Olivia Stowell
Assistant Professor, General Faculty
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Office Address/Hours
Monday, 10:00am - 12:00pm via Zoom
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Class Schedule
MDST 3510: Studying Screen Cultures - Tues./Thur., 11:00am - 12:15pm
MDST 3600: Women and Television - Tues./Thur., 12:30pm - 1:45pm
MDST 4510: Politics of Reality TV, Monday, 2:00pm - 4:30pm
Olivia Stowell’s research focuses on the impact of the platform economy on television and new media, especially unscripted and reality content, in terms of industry practices, policy issues, and representational politics. Her doctoral work explored post-2020 U.S. reality TV's formations of race, gender, and labor. She has published her research in Television and New Media, International Journal of Cultural Studies, New Review of Film and Television Studies and Critical Studies in Television. Her teaching interests include television studies, race and gender in the media, media industry studies, and digital media cultures. Stowell received her PhD in Communication & Media from the University of Michigan, and her MA in English from Villanova University.