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Tiffany L. Knoell

350 Shatzel Hall

Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH 43403

I. Academic Degrees

A. Doctoral Candidate, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, 2013 (Graduation expected in Summer 2017)

B. Master of Arts, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, 2012

C. Bachelor of Arts, History, Utah Valley University, 2007

II. Academic Positions

  1. Instructor, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University, August 2016 – present
  2. Adjunct Instructor, American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, August 2014 – December 2014
  3. Adjunct Instructor, History, Owens Community College, August 2014 – December 2014
  4. Graduate Teaching Assistant, History and American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, January 2013 - May 2014; May 2011 - June 2011; August 2009 - April 2010

III. Non-academic Positions

  1. Graphic designer specializing in website design, development, implementation, and maintenance, 1997-present
  2. Transcriptionist, UVSC Oral History Archive, 2005-2007
  3. Freelance journalist and photographer, 1992-2002

IV. Teaching Experiences

  1. Teaching Experiences , Bowling Green State University
  1. Popular Culture 1650: Popular Culture and Media, August 2016-present
  2. Popular Culture 2500: Introduction to Popular Film, August 2016 -present
  3. American Culture Studies 2500: Cultural Pluralism in the United States, August 2014 - December 2014
  4. History 2060: Modern America: 1867 – Present, January 2013-May 2014
  5. American Culture Studies 2000: Introduction to American Culture Studies, August 2009-April 2010, May 2011-July 2011
  1. Teaching Experiences, Owens Community College
  2. History 201: American History I (Beginning to 1877), August 2014 - December 2014

VI. Professional Development

  1. Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
  2. Certificate in Digital Humanities, 2013

VIII. Research Interests

Animation and animation history, 1890-present,Film history, 1890s - present, American popular music, 1914-1941, American mass media, 1890-1941, Historical reenactment and history outside of the classroom, United States History, 1865-present, Social and cultural history of the United States, 1865-present, American Culture Studies and Critical Theory

X. Publications and Equivalencies

A. Publications

  1. Book Chapters

(a)“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.

(b)“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.

XI. Papers Read to Professional Societies

  1. Invited papers
  2. “The Usable Past and the Usable Present in Contemporary American Animation,” The 2013 - 2014 Popular Culture Colloquium Series, Bowling Green State University, 12 December 2013.
  1. Refereed papers
  2. “The Doctor Who Suite: Fan orchestras and participatory culture,” 2016 National PCA Conference, Seattle, WA, March 2016
  3. “Hollywood Narratives and Animated Alternatives: Genre in Depression-era Warner Bros. Animation,” National PCA/ACA Conference, Boston, MA, April 2012
  4. “Porky at the Crocadero: Radio, Performance, and the Warner Bros. Cartoon,” National PCA/ACA Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 2011
  5. “Coffee, Tea, Monster?: Movie Monsters in Classic and Contemporary Warner Bros. Animation,”The 7th Global Conference on Monsters and the Monstrous, Mansfield College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, September 2009
  6. “Superhero Jedi: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars”, 2009 National Popular Culture Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, April 2009
  7. “Travel, the Warner Bros. Way”, 7th Annual International Borders and Crossings Congress, Nuoro, Sardinia, November 2007
  8. “That’s Not All, Folks: Disney and Warner Brothers Animation from 1928-1940”, 2007 National PCA/ACA Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, April 2007
  1. Non-refereed papers
  2. “But You’re Just Not Robin Hood!: Chuck Jones, Daffy Duck, and Animated Adaptation,” 2016 Annual National Film and History Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 2016
  3. “Playing the Home Game: Media Hybridity and History,” 2014 National PCA/ACA Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2014
  4. “Midnight in the (Corner) Store: Animation and Advertising, 1931‐1941,” 2013 Annual National Film and History Conference, Madison, WI, November 2013
  5. “Pilgrims, Patriots, and Proxies: American Everymen in Warner Bros. Animated Histories,” 2012 Biennial National Film and History Conference, Milwaukee, WI., September 2012
  6. “Hareway to the Stars: Animation, Atomics, and Anticipation”, 2008 Biennial National Film and History Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 2008

XII. Service

  1. University
  2. Stoddard-O'Neill Fund Committee, Department of Popular Culture, November 2016
  3. SCCS Director Succession Committee, November 2016 - present
  4. Sheet Music Digitalization Project, Music Library and Sound Recordings Archive, Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University, July 2015 - present, exhibit available at
  5. Advisor, Undergraduate Advising and Academic Services, Bowling Green State University, June 2016
  6. Advisor, Undergraduate Advising and Academic Services, Bowling Green State University, May 2015 - July 2015
  7. Department representative, Graduate Student Senate, Bowling Green State University, 2012-2013
  8. Branding and logo development, Institute for the Study of Culture and Society (ICS), Summer 2011
  1. Professional
  2. Area Chair, Transforming the Texts: Adaptation, Remakes, and Remixes in Film and Television, 2016 Annual National Film and History Conference, Milwaukee, WI, October 2016
  3. Manuscript editor for Derek Sweet, Star Wars in the Public Square: The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue (Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy), (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015)
  4. Area Chair, Fan Cultures, 2014 Annual National Film and History Conference, Madison, WI, October 2014
  5. Area Chair, Animation, 2013 Annual National Film and History Conference, Madison, WI, November 2013
  6. Area Chair, Animation, 2012 Biennial National Film and History Conference, Milwaukee, WI, September 2012
  7. Area Chair, Animation, 2008 Biennial National Film and History Conference, Chicago, IL, October 2008

XIV. Membership in Professional Organizations

  1. American Culture Association

XV. Honors and Awards

  1. Nominated for the BGSU Master Teacher Award, Fall 2016