Her research focuses on the creation and manipulation of historical memory in popular culture, with particular emphasis on the influence of medial form on representation. She has published in Film & History , The Journal of Popular Culture , and The Journal of Popular Film and Television . She is presently working on a project exploring Cold War nostalgia after September 11th. She is the guest editor of an upcoming issue of Feminist Media Histories on comics, and is the primary organizer of the Comics Arts Conference.