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

Miranda Banks, Loyola Marymount University*
Melissa Click, Gonzaga University*
Anna Everett, University of California Santa Barbara*
Bambi Haggins, University of California Irvine
Nina Huntemann, Chegg*
Deborah Jermyn, University of Roehampton
Mary Celeste Kearney, University of Notre Dame*
Amanda Ann Klein, East Carolina University*
Suzanne Leonard, Simmons University*
Madhavi Mallapragada, University of Texas at Austin
Priscilla Peña Ovalle, University of Oregon*
Maria Pramaggiore, Maynooth University
Amy Villarejo, Cornell University
Brenda Weber, Indiana University
Helen Wood, Lancaster 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
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
Jane Feuer, University of Pittsburgh (deceased)**
JV Fuqua, Queens College, CUNY*
Mary Beth Haralovich, University of Arizona* **
Heather Hendershot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Deborah Jaramillo, Boston University*
Lynne Joyrich, Brown University
Marsha Kinder, University of South California
Elana Levine, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee*
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*
Susanna Paasonen, University of Turku
Lisa Parks,University of California at Santa Barbara*
​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
Mimi White, Northwestern University

*Denotes past conference host
**Denotes founding member