Leigh H. Edwards is Professor of English at Florida State University. She authored the books Dolly Parton, Gender, and Country Music (Indiana University Press, 2018, winner of the Foreword Book of the Year Award), Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity (Indiana University Press, 2009), and The Triumph of Reality TV: The Revolution in American Television (Praeger, 2013). Her research focuses on popular music, television, film, and new media. Her work has appeared in journals such as The Journal of Popular Culture, Journal of Popular Music Studies, Film & History, Celebrity Studies, Flow, and Global Media Journal. She is on the advisory board of the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies and on the editorial board of the Journal of Popular Television.
-I’m currently working on: transmedia storytelling franchises; branded authenticity on reality television and in popular music; television and star texts; interactive music videos; and Disney and intertextuality.
-My NEPCA presentation is about The Golden Girls, star texts, fandoms, and celebrity studies.