about Philip Scepanski

Philip Scepanski is Assistant Professor of Film and Television at Marist College whose research focuses on television history, cultural theory, comedy, and trauma. His book project, “Tragedy Plus Time: National Trauma and Television Comedy,” explores the ways in which American television comedy responds to events like the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and 9/11. His work has also appeared in numerous journals and collections, most recently Television and New Media and The Comedy Studies Reader.