Published Oct 31, 2006
Using "Wheel of Fortune" for academic research may seem far-fetched, but that's exactly what two TCU professors had in mind when they tried out for the game show. Mark Toulouse and Stacey Floyd-Thomas, who both teach in the Brite Divinity school, said they tried out for the show's "Best Friends" week because they wanted to research the shift in American values from religion to fame.
"Money, winning and success have become major values in America," Toulouse, a professor in the Brite Divinity school said. "We wanted to immerse ourselves in popular culture."