Broderick Fox

Broderick Fox serves as the James Irvine Professor of Media Arts & Culture at Occidental College since his 2004 appointment. His academic home resides within the Media Arts & Culture program, where he integrates creative practice with scholarly inquiry.

Education:

• B.A., Harvard University
• M.F.A., University of Southern California
• Ph.D., University of Southern California

Professor Fox's research centers on documentary media as a tool for social transformation, with particular focus on queer narratives and marginalized voices. His creative-scholarly practice bridges media aesthetics, digital production, and identity politics, consistently foregrounding bodily experiences and community engagement. Recent work explores intergenerational dialogue within LGBTQ+ communities through participatory media frameworks.

His publication portfolio demonstrates consistent innovation in documentary form across three domains: scholarly monographs advancing media theory, award-winning feature documentaries examining queer embodiment, and critical essays in leading journals. This triangulation of practice, theory, and critique defines his distinctive contribution to media studies.

Key recognitions include:

• Endowed James Irvine Professorship (2023)
• Bogliasco Foundation Research Residency (2024)
• Two University Film and Video Association Feature Screenplay Competition wins
• Critical acclaim for documentary trilogy: Manscaping, Zen & the Art of Dying, and The Skin I'm In

As both editor and screenwriter, Fox maintains active industry engagement while advancing community-based projects like Through Flood and Fire. His work consistently models how media production can create pathways for social change through authentic representation and participatory methods.

Professor Fox directs community-engaged media initiatives that function as living laboratories for intergenerational knowledge exchange, particularly through his current Bogliasco Foundation-supported project fostering LGBTQ+ dialogue across age cohorts.