IRI CERMAK 

independent
Toronto, Ontario

Professional Experience

Nonfiction writer that specializes in the study of film & TV programming. Primary Interests: hockey and identity; wildlife conservation in film & media. Published work: "Jumping the Shark: White Shark Representations in 'Great White Shark Serial Killer Lives' -- the Fear and the (Pseudo-)Science'," pp. 3-24. In "Communication in Defense of Nonhuman Animals during an Extinction and Climate Crisis." Editors, Carrie P. Freeman and Núria Almirón. Publisher: MDPI, 2022. "The Cinema of Hockey: Four Decades of the Game on Screen" -- McFarland Publishers, 2017. "Media Retrospectives of the Summit Series" in "Coming Down the Mountain: Rethinking the 1972 Summit Series," edited by Brian Kennedy, Wolsak and Wynn, 2014. Current research: wildlife imagery in TV programming and its role in conservation.

Education

PhD, Communication

Keywords & Phrases

Nonfiction: hockey and Canadian identity; study of wildlife representation y in film & media