Amy Villarejo

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Amy Villarejo
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Los Angeles and Davis, California
Occupation(s)Chair and Professor, Film, Television, and Digital Media
Academic work
Disciplinefeminist, queer media, critical theory, and television studies

Amy Villarejo is an American scholar in cinema and media studies, specializing in feminist and queer media, critical theory, and television studies. She is currently chair of the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media (FTVDM) and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Previously, she was the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of Humanities at Cornell University, where she taught in the Department of Performing and Media Arts and the Department of Comparative Literature. [1] [2]

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Her notable works include Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire (Duke University Press, 2003), which won the Katherine Singer Kovács Prize from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. [3]

Early life and education

Villarejo was born and raised in Los Angeles and Davis, California. She earned her A.B. degree from Bryn Mawr College and later received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Cinema Studies with distinction from the University of Pittsburgh. [2] [4]

Career and research

Villarejo began her academic career in 1997 at Cornell University, where she served as the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of Humanities. She was affiliated with both the Department of Performing and Media Arts and the Department of Comparative Literature. [5] In 2020, she joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as chair of the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media and professor. [2]

Villarejo's research spans a wide array of topics in cinema and media studies, with a particular focus on queer and feminist media studies, documentary film, Brazilian and Indian cinema, and American television. She also engages with critical theory, cultural studies, and Third Cinema, contributing significantly to these interdisciplinary fields. [6]

Publications

Villarejo has authored more than 50 essays published in peer-reviewed journals and anthologies, including New German Critique , Social Text , GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies , Film Quarterly , and Cinema Journal (now Journal of Cinema and Media Studies ). [9]

Editorial and professional contributions

Villarejo serves on the editorial boards of Film Quarterly and the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS). Her editorial work continues to influence the field of media studies. [10]

Awards and honors

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References

  1. ↑ "Amy Villarejo". Cornell University. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. 1 2 3 "Amy Villarejo – Faculty". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  3. 1 2 "Amy Villarejo - Lesbian Rule". Lesbian Looks. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  4. ↑ "Amy Villarejo: Associate Professor of Film, Cornell University". Out of Bounds Radio. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Amy Villarejo". Cornell University Urbanism Seminars. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  6. ↑ "Amy Villarejo - Cinema Program". Indiana University Cinema. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  7. ↑ Carrigy, Megan (13 February 2007). "Mobile States: Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire by Amy Villarejo – Senses of Cinema". Senses of Cinema.
  8. ↑ "A Review of Villarejo's Ethereal Queer | enculturation". enculturation.net.
  9. ↑ "Amy Villarejo to lead Milstein Program". Cornell University News. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  10. ↑ "Amy Villarejo – Executive Board". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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