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Mark Anderson serves as a Professor in the Department of History within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University, where his scholarship critically interrogates cinematic representations of American identity and cultural mythology.
His research focuses on:
- Film Studies
- American Cultural History
- Western Genre evolution
- Horror Film Studies (particularly zombie sub-genre)
- Cultural Mythology deconstruction
- Settler Colonialism narratives
Professor Anderson's work examines how the Western genre's post-1968 decline reflects the collapse of foundational cultural certainties rooted in frontier mythology, Indigenous erasure, and systemic oppression, while positioning contemporary horror cinema as a challenge to traditional boundary paradigms.
His scholarly recognition includes:
- Marston LaFrance Research Fellowship (2021)
This prestigious award, established in 1979 in memory of former English Professor and Dean Marston LaFrance, provides dedicated research time for major projects within Carleton's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. As the 2021 Fellow, Anderson delivered a public lecture analyzing the Western genre's demise as symptomatic of broader cultural destabilization, connecting historical cinematic tropes to contemporary societal anxieties about boundary violations and identity fragmentation.
