Popular Culture Review Vol. 19, No. 2, Summer 2008 | Page 113

Joseph F. Ceccio is a professor of English at The University of Akron in Ohio, with a PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He teaches courses in gothic literature, eros and love in literature, Shakespeare, and legal writing. His publications include articles on Anne Rice and on various business and professional writing topics. Becca Cragin, an assistant professor of popular culture at Bowling Green State University, received her PhD in Women’s Studies from Emory University in 2002. Her research examines the representation of feminist and queer issues in popular media, particularly talk shows and sitcoms. Matthew Ferrence is a doctoral candidate in the English Department at West Virginia University. His scholarly work centers on the contemporary valance of redneck identity, particularly in relation to popular culture and Southern literature. Linda Kornasky is a professor of English at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. She has publ