Tara Jo Lenertz
PhD Student, Screen Studies
Graduate Teaching Assistant
MA, English – Film Studies, North Carolina State University
BA, English, Clemson University
AA, Humanities, Tri-County Technical College
Areas of Interest & Expertise
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Cultural Studies
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Philosophy of Film
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Carceral Studies
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Reception Theory
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Phenomenology
Recent Courses Taught
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First-Year Writing; North Carolina State University
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ENGL 1113: Composition I
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ENGL 1213: Composition II
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ENGL 2453: Introduction to Film and Television
Selected Publications
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“Film as Rehabilitation: Reception Studies and Captive Audiences,” International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS), vol. 2, no. 11, June 2022.
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“Memories Woven in Space and Time: Julia Koets’s The Rib Joint” (Book Review), South Carolina Review, vol. 53, no. 1, Fall 2020.
Selected Conference Presentations
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“Film as Rehabilitation: Reception Studies and Carceral Institutions,” OSU Southern Plains Arts, Humanities, and Languages Conference, 2023.
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“Melodrama, Temporality, and the Patriarchy: The Economy of Labor and Time in Tully,” University of Arkansas Graduate Students in English Conference, 2023.
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Panel Member on the A/V Geeks’ Live Film Presentation “A/V Geeks at the Hunt Library – The Haunted Classroom,” North Carolina State University, 2020.
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“Horrific Vantage Points: Genre and Identification in Candyman,” William Peace University Interdisciplinary Conference, 2019.
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“Seasonal” (Short Story Fiction), Sigma Tau Delta International Convention, 2019.
Professional Appointments & Professional Service
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Assistant Director, OSU Writing Center. Oklahoma State University, 2023.
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Assistant Director, Screen Studies Program. Oklahoma State University, 2021.
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Assistant Editor, South Carolina Review. Clemson University, 2018-2019.
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Endowment Intern, South Carolina Educational Television (ETV), 2017.
Awards and Recognition
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Awarded the English Honor Key Medal from the Clemson University Department of English, which is presented to the English major with the highest academic standing in the graduating class, 2019.