Michael Kackman
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Associate Teaching Professor, Television
- Office
- 230F DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - Phone
- 574-631-8806
- mkackman@nd.edu
Research interests
History and criticism of U.S. television, Cold War American culture, nationhood and political culture, and history and memory practices in everyday life.
Biography
Michael Kackman is a television historian, with a Ph.D. and M.A. in media and cultural studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.F.A. in filmmaking from Emerson College. His research centers on the history and historiography of American television, with particular attention to the shifting relationships between television and U.S. nationhood. Michael is also the co-host (with Christine Becker) of Aca-Media, the official podcast of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.
Research and Publications
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Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture.
University of Minnesota Press, 2005
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The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice
Routledge, 2018
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Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convergence
Routledge, 2010
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