Sean Cobb

I'm so happy to be teaching at Gustavus Adolphus College.  The students are amazing and I hope that I can contribute to their learning, appreciation, and understanding of American film, literature and culture. 

I'm particularly interested in the intersection between literature and film, and how visual culture shapes literature. I completed my PhD at the University of Arizona in Tucson and wrote my dissertation on the historical deployment of paranoia around fears of the border and terrorism. Currently, I'm working on film and politics, in particular how public political space is represented in film.  

I'm deeply committed to visual and cultural literacy and believe that the English major should train students to become actively engaged in reading and interpreting the world around them, and have fun in the process.

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