Buffy in the Classroom

Jodie A. Kreider is an academic historian and lecturer in arts, humanities and social sciences at the University of Denver. Her work has been published in the North American Journal of Welsh Studies. Meghan K. Winchell is an associate professor of history at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska.

“for secondary school teachers and college professors...illustrated how to use themes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to teach multiple and interdisciplinary subjects”—Reference & Research Book News.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction: “Let’s Have a Lesson Then”JODIE A. KREIDER and MEGHAN K. WINCHELL      To Spoil or Not to Spoil: Teaching Television’s Narrative ComplexityDAVID KOCIEMBA      “Have You Tried Not Being a Slayer?” Performing Buffy Fandom in the ClassroomJASON LAWTON WINSLADE      And the Myth Becomes FleshTANYA R. COCHRAN      Round Up the Usable Suspects: Archetypal Characters in the Study of Popular CultureBARRY MORRIS      Heroism on the Hellmouth: Teaching Morality Through BuffyK. DALE KOONTZ      Whedon Takes “the Scary” Out of FeminismMEGHAN K. WINCHELL      Buffy Goes to College: Identity and the Series-Based Seminar CourseROD ROMESBURG      Ethics Homework from the Hellmouth: Buffy Stakes Her Claim in the First-year Composition ClassroomKEITH FUDGE      College Isn’t Just Job Training and Parties: Stimulating Critical Thinking with “The Freshman”MELISSA C. JOHNSON      “Can’t Even Shout, Can’t Even Cry” But You Can Learn! Non-Verbal Communication and “Hush”BRIAN COGAN      .      “Show, Don’t Tell”: Teaching the Elements of Film ProductionJANE MARTIN      Television, Violence and Demons: Discussing Media Effects with the Vampire SlayerROSIE WHITE      Weeding Out the Offensive Material: Beaut y, Beasts, “Gingerbread,” Television, Literature and CensorshipLEITH D ANIEL      “Best Damn Field Trip I Ever Took!” Historical Encounters In and Out of the ClassroomJODIE A. KREIDER      Little Red Riding … Buffy? “Buff y vs. Dracula” in Explorations of Intertextuality in Introduction to College EnglishK RISTOPHER KARL WOOFTER       Buffy the Black Feminist? Intersectionality and PedagogyPATRICK R. GRZANKA      Slaying Shakespeare in High School : Buff y Battles The Merchant of Venice and OthelloJULIA L. GRANT      About the Contributors      Index