Assistant Professor
Ryan Poll teaches in the English Department at Northeastern Illinois University where his research focuses on the intersection of popular culture, aesthetics, and politics. His first book, Main Street and Empire: The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization, examines how the fictional small town is used to frame and stage normative US narratives throughout the 19th-, 20th- and into the 21st century. Other publications include essays on Jordan Peele's Get Out, Bruce Springsteen, and Twin Peaks. Ryan is also a staff writer for the online magazine PopMatters (https://www.popmatters.com/u/ryan_poll). Follow him on Twitter: @RyanPoll2 and feel free to contact him via e-mail: r-poll@neiu.edu.
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About Ryan Poll
Ryan Poll teaches in the English Department at Northeastern Illinois University where his research focuses on the intersection of popular culture, aesthetics, and politics. His first book, Main Street and Empire: The Fictional Small Town in the Age of Globalization, examines how the fictional small town is used to frame and stage normative US narratives throughout the 19th-, 20th- and into the 21st century. Other publications include essays on Jordan Peele's Get Out, Bruce Springsteen, and Twin Peaks. Ryan is also a staff writer for the online magazine PopMatters (https://www.popmatters.com/u/ryan_poll). Follow him on Twitter: @RyanPoll2 and feel free to contact him via e-mail: r-poll@neiu.edu.