Tasha G. Oren, Associate Professor

Office: Curtin Hall 423
Phone: 414-229-4637
e-mail: tgoren@uwm.edu

Degree(s):

Ph.D, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Communication Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.F.A., Film, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Teaching and Research Interests:

Film and Media studies,
Media history,
Popular culture,
Television studies,
Globalization and media,
Middle Eastern media history and film,
Asian American studies

Additional Information:
Director, The UWM Film Studies Program

Selected Publications:

Books:
co-editor: Global Television Formats (Routledge Press, Forthcoming)

Demon in the Box: Jews, Arabs, Politics and Culture in the Making of Israeli Television (Rutgers University Press, 2004)

East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture (New York University Press, 2005)

Global Flows: Media, Technology, Globalization (Rutgers University Press, 2005)

Articles and chapters:
"Up Against the White and Black: Immigration and American Popular Culture" Journal of American Ethnic History, (forthcoming)

"The Belly Dancer Strategy: Israeli Educational Television and its Alternatives." Media, Culture & Society

"Secret Asian Man: Angry Asians and the Politics of Cultural Visibility" in Asian American Popular Culture (New York University Press)

"Gobbled Up and Gone: Cultural Preservation and the Global City Marketplace," in Global Cities: Cultures, Urbanism, Globalization (Rutgers University Press)

"Domesticated Dads and Double-shift Moms: Real and Ideal Life in the American post-War sitcom." Cerles, (University of Rouen)

"Living Room Levantine: Immigration, Ethnicity and the Border in Early Israeli Television," The Velvet Light Trap, (Texas University Press, #43)