Education:
B.A., Political Science, Georgia State University
M.A., Mass Communication, Georgia State University
Ph.D., Communication – Moving Image Studies, Georgia State University
Grad. Cert., Women’s Studies, Georgia State University
Dr. Zakos is the Festival Director for “Last Looks,” Oglethorpe University’s Student Film Festival.
Courses taught:
- Digital Storytelling
- Film Festival
- Gender, Culture, and Communication
- Introduction to Media Studies
- Introduction to Communication
- Research Methods
- Introduction to Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
- Media, Culture, and Society
- Public Speaking
- Race and Representation
Publications:
Zakos, Katharine P. (2026). You May Now Diss the Bride: Gender, Celebrity, Consumption, and the Allure of Wedding-Themed Reality TV. McFarland & Company.
Zakos, Katharine P. (2021). “Violating the Racial Contract: Black Professional Athletes and the Case of Michael Vick.” Howard Journal of Communications 33(1), 95-113.
Zakos, Katharine P. (2015). “Truth Is Marching On: The Lasershow Spectacular at the Stone Mountain Park Confederate Memorial and the Changing Narratives ofHistory.” Journal of Heritage Tourism 10(3), 280-295.
Zakos, Katharine. (2014). “Reflections on the First liquid blackness Symposium.” liquid blackness: Journal of Aesthetics and Black Studies, 3(2), 3-8. August 2014.(Invited online publication.)
