Teaching Assistant Professor
2016, Ph.D. English, University of North Carolina
2010., M.A. English, University of North Carolina
2004 B.A. English and Drama, University of Virginia
Bio
Ben Bolling’s research focuses on theories of historiography, particularly the rhetoric of serialized narratives. His teaching experience includes courses in rhetoric and composition, American literature, comics and graphic narratives, popular culture, and queer literature. Ben is the editor of It Happens at Comic-Con (McFarland) and creator of comics including Southern Gothic and Into the Omniverse (The New Futurists).
To read more, visit my websitePublications:
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“On the Make: Truman Capote, Seriality, and the Performance of Celebrity.” American Literature. (Durham: Duke UP, 2016)
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“Transmedia Superheroes, Multimodal Composition, and Digital Literacy.” With Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Comic Books. Ed. Susan Kirtley, Peter Carlson, and Antero Garcia. (Oxford: University Press of Mississippi, 2020)
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“Queer Conversations: LGBTIQ Consumer/Producer Interface at Comic-Con International and the Intransitive Writing of Comics.” It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon. Ed. Ben Bolling and Matthew J. Smith. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, 2014)
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“The U.S. HIV/AIDS Crisis and the Negotiation of Queer Identity in SuperheroComics, or Is Northstar Still a Fairy?” Comic Books and American Cultural History. Ed. Matthew J. Pustz. (New York: Continuum, 2012)
Teaching Awards
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Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2014
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James R. Gaskin Award for Excellence in Teaching Composition, 2016
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Laurence G. Avery Award for Excellence in Teaching Literature, 2013
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C. S. Herschel Award for Excellence in Course Development, 2010
Courses Taught:
- (ENGL 105) English Composition and Rhetoric
- (ENGL 105i) Writing in Law