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Bobby James Kuechenmeister (B.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) is an M.A. student whose scholarly interests include rhetoric and composition, theory, and comics.

His published works include “Christ, Anti-Christ, or Super-Hero? Green Lantern Through the Looking Glass” in Prism (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire), exploring how superhero Green Lantern may be identified as a single character with both Christ and Anti-Christ personae resulting from tragic circumstances and failure to cope with significant loss. His forthcoming article, “Superman’s America: Audience, Reception, and President Lex” in Astra (McNair Scholars’ Journal, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) contextualizes parallels between Lex Luthor’s becoming President of the United States with the 2000 Presidential election using a New Historicist and Reception approach.

His other scholarly interests include visual rhetoric with respect to design and usability, but he is also interested in understanding how meaning is derived from narrative using intersections of textual and visual mediums.