Contributors
Steven Carter is the author of five books, including Leopards in the Temple:
Selected Essays 1990-2000. A former Senior Fulbright Fellow at two European
universities, he teaches at California State University, Bakersfield.
J. Robert Craig (Ph.D. 1981 University of Missouri-Columbia) teaches in the
Broadcast & Cinematic Arts department at Central Michigan University, Mt.
Pleasant, MI. Dr. Craig teaches a variety of film study classes in addition to
electronic media law. He is currently working on a book discussing the role of
the origin story in horror films featuring the classic Universal monsters.
Shea Craig studied cinema and photography at Central Michigan University and
is currently applying for Master of Fine Arts Programs. Shea is currently
employed at the Art Institute of Philadelphia where he is the Media-Arts Facilities
Manager and is slowly working on a Culinary Arts degree. He lives with his wife
and two adoring dogs in Newtown, Pennsylvania. His free time often involves
sneaking out of the apartment to ride bicycles and run around outside with the
aforementioned canine companions.
Jacqueline Foertsch is assistant professor of English at the University of North
Texas and newly appointed editor of Studies in the Novel. Her publications
include Enemies Within: The Cold War and the AIDS Crisis in Literature, Film,
and Culture (Illinois, 2001), and her current book project considers polio-themed
literature and culture in the postwar and contemporary periods in women's
magazines, nonfiction memoirs, and novels.
Milford A. Jeremiah is an associate professor in the Department of English and
Language Arts at Morgan State University. He earned the B.A. at Hampton
University and the master's and doctoral degrees in linguistics at Brown
University. He is interested in linguistic theory and its application to language
process, cognition, and discourse.
Mark Moss is Chair of the General Arts and Science Program at Seneca College
in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Moss has just finished a book on the relationship
between mediated images and history. His current work focuses on the
interaction between consumption and leisure, tentatively titled Shopping As An
Entertainment Experience.
William Petty teaches in the Department of English and in Extended Campus at
Oregon State University. His research interests include Modem/Postmodem
American Literature, Autobiography, and Baseball. He received his Ph.D. in