Dru Pagliassotti, Ph.D.
Professor
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paglia@callutheran.edu
Swenson Social & Behavioral Sciences 203
Areas of expertise: Writing, editing, monster theory, semiotics of art and visual media, gender studies, critical theory, comics, film, fiction
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"Dr. Dru" Pagliassotti teaches film theory, monster theory, comics creation and studies, website design, and content creation, and supervises student internships. They have also been faculty lead for the Oxford Program twice, taking students to Oxford and teaching the course Imperial Ink, on imperialism and colonialism in comics. Dr. Dru's co-taught classes currently include ComicComm, an art/communication course on the history, sociology, and creation of comics and have included in the past an art/communication travel course Imagining Venice, which took students to Venice and Florence three times, and the history/communication travel course Faces of India, which took students to India once.
Dr. Dru's research interests revolve around the examination and analysis of representations of traditionally marginalized groups in popular media, which has included representations of portrayal of gender and sexuality in manga, fiction, and comics.
Education
Ph.D., University of Southern California, Communication Theory & Research
Graduate Certificate in Gender Studies, University of Southern California