Jennifer S. Clark

Jennifer S. Clark is a Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University. Her research and teaching focus on television history, production cultures, and gendered representations in media.

• Education: PhD in Critical Studies, Cinema-Television, from the University of Southern California.

Her research interests include television production cultures, gender studies, female stardom and celebrity, and representations of masculinity and emotion. She has published extensively on topics such as feminist media, gender dynamics in 1970s television, and the intersection of labor and celebrity in historical contexts. Her upcoming book, Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women’s Liberation, explores institutional reforms and feminist practices in television during the 1970s.

Clark has authored articles in leading journals like the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies and Feminist Media Histories. Her work spans subfields including feminist theory, historical broadcasting, and adaptation in media. She teaches courses such as Understanding Film, Understanding Television, and British Heritage Cinema, integrating critical analysis of gender, media aesthetics, and cultural production.