Biography
Ann Hetzel Gunkel, PhD, is Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Communication and Culture at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ where she taught Philosophy, Humanities, and Cultural Studies for twenty seven years (1998-2025). She is the 2017 winner of the CCC Excellence in Teaching Award, a founding member and past Director of the Cultural Studies Program and long-time Humanities Coordinator. She is a two-time Fulbright Scholar, including her role as Visiting Professor of American Cultural Studies at the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. She has lectured widely in North America, Russia, Western, and Eastern Europe. Her publications include work on popular culture, media studies, film and philosophy, urban religion, cyberculture, food and culture, pedagogy, and ethnic music. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy from DePaul University.
Instructional Areas
Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Media and Popular Culture, Humanities
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Film and New Media Criticism, Popular Culture, Food & Culture, Postmodernism, Continental Philosophy, Ethnic Studies, Polish American Studies, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies
Degrees
B.A., Philosophy Marquette University 1985
M.A., Philosophy Loyola University Chicago 1988
Ph.D., Philosophy DePaul University 1994