Jennifer E. Maher
jemaher@indiana.edu

Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies

Ph.D. in English and Modern Studies,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Courses:

G225 – Gender, Sexuality & Pop Culture
G206 – Gay Histories, Queer Cultures
G290 – History of Feminist Thought & Practice
G700 – Contemporary Debates in Feminist Theory

Research:

Dr. Maher has completed a Ph.D. in English and Modern Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has worked previously as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin where she taught courses in Popular Culture, American Women's Literature, Third Wave Feminism, and Gender and the Body. Her most recent essay was published in the NYU Press anthology Reality TV: remaking Television Culture (2004) and her most recent work of fiction was published in Seal Press' Secrets and Confidences: The Complicated Truth about Women's Friendships (2005). She is a frequent contributor to Bitch: A Feminist Response to Popular Culture. Her most recent essay was published in Black Camera (Spring 2008).

At Indiana University, Dr. Maher's area of expertise covers gender and popular culture; second and third wave feminism; gender and the body; and modern memoir. Her most recent essay was published She is currently at work on a larger project focused on representations of the teacher-student relationship in popular culture for which she has received two Kinsey Research grants.