{"id":7,"date":"2019-09-12T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/knopf\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:23:08","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/knopf\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #484848\"><em><span class=\"color_16\">She is, without question, one of the most amiably eager, inspiring researchers, and diversified scholars with which I have had the pleasure to collaborate.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #484848\"><em><span class=\"color_16\">The upward trajectory of Dr. Knopf\u2019s continuing work as a rhetorical critic, student of mediated political communication, and scholar of visual discourses is unlimited.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Publications<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (forthcoming). The divine Comedian: The Kennedys, conflict, and confession. In M. Brake &amp; D.K. Goodin (eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/theology-religion-and-watchmen-9798216442738\/\">Theology, religion, and Watchmen<\/a>. <\/em>Bloomsbury.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. &amp; Yezbick, D.F. (forthcoming). Letters of life, Lace, and love: Milton Caniff\u2019s <em>Male Call <\/em>and its readers in World War II. In S. Jha\u00a0&amp; A. Gusain (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Documenting-Lives-Representation-Activism-Cultures\/dp\/9819581176\">Documenting lives: comics, representation, and activism<\/a> across cultures.<\/em> Springer<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (forthcoming). Profaning the sacred: Religious sites as political metaphors in 007. In G. Tsakiridis (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/religion-and-james-bond-9798216265078\/\"><em>Religion and James Bond<\/em><\/a>. Bloomsbury.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (forthcoming). Mother goddesses and the incarnation, passion, and resurrection of Spider-Man: The transformative nature of Shriek, Shathra, and Ero. In G. Tsakiridis (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/spider-man-and-the-sacred\/\"><em>Spider-Man and the sacred: Essays on religious themes in the comics<\/em><\/a>. McFarland.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (forthcoming). The United Nations Decade for (Wonder) Women: Wonder Woman, the U.N., and women\u2019s liberation. In A. Potter, N.J. Swain &amp; C. Skibinski (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/classical-reception-and-impact-of-wonder-woman-in-comics-and-film-9781350439375\/\">Classical receptions and impact of Wonder Woman in comics and film<\/a> <\/em>\u00a0(pp. 169-180). Bloomsbury.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2026). Review: <em>Trump and Putin in Media Mythologies<\/em>, by Olena Leipnik<em> &#8211; <\/em>Routledge, 2025. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/02673231261432333\">European Journal of Communication<\/a>, <\/em>1-3.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2026). The shield or the skull: The civil-military gap, the militarized superhero, and veteran stereotypes in American myth and memory. In L. Piatti-Farnell &amp; C. Wilson (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Superhero-Studies\/Piatti-Farnell-Wilson\/p\/book\/9781032433547\">The Routledge companion to superhero studies<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 454-463). Routledge<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2026). The debutante vigilante: Lady Luck, an early model for world war womanhood. In G. Bray and A.J. Ball (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Women-Vigilantes-and-Outlaws-in-American-Popular-Media-Who-Was-That-Masked-Woman\/Bray-Ball\/p\/book\/9781032700809\"><em>Women vigilantes and outlaws in American popular media: Who was that masked woman? <\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 111-128). Routledge<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M., &amp; Yezbick, D.F. (2025). Bombs &amp; bombshells, aluminium &amp; Lace: Milton Caniff at the intersection of illustration &amp; insignia in the Second World War. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/intellectdiscover.com\/content\/journals\/10.1386\/jill_00126_1\">Journal of Illustration<\/a>, 12<\/em>(2), 371-394.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2024). The true meaning of fearless: Feminism in <em>Fearless <\/em>and the Marvel Universe. In D<em>. <\/em>Brode (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/analyzing-the-marvel-universe\/?srsltid=AfmBOopzecJUVkAcI9jIg6LIstKeas3NJjQreGdJ0iF1hFPPkqLJRUwz\"><em>Analyzing the Marvel Universe: Critical essays on the comics and film adaptations<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 100-108). McFarland &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2024, Sep 16). \u201cWe are no longer connected, Jean\u201d: The alienation of X-women \u201997. <em>In Media Res, <\/em>X-Men \u201997 Week, <a href=\"https:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/\">https:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/\u201dwe-are-no-longer-connected-jean\u201d-alienation-x-women-\u201897<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2024). Review &#8211; <em>Dead Funny: The Humor of American<\/em> Horror, David Gillota (Rutgers University Press). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarlypublishingcollective.org\/psup\/american-humor\/article-abstract\/10\/1\/146\/386849\/Dead-Funny-The-Humor-of-American-Horror\">Studies in American Humor<\/a>, 10<\/em>(1), 146-149.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2024). Black and white death: Memories of violence in the Great War. In J. Davis-McElligatt &amp; J. Coby (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/B\/BOOM!-SPLAT\"><em>BOOM! SPLAT!: Comics and violence<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 32-43). University Press of Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Review &#8211; <em>Drawing Liberalism: Herblock\u2019s Political Cartoons in Postwar America, <\/em>Simon Appleford (University of Virginia Press). <em><a href=\"https:\/\/ijoca.blogspot.com\/2023\/05\/book-review-drawling-liberalism.html\">International Journal of Comic Art<\/a>, 25<\/em>(10), 593-596.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Militant earth mother: Viewing Poison Ivy as an ecofeminist rather than as an ecoterrorist. In J. Martin &amp; M. Favaro (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781666930832\/Batman%E2%80%99s-Villains-and-Villainesses-Multidisciplinary-Perspectives-on-Arkham's-Souls\"><em>Batman\u2019s villains and villainesses: Multidisciplinary perspectives on Arkham\u2019s souls<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 201-214). Lexington Books.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). <em>The Loner<\/em> on the \u201cfrontier of unfilled hopes and threats\u201d: Serling\u2019s old West in Kennedy\u2019s new frontier. In D. Picariello (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-031-27284-4\">The Western and political thought: A fistful of politics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(pp. 105-120). Palgrave Macmillan.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). The pirate, the queen, and the handkerchief: <em>Gr\u00e1inne Mhaol<\/em>, an Irishwoman among men. In H.E.H. Earle &amp; M. Lund (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Identity-and-History-in-Non-Anglophone-Comics\/Earle-Lund\/p\/book\/9781032480879\"><em>Identity and history in non-Anglophone comics<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 220-236). Routledge<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Review &#8211; <em>Drawling liberalism: Herblock&#8217;s Political Cartoons in Postwar America <\/em>by Simon Appleford &#8211; University of Virginia Press, 2023. <a href=\"http:\/\/ijoca.blogspot.com\/2023\/05\/book-review-drawling-liberalism.html\"><em>International Journal of Comic<\/em> Art<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Familiarity is the path to the Dark Side: Domesticating political problems with Star Wars. <em>Unbound: A Journal of Digital Scholarship,<\/em> 3(1), 24-31 <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.library.unt.edu\/index.php\/unbound\/article\/view\/215\/113\">https:\/\/journals.library.unt.edu\/index.php\/unbound\/article\/view\/215\/113<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023, Apr 10). Anger and fear and feminism. <em><em>In Media Res<\/em>, <\/em>Quantumania, the Multiverse, and the State of the MCU Week, <a href=\"https:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/anger-and-fear-and-feminism\">https:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/anger-and-fear-and-feminism<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Sharkstorms: SYFY&#8217;s splasher and splashstick films. In J. Wigard &amp; M. Ploskonka (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/attack-of-the-new-b-movies\/\">Attack of the new B movies: Essays on SYFY original films<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 113-130). McFarland &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). The politics of inversion in <em>Americatown<\/em>: Lessons and limits for public pedagogy. In R. Kauranen, O. L\u00f6ytty, A. Nikkil\u00e4, &amp; A. Vuorinne (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Comics-and-Migration-Representation-and-Other-Practices\/Kauranen-Loytty-Nikkila-Vuorinne\/p\/book\/9781032184579\">Comics and migration: Practices and representation<\/a>, <\/em>pp. 167-178. Routledge India.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Cthulhoo-Dooby-Doo!: The re-animation of Lovecraft (and racism) through subcultural\u00a0 capital. In T. Lanzend\u00f6rfer &amp;\u00a0 M.J. Dreysse Passos de Cavalho(Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/9783031137648\"><em>The medial afterlives of H.P. Lovecraft: Comic, film, podcast, TV, games<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 159-172). Palgrave Macmillan.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (nd). <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.lib.msu.edu\/c.php?g=1020111&amp;p=7389610#s-lg-box-wrapper-34761949\">Political cartoons and comics bibliography<\/a>. Graphic Possibilities, Michigan State University.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). &#8220;Fear of faith&#8221; and faith over fear: Scarecrow as emblem of a Purgatorial Gotham. In M. Brake &amp; C.K. Robertson (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781978710740\/Theology-and-Batman-Examining-the-Religious-World-of-the-Dark-Knight\">Batman and Theology: Examining the religious world of the Dark Knight<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 69-79). Lexington Books.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023). Heterotopia and horror at <em>Show\u2019s End. <\/em>In F.G.P. Berns &amp; J. Darowski (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Critical-Approaches-to-Horror-Comic-Books-Red-Ink-in-the-Gutter\/Darowski-Berns\/p\/book\/9781032195704\">Critical approaches to horror comic books: Red ink in the gutter<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(pp. 223-234). Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2022). Caped crusaders and cartoon crossovers: A nostalgic look \u201cBeyond\u201d DC superheroes. In D. Brode (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/the-dc-comics-universe\/?fbclid=IwAR2YX1R01YWS-X6HknLuEeXMojBSO5xOFmw6cheWEWReqIRoSUo8EgxepqY\"><em>The DC comics universe: Critical essays<\/em><\/a>. McFarland &amp; Co.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2022). Review &#8211; <em>The Great<\/em> <em>Illustrators of Edgar Allan Poe, <\/em>Tony Magistrale &amp; Jessica Slayton\u00a0 (Anthem Press). <em>Edgar Allan Poe Review, 23<\/em>(1), 79-82.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2022, Feb 14). Joker, jesters, and gender: Subverting social standards. <em>In Media Res, <\/em>Transmedia Joker Week, <a href=\"https:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/joker-jesters-and-gender-subverting-social-standards-1\">https:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/joker-jesters-and-gender-subverting-social-standards-1<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2022). AfterShock\u2019s <em>Rough Riders<\/em> and the reification of race reimagined. In M. Goodrum, D. Hall, &amp; P. Smith (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/D\/Drawing-the-Past-Volume-1\"><em>Drawing the past, Vol. 1: Comics and the historical imagination in the United States<\/em><\/a> (pp. 212-227). University Press of Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2021). The Democratic primary debates in political cartoons, or Santa Claus\u00a0gets voted off Fantasy Island. In R. Denton, Jr. (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781793654410\/Studies-of-Communication-in-the-2020-Presidential-Campaign\">Studies of communication in the 2020 presidential campaign<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 83-104). Lexington.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2021). &#8220;Like his dad&#8221;: Epistolic constructions of American children in World War II. <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu\/issue\/9000026811817\/home-front-studies-011\/\"><em>Home Front Studies<\/em><\/a>, <em>1<\/em>(1), 59-83.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Knopf, C.M. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/P\/Politics-in-the-Gutters\"><em>Politics in the gutters: American politicians &amp; elections in comic <\/em><em>book media<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/a> Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2021). Superman, a super freak: Returning the Man of Steel to the circus in <em>DC Bombshells<\/em>. In J. Darowski (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/adapting-superman\/\">Adapting Superman: Essays on the transmedia Man of Steel<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(pp. 207-215)<em>. <\/em>McFarland.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2020). Back chat: Subversion and conformity in dominion cartoons of the World Wars. In T. Tuleja (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/upcolorado.com\/utah-state-university-press\/item\/3852-different-drummers\">Different drummers: Military discipline and its discontents<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 32-47). The University Press of Colorado\/Utah State University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2020). Bill Mauldin\u2019s legacy in military cartooning. In T. DePastino (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pmmlshop.org\/products\/drawing-fire-the-editorial-cartoons-of-bill-mauldin-by-todd-depastino-ph-d\">Drawing fire: The editorial cartoons of Bill Mauldin<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 87-103). Pritzker Military Museum &amp; Library.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2020). The American nightmare: Graveyard voters, demon sheep, devil women, and lizard people. D. Picariello (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/gp\/book\/9783030420147\"><em>The politics <\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/gp\/book\/9783030420147\">of horror<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(pp. 3-16)<em>. <\/em>Palgrave Macmillan.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2020). UFO (Unusual Female Others) sightings in <em>Saucer Country<\/em>: Metaphors of identity and campaign politics. In S. Langsdale &amp; E. Coody (Eds.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/M\/Monstrous-Women-in-Comics\">Monstrous women in comics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(pp. 257-273)<em>. <\/em>University Press of Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2020, Apr 15). Menacing and maternal: The limits of motherhood in Spider-Man. <em>In Media Res, <\/em>Spider-Man Week, <a href=\"http:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/menacing-and-maternal-limits-motherhood-spider-man\">http:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/menacing-and-maternal-limits-motherhood-spider-man<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2019). &#8220;Carrie Fisher sent me&#8221;: Princess Leia as an avatar of the Women&#8217;s March. <em>Unbound: A Journal of Digital Scholarship<\/em>,\u00a0<em>1<\/em>(1), <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.library.unt.edu\/index.php\/unbound\/article\/view\/103\/66\">https:\/\/journals.library.unt.edu\/index.php\/unbound\/article\/view\/103\/66<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2019, Oct 14). The new nostalgic impulse of <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/em> and tabletop gaming. <em>In Media Res, <\/em>Tabletop Gaming Week, <a href=\"http:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/new-nostalgic-impulse-dungeons-dragons-and-tabletop-gaming\">http:\/\/mediacommons.org\/imr\/content\/new-nostalgic-impulse-dungeons-dragons-and-tabletop-gaming<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2019, Sep 16). Queer female Superheroes: DC Comics Bombshells tell their own story. <em>FLOW: A Critical Forum on Media and Culture, 26<\/em>(1) &#8220;New Faces, New Voices, New Bodies,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowjournal.org\/2019\/09\/queer-female-superheroes\/\">http:\/\/www.flowjournal.org\/2019\/09\/queer-female-superheroes\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2019). War is hell: The (super)nature of war in the works of Mike Mignola. In S.G. Hammond (Ed.), <a href=\"http:\/\/sequart.org\/books\/37\/the-mignolaverse-hellboy-and-the-comics-art-of-mike-mignola\/\"><em>The Mignolaverse: Critical essays on Hellboy and the comics art of Mike Mignola<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 144-155). Sequart Organization.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2019). Review &#8211; <em>Memories from the Frontline: Memoirs and Meanings of the Great War from Britain, France and Germany, <\/em>Jerry Palmer\u00a0 (Palgrave). <em>European Journal of Communication<\/em>, <em>39<\/em>(1), 100-103.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2019). Politics as &#8220;the sum of everything you fear&#8221;: Scarecrow as phobia entrepreneur. In D. Picariello (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/gp\/book\/9783030057756\">Politics in Gotham: The Batman universe and political thought<\/a>, <\/em>pp. 159-176. Palgrave Macmillan.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2018). Review &#8211; <em>The Phantom Unmasked<\/em>: <em>America\u2019s First Superhero<\/em>, Kevin Patrick (University of Iowa). <em>Communication Booknotes Quarterly<\/em>, <em>49<\/em>(3), 82-84.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2018, Jun 11). <em>BrainDead<\/em>: The horrors of election 2016. <em>In Media Res<\/em>, Politics &amp; Horror Week, <a href=\"http:\/\/mediacommons.futureofthebook.org\/imr\/2018\/05\/29\/braindead-horrors-election-2016\">http:\/\/mediacommons.futureofthebook.org\/imr\/2018\/05\/29\/braindead-horrors-election-2016<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2018). Queen of burlesque: The subtle (as a hammer) satire of <em>Bomb Queen. <\/em>In M. Goodrum, T. Prescott, and P. Smith (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/G\/Gender-and-the-Superhero-Narrative\"><em>Gender and the superhero narrative<\/em><\/a>. University Press of Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2018). Sinne fianna f\u00e1il: Women, Irish rebellions, and the graphic novels of Gerry Hunt. In N. Tal &amp; T. Prorokova (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rutgersuniversitypress.org\/cultures-of-war-in-graphic-novels\/9780813590974\"><em>Cultures of War in Graphic Novels<\/em><\/a>, pp. 123-137. Rutgers University Press.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2018). Marvel\u2019s Shamrock: Haunted heroine, working woman, guardian of the galaxy. In M. DiPaolo (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/W\/Working-Class-Comic-Book-Heroes\">Working class comic book heroes<\/a>, <\/em>pp. 206-225.\u00a0 University Press of Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2017). Anderson, Julie M. In S.C. Howard (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wec2DwAAQBAJ&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;lpg=PA1920&amp;dq=editions%3AofamRXIxj68C&amp;pg=PA1920#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Encyclopedia of Black comics<\/a> (<\/em>p. 3). Fulcrum.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2017). Grant, Shauna J. In S.C. Howard (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wec2DwAAQBAJ&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;lpg=PA1920&amp;dq=editions%3AofamRXIxj68C&amp;pg=PA1920#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Encyclopedia of Black comics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(p. 86). Fulcrum.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2017). Grant, Vernon Ethelbert. In S.C. Howard (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wec2DwAAQBAJ&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;lpg=PA1920&amp;dq=editions%3AofamRXIxj68C&amp;pg=PA1920#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Encyclopedia of Black comics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(p. 89). Fulcrum.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2017). Robinson, Jimmie Lee. In S.C. Howard (Ed.), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=wec2DwAAQBAJ&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;lpg=PA1920&amp;dq=editions%3AofamRXIxj68C&amp;pg=PA1920#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">Encyclopedia of Black comics<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(p. 181). Fulcrum.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2017). &#8220;Hey, soldier! &#8211; Your slip is showing!&#8221;: Militarism vs. femininity in WWII comic pages and books. In J. Kimble &amp; T. Goodnow (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upress.state.ms.us\/Books\/T\/The-10-Cent-War2\"><em>The <\/em><em>10 cent war: Comic books, propaganda<\/em>, <em>and World War II<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 26-45). University Press of Mississippi.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2016). Zany zombies, grinning ghosts, silly scientists, and nasty Nazis: Comedy-horror at the threshold of World War II. In C.J. Miller &amp; A.B. VanRiper (Eds<em>.<\/em>)<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781442268326\/The-Laughing-Dead-The-Horror-Comedy-Film-from-Bride-of-Frankenstein-to-Zombieland\">The<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781442268326\/The-Laughing-Dead-The-Horror-Comedy-Film-from-Bride-of-Frankenstein-to-Zombieland\"> <em>laughing dead: The comedy-horror film from <\/em>Bride of Frankenstein <em>to <\/em>Zombieland<\/a>\u00a0(pp. 25-38). Rowman &amp; Littlefield.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. &amp; Doran, C.M. (2016). PTXD: Gendered narratives of combat, trauma, and the civil-military divide. In C. Bucciferro (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781442265332\/The-X-Men-Films-A-Cultural-Analysis\"><em>The X-Men films: A cultural analysis<\/em><\/a> (pp. 61-73).\u00a0 Rowman &amp; Littlefield.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Knopf, C.M. (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/the-comic-art-of-war\/\"><em>The comic art of war: A critical study of military cartoons, 1805-2014, with a guide to artists.<\/em><\/a> McFarland.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2015). The U.N.dead: Cold War ghosts in <em>Carol for another Christmas.<\/em> In C.J. Miller &amp; A.B. Van Riper (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781442251120\/Horrors-of-War-The-Undead-on-the-Battlefield\"><em>Horrors of war: The undead on the battlefield<\/em><\/a> (pp. 136-153). Rowman &amp; Littlefield.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2014). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanocrit.com\/issues\/6-2014\/sense-making-map-making-war-letters-personal-geographies\">Sense-making and map-making: War letters as personal geographies<\/a>. <em>NANO, 6<\/em>\/Cartography &amp; Narrative.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2012). Relational dialectics in the civil-military relationship: Lessons from veterans\u2019 transition narratives. <em>Political &amp; Military Sociology: An Annual Review, 40<\/em>, 171-192<em>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. &amp; Ziegelmayer, E.J. (2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airpower.au.af.mil\/apjinternational\/apj-af\/2012\/2012-4\/eng\/2012_4_02_Knopf-Ziegelmayer.pdf\">Fourth generation warfare &amp; the US military\u2019s social media strategy: Promoting the academic conversation<\/a>. <em>Air &amp; Space Power Journal \u2013 Africa &amp; Francophonie<\/em>, <em>Q4<\/em>, 3-22.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2011). Those who bear the heaviest burden: War and American exceptionalism in the age of entitlement. In J. Edwards &amp; D. Weiss (Eds.), <a href=\"https:\/\/mcfarlandbooks.com\/product\/the-rhetoric-of-american-exceptionalism\/\"><em>The rhetoric of American exceptionalism: Critical essays<\/em><\/a> (pp. 171-188). McFarland.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2010). Al Gore\u2019s rational faith and unreasonable religion. In D. Weiss (Ed.), <a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9780739138267\/What-Democrats-Talk-about-When-They-Talk-about-God-Religious-Communication-in-Democratic-Party-Politics\"><em>What Democrats talk about when they talk about God: Religious communication in Democratic party politics<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(pp. 93-113). Lexington Books.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2006). Review &#8211; <em>Presidents in Culture: The Meaning of Presidential Communication,<\/em> David Michael Ryfe (Peter Lang). <em>PUBLIZISTIK \u2013 Vierteljahreshefte fuer Kommunikationsforschung<\/em>, <em>3<\/em>, 396-397.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Invited Presentations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>_________ (2025, Nov). <em>Political communication in 2025<\/em>. National Communication Association. Denver (Aurora), CO.<\/li>\n<li>_________ (2025, Jul). <em>Teaching pop culture in 2025: Embracing the past\/preparing for the future.<\/em> Comic-Con Conference for Educators &amp; Librarians at Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2025, Jan). <em>Misinformation, Misdirection,<\/em> <em>Manipulation and Mischief: Making Sense of Contemporary Political Propaganda.<\/em> A New York Society for General Semantics event. New York, NY.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2024, Nov). <em>Reflections on the 2024 Presidential election<\/em>. National Communication Association. New Orleans, LA.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2024, Jul). <em>Hands on: Developing the skills and finding the right jobs in pop culture<\/em>. Comic Con for Educators &amp; Librarians at Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2023, Jul). <em>Admissions Departments Emitting Geek Vibes: College Course Focused on Pop Culture. <\/em>Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2023, Jul). <em>Comics on Campus: Academia vs. Fandom (Battle or a Collab?). <\/em>Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2023, Jan). \u201cComics, covidity, and visualizing the invisible.\u201d Schering-Plough Executive Lectures Series, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Virtual.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2022, Nov). <em>Military Humor<\/em>. Military at Microsoft<em>. <\/em>Knopf, C.M. (2022, Nov) \u201cVeteran-created war comics and the workaday war.\u201d Comics, Security, and the American Mission, The Ohio State University. Columbus, OH.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2022, Oct). \u201cJunctures and ruptures: COVID, comics, and visualizing the invisible.\u201d Wilson Lecture, New York State Communication Association. Callicoon, NY.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2022, Jul). <em>Comics on Campus: Fandom + Academia. <\/em>Comic Con International. San Diego, CA.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2021, Nov). <em>Superheroes<\/em> <em>Smackdown<\/em>. Comics\/Screen Studies Roundtable<em>.<\/em> Radford University.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2017, Mar). <em>The Military in Cartoon: Veteran Comic Creators<\/em> \u2013 <em>a Panel Discussion<\/em><em>. <\/em>Border Town Comic-Con. Ontario, OR.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2016, Oct). \u201cThe comic art of war: Comedy, comics, and miltoons.\u201d SOAR North Country. Potsdam, NY.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2016, Aug). \u201cAnimating the war effort: Cartoons of World War II.\u201d Spirit of Revolution on the Home Front, National Parks of Boston. National Parks Service Centennial Celebration. USS Constitution Museum. Boston, MA.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2016, Nov). <em>Frustrated and Misunderstood: Faculty Discuss Their Feelings about Campus Handling of Issues of Race and Racism<\/em>. Day of Reflection: Education for Racial Equity and Justice. SUNY Potsdam.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2013, Oct). <em>Women and Success: A Panel Discussion<\/em>. Women and Leadership. SUNY Potsdam.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2008, Oct). <em>Know Your Vote.<\/em> Student Liaison Committee and the Student Government Association. SUNY Potsdam.<\/li>\n<li>________ (2008, Feb). <em>Campaign \u201808 Open Discussion<\/em>. Student Life, Draime Hall, SUNY Potsdam.<\/li>\n<li>Knopf, C.M. (2007, Feb). \u201cThe rhetorical myth-step in the 2005 inaugural address.\u201d Pratt Colloquium Series. SUNY Potsdam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She is, without question, one of the most amiably eager, inspiring researchers, and diversified scholars with which I have had the pleasure to collaborate. 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