Lecturer II
he/they
draper@umich.edu
Office Information:
5381 North Quad
105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
phone: 734.647.9591
Communication and Media
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Michigan
About
Current Teaching
Fall 2021
- COMM 340: Gender and the Media (Req: HU)
- COMM 375: Sports, Media, and Culture (Req: ULWR)
- COMM 490: Media Fandom (Req: Capstone)
Winter 2022
- COMM 251: Understanding Media Industries (Req: SS)
- COMM 414: Fashion and Media
Publications
- Lawson, C. E. & Draper, J. (2020). Working the red carpet: A framework for analysing celebrities' red carpet labour. Celebrity Studies. Advance publication. DOI: 10.1080/19392397.2020.1750969
- Draper, J. & McDonnell, A. M. (2018). Fashioning multiplatform masculinities: Gay personal style bloggers’ strategies of gendered self-representation across social media. Men & Masculinities, 21(5): 645-664.
- Draper, J. (2017). “What has she actually done??!”: Gay men, diva worship, and the paratextualization of gay-rights support. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 34(2): 130-137. ‘Paratexts, Promos, and Publicity’ special issue, guest editor J. Gray.
- Draper, J. (2014). Theorizing creative agency through “discerned savvy”: A tool for the critical study of media industries. Media, Culture, & Society, 36(8): 1118-1133.
- Draper, J. & Lotz, A. D. (2012). “Working through” as ideological intervention: The case of homophobia in Rescue Me. Television & New Media, 13(6): 520-534.
- Draper, J. (2012). Idol speculation: Queer identity and a media-imposed lens of detection. Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media & Culture, 10(3): 201-216.
- Draper, J. (2010). “Gay or not?!”: Gay men, straight masculinities, and the construction of the Details audience. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 27(4): 357-375.
