Ron Becker

Ron Becker is Associate Professor of Media and Culture at Miami University (OH) where he is also an affiliate of the Programs in American Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality. He is the author of Gay TV and Straight America (Rutgers University Press, 2006), which examines the rise of gay material on prime-time network programming during the 1990s in the context of post-network industry developments and gay rights politics. He is the co-editor of Saturday Night Live and American Television.

Ron Becker is Associate Professor of Media and Culture at Miami University (OH) where he is also an affiliate of the Programs in American Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality. He is the author of Gay TV and Straight America (Rutgers University Press, 2006), which examines the rise of gay material on prime-time network programming during the 1990s in the context of post-network industry developments and gay rights politics. He is the co-editor of Saturday Night Live and American Television. See less