Lecturer III
he/they
draper@umich.edu
Office Information:
5381 North Quad
105 S. State St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285
Communication and Media;
Critical Media Studies;
Gender and Sexuality;
Media and Cultural Industries
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Michigan
About
Current and Upcoming Teaching
Winter 2023
- 251: Understanding Media Industries (Req: SS)
- 452/492: Senior/Honors Thesis Seminar (Req: ULWR & Comm in Action)
Summer 2023
- 375: Sports, Media, and Culture (Req: ULWR & Comm in Action)
Fall 2023
- 305: Fashion and Media
- 451/491: Senior/Honors Thesis Seminar (Req: Capstone)
Winter 2024
- 251: Media Industries (Req: SS)
- 452/492: Senior/Honors Thesis Seminar (Req: ULWR & Comm in Action)
Publications
- Lawson, C. E. & Draper, J. (2021). Working the red carpet: A framework for analysing celebrities' red carpet labour. Celebrity Studies, 12(4): 635-648.
- Draper, J. & McDonnell, A. M. (2018). Fashioning multiplatform masculinities: Gay personal style bloggers’ strategies of gendered self-representation across social media. Men & Masculinities, 21(5): 645-664.
- Draper, J. (2017). “What has she actually done??!”: Gay men, diva worship, and the paratextualization of gay-rights support. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 34(2): 130-137. ‘Paratexts, Promos, and Publicity’ special issue, guest editor J. Gray.
- Draper, J. (2014). Theorizing creative agency through “discerned savvy”: A tool for the critical study of media industries. Media, Culture, & Society, 36(8): 1118-1133.
- Draper, J. & Lotz, A. D. (2012). “Working through” as ideological intervention: The case of homophobia in Rescue Me. Television & New Media, 13(6): 520-534.
- Draper, J. (2012). Idol speculation: Queer identity and a media-imposed lens of detection. Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media & Culture, 10(3): 201-216.
- Draper, J. (2010). “Gay or not?!”: Gay men, straight masculinities, and the construction of the Details audience. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 27(4): 357-375.
