Biography

Dr. Kim Akass is Professor of Radio, Television and Film and Program Co-ordinator for the MA and 4+1 Dual Degree in Television Studies at Rowan University. She has co-edited and contributed to Reading Sex and the City (I.B. Tauris, 2004), Reading Six Feet Under: TV To Die For (I.B. Tauris, 2005), Reading The L Word: Outing Contemporary Television (I.B. Tauris, 2006), Reading Desperate Housewives: Beyond the White Picket Fence (I.B. Tauris, 2006) and Quality TV: Contemporary American TV and Beyond (I.B. Tauris, 2007). She is one of the founding editors of the television journal Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studie (SAGE), managing editor of the website CSTonline and was, (with McCabe), series editor of the ‘Reading Contemporary Television’ for I.B. Tauris. Her book, Mothers on American Television: From Here to Maternity, was published by Manchester University Press in 2023. Her book was nominated for the Katherine Singer Kovács Book award 2024-5.

Courses

TV History & Genre; TV & Identity

Research Interests

Feminist TV Studies; Motherhood

Publications

Mothers on American Television: From Here to Maternity (Manchester University Press, 2023)