The Complex Count and the Curing of Toxic Masculinity in Dracula
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The Works of Steven Moffat
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About
Dr. Ahmad Hayat is an Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A former international TV producer and Hollywood script analyst, Dr. Hayat produced the Kuwaiti docuseries The Judge Who Executed Saddam (2010) and the documentary film Kuwait The Light of The Eyes (2011) before serving as a script reader for Hollywood movie studios, Eclectic Pictures and The Hideaway Entertainment. His latest short film, Carving The Creative Vision, has won an award of excellence in BEA's Festival of Media Arts 2025. Dr. Hayat’s research focuses on the commissioning process of TV dramas with special interest in Arab and American programming. His research is published in prestigious academic journals, and he continues to investigate the storytelling procedures involved in the development of media products.
Work
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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Ferrum College
|Assistant Professor
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The Hideaway Entertainment
|Script Reader
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Eclectic Pictures
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Kuwait TV
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Kuwait
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Education
University of Salford
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Ph.D. in Media & Cultural Studies
University of Washington
United States of America
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Master of Communication, Digital Media
California State University, Fullerton
United States of America
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Bachelor of Arts, Radio-TV-Film
Publications
The Tennessee Circle Drill
Published by
WBIR+
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Making Originals Out of Adaptations: The Case of Fox's The Gifted
Published by
The Journal of American Culture
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Exploring Mental Disorders in the Serial Dynamics of Slasher Series on Cable TV
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Series - International Journal of TV Serial Narratives
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journal-article
Carving the Creative Vision
Published by
BEA Festival of Media Arts / WBIR+
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Thoughts on Recycling
Published by
Clean Valley Council's Green Film Festival
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Complex Slasher Characters in American Basic Cable Television
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Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory
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Putting the serial in context: Comparing the storytelling processes of contemporary primetime Kuwaiti television dramas with American network dramas
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Series - International Journal of TV Serial Narratives
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