Lecturer III; Director of the Senior Thesis & Honors Program; Faculty Undergraduate Adviser
draper@umich.edu
Office Information:
5381 North Quad
Communication and Media;
Critical Media Studies
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Michigan
About
2024 Recipient of the LSA Individual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education
Teaching and research interests
- Fashion and fashion media
- Media industries
- Representation in pop culture
- Media fandom
- Critical/cultural methods
Current and upcoming teaching
Winter 2025
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- 341: Fashion & Media · Elective
- 452/492: Senior/Honors Thesis Seminar II · ULWR & Comm in Action
Spring 2025
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- 473: Media Fandom · Capstone · Remote (Zoom) course
Fall 2025
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- 341: Fashion & Media · Elective
- 451/491: Senior/Honors Thesis Seminar I · Capstone
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.
