Lori Morimoto
Assistant Professor, General Faculty
Office Address/Hours
Wilson Hall 129 / Tuesday/Thursday, 11am - 1pm and by zoom appointment.
Class Schedule
MDST 2508: The Art of the Video Essay - Wednesday, 4:30pm - 7:00pm
MDST 3504: East Asian Transnational Media - Tues/Thurs 5:00pm - 6:15pm
MDST 3505: Introduction to Media Fandom - Tues/Thurs 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Biography
Lori Morimoto researches transnational/transcultural fandoms and transnational media co-production and distribution. Her work has been published in East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Transformative Works and Cultures, Participations, Asian Cinema, and Mechademia: Second Arc. She has also contributed to Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World (NYU Press, 2017), The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom (Routledge, 2018), A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (Wiley-Blackwell, 2018), and Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics (Iowa, 2021). She teaches courses in media fandom, East Asian film and media, television, and videographic criticism.