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EDUCATION

PhD in Communication Studies, Rhetoric and Popular Culture from Ohio University, 2024

• Dissertation: Can I have your autograph? Exploring parasocial relationships in person

MA in Communication Studies, The University of Akron, 2018

• Thesis: I Don’t Need a Medical Degree, I Watch TV

BA in Journalism, Minor in Theater from Youngstown State University, 2015

• Capstone project: The Little Man’s Little Man, an investigative look at unfair pay in Downtown Youngstown bars

EXPERIENCE

Current Positions

2024-Present     Assistant Professor, Communication & Emerging Media, GSW

2020-present     Managing Editor/Entertainment Reporter, Fandomize Media 

Past Positions

2020-2024        Graduate Teaching Associate, Ohio University

2011-2023        Color Guard Caption Head, Ursuline High School

2018-2020        Staff Writer, Tribune Chronicle & The Vindicator Edition

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

• Spence, L. & Shiller, E. (Under Review). Have you ever tried this one? A rhetorical analysis of Sabrina Carpenter’s Juno pose
• Shiller, E. (Under Review). ‘Avengers, assemble!’: Experiencing fandom offline, The Journal of Popular Culture
• Shiller, E., & Beck, C. (In Final Looks). When the Perfect Christmas Can’t Be Perfect: Juxtaposing Hallmark Christmas Movies with Real Life during Covid-19, The Journal of Popular Culture
  

Book Chapters

• Shiller, E. (2026). Just cause you carry that shield, it doesn’t mean you’re Captain America”: Carrying on Steve’s legacy. In Popular Culture Perspectives on the MCU edited by Adam Tyma, Matt Meier, and Dana Schowalter.
• Shiller, E. (2021). Enhancing credibility through visual presentation. In COMS 1030 Fundamentals of public speaking: Student guidebook. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press.
  

Reviews

• Shiller, E. (2025). Sinners Review, Popular Culture Studies Journal. 13(2).
• Shiller, E. (2025). Woman of the Hour Review, Popular Culture Studies Journal. 13(2).
• Shiller, E. (2024). Treasure Review, Popular Culture Studies Journal. 12(2). 162-164. https://www.mpcaaca.org/_files/ugd/aced74_a2098fff50414225af913b0e43e49672.pdf
• Shiller, E. (2024). Five Nights at Freddy’s Review, Popular Culture Studies Journal. 12(1). 371-372. https://www.mpcaaca.org/_files/ugd/aced74_0fca23ca620f47a1b1a4e8c4c5464876.pdf
• Shiller, E. (2023) Barbie Review Popular Culture Studies Journal. 11(2), 276-277. https://www.mpcaaca.org/_files/ugd/aced74_9a09f5e8a88145bb85c1468800ba5662.pdf?index=true
• Shiller, E. (2023). The Enormity of Life Review. Popular Culture Studies Journal. 11(1), 147-149. https://www.mpcaaca.org/_files/ugd/aced74_fe40f5d4303e458ab3aa122abe58963d.pdf
• Shiller, E. (2022). Like Dogs Review. Popular Culture Studies Journal. 10(2), 160-162. https://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Compiled-V10N2.pdf
• Shiller, E. (2022). The Last Duel Review. Popular Culture Studies Journal.10(1), 399-401. https://mpcaaca.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/V10I1-Final-1.pdf
• Shiller, E. (2022). Rain Beau’s End Review. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, 8(2), 210-212. https://doi.org/10.2307/48655699
• Shiller, E. (2022). Why Wakanda Matters: What Black Panther Reveals about Psychology, Identity, and Communication. Critical Studies in Media Communication Journal. 39(4), 347-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2022.2033917 
• Shiller, E. (2021). Black Widow Review. Popular Culture Studies Journal. 9(2), 368-371. https://www.mpcaaca.org/_files/ugd/5a6d69_101da49a453843e4b76e4a8588e82ac0.pdf?index=true 

PRESENTATIONS

Paper presentations

• Shiller, E. (2025). You can’t kill off Captain Nash: Illustrating the parasocial continuum with 9-1-1, MPCA, Iowa City, IA
• Shiller, E. (2025). "Just cause you carry that shield, it doesn't mean you're Captain America": Carrying on Steve's legacy, CSCA, Cincinnati, OH
• Shiller, E. (2025). Can I have your autograph? Exploring parasocial relationships in person, PCA, New Orleans, LA 
• Shiller, E. (2024). Carrie vs Leia: A closer look at the subject of our parasocial connections, MPCA, Chicago, IL
• Shiller, E. (2024). Eddie wake up: An exploration into parasocial progression, PCA, Chicago, IL 
• Shiller, E. (2023). A billowing cloud: Performing metaphor while creating White Noise, MPCA, Chicago, IL 
• Shiller, E. (2023). WandaVision’: Coping with the familiar, SSCA, Popular Communication Division, St. Petersburg, FL
• Shiller, E. (2023) ‘Avengers, assemble!’: Experiencing fandom offline, PCA/ACA, San Antonio, TX 
• Shiller, E., & Shiller. P. (2022) Dune: A father/daughter fandom. MPCA, Chicago, IL
• Shiller, E., & Beck, C. (2022) When the Perfect Christmas Can’t Be Perfect: Juxtaposing Hallmark Christmas Movies with Real Life during Covid-19. PCA/ACA, virtual
  

