Jacob Floyd is an assistant professor in Visual Studies. His research focuses on Indigenous media, particularly self-representation, the representation of history, and ways media is used to preserve language and culture. Other research interests include film history, film publicity and intertexts, race and representation, horror, The Simpsons, and B movies. A citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, he is also a documentary filmmaker whose work examines Native American history and archival images.