Kirk Hendershott-Kraetzer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

LB Course Subject Area: Science and Society
pronouns: he/him

Holmes Hall, E-7
919 E. Shaw Lane
East Lansing, MI 48825
hendersh@msu.edu

RESEARCH

Historically, my writing, presenting, and publication has centered on ideology and the construction of meaning in popular culture. More recently, my workhas been on a pair of novels, a thriller that's about 80% finished and a dark fantasy that's in the very early stages.

LBC COURSES

LB 133: Introduction to Science and Society

BIOGRAPHY

I bring an extensive background in teaching, individual mentoring, and interdisciplinary research in humanities to LB 133: Introduction to Science and Society. My research interests center on cultural studies, particularly the formation and maintenance of ideologies and the interplay of popular culture, ideologies, and technologies function in the construction of identities.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., English, Michigan State University
M.F.A., English/Creative Writing, Western Michigan University
B.A., English, Hope College

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Hendershott-Kraetzer, Kirk. “It’s Joss Whedon’s World and We’re All Just Livin’ In It: The Closed Frame of the Whedonverse.” At Home in the Whedonverse: Domestic Entanglements in the Works of Joss Whedon. Ed. Juliette C. Kitchens. McFarland, 2017.
“Juliet, Tumbld: Engaging with Shakespeare Fans on Tumblr.” Broadcast Your Shakespeare. Ed. Stephen O’Neill. Arden, 2017.
“Romeo Unbound.” Shakespeare/Not Shakespeare. Ed. Christy Desmet, Natalie Loper, and Jim Casey. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
“Juliet, I Prosume?, or Shakespeare and the Social Network.” Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation vol. 10, no. 1, 2016, http://www.borrowers.uga.edu/29/toc.
“A Hot Mess: Understanding Juliet through Accidental Encounters in Popular Culture.” Selected Papers of the Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference vol. 5, 2012, pp. 13-45, http://www.uakron.edu/english/ovsc/2012/2012HendershottKraetzer.pdf