My 2nd Niki group, we decided to research ‘THE RESURGENCE OF VAMPIRES AND VAMPIRES FAN DISCOURSE IN CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE’, and we decided to research on Dr Henry Jenkins. Dr Henry Jenkins, born June 4, 1958 is an American media scholar and currently a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts, a joint professorship at the School of Communication and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. Previously, he was the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies program with William Urrichio. He is also author of several books, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture and What Made Pistachio Nuts?: Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic. Check out Mardi’s blog