Panel presentations

• Tattoos as Embodied Reclamation: Marking Resistance, Identity, and Visibility, NCA, Denver, CO (November 2025)
• Teaching Ideas in Popular Culture Studies, MPCA, Iowa City, IA (October 2025)
• Teaching Pop Culture… and in General, Graduate Student Conference, MPCA, virtual (March 2023) 
• Teaching Opportunities, Ohio University, Athens, OH (February 2023)
• Graduate Student Experiences in Higher Education's 'Return to Normal' amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, Graduate Student Caucus Panel, CSCA, Madison, WI (March-April 2022)
• Re-connecting with Superheroes in all their Forms, Media Studies Panel, CSCA, Madison, WI (March-April 2022)
• The PSR discussion panel, CSCA, Madison, WI (March-April 2022)
• Idealization in the construction of mediated protagonists celebrity and stardom, panel, MPCA, Minneapolis, MN (October 2021)
• Graduate Students' Diverse Approaches to Resilience in Communication Research in Progress, Research in Progress panel, OCA, Youngstown, OH (October 2021)
• Queering the Quarter: Intersectional Representations in Film, Television, and Streaming Shows, panel, AEJMC, virtual (August 2021)

AWARDS

• Kathy Merlock Jackson Dissertation Award- Can I have your autograph? Exploring parasocial relationships in person, PCA, New Orleans, LA (April 2025)
• First Place Research Talk, Can I have your autograph? Exploring parasocial relationships in person, 
• Grad Con at Ohio University Athens, OH (February 2024)
• Top Student Paper- ‘WandaVision’: Coping with the familiar, Southern States Communication 
• Association, Popular Communication Division, St. Petersburg, FL (April 2023)
• Top Panel- Graduate Student Experiences in Higher Education's 'Return to Normal' amidst the 
• COVID-19 Pandemic, Graduate Student Caucus Panel, Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI (March-April 2022)
• Top Panel- Re-connecting with Superheroes in all their Forms, Media Studies Panel, Central 
• States Communication Association, Madison, WI (March-April 2022)

COURSES TAUGHT

• COMM 1110: Fundamentals of Public Speaking 
• COMM 2137: Introduction to Mass Communication
• COMM 2256: Communication Theory
• COMM 3110: Interpersonal Communication
• COMM 3200: Journalism
• COMM 3250: Interviewing for Investigative Practice
• COMM 3600: Media Criticism
• COMM 3650: Performance Studies
• COMM 3800: Digital Cultures
• COMM 4100: Media and Popular Culture
• COMM 4200: Creating for Online Media

SERVICE

Georgia Southwestern State University

• Faculty Advisor- Sou’wester student Newspaper, GSW (2024-present)
• Student Affairs Committee (2024-present)
• New Faculty Teaching Circle chair (Fall 2025)
• Guest Lecturer for Psychology Senior Seminar (Spring 2025)
• Humanities Symposium student panel advisor/chair (2024, 2025)
  

Midwest Popular Culture Association

• Executive Counsil member- Graduate Student/New Faculty Representative (2024-present)
• Reviews Editor, Popular Culture Studies Journal (2026-present)
• Assistant to Reviews Editor, Popular Culture Studies Journal (2024-2025)
• Mentor for the mentorship program (2023-present)
• Film area chair (2022-2024)
  

Popular Culture Association

• Graduate Student Advisory Committee member (2023-2024)

Service as Reviewer

• Undergraduate Honors Conference, CSCA (2025)
• Lit Youngstown Anthology Conceptualization Committee and reviewer (2024-present)
• Book and Paper Award- MPCA (2024-present)
• Paper- NCA (2022- 2025)
• Paper- Original Work Grant, Ohio University (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023)
• Paper - ECA's Undergraduate Scholars Conference, Philadelphia, PA (April 2022)
• Book proposal- AEJMC-Peter Lang Scholarsourcing (Winter 2021)
• Paper- ECA’s Undergraduate Scholars Conference, virtual (March 2021)
  

Additional Service

• Guest critic at a Speech and Debate Tournament, Ohio University (2021- 2023)
• Panel chair for the From Students to Subways: Ethnographic Experiences and Exploration panel, Eastern Communication Association's Undergraduate Scholars Conference (sponsored by James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference), virtual (March 2021)

TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

• Comics and Pedagogy Workshop, San Diego Comic Con (2025)
• Autoethnography short course with Tony Adams and Andrew Herrmann, CSCA (2025)
• Be There Certificate training through the Born This Way Foundation (Fall 2024)
• Inclusive College Classrooms (Fall 2024)
• New Faculty Teaching Circle (Fall 2024)
• eCore Faculty Training (Fall 2024)
• USG Ethics Training Course (Fall 2024)
• Building Supportive Communities (Fall 2024)
• Midwest Winter Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Spring 2024)
• First Amendment Training presented by the Case Western Reserve University School of Law First 
• Amendment Clinic, Ohio University (Spring 2023)
• Safeguarding the Candidate Experience Training, Ohio University (Spring 2023)
• Inclusive Pedagogy Pilot Training Program, Ohio University (2021-2022)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Georgia Communication Association
• Society of Professional Journalists
• Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
• Midwest Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association
• National Communication Association
• Central States Communication Association
• Southern States Communication Association
• Ohio Communication Association
• Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication