Episodes
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Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 013 – Interdisciplinary Studies with Prof. Jill Fehleison! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Fehleison about her area of expertise, Interdisciplinary Studies and history.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Jill Fehleison, Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies as well as the Director of General Education at Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/jill-fehleison/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“From “Mine” to “Ours”: Gendered Hierarchies of Authorship and the Limits of
Taylor Swift’s Paratextual Feminism”
https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcz042
Taylor Swift, Public Historian (2020)
https://activisthistory.com/2020/08/17/taylor-swift-public-historian/
Centuries after Christine de Pizan wrote a book railing against misogyny, Taylor Swift is building her own ‘City of Ladies’ (2024)
https://theconversation.com/centuries-after-christine-de-pizan-wrote-a-book-railing-against-misogyny-taylor-swift-is-building-her-own-city-of-ladies-223506
Taylor Swift has got the 1830s all wrong (2024)
https://theconversation.com/taylor-swift-has-got-the-1830s-all-wrong-229729
Taylor Swift: why academics are studying the pop star (2024)
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2024/02/15/taylor-swift-why-academics-are-studying-the-pop-star.html
Glitter & Rigor: Inside Taylor Swift’s Academic Era (2024)
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Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 012 – Political Science Studies with Debra Liebowitz! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Liebowitz about her area of expertise, Political Science, and how Taylor's work and impact can be evaluated from a political perspective.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Debra Liebowitz, Professor of Political Science as well as the Provost for Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/debra-liebowitz/
https://www.qu.edu/about-quinnipiac/leadership/office-of-the-provost/provost/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“Reputation matters: parasocial attachment, narrative engagement, and the 2018 Taylor Swift political endorsement”
https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2019.1704758
Heartbreak, Fury & Finding Happiness (2024)
https://www.magzter.com/stories/entertainment/People-US/HEARTBREAK-FURY-FINDING-HAPPINESS
Is Gabriel Boric a Swiftie? A short investigation (2021)
https://brutalsouth.substack.com/p/is-gabriel-boric-a-swiftie
A Taylor Swift Instagram post helped drive a surge in voter registration (2023)
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/1201183160/taylor-swift-instagram-voter-registration
Argentina arrastra a Taylor Swift a la campaña electoral: “Las swifties no votamos a
Milei” (2023)
https://elpais.com/argentina/2023-11-09/argentina-arrastra-a-taylor-swift-a-la-campana-electoral-las-swifties-no-votamos-a-milei.html
Lo que la Marea Verde nos ha enseñado a las mujeres latinoamericanas (2021)
https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/11/02/espanol/opinion/aborto-legal-latinoamerica.html -
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Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 011 – Sports Studies with Molly Yanity! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Yanity about her area of expertise, Sports Journalism, and specifically how Taylor’s relationship with Travis Kelce and her subsequent NFL attendance changed the 2023 season!
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Molly Yanity, Professor of Journalism, Chair of Journalism, and Director of the Graduate Program in Journalism at Quinnipiac University’s School of Communications
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/molly-yanity/
https://www.mollyyanity.com/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“Taylor Swift and Kanye West enter the arena: celebrity politicians and the rise of frontier aesthetics”
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2021.2017743
The Swift Effect: How Popstar Taylor Swift has Brought Business and Viewership to the National Football League
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/mktguht/85/?utm_source=scholarworks.uark.edu%2Fmktguht%2F85&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages
The Other Football Player in Taylor Swift’s Life (2024)
https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/super-bowl-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-hawaii-3851232f
Is Taylor Swift Actually Increasing N.F.L. Ratings? (2024)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/10/upshot/taylor-swift-nfl-ratings.html
The Reign of Taylor Swift (2023)
https://www.magzter.com/stories/entertainment/People-US/THE-REIGN-OF-TAYLOR-SWIFT
How Caitlin Clark Became The Taylor Swift Of Women's College Basketball
https://www.forbes.com/sites/karenweaver/2024/02/11/how-caitlin-clark-became-the-taylor-swift-of-womens-college-basketball/?sh=22cf88d628f5 -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 010 – Conspiracy Studies with Candice Travis! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Travis about her area of expertise, Political Science and Conspiracy Studies.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Candice Travis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/candice-travis/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“From awkward teen girl to aryan goddess meme: Taylor Swift and the hijacking
of star texts”
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2020.1704431
The Storytelling Genius of Taylor Swift’s “evermore” (2021)
https://www.uniquelyaligned.com/mag/2021/2/3/the-storytelling-genius-of-taylor-swifts-evermore
Is Taylor Swift a CIA plant? Is the NFL rigged? Have vaccines made us nuts? (2024)
https://www.tampabay.com/sports/bucs/2024/02/03/is-taylor-swift-cia-plant-is-nfl-rigged-have-vaccines-made-us-nuts/
The meaning of the hysteria over Taylor Swift (2024)
https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/02/06/the-meaning-of-the-hysteria-over-taylor-swift
No, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Didn’t ‘Rig’ the Super Bowl (2024)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-super-bowl-false-conspiracy-theories-d3d21321?mod=article_inline
r/TaylorSwift: challenge for the sub - explain the whole
iceberg (only comment ones that haven’t been done)
