Associate Professor
As a scholar and teacher I explore ideas and meanings in popular culture as they circulate among different media formats, including film, television and advertising, primarily in the context of the United States. I am particularly interested in the ways that our understandings of social identity (gender, sexuality, race, class, nation) are reflected in and shaped by popular media. I am also intrigued by the relationships between media and built environments such as cities and suburbs. I have a professional background in video and film production, and this experience shapes all aspects of my work.
My research and teaching are situated within a cultural studies framework. As such, I am committed to the critical examination of the trends of mass-disseminated popular media and the seemingly mundane patterns of everyday life, as I believe that this examination can help us to better understand who we are as individuals and as a society.
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About David R. Coon
As a scholar and teacher I explore ideas and meanings in popular culture as they circulate among different media formats, including film, television and advertising, primarily in the context of the United States. I am particularly interested in the ways that our understandings of social identity (gender, sexuality, race, class, nation) are reflected in and shaped by popular media. I am also intrigued by the relationships between media and built environments such as cities and suburbs. I have a professional background in video and film production, and this experience shapes all aspects of my work.
My research and teaching are situated within a cultural studies framework. As such, I am committed to the critical examination of the trends of mass-disseminated popular media and the seemingly mundane patterns of everyday life, as I believe that this examination can help us to better understand who we are as individuals and as a society.
| Present | Associate Professor, University of Washington Tacoma ‐ School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2014 - Present | Associate Professor of Media Studies, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma | 2016 - 2019 | Vice Chair, Division of Culture, Arts, and Communication, University of Washington, Tacoma | 2008 - 2014 | Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma | 2003 - 2008 | Associate Instructor, Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University | 2001 - 2003 | Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Department of Popular Culture, Bowling Green State University |
Courses
- TFILM 488 – Gender and Sexuality in Film
- TFILM 483 – Film Directors (Tim Burton, David Lynch)
- TFILM 272 – Film Studies
- TCOM 499 – Special Topics: Media and Culture of the 1980s
- TCOM 471 - Advanced Video Production
- TCOM 440 – Advertising and Consumer Culture
- TCOM 351 – Video Production
- TCOM 347 – TV Criticism and Application
- TCOM 247 – Television Studies
- TCOM 201 – Media and Society
- TARTS 320 - Improvisational Theater and Performance in Everyday Life
| 2008 | Ph.D, Indiana University ‐ Communication and Culture | |
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| 2003 | M.A., Bowling Green State University ‐ Popular Culture | |
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| 1997 | B.S., Miami University ‐ Mass Communication, emphasizing video production | |
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| 1997 | B.S., Miami University ‐ Marketing with a minor in Management | |
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