Blake Beaver
Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow
Member Of:
- Writing and Communication Program
Email Address: bbeaver6@gatech.edu
Overview
Blake Beaver is a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in the Writing and Communication Program. Blake received his Ph.D. from the Literature program at Duke University in 2024. Broadly speaking, Blake's research and teaching focus on 20th- and 21st-century American literature, film, and television. In particular, Blake is interested in how these media stage broader cultural perceptions of and social attitudes toward technology, the family, advertising, and aesthetics.
Education:
- PhD, Literature, Duke University
- MA, Humanities, The University of Chicago
- AB, Modern Culture and Media, Brown University
Courses
- ENGL-1101: English Composition I
Publications
Journal Articles
- Smartphone Anxiety: Succession’s Technological Allegories
In: JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies [Peer Reviewed]
Date: August 2025
- The Kardashians, Live! Fabricating Liveness in the Sex-Tape-Derived Reality Series
In: Television & New Media [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2024