Novotny Lawrence

Contact

Dept:	Greenlee School Journalism/Communication
Email:	novotnyl@iastate.edu
Phone:	515-294-4342
Office Hours:	M: 10-11:30 a.m.; W: 1-2:30 p.m. (via WebEx)

Education: Ph.D. Theatre and Film (now Film and Media Studies), University of Kansas
M.A., Communication Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City
B.A., Communication Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Bio

Dr. Novotny Lawrence is an Associate Professor on a joint appointment between the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication and the English Department. He teaches classes such as Media and Society, Diversity in the Media, History of African American Images in film, and Qualitative Research Methods. His research primarily centers on African American cinematic and mediated experiences, and popular culture. Lawrence is the author of Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s: Blackness and Genre (Routledge, 2007), the editor of Documenting the Black Experience (McFarland, 2014), and the co-editor of Beyond Blaxploitation (Wayne State University Press, 2016). He has also published journal articles/book chapters on Black Dynamite, the comedy of Dave Chappelle, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, African American religious iconography in Good Times, and Jordan Peele's Get Out. His current research projects include, a co-authored book on Oscar and BAFTA-winning screenwriter and director Kevin Willmott, and a co-edited volume focusing on Black horror films.