What is Console-ing Passions?

Console-ing Passions was founded in 1989 by a group of feminist media scholars and artists looking to create a space to present work and foster feminist scholarship on issues of television, culture, and identity. The original board included Julie D'Acci, Jane Feuer, Mary Beth Haralovich, Lauren Rabinowitz, and Lynn Spigel. Console-ing Passions is not a membership organization, but is instead comprised of a board of scholars whose interests converge around the study of media. The first Console-ing Passions conference was held at the University of Iowa in 1992. 

Console-ing Passions Board

Listed alphabetically by name and affiliation

Ben Aslinger, Bentley University 
Morgan Blue, Independent Scholar
Melissa Click, Gonzaga University*
Hunter Hargraves, California State University, Fullerton
Julia Himberg, Arizona State University
Deborah Jermyn, University of Roehampton
Jessalynn Keller, University of Calgary* 
Amanda Ann Klein, East Carolina University*
Alfred Martin, University of Miami
Brandy Monk-Payton, Fordham University
Andy Owens, University of Iowa
Swapnil Rai, ​University of Michigan 
Jacqueline Vickery, University of North Texas
Brenda Weber, Indiana University

*Denotes past conference host

Console-ing Passions Emeritus Board
​(Past Members)

Listed alphabetically by name and affiliation

Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California
Miranda Banks, Loyola Marymount University*
Mary Beltran, University of Texas at Austin
Dianne Brooks, independent scholar
Phoebe Chao, independent scholar
Norma Coates, University of Western Ontario
Jackie Cook, University of South Australia*
Julie D'Acci, University of Wisconsin at Madison* **
Mary Desjardins, Dartmouth College
Anna Everett, University of California, Santa Barbara*
Jane Feuer, University of Pittsburgh (deceased)**
JV Fuqua, Queens College, CUNY*
Bambi Haggins, University of California, Irvine
Mary Beth Haralovich, University of Arizona* **
Heather Hendershot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Nina Huntemann, Chegg*
Deborah Jaramillo, Boston University*
Lynne Joyrich, Brown University
Mary Celeste Kearney, University of Notre Dame*
Marsha Kinder, University of South California
Suzanne Leonard, Simmons University*
Elana Levine, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee*
Madhavi Mallapragada, University of Texas at Austin
Vicki Mayer, Tulane University*
Anna McCarthy, New York University
Robin Means-Coleman, Northwestern University
Margaret Montgomerie, De Montfort University*
Chantal Nadeau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign*
Lisa Nakamura, University of Michigan
​Diane Negra, University College Dublin*
Priscilla Peña Ovalle, University of Oregon *
Susanna Paasonen, University of Turku
Lisa Parks,University of California at Santa Barbara*
Maria Pramaggiore, Maynooth University 
​Sarah Projansky, University of Utah
Lauren Rabinovitz, University of Iowa* **
Ellen Seiter, University of Southern California
​Katherine Sender, Cornell University
Lynn Spigel, Northwestern University* **
Carol Stabile, University of Oregon*
Chris Straayer, New York University
Sasha Torres, University of Western Ontario
Amy Villarejo, Cornell University
Mimi White, Northwestern University
Helen Wood, Lancaster University*

*Denotes past conference host
**Denotes founding member