Allison McGuffie

Allison McGuffie serves as an Instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon, with cross-appointments in African Studies, Digital Humanities, English, and Cinema Studies. Her academic home is the Department of English within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Her educational background:

• PhD in Film Studies, University of Iowa (Dissertation: 'African Educational Film and Video: Industry, Ideology, and the Regulation of Sub-Saharan Health and Sexuality.')
• MA in Film Studies, University of Iowa
• BA in Film, Television, and Theatre, University of Notre Dame

Dr. McGuffie's research spans Film Theory and History, African Cinemas, Gender and Sexuality in Cinema, Trans* and Cinema, International Non-Profit Media Industries, Health Communication Media, Political Economy of International Aid, Transnational Feminist Studies, Postcolonial Theory, Queer Theory, Video Game Critical Studies, Ethnographic Film, Third World Cinema, and Ideology and Cinema. Her work critically examines media's role in global health, international aid frameworks, and identity politics through postcolonial and queer lenses.

Her publications reveal a consistent focus on the political economy of African cinema and educational media, particularly analyzing HIV/AIDS instructional films and transnational non-profit media industries. She investigates how film aesthetics intersect with health communication, gender regulation, and international aid structures across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Her awards include:

• Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Media for Social Change (2012-2013)
• Crossing Borders Fellowship (2007-2010)
• T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship (2010)
• Sigma Tau Delta Teacher of the Year (2019)

Dr. McGuffie teaches undergraduate courses including HC 222H: Trans* and Cinema, CINE 399: Sp St African Cinema, CINE 360: Film Theory, ENG/CINE 381M: Film, Media, and Culture, and ENG 110: Introduction to Film and Media. While her teaching excellence is documented through awards, the available text does not specify graduate student advising or dedicated research grants beyond the fellowships mentioned.