Joshua Plencner
Assistant Teaching Professor
Department of Politics
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
Joshua Plencner joined the Department of Politics in September 2015 after completing his PhD in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oregon in December 2014. His research explores the intersection American visual culture and the politics of race, with specializations in the study of racial formation in popular culture, affect theory, comics studies, and American Political Development.
Research Interest
Race and popular visual culture, comics studies, affect theory, visual theory and methods
Publications
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2010. Selected entries on “Iron Man,†“Robert Kirkman,†“Greg Rucka,†and “Thor.†In Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels, ed. M. Keith Booker. Greenwood Press.
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2015. “Caught in the Lover’s War: James Baldwin and the Legacy of Queer Art-making in the Anti-Police Brutality Movement.†In Artists Against Police Brutality: A Comic Book Anthology, eds. Bill Campbell, Jason Rodriguez, and John Jennings. Rosarium Press.
