Julia Himberg
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Ross-Blakley Hall 167 PO Box 871401 TEMPE, AZ 85287-1401
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Mail code: 1401Campus: Tempe
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Julia Himberg is associate chair of English and associate professor of Film & Media Studies at Arizona State University. She is the author of The New Gay for Pay: The Sexual Politics of American Television Production. Her work has appeared in journals including Communication, Culture, & Critique, Television & New Media, and JCMS. She also written chapters for edited collections such such as Television Studies in Queer Times, Ryan Murphy's Queer America, and From Networks to Netflix. She served as the Special Features Editor for JCMS from 2017-2022. Outside of the university, she translates her research on social change and media representation of the LGBTQ community into persuasive messaging guidance for business clients. She also serves as a board member and chair of communications for GLSEN Arizona, which works to provide safe, supportive, and LGBTQ-inclusive K-12 education. Her work has been featured in the FX docuseries Pride, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, BBC News, PBS Newshour, and Women’s Health magazine among others.
- Ph.D. Critical Studies, University of Southern California
- M.A. Critical Studies, University of Southern California
- B.A. Film Studies, University of California-Santa Barbara
Television, digital media, gender, sexuality, queer theory, industry studies, consumer culture, advertising, and market research.
Courses
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 300 | Television Studies |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 375 | LGBTV: TV, Sexuality, Gender |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 502 | Hollywood Film Historiography |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 302 | U.S. Media Industries |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 375 | LGBTV: TV and Sexuality |
| FMS 300 | Television Studies |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 300 | Television & Cultural Studies |
2019 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| FMS 300 | Television & Cultural Studies |
| FMS 394 | Special Topics |
2022 Zebulon Pearce Award
https://news.asu.edu/20220511-university-news-college-celebrates-facult…
Special Features Editor, JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies (2017-2022)
Featured in the FX docuseries Pride (2021), episode 6 focusing on LGBTQ pop culture in the early 2000s. Also available streaming on Hulu.