Kayti Lausch 625 Hidden Valley Club Drive, Apt 108, Ann Arbor, MI 717.386.9483 kalausch@umich.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Film, Television, and Media expected May 2020 University of Michigan Dissertation: Building a Climate of Righteousness: Religious Television Networks in American Culture Committee: Yeidy Rivero (Chair), Daniel Herbert, Stephen Berrey, Victoria Johnson M.A. in Radio-Television-Film May 2013 University of Texas at Austin Thesis: The Niche Network: Gender, Genre, and the CW Brand Committee: Mary Beltrán (Advisor), Mary Celeste Kearney, Jennifer Fuller B.A. in American Studies May 2009 Cornell University Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in All Subjects Thesis: Choosing the Girl: The WB in Television History Committee: Sabine Haenni (Advisor), Nick Salvato RESEARCH INTERESTS Television history; religious media; media industries; race, class, gender and sexuality in the media; US cultural history PUBLICATIONS Tune In To The Affirmative : The Family Channel and the Politics of Positive Programming. (under review) The Carrie Diaries, The Television Reboot, and the CW s Programming Strategies. Flow, July 2012. In Preparation A Safe Place to Be Entertained : Race, Religion, and the Evolution of the Gospel Music Channel. FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship 2018-19 Awarded to outstanding graduate students at the University of Michigan. University-wide competition. Rackham Humanities Research Fellowship Winter 2018 Rackham One Term Dissertation Fellowship Fall 2017 Awarded by the Film, Television, and Media department at the University of Michigan.
Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant 2017 Rackham Conference Travel Grant 2014-Present CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Television You Can Trust: The Foreboding Failure of the American Christian Television System. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference. Seattle, Washington, March 2019. Just Restart in the Middle: The TV Reboot and the Undoing of Normative Closure. Flow Conference. Austin, Texas, September 2018. When God Met CNN: The Christian Broadcasting Network s Faith-Based News Organization and the Religious Right. Console-ing Passions. Bournemouth, United Kingdom, July 2018. The Satellite of God: How the Christian Broadcasting Network s Cable and Satellite Strategies Transformed Religious Broadcasting. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference. Toronto, Canada, March 2018. A New Model of Television News: Faith-Based News, The 700 Club, and the Religious Right. Annual Meeting of the American Studies Association. Chicago, Illinois, November 2017. Now Your Family Has Its Own TV Network : The Christian Broadcasting Network and Family Television. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois, Mar. 2017. From Jane the Virgin to Catholic TV: Religion Across the Channel Guide. Flow Conference. Austin, Texas, September 2016. A Safe Place to Be Entertained: Race, Gender, Christianity, and Family Values on UP Tv. Console-ing Passions. South Bend, Indiana, June 2016. Living in an Amish Paradise: Reality Television and the Contemporary American Fantasy of the Amish. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada, March 2015. That Girl s a Star: Star Studies for Historical and Contemporary Television. Flow Conference. Austin, Texas, September 2014. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record, Department of Film, Television, and Media Course: Television Theory & Criticism. Spring 2017 Designed an original syllabus offering a broad survey of historical and contemporary television theory for a class of 18 students. Created and graded assignments designed to fulfill the university s Upper Level Writing Requirement, and provided students with frequent and detailed feedback on their writing.
Course: American Television Networks. Summer 2016 Designed an original syllabus that blended industry study approaches to television with cultural context, including considerations of race, class, gender and sexuality, for a class of 12 students. Created and graded assignments designed to evaluate students grasp on material and to encourage them to produce self-designed final research projects. Graduate Student Instructor 2014-17, Department of Film, Television, and Media Courses: New Line Cinema. Winter 2017. Instructor of Record: Dan Herbert. Television History. Fall 2016. Instructor of Record: Amanda Lotz. Film History, post-new Wave. Winter 2016 & 2015. Instructor of Record: Mark Kligerman. Television History. Fall 2015. Instructor of Record: Candace Moore. The Art of Film. Fall 2014. Instructor of Record: Hugh Cohen. Guest Lectures, Film, Television, and Media Hollywood Blockbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, New Line Cinema, February 2017, 50 students. Feminism, Girl Power, and the Television Industry, Female Friendship and Contemporary Media, June 2016, 8 students. Third World Cinema: Senegal s Film History, Film History: post-new Wave, March 2015, 100 students. Grader 2014-16, Film, Television, and Media & American Culture Departments Courses: Before Betty Was Ugly: Latin American and US-Spanish American Television. Instructor of Record: Yeidy Rivero, Winter 2015 and 2016. Television Theory and Criticism. Instructor of Record: Mark Kligerman, Spring 2015. Asians in American Film and Television. Instructor of Record: Emily Lawsin, Fall 2015. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE Graduate Student Mentor Fall 2018 Department of Film, Television, and Media Consulted with graduate students in the classroom and in office hours on issues of grading, assignment creation, lesson planning, and troubleshooting student interactions. Composed periodic emails highlighting campus resources and teaching tips.
Facilitator 2015-present Facilitated practice teaching sessions with first-time undergraduate and graduate student instructors from a variety of disciplines. Provided feedback on lessons and pedagogical strategies for active learning and inclusive teaching. Dissertation Writing Group Leader Fall 2017, Sweetland Center for Writing Coordinated a writing group of 4 individuals and scheduled group meetings. Led workshops of graduate student writing and provided oral and written feedback. President 2016-17 Graduate Student Association of the Film, Television, and Media Department Led monthly meetings of the graduate student body and addressed student concerns. Served as the graduate student representative at bimonthly faculty meetings. Graduate Student Representative 2015-16 Academic Affairs Advisory Committee, University of Michigan Served as the liaison between the Graduate Student Government and the committee. Advised the provost on academic matters concerning the graduate student body. Steward 2015-17 Graduate Employees Organization Represented the department s graduate students to our labor union during monthly meetings. Addressed students concerns about labor practices and reported on the union s activities and initiatives to the graduate students. Seminar Panelist 2015, 2017 Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program Advised undergraduates interested in pursuing graduate education. Vice President 2014-15 Graduate Student Association of the Film, Television, and Media Department Advised the president on matters related to the graduate student body. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Special Features Editor, Flow 2012-13 Responsible for the creation and execution of two Flow special features. Programming Coordinator, 2012 Flow Conference 2011-12 Served on the Conference Planning Committee for the biennial conference. Responsible for selecting participants based upon submitted abstracts, assembling roundtables, and communicating with potential panelists.
Column Editor, Flow 2011-12 Copy-edited and uploaded columnists submissions to the Flow website. Reader, Velvet Light Trap 2012 Read and reviewed submissions for inclusion in the journal. CERTIFICATES AND PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING Professional Development Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Certificate (in progress) 2019, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Graduate Teaching Certificate 2018 Preparing Future Faculty Seminar May-June 2016 and Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Writing 993: Teaching Writing in the Disciplines 2017, Sweetland Center for Writing PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Society of Cinema and Media Studies Television Studies Scholarly Interest Group, Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group American Studies Association REFERENCES Yeidy Rivero yrivero@umich.edu (734)-764-0147 Chair of Film, Television, and Media Faculty Affiliate, Department of American Culture Stephen Berrey sberrey@umich.edu (734)-615-2936 Associate Professor of American Culture and History Daniel Herbert danherb@umich.edu (734)-647-3363 Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Media