Dale Guffey
Dale Guffey
Associate Professor of Business Law|Program Coordinator/Course Coordinator

Upcoming Courses

- Applied Constitutional Law
- Business Law I
- Business Law I
- Legal Issues in Business

The above list of courses is not an exhaustive list. It only includes courses for the current and imminent terms. For more information visit the Course Schedules page.

Education
  • B.A. (Cum Laude), Hollins University, 1989
  • M.Ed, UNC - Greensboro, 1991
  • J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1998
Professional Accomplishments

Single Authored Works 鈥 Books: 

  • Faith and Choice in the Works of Joss Whedon. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2008.

Chapters in Edited Collections: 

  • 鈥溾楩elina,鈥 the Finale of Breaking Bad.鈥 In Finale: Considering the Ends of Television Series. Edited by David Bianculli and David Lavery. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2018.
  • 鈥淩eflections in the Pool: Echo, Narcissus and the Male Gaze of Dollhouse.鈥 In Reading Joss Whedon. Syracuse: U of Syracuse Press, 2014.
  • 鈥淗eroism on the Hellmouth: Teaching Morality through Buffy.鈥 In in Buffy in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching with the Vampire Slayer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010.

Articles 鈥 Peer-Reviewed Journals: 

  • 鈥淐zech Mate: Whedon, 膶apek and the Foundations of the Dollhouse.鈥 Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association. 8.2 & 3: , 2010.
  • 鈥淭he One That Almost Got Away: Doyle and the Fish Story.鈥 Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies. (Now called Slayage: The Journal of the Whedon Studies Association). 26: , 2008.

Joint Authored Works - Books

  • With Ensley F. Guffey. Dreams Given Form: The Complete, Unofficial Guide to the Babylon 5 Universes. Toronto: ECW Press, 2017.
  • With Ensley F. Guffey. Wanna Cook? The Complete, Unofficial Companion to Breaking Bad. Toronto: ECW Press, 2014.

Selected Conference Presentations

  • "On the Other Hand(maid): Exploring the Intersections Between Atwood's Gilead and Whedon's Dollhouse." Southwest Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2020.
  • With Ensley F. Guffey. 鈥淢y Uncle鈥檚 Got a Barn:  Dos and Don鈥檛s of Convening a Conference.鈥 Roundtable presentation at Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses 6. California State University 鈥 Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, 2014.
  • 鈥淭his Ho Has Got to Go鈥: Fan Misogyny in Breaking Bad.鈥 Culturing the Popular 2 Conference, Converse College, Spartanburg, SC, 2013.
  • 鈥溾橸ou Want a Criminal Lawyer鈥:  Saul Goodman & Legal Ethics in Breaking Bad.鈥 Popular Culture and American Culture Association in the South Conference, Savannah, GA, 2013.
  • 鈥淧regnant Pauses:  The Uses of Nonverbal Communication in Breaking Bad.鈥  Popular Culture and American Culture Association in the South Conference, Nashville, TN, 2012.
  • 鈥淪ome Call Me the Space Cowboy:  Anime, Outlaws, and All That Jazz.鈥  Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses 5.  University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2012.
  • 鈥淐osmic Feng Shui:  How Bebop Begat Firefly.鈥  Popular Culture and American Culture Associations in the South Conference, New Orleans, LA, 2011.
  • 鈥淧ryde & Prejudice:  The Origins of Buffy in The X-Men.鈥  Joint Southwest/Texas and National Popular and American Cultures Association Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2011.
  • 鈥淩eflections in the Pool:  Echo, Narcissus and the Male Gaze of Dollhouse.鈥  Popular Culture and American Culture Associations in the South Conference, Savannah, GA, 2010.
  • 鈥淕azing into the Pool:  Echo, Narcissus and the Male Gaze of Dollhouse.鈥 Popular and American Culture Associations in the South Conference, Wilmington, NC, 2009.
  • 鈥淎cademic Publishing.鈥  Two-Year College Association (TYCA) 鈥 Southeast Conference.  Greensboro, NC, 2009.
  • Featured Speaker.  鈥淭he One That Almost Got Away:  Doyle and the Fish Story.鈥  Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses 3.  Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, AR, 2008.  
  • 鈥淎 Family of Believers, Just Not in the Same Thing:  Faith and the Firefly Family.鈥  National Popular and American Cultures Association Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2008. 
  • 鈥淐oming Apart, but Moving Forward:  Magic Twins and Older Sisters in Fray.鈥  Buffy Hereafter Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007.
  • 鈥淣o Girls Allowed:  Caleb and the Evils of Misogyny.鈥  Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2007.
  •     Variations on this paper were presented in March 2007 at the 鈥淲hy Buffy Still Matters鈥 conference held at UNC-Greensboro and in September 2010 at the 鈥淐ulturing the Popular鈥 conference held at Converse College in Spartanburg, SC.
  • 鈥淏urning River:  Witchcraft and the 鈥極ther鈥 in Joss Whedon鈥檚 Firefly.鈥  Popular and American Culture Associations in the South Conference, Savannah, GA, 2006.
  • 鈥淭he Shepherd鈥檚 Crook:  Malcolm Reynolds and the Enduring Power of Rejected Faith in Joss Whedon鈥檚 Firefly.鈥  Southwest/Texas PCA/ACA Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 2006.