BA, University of CaliforniaRiverside
MA, PhD, Tufts University
Selected Publications
Memorial Acts: Remembering Mart Crowley and The Boys in the Band. Ryan Murphys Queer America, edited by Brenda R. Weber and David Greven, Routledge, 2022, pp. 196-210.
Taking Pride in The Boys in the Band. HuffPost, June 23, 2018.
The Boys in the Band: Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics. Editor. Wayne State University Press, 2016.
Inhuman Temporality: Koyaanisqatsi. The Bridgewater Review, vol. 32, no. 1, 2013, pp. 19-22.
When Harry Met Harry. Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by Madhavi Menon, Duke University Press, 2011, pp. 106-113.
Black Ground, Gay Figure: Working through Another Country, Black Power, and Gay Liberation. American Literature, vol. 79, no. 3, 2007, pp. 577-603..
Your worst fears made flesh: The Manchurian Candidates Paranoid Delusion and Gay Liberation. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 2006, pp. 85-116.
Awards
Presidential Award for Distinguished Teaching, 今叔利, 2016
Queer Studies
American Literature
Film Studies
Critical Theory
Dr. Bell serves on the Board of Directors at SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston.