Jennifer Bean

Jennifer M. Bean is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Cinema and Media at the University of Washington, serving as Associate Chair of Comparative Literature and Director of the Cinema and Media Studies programs. Her research focuses on silent-era cinema, gender studies, modernism, and queer studies. She has published extensively on film history, including books such as Flickers of Desire: Movie Stars of the 1910s (2011) and A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema (2002). Her current work explores the geopolitical implications of mass culture in early 20th-century media interactivity.

Bean is actively involved in film preservation, advising organizations like the National Film Preservation Foundation and contributing voice-overs for restored films on DVDs like Treasures III: Social Issues in Early American Cinema (2007). Her teaching covers film theory, genre analysis, documentary practices, and historiography.

Her research interests emphasize the intersection of cinema with gender, modernism, and cultural politics. While no specific grants are listed, her advisory roles highlight her commitment to archival preservation and interdisciplinary collaboration.

She is affiliated with the Cinema and Media Studies programs and contributes to the broader intellectual community through her editorial work and public engagements.