About

Tiffany L. Knoell, Ph.D. is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University (BGSU). Dr. Knoell is a cultural historian who specializes in the late 19th and early 20th century American mass media and the intersection of film and history with a particular focus on animation from the 1910s to the present day. She earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in American Culture Studies from BGSU, and now teaches courses on popular culture, media, and popular film. She also serves as the area chair for Popular History in American Culture for the National Popular Culture Association Conference.

Her publications to date include “From Monk to Superhero: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars and the Transformation of the Jedi” in Dominic Nardi and Derek R. Sweet, (eds.), Star Wars TV: The Televisual Worlds of a Transmedia Franchise, “The usable past and the usable present in Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs” in Ray B. Browne and Ben Urish (eds.) Dynamics and Interconnections in Popular Culture, and “Coffee? Tea? Monster?: Movie Monsters in Classic and Contemporary Warner Bros. Animation” in Laura Davis and Cristine Santos (eds.), The Monster Imagined: Humanity’s Re-Creation of Monsters and Monstrosity.

Her dissertation, “’So You Want To Be A Retronaut?’: History and Temporal Tourism,” explored how contemporary individuals utilize popular culture and public history to create their connections to and interpretations of the past.