Nick Marx

Marx specializes in television studies, media industries, digital media, and American politics and culture.

Marx is co-editor or author of multiple works including Saturday Night Live and American TV, The Comedy Studies Reader, and Sketch Comedy: Identity, Reflexivity, and American Television. His most recent book, That’s Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work For Them, analyzes the cultural and economic clout of libertarian and conservative comedians.

In addition to peer-reviewed scholarly work, Marx’s commentary on popular culture and politics has appeared in Time, Entertainment Weekly and U.S. News & World Report.

Marx received his B.A. in communication arts and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2003. He earned his M.A. in radio-television-film from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006, and then returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, earning his Ph.D. in communication arts in 2012.