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Jeffrey Sconce

Department of Radio/Television/Film

Jeffrey Sconce’s work focuses on media history and cultural theory. His upcoming book project looks at the history of psychosis and electronic media in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Education

PhD	Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA	Radio/TV/Film, University of Texas-Austin
BS	Radio/TV/Film, University of Texas-Austin
BA	English, University of Texas-Austin

Recent Publications

Jeffrey Sconce. Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics. Duke University Press, 2007.

"Movies: A Century of Failure,” in Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and Politics. Duke University Press, 2007.

“A Vacancy at the Paris Hilton.” Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World. Ed. by Jonathan Gray, Cornel Sandvoss and C. Lee Harrington. NYU Press, 2007.

“I’ve Got This Strange Feeling: A Discussion Between Mike Kelley and Jeffrey Sconce” in Mike Kelley: Interviews, Conversations, and Chit-Chat (1986-2004). Ed. by John C. Welchman. Dijon: Les Presses du reel, 2006.

Recent Awards and Honors

2004-2005 - Ameritech Chair in Communications

2003-2004, 2004-2005 - AGS Faculty Honor Roll

Courses

RTVF 230	Media Contexts
RTVF 402	Media and Irony
RTVF 322	The Horror Film
RTVF 410	Textual Analysis
RTVF 326	Exploitation Cinema
RTVF 326	Irrational Media
RTVF 422	Narration and Culture