Margie Judd

University Of Nevada Reno

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Margie Judd is an accomplished academic, filmmaker, and photographer. Her academic work focuses on 19th-century American literature, silent film, and the American West.

Margie’s research interests revolve around the intersection of literature, cinema, and societal views on poverty. Her dissertation, “The Mystery of Misery: Middle-Class Representations of Poverty, 1885-1915,” explores the evolution of middle-class masculinity in realist literature and silent film.

In 2022, Margie was awarded her PhD at the University of Nevada, alongside with the prestigious Bilinski Fellowship for outstanding research and exceptional contributions to the humanities.

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  1. "The Mystery of Misery: Middle-Class Representations of Poverty, 1885-1915"
    Doctoral Dissertation, 2023
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  2. "Gunshots, Indian Scouts, and Train Robberies: Frontier Mythology in William Dean Howells’s A Hazard of New Fortunes."
    Western American Literature vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 115-35, 2020
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