Josh Hasty received his M.A. in English from East Carolina University in 2005 with a concentration in Rhetoric and Composition. His master's thesis, "Samus and the Man: A Feminist Analysis of Female Video Game Avatars," sought to establish a methodology for the feminist analysis of female player-controlled video game characters through investigation of primary sources as well as borrowing heavily from feminist film theory. His teaching experience encompasses a wide variety of English and composition courses at the university and two year college level.

Degrees
B.A. East Carolina University
M.A. East Carolina University

Primary Areas of Research/Teaching
Composition Studies
Issues in the Two-Year College
Feminist Film Theory
Video Game Theory
Comics / Graphic Novels as Literature
Twentieth Century Poetry
Postmodern Literature / Film

Courses Taught
1200: Composition II
1100: Composition I