BA, University of California—Riverside
MA, PhD, Tufts University
Selected Publications
“Memorial Acts: Remembering Mart Crowley and The Boys in the Band.” Ryan Murphy’s Queer America, edited by Brenda R. Weber and David Greven, Routledge, 2022, pp. 196-210.
“Taking Pride in The Boys in the Band.” HuffPost, June 23, 2018.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/opinion-bell-boys-in-the-band_n_5b29522ee4b0a4dc99219f2d
The Boys in the Band: Flashpoints of Cinema, History, and Queer Politics. Editor. Wayne State University Press, 2016. https://wsupress.wayne.edu/9780814341537/
“Inhuman Temporality: Koyaanisqatsi.” The Bridgewater Review, vol. 32, no. 1, 2013, pp. 19-22.
“When Harry Met Harry.” Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare, edited by Madhavi Menon, Duke University Press, 2011, pp. 106-113.
“Black Ground, Gay Figure: Working through Another Country, Black Power, and Gay Liberation.” American Literature, vol. 79, no. 3, 2007, pp. 577-603..
“‘Your worst fears made flesh’: The Manchurian Candidate’s Paranoid Delusion and Gay Liberation.” GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 2006, pp. 85-116.
Awards
Presidential Award for Distinguished Teaching, Bridgewater State University, 2016
Queer Studies
American Literature
Film Studies
Critical Theory
Dr. Bell serves on the Board of Directors at SpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston.