I've been at ISU since 1978, teaching classes in film, literary theory, and (very occasionally) Shakespeare. My scholarship is focused on classical Hollywood (Capra, Hawks, Hitchchcock), though I have also paid extended attention to Susan Sontag's work as writer, critic, and filmmaker.

Office/Office Hours

• office: 321 Ross
• office hours: 9:30-11 WThF, or by appointment (fall 2008)
• office phone: (515) 294-5501
• email: lpoague@iastate.edu

Selected Publications

• Frank Capra: Interviews. Edited. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 2004.
• Susan Sontag: An Annotated Bibliography 1948-1992. With Kathy A. Parsons. New York: Garland, 2000.
• Another Frank Capra. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994.

Affiliations

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies
• American Society for Aesthetics
• Sport Literature Association

Degrees

• Ph.D. University of Oregon, 1973.
• B.A. San Jose State College, 1970.