Dr. Andrew J. Ploeg is an Assistant Professor in the Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas program at Bilkent University. His research interests include postmodern and contemporary American literature and culture, with a particular emphasis on popular culture, fandom, sport, and fantasy sport. His scholarship can be found in journals such as Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, the Journal of Language, Literature and Culture, Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture, the European Journal of Cultural Studies, and The International Journal of the History of Sport, as well as in various edited collections.
PUBLICATIONS:
Journal Articles:
“Genealogies of Fantasy Sport.” co-written with Brody J. Ruihley. The International Journal of the History of Sport 38.1 (2021): 1-6.
“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.
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