Eva Hageman is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies and the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research and teaching interests are in race, gender, and media industries and production. Her book manuscript, '"Relatable Meets Remarkable": Crafting Race in the Reality Television Industry', examines reality television and the central role it plays in shaping articulations of race in the 21st century. Her video essay shiplap screened at the Black Film Center Archive at Indiana University. Her writing appears on In Media Res and in the edited collection Racism Postrace (Duke 2019). She has directed two documentaries, Legendary (2010) and You, As Seen On TV (2011).