Faculty Profile
Greg Steirer
Associate Professor of English and Film Studies (2013)
Contact Information
East College Room 405
717.254.8095
Bio
Professor Steirer's teaching and research interests include communication, film and television, media industries, comic books, journalism, video games, print publishing, digital culture, and intellectual property law. He is the author of The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood, written with Alisa Perren (UT Austin). He has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for 2017-2018 in support of his monograph on intellectual property law and the history of the narrative-based franchise, to be published by University of Michigan Press in late 2023. His most recent scholarship has appeared or is forthcoming in the journal Media, Culture and Society, as well as the collections Keywords for Comics Studies, the Routledge Companion to Media Industries, From Networks to Netflix (2nd edition), and the Sage Handbook of the Digital Media Economy.
Education
- B.A. University of Pennsylvania, 2001
- Ph.D., 2010
2022-2023 Academic Year
Fall 2022
AMST 101 American Television
Cross-listed with FMST 220-01 and ENGL 101-05.Permission of Instructor required.For most of the twentieth century—and arguably still today—American television has functioned as a form of “public sphere,” in which contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality were represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we will examine television from institutional, aesthetic, social, and historical perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural change and identity. Attention will be given to traditional broadcast television and cable as well as more recent streaming television platforms, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+.
AMST 101 American Television
Cross-listed with FMST 220-02 and ENGL 101-06.Permission of Instructor required.For most of the twentieth century—and arguably still today—American television has functioned as a form of “public sphere,” in which contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality were represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we will examine television from institutional, aesthetic, social, and historical perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural change and identity. Attention will be given to traditional broadcast television and cable as well as more recent streaming television platforms, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+.
ENGL 101 American Television
Cross-listed with FMST 220-01 and AMST 101-03.Permission of Instructor required.For most of the twentieth century—and arguably still today—American television has functioned as a form of “public sphere,” in which contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality were represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we will examine television from institutional, aesthetic, social, and historical perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural change and identity. Attention will be given to traditional broadcast television and cable as well as more recent streaming television platforms, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+.
ENGL 101 American Television
Cross-listed with FMST 220-02 and AMST 101-04.Permission of Instructor required.For most of the twentieth century—and arguably still today—American television has functioned as a form of “public sphere,” in which contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality were represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we will examine television from institutional, aesthetic, social, and historical perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural change and identity. Attention will be given to traditional broadcast television and cable as well as more recent streaming television platforms, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+.
FMST 220 American Television
Cross-listed with ENGL 101-05 and AMST 101-03.Permission of Instructor required.For most of the twentieth century—and arguably still today—American television has functioned as a form of “public sphere,” in which contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality were represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we will examine television from institutional, aesthetic, social, and historical perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural change and identity. Attention will be given to traditional broadcast television and cable as well as more recent streaming television platforms, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+.
FMST 220 American Television
Cross-listed with ENGL 101-06 and AMST 101-04.Permission of Instructor required.For most of the twentieth century—and arguably still today—American television has functioned as a form of “public sphere,” in which contemporary debates about race, class, gender, and sexuality were represented through visual and narrative forms. In this course we will examine television from institutional, aesthetic, social, and historical perspectives so as to understand its role in the negotiation of cultural change and identity. Attention will be given to traditional broadcast television and cable as well as more recent streaming television platforms, such as Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+.
ENGL 500 Adv Sem American Television
ENGL 500 The Methodology of Fan Studies
Spring 2023
ENGL 101 The American Comic Book
Cross-listed with FMST 220-04.
This course explores the history, aesthetics, and business aspects of the American comic book. Attention will also be given to the comic book's relationship with other media, such as animation and live-action film.
ENGL 101 The American Comic Book
Cross-listed with FMST 220-05.
This course explores the history, aesthetics, and business aspects of the American comic book. Attention will also be given to the comic book's relationship with other media, such as animation and live-action film.
FMST 220 The American Comic Book
Cross-listed with ENGL 101-02.
This course explores the history, aesthetics, and business aspects of the American comic book. Attention will also be given to the comic book's relationship with other media, such as animation and live-action film.
FMST 220 The American Comic Book
Cross-listed with ENGL 101-03.
This course explores the history, aesthetics, and business aspects of the American comic book. Attention will also be given to the comic book's relationship with other media, such as animation and live-action film.
ENGL 500 Independent Study
FMST 500 Comic Book Studies
