Cynthia Burkhead, Ph.D.

Burkhead
(256) 765-4790
Willingham Hall 115
Professor, English
Email: caburkhead@una.edu 
 

Research, Teaching and Other Interests:

  • Dr. Burkhead is the author of the Student Companion to John Steinbeck and Dreams in Television Narrative: from Dallas to Buffy, and the co-editor of Joss Whedon: Conversations and Grace Under Pressure: Grey's Anatomy Uncovered.
  • She has published essays on the television programs: The Sopranos and Lost.
  • Her teaching specialties include Film and Television Studies, Folklore, and Post-Colonial Literature. 

Courses Taught:

  • EN 232: Literature of the World II
  • EN 324: The Oral Tradition
  • EN 331: Contemporary Global Literature
  • EN 392: Film Genres