Julia Himberg

Associate Chair (Curriculum), Associate Professor,

English

Long Bio

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.

Education

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Research Website URL

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Research Interests

Television, digital media, gender, sexuality, queer theory, industry studies, consumer culture, advertising, and market research.

Course Number	Course Title
FMS 300	Television Studies

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FMS 375	LGBTV: TV, Sexuality, Gender

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FMS 502	Hollywood Film Historiography

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FMS 302	U.S. Media Industries

Course Number	Course Title
FMS 375	LGBTV: TV and Sexuality
FMS 300	Television Studies

Course Number	Course Title
FMS 300	Television & Cultural Studies

Honors / Awards

2022 Zebulon Pearce Award

Editorships

Special Features Editor, JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies (2017-2022)

Professional Associations

Featured in the FX docuseries Pride (2021), episode 6 focusing on LGBTQ pop culture in the early 2000s. Also available streaming on Hulu.