Tamy Burnett

Lecturer

Degrees

• PhD, English with a specialization in Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2010
• MA, English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2003
• BA, Secondary English & Speech Communication Education, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2001

Professional Areas of Specialty and Interest

• 20th Century American Literature and Culture
• Popular Culture Studies
• Television and Film Studies
• Women’s and Gender Studies
• Science-Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Television, & Film
• Online and e-Teaching

Professional Activities

• Jury Alternate, Whedon Studies Association "Mr. Pointy" Annual Award for Scholarly Writing, 2011-2013
• Coordinator of Online Teaching Resources for the UNL English Department, 2010-present
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Co-Area Chair, Southwest/Texas Popular Culture & American Culture Association, 2008-present

Courses Taught

• Women in Popular Culture
• Intro to Women’s Literature
• Intro to Late American Literature
• Writing: Inquiry
• Writing: Rhetoric
• Writing & Communities
• Women Filmmakers
• Intro to Women’s and Gender Studies
• University Academy: "The Resonance of Violence"

Selected Publications

• "Rethinking the 'Getting Even Part’: Feminist Anger and Vigilante Justice in a Post-9/11 America." Co-authored with Melissa Townsend. Investigating Veronica Mars: Essays on the Teen Detective Series. Eds. Rhonda V. Wilcox and Sue Turnbull. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011. Print.
• The Literary Angel: Essays on Influences and Traditions Reflected in the Joss Whedon Series. Co-edited with AmiJo Comeford. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. Print.
• "Fred’s Captivity Narrative: American Contexts for (Re)Writing Community Identity from Mary Rowlandson to Angel." [Authored essay in The Literary Angel.] 69-84. Print.
• "Anya as Feminist Model of Positive Female Sexuality." Sexual Rhetoric in the Works of Joss Whedon: New Essays. Ed. Erin B. Waggoner. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010. 117-145. Print.
• "The Influence of Poe’s Mad Narrator in The X-Files Narrative and Mythology." The X-Files and Literature: Unweaving the Story, Unraveling the Lie to Find the Truth. Ed. Sharon Yang. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 194-229. Print.