Dr. Andrew J. Ploeg is an Assistant Professor in the Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas program at Bilkent University in Ankara, Türkiye. His training is in postmodern and contemporary American literature and culture. His current research focuses on popular culture, particularly the intersection of sports history and fantasy sports.
PUBLICATIONS:
Book: (under contract)
From Box Scores to Betting: The Creation and Popularization of Fantasy Sport. “Studies in Sports Media” series, University of Illinois Press (manuscript deadline 2026).
Journal Articles:
“The Damar Hamlin Situation and the Rehumanization of an NFL Player.” Journal of Emerging Sport Studies (under consideration).
“Cardboard Fantasies: How Baseball Cards Contributed to the Creation of Fantasy Sport.” Journal of Sport History 53.1 (2026): tbd.
“Major League Baseball Labor Conflict and the Popularization of Fantasy Baseball.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 40.15 (2023): 1386-1405.
“A New Form of Fandom: How Free Agency Brought About Rotisserie League Baseball.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 38.1 (2021): 7-27.
“Going Global: Fantasy Sports Gameplay Paradigms, Fan Identities, and Cultural Implications in an International Context.” European Journal of Cultural Studies (2017).
“‘Trying to Say What Was True’: Language, Divinity, Difference in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead.” Journal of Language, Literature and Culture 63.1 (2016): 2-15.
“‘I Will Remain Silence and Scream’: Edmond Jabès and the Wound and Witness of Language.” Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 30.1 (2012): 91-118.
Book Chapters:
“The Dynamic Space of Divinity and Ontology in Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves.” ExRe(y): Spaces of Expression and Repression in Post-Millennial North-American Literature and Visual Culture. Eds. Izabella Kimak and Julia Nikiel. Warsaw, Poland: Peter Lang, 2017.
“Drafting the Hyperreal: Ownership, Agency, Responsibility in Fantasy Sports.” co-written with Mihaela P. Harper. Simulation in Media and Culture: Believing the Hype. Ed. Robin DeRosa. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011. 151-161.
Introductions to Special Issues:
“Genealogies of Fantasy Sport.” co-written with Brody J. Ruihley. The International Journal of the History of Sport 38.1 (2021): 1-6.
“New Directions in Fantasy Sports Studies.” co-written with Mihaela P. Harper. Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture 17.1 (2017): http://reconstruction.digitalodu.com/ issues/contents_171/.
Special Issues:
“Fantasy Sport.” co-edited with Brody J. Ruihley. The International Journal of the History of Sport 38.1 (2021).
“Fantasy Sports.” Co-edited with Mihaela P. Harper. Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture 17.2, 2017.
Book Reviews:
Review of Fantasy Sports and the Changing Sports Media Industry: Media, Players, and Society.” Edited by Nicholas David Bowman, John S. W. Spinda, and Jimmy Sanderson. Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, 17.2, 2017.
Office: 128-G
Phone: 290 10 36
Mail: aploeg@bilkent.edu.tr