Brian Donovan is a professor of sociology at the University of Kansas. His research focuses on gender and popular culture in American society, and his work has been funded by the Social Science Research Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Donovan’s most recent book, “American Gold Digger: Money, Marriage, and the Law from the Ziegfeld Follies to Anna Nicole Smith,” examines the impact of the “gold digger” stereotype in American society. He is currently researching and writing a book about the Taylor Swift fandom.