https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/yml37o/challenge_for_the_sub_explain_the_whole_iceberg/
r/TaylorSwift: I remade the Taylor iceberg
https://www.reddit.com/r/TaylorSwift/comments/15ajpr3/i_remade_the_taylor_iceberg/ -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 009 – Mental Health Studies with Clorinda Velez! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Velez about her area of expertise, mental health.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Clorinda Velez, Professor of Psychology at Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/clorinda-velez/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“The Return to Craft: Taylor Swift, Nostalgia, and Covid-19”
https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2022.2156761
Let's Talk About Taylor Swift's 'Folklore' (2020)
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896193188/taylor-swift-folklore-critics-roundtable
Taylor Swift Has Rocked My Psychiatric Practice(2023)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/opinion/taylor-swift-mental-health.html
Why Taylor Swift's Music Resonates in Today's Mental Health Conversations (2024)
https://www.firstsession.com/resources/taylor-swift-mental-health
Tying it All Together: Reflections on Taylor Swift’s “invisible string” (2020)
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/11/12/tying-it-all-together-reflections-on-taylor-swifts-invisible-string/
How Taylor Swift, nature and writing helped me find joy in solitude (2020)
https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/how-taylor-swift-nature-and-writing-helped-me-find-joy-in-solitude -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 008 – Sociology Studies with Lauren Sardi! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Sardi about her area of expertise, Sociology and Women & Gender Studies, and specifically about how those fields intersect.
Please follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/quinnipiacswiftie
Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Lauren Sardi, Professor of Sociology and Women’s & Gender Studies, as well as the Director of the Collaborative for Interdisciplinary & Integrative Studies at Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/lauren-sardi/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“TikTok, Twitter, and Platform-Specific Technocultural Discourse in Response to Taylor Swift’s LGBTQ+ Allyship in ‘You Need to Calm Down’”
https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945225
Taylor Swift: The Rolling Stone Interview (2019)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/taylor-swift-rolling-stone-interview-880794/
Taylor Swift: No Longer ‘Polite at All Costs’ (2020)
https://variety.com/2020/music/features/taylor-swift-politics-sundance-documentary-miss-americana-1203471910/
She Pop: Taylor Swift Wants To Ban Access To Your Lady Bits (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20230626161547/https://bitchmedia.org/post/taylor-swift-wants-to-ban-access-to-your-lady-bits -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 007 – Legal Studies with Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox! On this episode, we talk to Prof. Sujata about her area of expertise, Legal Studies.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox, Professor of Legal Studies and Chair of Justice and Law
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/sujata-gadkar-wilcox/
In this episode we talked about the following:
What Taylor Swift and Beyonce Teach Us About Sex and Causes, Dembroff et al (2020)
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review_online/vol169/iss1/1/
When Did You First Realize Taylor Swift Was Lying to You? (2016)
https://www.theringer.com/2016/7/12/16039240/when-did-you-first-realize-taylor-swift-was-lying-to-you-bb5a00a32b65
Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s 2016 Phone Call Leaks: Read the Full Transcript (2020)
https://variety.com/2020/music/news/taylor-swift-kanye-west-phone-call-leaks-read-full-transcript-1203541363/
Taylor Swift explains her blunt testimony during her sexual assault trial (2017)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/12/06/taylor-swift-explains-her-blunt-testimony-during-her-sexual-assault-trial/
Taylor Swift won her day in court. Here's what you need to know. (2017)
https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/11/16127214/taylor-swift-groping-trial-explained -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 006 – Business Studies with Prof. Julia Fullick-Jagiela! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Fullick-Jagiela about her area of expertise, Leadership and Management, and specifically how Taylor’s business practices have allowed her to assert her identity.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Julia Fullick-Jagiela, Professor and Chair of Management at Quinnipiac University’s Lender School of Business
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/julia-fullick-jagiela/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliafullick/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“Love and Business: Taylor Swift as Celebrity, Businesswoman, and Advocate”
https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945227
For Taylor Swift, the Future of Music Is a Love Story (2014)
https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story
Taylor Swift is the Music Industry (2014)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-12/taylor-swift-and-big-machine-are-the-music-industry
The Power of Taylor Swift (2014)
https://time.com/magazine/us/3583115/november-24th-2014-vol-184-no-20-u-s/
The Staggering Economic Impact of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour (2023)
https://time.com/6307420/taylor-swift-eras-tour-money-economy/
In this episode we also mentioned some of our other amazing colleagues at Quinnipiac University:
Kafui Kouakou, Assistant VP of Career Development & Experiential Learning
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/kafui-kouakou/
Dave Chapman Bouton, Assistant Director of Career Development at the Lender School of Business
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/david-bouton/
Lila Carney, Director of Career Development at the School of Communications
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/lila-carney/
Kiku Jones, Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems, and Chair of Business Analytics and Information Systems
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/kiku-jones/
Patricia S. Kelly, Senior Instructor of Management
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Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 005 – Film Studies with Prof. Blythe Frank! On this episode, we talk to Prof. Frank about her area of expertise, which is development and production of music videos, film, documentaries, commercials, and film production.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Blythe Frank, Assistant Professor of Film, Television and Media Arts and Director of the Cinematic Production Management Master’s Program at Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/blythe-frank/
In this episode we talked about the following:
On good girls and woke white women: Miss Americana and the performance of
popular white womanhood, Prins (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2021.2023852
How the Swiftie Cinematic Universe Came to Theaters (2023)
https://puck.news/how-the-swiftie-cinematic-universe-came-to-theaters/
How Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Concert Film Scrambled (and Saved) the Fall Movie Season (2023)
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/how-taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-movie-landed-amc-theaters-1235749215/
Taylor Swift’s Telltale Heart (2013)
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/04/taylor-swift-cover-story
Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” and the Weaponization of Memory (2021)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/arts/music/taylor-swift-all-too-well.html -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 004 – English Studies with Valerie Smith! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Smith about her area of expertise, which are composition and rhetoric and women’s literature
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Valerie Smith, Associate Professor of English and Chair of English at Quinnipiac University
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/valerie-smith/
In this episode we talked about the following:
Taylor Swift and the Work of Songwriting, Sloan (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945226
You Belong with Me (2011)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/10/taylor-swift-profile-you-belong-with-me
Why Taylor Swift belongs on English literature degree courses (2024)
https://theconversation.com/why-taylor-swift-belongs-on-english-literature-degree-courses-219660
The Linguistic Evolution of Taylor Swift (2020)
https://daily.jstor.org/the-linguistic-evolution-of-taylor-swift/
Taylor Swift in Wonderland (2012)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/taylor-swift-in-wonderland-180107/ -
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Episode 003 – Celebrity Studies with Kearston Wesner! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Wesner about her area of expertise, Media Studies, and specifically the study of celebrities.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Kearston Wesner, Associate Professor of Media Studies at Quinnipiac University’s School of Communications
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/kearston-wesner/
In this episode we talked about the following:
“Taylor Swift: the hardest working, zaniest girl in show business…”
https://doi.org/10.1080/19392397.2019.1630160
“Dorking Out with Taylor and Kanye: Nerd Pop via Goffman and the Performance of Stigma”
https://doi.org/10.1111/jpms.12159
Taylor Swift on "Bad Blood," Kanye West, and How People Interpret Her Lyrics
https://www.gq.com/story/taylor-swift-gq-cover-story
The Very Pink, Very Perfect Life of Taylor Swift (2009)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/the-very-pink-very-perfect-life-of-taylor-swift-107451/ -
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Episode 002 – Musical Studies with Prof. Dauphinais! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Dauphinais about her area of expertise, which is Education and of her experiences as an artist herself.
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Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Jennifer Dauphinais, Assistant Teaching Professor of Education and Coordinator of the Social Emotional Learning and School Climate Program at Quinnipiac University’s School of Education
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/jennifer-dauphinais/
Instagram.com/ponybirdmusic
In this episode we talked about the following:
Music’s Powers: Embodiment & Flourishing with Taylor Swift, Volpe (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1080/07494467.2021.1945228
Getting to know Taylor Swift (2007)
https://ew.com/article/2007/07/25/getting-know-taylor-swift/
Taylor Swift's road to fame (2008)
https://ew.com/article/2008/02/05/taylor-swifts-road-fame/
How Taylor Swift Masterminded Global Success, Explained by SOMD Experts
https://musicanddance.uoregon.edu/TaylorSwift -
Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 001 – Women’s and Gender Studies with Prof. O’Neill! On this episode, we talk to Dr. O’Neill, Associate Professor of English and the program director of Women’s and Gender studies at Quinnipiac University about her area of expertise: Women’s and Gender Studies.
Please follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/quinnipiacswiftie
Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions
Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia
Our guest today was Kim O’Neill, Associate Professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies as well as the Director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program at Quinnipiac University.
https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/kimberly-oneill/
In this episode we talked about the following:
"I'm Still Trying Everything to Keep You Looking at Me": Taylor Swift and the Autotheoretical Construction of Public Selves (Ordoñez 2023)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/915915
Taylor Swift 101: From poetry to business, college classes offer insights on 'Swiftology'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/01/02/taylor-swift-101-college-classes-about-singer/71976599007/
Taylor Swift at Harvard
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/taylor-swift-lyrics-class-harvard/676933/
A Swiftie’s ‘Wildest Dreams’ come true: Northeastern is offering a course on Taylor Swift
https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/11/30/taylor-swift-course/
2023 PERSON OF THE YEAR: Taylor Swift
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