Justin Russell Greene

Justin has taught courses in writing and rhetoric since 2009, as well as courses in textual analysis, American Literature, and Film Studies. He joined the Virginia Tech English Department as an Instructor in 2019 after serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric at Hampden-Sydney College. Justin holds a PhD in Media, Art, and Text from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). His research focuses on authorship studies; gender studies, particularly the performance of masculinity; cultural media studies; and celebrity/persona studies. His work seeks to uncover the intersections between media, socio-cultural identities, and discourses/institutions of power. Justin has published articles on masculine authorial identity, photography, and fashion; Tao Lin and Twitter; Roxane Gay’s digital presences; and Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. He is currently working on a book-length project about the performance of masculinity in the films and public persona of Quentin Tarantino.