Education

2002 Florida State University, B.A.
2005 Florida State University, M.A.
2011 Florida State University, Ph.D. 

Courses Taught

AWR101- (theme: Television)
AWR201- (theme: Satire)
COM: Mass Media and Society
WGS 125: Introduction to Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
LIT 214: Introduction to Literary Theory

Career Specialties

Sarah Fryett's areas of interest include media studies, feminist and queer theory, philosophy, composition pedagogy and humor.

Professional and Community Activities

Sarah Fryett has taught at the University of Tampa since 2012. Along with her teaching, she is an active member of the UTampa community. She is the co-chair (along with Amanda Firestone) of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and an active member of various committees including Spartan Studies Humanities and the Department of English Outreach.

Her most recent publications include:

“Grifter, Hitwoman, Scientist: Orphan Black Reimagines the Heroine.” The Heroine’s Tale: Reimagining the Female Hero’s Journey in the New Millennium, edited by Caroline Smith, Lexington, 2024.

“Moana and Raya to the Rescue: New Representations of Disney Heroines.” Race/Gender/Media 4.0: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content, and Producers, edited by Rebecca Lind, Routledge, 2023. [Article solicited by editor.]

“Review: Surrogacy and the Reproduction of the Normative Family on TV.” Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture, vol. 6, no. 2, 2021, pp. 193-196.

“Review: Girl Warriors: Feminist Revisions of the Hero’s Quest in Contemporary Popular Culture.” Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies: A Feminist Review, vol. 41, no. 3-4, 2020, pp. 11-12.

“Room To Be in the Middle: A Film about Genderqueer Pregnancy.” Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies: A Feminist Review, University of Wisconsin, 2019.

“Honing Hegemonic Masculinity: A Look at I Love You, Man and Get Hard.” Race/Gender/Media 4.0: Considering Diversity Across Audiences, Content, and Producers, edited by Rebecca Lind, Routledge, 2019, pp. 177-181.

“’I’m Female as Fuck’: Samantha Bee’s Full Frontal as Feminist Voice of Resistance.” The Politics of Gender, edited by Adrienne Trier-Bienick, Teaching Gender Series at Sense Publishing, 2018, pp. 145-164.

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Teaching, University of Tampa, 2021.
Research Innovation and Scholarly Excellence Award, University of Tampa, 2021-2022.
Learning Enrichment Grant for the Critical Reading and Information Literacy Book Project, University of Tampa, 2019-2020.
Learning Enrichment Grant for the Re/Frame Film Series, University of Tampa, 2018-2019.