
“Eclectic” and “iconoclastic” about sum it up for me. For more specific info. on my blog and its beginnings (and goals…and topics), see my very first post here.
I hold master’s degrees in English and Spanish and a doctorate in Educational Leadership (with a graduate certificate in Media Literacy).
I am an independent scholar, teacher, writer, speaker and thinker who is passionate about film, television (especially The Wild Wild West and The Twilight Zone), literature, baseball, comics, Spanish, and multimodality.
I teach self-developed, thematically focused, collegiate-level First Year Seminar courses on the following subjects:
- The Narrative Art of Comics;
- The Twilight Zone;
- Doctor Who: TARDIS Travels in General Education;
- Dr. Seuss and Y(our) World;
- The X-Files: Science Fiction Search for Truth;
- The Simple Complexity of Peanuts: Exploring the Popular Comic Strip;
- For Comics and Country: Superheroes & American History;
- The Global Adventures of Tintin;
- Undecided in a Major Way;
- Rabbit Tales: Bugs Bunny & American Culture;
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective College Students;
- “Film-Schooled”: Teachers & Teaching in the Movies
Always aware that life is short, I strive to “get busy living, or get busy dying.”
I hope you’ll check in often…
Doctor Don

Hello Dr. Presnell. I’m a booker with WCBS Newsradio 880 in NYC. I We’re reaching out to see if you have time for a live zoom interview today. This would be to speak about the growing obsession that Gen Z has with Snoopy. We came across a recent article about this and thought it would be a fun story to cover and that you’d make for a great guest.
The interview would be live via zoom with our anchor Brigitte Quinn. We have time from 10am-1pm EST today. You can reach me at 617-899-6429 or oliver.sampson@audacy.com. Thanks for your time.
Best,
Oliver