Ash D'Harcourt

Post-Secondary Education

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Psychology

University of Texas Austin
Master of Arts
Psychology

University of Texas Austin
Bachelor of Arts
Psychology

University of Texas Austin
Master of Arts
Radio Television Film

University of Texas Austin
Doctor of Philosophy
Radio Television Film

Teaching Experience

• 2025-2026, Visiting Assistant Professor, Rhetorics of Social Movements, Public Speaking, LGBTQ+ Screen and Digital Cultures, Southwestern University
• 2023–2025, Instructor, Introduction to Cinema, Radio-Television-Film, Austin Community College
• 2022–2024, Teaching Assistant, Digital Remix Culture, Gender Media & Society, Gender & Media in the 1960s, and Music Media & Culture, UT Austin
• 2021–2023, Instructor, Development of Film & Media, UT Austin 
• 2020–2021, Instructor, Introduction to Global Cinema History, UT Austin
• 2018–2021, Teaching Assistant, Development of Film & Media and Introduction to Global Cinema History, UT Austin
• Spring 2018, Teaching Assistant, Comedy in Film & Media, UT Austin
• 2009–2011, Instructor, Department of Psychology, Austin Community College
• 2008, Instructor, Department of Psychology, St. Edward’s University

Professional Publications

• 2023. “Rider of the Purple S(t)age: How the Drag King Reinvents the Classical Hollywood Cowboy.” Cinephile, vol. 16, no. 2.
• 2022. “From Assimilation Narratives to ‘Regular Stories’: Celebrity Image, Series Development, and On-Screen Visibility in The Mindy Project and Insecure.” Genre en Séries: Cinéma, Télévision, Médias, no. 13, https://doi.org/10.4000/ges.3094.
• 2021. “‘Change the Motherfucking World!’: The Possibilities and Limitations of Activism in RuPaul’s Drag Race.” In Why Are We All Gagging?: The Cultural Impact of RuPaul’s Drag Race, edited by Cameron Crookston, 27–44. Intellect Ltd.
• 2021. “Queer Romance in Take My Wife: How the Television Rom-Sitcom Gives New Life to the Genre.” In After ‘Happily Ever After’: Romantic Comedy in the Post-Romantic Age, edited by Maria San Filippo, 101–120. Wayne State University Press, Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series.