Travis Merchant-Knudsen

Cinema, Film Studies, Media Studies, Ambience, Animation

Travis Richard Merchant-Knudsen is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) at NCSU in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media, an adjunct instructor at Wake Technical Community College, and former Image Editor for Film International, Their writings have been published in Film Matters, Film International, Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies, Cultural Intertexts, and more. more

Works (10)

Updated: April 22nd, 2025 21:26

2022 article

Parting Words: Viewing films one image at a time; or, remembering Hannah Frank (1984–2017)

Merchant-Knudsen, T. R. (2022, December 1). Film International.

By: T. Merchant-Knudsen* 

topics (OpenAlex): Cinema and Media Studies
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2021 article

Painting a Collaborative Gaze

Hedley, S., & Merchant-Knudsen, T. R. (2021, June 1). Film International.

By: S. Hedley & T. Merchant-Knudsen* 

topics (OpenAlex): Innovative Education and Learning Practices; Literacy, Media, and Education
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2021 journal article

“Filmed Love Letters: The Dialogism and Intertextuality of Lost in Translation and her”

Cultural Intertexts. https://b00e8ea91c.clvaw-cdnwnd.com/4fb470e8cbb34a32a0dc1701f8d7322d/200000421-6722e67231/Cultural%20Intertexts%202021%20-%20FINAL2.pdf

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen 

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Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2020 article

Uncomfortable Laughter: Revisiting Funny Games (1997) on Criterion

Merchant, T. (2020, March 1). Film International, Vol. 18, pp. 121–125.

By: T. Merchant* 

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen* 

topics (OpenAlex): Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2020 article

“Lost Inside Empire”: Self-Orientalization in the Animation and Sounds of Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises

Merchant-Knudsen, T. (2020, July 27). Southeast Asian Review of English, Vol. 57, pp. 174–198.

By: T. Merchant-Knudsen n 

topics (OpenAlex): Japanese History and Culture; Asian Culture and Media Studies; Media, Gender, and Advertising
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2019 article

Through the Haze: Fidelity of Adaptation in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice

Merchant, T. (2019, July 24). Language Literature and Interdisciplinary Studies.

By: T. Merchant n 

topics (OpenAlex): Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
Source: ORCID
Added: February 13, 2025

2019 journal article

Through the Haze: Fidelity of Adaptation in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice

Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies. http://ellids.com/research/volumesissues/archive-2-4/2-4-merchant/

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen 

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Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2016 article

Reviews DVD/Blu-ray

Brewer, R., Estes, L., Scaparo, C., Anundson, A., Blankenship, P., Gentry, J. R., … Wassil, R. (2016, March 1). Film Matters.

By: R. Brewer, L. Estes, C. Scaparo, A. Anundson, P. Blankenship, J. Gentry, T. Merchant* , B. Okamoto ...

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen* 

topics (OpenAlex):
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2016 article

Reviews Film

Plantamura, L., Saller, C., Anundson, A., & Merchant, T. R. (2016, September 1). Film Matters, Vol. 7, pp. 50–55.

By: L. Plantamura, C. Saller, A. Anundson & T. Merchant* 

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen* 

topics (OpenAlex):
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

2015 article

The Censorship of Art After Death: Looking at Stanley Kubrick’s History with Censorship

Merchant, T. R. (2015, September 1). Film Matters, Vol. 6, pp. 60–63.

By: T. Merchant* 

Contributors: T. Merchant-Knudsen* 

topics (OpenAlex): Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis; Cinema and Media Studies; Modern American Literature Studies
Source: ORCID
Added: October 1, 2024

Employment

Updated: April 22nd, 2025 21:18

2021 - 2026

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Instructor of Record English and Communication

2016 - 2026

Wake Technical Community College Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Adjunct Instructor Tutoring and Learning Center

Education

Updated: April 22nd, 2025 21:18

2021 - 2026

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Ph.D. Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media

2018 - 2020

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Master's English - Film Studies

2012 - 2016

University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC, US
Bachelor's English - Literature

2012 - 2016

University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Bachelor's Film Studies

Funding History

Funding history based on the linked ORCID record. Updated: April 21st, 2023 10:39

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