Claire Sisco King is an associate professor of communication studies and the chair of the Cinema and Media Arts program at Vanderbilt University. She is a scholar of media and visual culture, with a particular emphasis on the study of gender and sexuality. Her newest book, “Mapping the Stars: Celebrity, Metonymy, and the Networked Politics of Identity” was published in 2023. Her 2011 book :Washed in Blood: Male Sacrifice, Trauma, and the Cinema” was named an Outstanding Book of the Year in 2013 by Critical Cultural Studies division of the National Communication Association.