Dr. Lisa Funnell

By Dr. Lisa Funnell For decades, disability activism has existed at the margins of broader social justice movements. Even within institutions, accessibility is frequently siloed — treated as an add-on rather...

Co-written with Klaus Dodds Water is a critical resource to the sustainment of human, plant, and animal life. While water is plentiful on earth, only 3 percent of it is freshwater...

Co-written with Klaus Dodds In The World is Not Enough, Bond states that, “Construction isn’t exactly my specialty” to which M replies “Quite the opposite, in fact.” This exchange draws attention...

Co-written with Klaus Dodds Bond is a global traveler and sent on missions throughout the world. Airplanes offer the most expedient form of transportation to and from these places. Bond can...

Check out my new blog on "The Bond Girl (2006-2016)." It explores the reworking of the Bond Girl concept across the Daniel Craig era.

Check out my new blog on "The Bond Girl (1962-2002)"

Check out my latest blog on "Feminism and Female Villainy - 1990s and 2000s"

Check out part 2 of my blog on Feminism and Female Villainy - The 1970s and 1980s! #JamesBond #feminism #villainy #Dr007

The James Bond films are populated with women who help to shape and confirm the libidinal masculinity of the title character. However, when we simply group all women together under the...

Last week in my Gender and James Bond course, we discussed the deeply troubling scene at the beginning of Thunderball (1965) in which Bond sexually harasses and coerces a nurse at...