Joëlle Rouleau

Joëlle Rouleau is an Associate Professor at Université de Montréal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Art History, Cinema and Audiovisual Media. Her academic career spans queer theory, gender studies, film studies, and research-creation methodologies.

• Department: Art History, Cinema and Audiovisual Media
• Research Focus: Intersectional Representation in Quebec Cinema, Queer TV Studies, Feminist Approaches

Her research explores queer and trans media representation, intersectional film analysis, and gender-sensitive health studies. Recent projects include queer television conferences and disability representation studies in cinema.

Notable trends in her 2014-2022 publications include: analysis of Queer TV seriality, gender metrics in health research, and intersectional feminist film pedagogy. She has secured multiple Canadian federal grants (SSHRC, CIHR, FRQSC) for her queer media studies.

• 3 SSHRC-funded research projects
• 1 CIHR/IRSC medical gender study
• 1 FRQSC research-creation grant

Rouleau supervises master's students on topics including: queer cinema pedagogy, neuroqueer emancipation, and cinematic power dynamics. She leads Labo Télé UdeM and contributes to disability art research initiatives.