Biography
Katie Kapurch, Ph.D. is Professor of English at Texas State University. As a scholar of pop culture, she has written widely about Disney and the Beatles, as well as other pop phenomena including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and the Twilight series.
Katie is currently working on several books, including one about the Disneyfication of pop musicians and another about the mermaid as pop icon. Katie serves as co-editor of the journal AMP: American Music Perspectives.
Katie also serves as Director of Communications for the Department of English.
Katie is currently working on several books, including one about the Disneyfication of pop musicians and another about the mermaid as pop icon. Katie serves as co-editor of the journal AMP: American Music Perspectives.
Katie also serves as Director of Communications for the Department of English.
Research Interests
Katie's scholarship focuses on icons and the iconic, especially popular phenomena at the intersections of literature, music, and film.
Her book, Blackbird: How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles into Being-- and Sang Back to Them Ever After (Penn State UP, 2023) is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Blackbird is co-authored with Jon Marc Smith.
Katie's first monograph, Victorian Melodrama in the Twenty-First Century, is about melodrama in girl culture and uses Twilight and Jane Eyre as touchstones.
In addition to many chapters and articles, Katie has also published two edited collections about the Beatles, and her current projects focus on Disney, pop music, and mermaids.
Her book, Blackbird: How Black Musicians Sang the Beatles into Being-- and Sang Back to Them Ever After (Penn State UP, 2023) is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Blackbird is co-authored with Jon Marc Smith.
Katie's first monograph, Victorian Melodrama in the Twenty-First Century, is about melodrama in girl culture and uses Twilight and Jane Eyre as touchstones.
In addition to many chapters and articles, Katie has also published two edited collections about the Beatles, and her current projects focus on Disney, pop music, and mermaids.