An SMU faculty member since 2004, he has taught courses on media and culture, television history, media globalization, media theory, new media platforms, science fiction, crime-based television, and comics. Professor Kompare received his PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999, and his research has focused on the formation of media forms, genres, industries and cultures. He is the author of two books: Rerun Nation: How Repeats Invented American Television (Routledge, 2005), and a just-published study on the crime drama CSI (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). He has also written several articles for anthologies and journals on topics including DVD box sets, reality television, and the evolving online relationship between media fans and producers.