Hi, I’m a Ph.D. student at THE Ohio State University studying legacyquels (more on that later, I’m sure) in film and television. I’m starting this blog as a way of tracking and holding myself accountable to the reading I’ll need to do in the time before the (tentatively scheduled) December 2020 exam date. There’s a lot of reading and writing to be done in that time, so I’ll be doing at least the latter part here so that I can hold myself accountable to doing the reading and synthesizing what I’ve read/watched.
In the near future, look for a post with my reading list, as well as a description of my major and minor fields. Those will hopefully be useful to those who come looking here for a film and tv studies reading list for their PhD programs in the future. I looked at a few of these kinds of sites myself as I developed these lists, so I hope I can repay that to whomever may come after me.
The majority of post on this page will be me trying to make sense of what I’ve read recently. I’ll aim, for now, at posting 3x a week, roughly every other day. That’s a lot of posting, but it should be relatively short posts that synthesize what I’ve read in that book and begin to connect them to other readings or texts. If you’re a family member looking to support me in this endeavor, I’d appreciate any clarification questions you might have about what you read here. The way you learn best is by teaching others, so I’d welcome the opportunity to explain what I’ve written differently. If you’re a friend or colleague looking in on what I’m reading and something you’ve read jumps out to you as a cool or interesting connection, please let me know about that as well! We’re all in this together, as I’ve heard some young people sing inside a high school gym. Here goes nothing.