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Associate Professor Hugh Manon holds dual affiliations at Clark University: as a core faculty member in Visual and Performing Arts and a founding member of the interdisciplinary Media, Culture and the Arts program. He has been at Clark since 2010, contributing to both teaching and research in film theory, cultural studies, and digital media. Manon earned a B.Sc. in Telecommunications (Ohio University, 1990), an M.A. in English (University of Pittsburgh, 1994), and a Ph.D. in Critical and Cultural Studies with Film Studies concentration (University of Pittsburgh, 2002).
His research bridges psychoanalytic theory (particularly Lacanian concepts) with analyses of analog/digital media, film noir, and cult cinema. Key areas include glitch art (co-developing the concept of 'failure to fully fail'), punk media's 'double deception,' and Gothic horror's intersections with film noir. Manon’s work frequently engages with marginalized genres and auteurs like Edgar G. Ulmer, Tod Browning, and George Romero, contextualizing their films within broader cultural and technological histories.
Recent work explores parasocial interactions in ASMR media and podcasting through the
- Grants: Harrison Major Grant (2013), Higgins School of Humanities Grant (2011-2012)
- Labs/Teams: Pods Against Tomorrow podcast (co-hosted with Clark alum Abe Doubleday-Bush)
