Department of Communication building

Caroline Guthrie, Ph.D

Visiting Assistant Professor

Education

Bachelor of Arts – Communication - The College of Charleston

Master of Arts - Media, Culture, and Communication - New York University

Doctor of Philosophy - Cultural Studies - George Mason University

Research Interest

Dr. Guthrie’s research focuses on the intersection of popular culture and identity, and her lines of inquiry include the relationship between popular media depictions of the past with national identity; historic and contemporary representations of race, gender, and sexuality; and fans constructing alternate readings of popular texts.

Courses Taught

  • COMM 104 – Public Speaking 
  • COMM 214 – Media in the Digital Age
  • COMM 315 – Ethical Communication
    • The Ethics of Online Apologies: Forgiveness and Cancelation
  • COMM 336 – Addressing Problems in Context
    • Good, Evil, and Gender in Media (meets with WGST 323)
  • COMM 410 (meets with WGST 323) – Analysis of a Communication Practice
    • Examining Hollywood Film
    • Feminist Film TheoryCinema of Transgression: Camp, Kitsch, and Cult Films
  • WGST 200 – Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies
  • WGST 323 – Theorizing Drag: Art, History, and Impact

Selected Publications

(2024) “‘It’s Better Than Not Trying, Right?’: The Good Place and Humor in the Durative Present” in Television Comedy and Cultural Crisis, edited by Holly Holladay and Chandler Classen. London, Routledge.

(2022) The American Historical Imaginary: Contested Narratives of the Past. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press.

(2021) “The Secret Ingredient for a Great Halloween Movie? Liminality” Film-Cred, https://film-cred.com/the-secret-ingredient-for-a-great-halloween-movie-liminality/

(2019) “Narratives of Rupture: Tarantino’s Counterfactual Histories and the American Historical Imaginary,” Rethinking History, vol. 23 no. 3, pp. 339-361.

 

Honors and Awards

Outstanding COMM Adjunct Faculty, College of Charleston 2023

Outstanding COMM Adjunct Faculty, College of Charleston 2021

Outstanding COMM Adjunct Faculty, College of Charleston 2020