UB Expert

Elayne Rapping

Contact

John DellaContrada

dellacon@buffalo.edu

716-645-5000 ext 1409

Professor and pop-culture expert

American Studies

College of Arts and Sciences

Expertise:

  • Pop culture
  • Media culture
  • Gender issues

email: erapping@gmail.com

Rapping is a nationally known media and pop-culture analyst. Can discuss cultural significance of celebrities, television programs, movies, popular music and consumer products.

Author of several books on TV and pop-culture, including "Law and Justice as Seen on TV" and "The Movie of the Week: Private Stories/Public Events."

Rapping teaches courses on Television and Society, Modern Cinema, The Culture of Celebrity, Popular Music, Gender and Media, and Gender and Hollywood Genres.

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