Lori Landay, Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Berklee College of Music, is an interdisciplinary scholar and new media artist exploring the making of visual meaning in twentieth- and twentieth-century American culture.   She is the author of Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture, articles on virtual worlds, digital narrative, silent film, I Love Lucy, and other topics, and the forthcoming book, I Love Lucy.  Her creative work includes creative documentary, digital video, web design, virtual art installations, and music video.