Sarah Greifenstein

Prof. Dr. Sarah Greifenstein holds the Junior Professorship for Media, Culture and Communication at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Her research explores the interplay between audiovisual media, sensory perception, and emotional responses, focusing on how films, series, and news broadcasts influence viewers' moral judgments and embodied experiences.

• Transdisciplinary work combining film studies, linguistics, and media theory
• Key research areas: affective perception, embodiment, media history, and metaphorical meaning-making
• Develops analytical methods for audiovisual communication

Her work investigates how cinematic images shape fictional world-building and emotional modulation through sensory engagement. Office contact: Room AM 135, Große Scharrnstr. 59, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder).