Wesley Johnson
University of South Florida, Communication, Graduate Student
- Media Studies, Textual Studies, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Violence, and 28 moreHeavy Metal music and culture, Heavy Metal Music, English, American Studies, Disability Studies, Heavy Metal, Black metal and religion, Cultural Theory, Black Metal, Death, Trauma Studies, Horror Film, Horror Cinema, Film Theory, Popular Culture, Horror Literature, Gothic Literature, Horror, Pessimism, Southern Literature, Southern Gothic Literature, New Media, Digital Media, Storytelling, Documentary (Film Studies), Documentary, Avant-Garde Cinema, and Qualitative Research (Education)edit
- Wesley Johnson is the Dean of Communications at Valencia College. A critical/ cultural communication scholar, I look ... moreWesley Johnson is the Dean of Communications at Valencia College. A critical/ cultural communication scholar, I look at representations of race, gender, and region in popular culture. Broadly, I am interested in stories we tell and how those narratives shape our realities. My research and teaching interests include film, media studies, race, violence, and identity. I hold a BA and MA in English and a PhD In Communication. I have published work Antiracism and Policing, Death and Pedagogy, Infertility, and Gendered Rhetoric in Media.edit
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Florida is a site of critical inquiry and figures prominently in the US American imaginary. The Sunshine State sets the stage for broader conversations about cultural difference, climate change, and participatory democracy. Contributors... more
Florida is a site of critical inquiry and figures prominently in the US American imaginary. The Sunshine State sets the stage for broader conversations about cultural difference, climate change, and participatory democracy. Contributors to this special issue apply the canonical circuit of culture model to address the interrelated nature of culture and power. They provide methodologically thick, fleshy interpretive analyses that privilege experiential, experimental, and embodied approaches to take seriously Florida cultural politics, people, and popular forms.
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This autoethnography explores the ways that teachers fail in the classroom. Student death provides the site from which a consideration of humane education can develop.
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Exploration of Markets and Fear in Goblin Market
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Presented at the University of South Florida Colloquium, Pain and Healing, October 2012.