Three Women Join the English Department Faculty at Arizona State University

The department of English at Arizona State University has recruited five additional faculty to its programs in film and media studies and secondary education this fall. Three of the new hires are women.

Lisa Han is a new assistant professor of film and media studies. Her current research interests include new media studies, environmental media, and critical infrastructure studies. She has worked as a political journalist and as an art critic. Dr. Han holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in film and media studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Stacey Moran is an assistant professor of English and is affiliated with the Herberger Institute’s School of Arts, Media and Engineering. Dr. Moran’s research lies at the intersection of feminist theory and technoscience, continental philosophy, design studies and critical pedagogy. She is associate director of the Center for Philosophical Technologies. Dr. Moran holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

Katherine Morrissey is an assistant professor of film and media studies. She was an assistant professor in the School of Cinema at San Francisco State University. With specialties in romance studies and transmedia, Morrissey’s work focuses on representations of female desire across popular culture. Dr. Morrisey is co-vice president for the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. She holds a master’s degree in communication from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.