Andrew Scahill

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Andrew Scahill is an assistant professor in the English department at the University of Colorado Denver,^[1] where he specializes in critical analysis of the horror genre^[2][3] and images of youth rebellion.^[4]

Education

Scahill received his B.A. and M.A. in English literature from The Ohio State University. In 2010, he received his Ph.D. in Radio-Television-Film from University of Texas at Austin under the direction of Janet Staiger.

Career

Scahill began his teaching career in the English department at George Mason University while also teaching at American University, University of Maryland College Park, and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. In 2015, he joined the English department faculty at Salisbury University in Maryland. In 2017, he took an assistant professor position in the English department at the University of Colorado Denver.^[5]

His work focuses upon genre analysis and

In 2019, Scahill appeared as a horror genre expert in the documentary Scream, Queen!: My Nightmare on Elm Street,^[12] which examines the homoerotic subtext of the slasher film Nightmare on Elm Street 2 as well as its lead actor, Mark Patton, who was living as a closeted gay actor in 1985.^[13] The film received widespread acclaim at film festivals across North America, including Inside Out Film and Video Festival in Toronto, Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, Outfest in Los Angeles, and Fantastic Fest in Austin.

Scahill has served as coordinating editor for The Velvet Light Trap, assistant editor for Literature/Film Quarterly, and co-chair for the Hosting Committee of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in 2020.

Bibliography

• The Revolting Child in Horror Cinema: Youth Rebellion and Queer Spectatorship (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
• Lost and Othered Children in Contemporary Cinema (Lexington Books, 2012)

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