Dustin Kidd, PhD, is a pop culture expert and a professor in the sociology department at Temple University. In addition to being tenured in the sociology department, he is a faculty affiliate in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies (College of Liberal Arts — CLA); American Studies (CLA); Intellectual Heritage (CLA); the Institute on Disabilities (College of Education and Human Development); and the Media Studies and Production (Klein College of Media). His research examines film, television, fiction, social media, comics, video games, music, and the arts, focusing on both inequalities and the ways marginalized groups use media to challenge those inequalities. He is the author of the books Social Media Freaks, Pop Culture Freaks, and Legislating Creativity. Dustin is available to give talks or media commentary. His current work focuses on narratives of disability in popular culture, social media, and social policy.

Announcements:

• I became a Faculty Affiliate in Media Studies and Production (Klein College of Media) in 2025!

• I was promoted to Full Professor of Sociology in 2024!

• I’m pleased to have received a 2020 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching!

Featured Article: In 2016, I co-authored the article “Social Media and Social Movements” with Keith McIntosh (now an alumni of our PhD program).

READ THE ARTICLE HERE.

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