Rebecca S. Borah

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Professional Summary

Dr. Borah primarily teaches composition courses such as ENGL 2089: Intermediate English Composition with Service Learning. (She has taught Service-Learning sections since 2002—longer than any other professor at UC.) Additionally, she also teaches the occasional monsters in literature or Tolkien course as well as Fandom Studies.
Dr. Borah is a pop culture expert frequently interviewed by members of the media about folklore, monsters, comic books, superheroes, fantasy, and fan culture. Her publications include: “‘Accio, Jo!’: Woke Wizards and Generational Harry Potter Fandom,” “‘Bruce Banner Can Be an Asshole’: Using a FanFic to Break Down Privilege and Introduce Service-Learning Concepts,” “Game Macabre: Fear as Essential Element in The Hunger Games,” and “Apprentice Wizards Welcome: Fan Communities and the Culture of Harry Potter.” 

Keywords

composition, rhetoric, teaching writing, service learning, fan culture, popular culture, superheroes, harry potter, graphic literature, gender studies, 19th-century british literature

Contact Information

borahrs@ucmail.uc.edu