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Colleen Etman
| Title: | Graduate Student PhD Candidate, Bilinski Fellow |
| Department: | English Language and Literature College of Arts and Sciences |
| Email: | cetman@email.sc.edu |
Pronouns:
She/her
Education:
MA in English (College of Charleston/The Citadel) BA in English, minor in Classics
(College of Charleston)
Field:
Major field in Popular Fiction in/and Culture; Minor field in Adaptation and Transmedia
Studies
Biography:
Colleen Etman is a Ph.D. candidate specializing in Popular Culture Literature and
Adaptation Studies. Her work focuses on how cultural phenomena reflect cultural values,
and what the media we consume as a society says about social ideals and beliefs. During
her time at USC, Colleen has taught in the First Year English program, including special
courses in fanfiction, mythology, and Star Wars. In 2023, she won the Elliott Award
for teaching. Colleen earned a Bilinski Fellowship from the College of Arts and Sciences
for the 2023-2024 school year to sponsor writing her dissertation on gender dynamics
in modern adaptations of King Arthurian literature. Her first article, “The Droids
You’re Looking For: On Sentience and Servitude in Star Wars,” was published in the Popular Culture Studies Journal in 2021. Outside of academia, Colleen spends most of her time engaging with pop culture
(unsurprisingly), her friends, and her two pets.