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Phillip Maciak is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English and the American Culture Studies program at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from the University of Virginia, and a BA from Amherst College. His academic work focuses on U.S. literature, visual media, and the cultural role of screens, with notable publications including The Disappearing Christ: Secularism in the Silent Era (2019) and the cultural critique Avidly Reads Screen Time (2023). He also serves as TV critic for The New Republic and is currently writing DAD: A POP HISTORY (Plume, 2027).
- Education: PhD, University of Pennsylvania; MA, University of Virginia; BA, Amherst College
- Roles: Senior Lecturer in English & AMCS; TV critic; author
- Affiliations: Washington University; New Republic; Plume Publishing
His research explores intersections between screens and modern identity, dad culture, and 20th/21st-century media. Courses taught include 'The Great American Novel,' 'American Visual Culture Studies,' and a new seminar on 'Dad Culture Studies.' He has also launched innovative courses like 'Adaptations: Literature/Film/TV' and 'The Writer, the Editor, and the Digital World.'
Publications span scholarly monographs, cultural critiques, and over 50 articles analyzing contemporary TV and media trends. Current projects include a cultural history of fatherhood and ongoing critiques of streaming TV's evolving narrative strategies.
