Tasha G. Oren, Associate Professor
email: tgoren@uwm.edu
phone: 414-229-4637
office: Curtin Hall 423
Degrees:
PhD, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, Communication Studies, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
BFA, 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
Other Relevant Activities:
Director, Graduate StudiesCoordinator, Cinema, Media and Digital Studies track
Selected Publications:
Books
co-editor: Global Television Formats: Understanding Television Across Borders, Routledge Press, 2011
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," Asian American Popular Culture, New York University Press
"Gobbled Up and Gone: Cultural Preservation and the Global City Marketplace," 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 #43, Texas University Press