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Monograph Reviewed in Fandom/Cultures/Research
Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker has been reviewed by Enoe Lopes Pontes in Fandom/Cultures/Research: Online Journal for Fan and Audience Studies.
- Pop Culture
- Media
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Kyle A. Hammonds, PhD
Assistant Professor of Instruction; Program Head, MAIS
University of Texas at Dallas, School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Kyle A. Hammonds is Assistant Professor of Instruction and Program Head of the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Texas at Dallas. His writing examines communication, media, and culture, with particular attention to popular media, fan communities, hermeneutics, and narrative theory.
He has been teaching since 2010 and publishing peer-reviewed scholarship since 2016. Recent work has appeared in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Transformative Works and Cultures, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. His first book, Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2024.
On this site he writes shorter essays that sit alongside the formal research — pieces that work through one idea at a time, in plain language, for any reader curious about how stories shape the way communities think.
Articles by Kyle
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Kyle A. Hammonds is The New Program Head for the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS)
Dr. Hammonds begins his appointment as Program Head of the MAIS at the University of Texas at Dallas in the Fall 2025 semester.
- Teaching
- Communication
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Hammonds Wins Top Paper at National Communication Association
Dr. Hammonds took 1st Place on the Top Papers panel for the Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media division at the 2024 NCA convention in New Orleans.
- Communication
- Media
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"One Above All" — New Co-Authored Publication on Marvel Fandom by Kyle A. Hammonds, PhD
A new co-authored study on status and communication inside Marvel fandom appears in Transformative Works and Cultures, open access.
- Communication
- Pop Culture
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Pre-Order "Interpreting and Transmitting Kynicism in Joker" by Kyle A. Hammonds, PhD
Kyle A. Hammonds’ book on the dark side of film fandom is open for pre-order through Rowman & Littlefield. Orders ship when the book goes to press on June 15, 2024.
- Pop Culture
- Media
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Kyle A. Hammonds Signs a Publishing Contract with Lexington Books
Kyle A. Hammonds has signed with Lexington Books for his first solo monograph, tentatively titled An American Knightmare: Joker, and the Hermeneutic of Kynicism in Popular Culture.
- Pop Culture
- Media