Twilight series.” Popular Culture Review, vol. 23, Winter 2012, 39-48.

Teaching

Introduction to College Writing

Faculty

Lauren

Rocha

Title

Additional Title

Contact Information

Research Interests

Research Summary

Areas of Expertise

Recent Publications

Teaching

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