Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Reader in American History and Culture, University of Kent
Dr John Wills is Reader in American History and Culture at the University of Kent. He specializes in game studies, environmental history, parks, tourism and recreation, and Hollywood film.
He is the author of six books, most recently Disney Culture (Rutgers University Press, 2017) and Gamer Nation: Video Games and American Culture (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019), now available at: https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/title/gamer-nation
He has exhibited work on video games at the British Academy Summer Showcase in London (June 2018) as well as provided film essays for the Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board.
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2017–presentReader in American History and Culture, University of Kent
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