Amy Herzog

Amy Herzog is a Professor of Media Studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). Her academic focus bridges Media Studies, Film Studies, and Women's and Gender Studies, with an interdisciplinary lens on topics like urban history, popular music, and cultural theory. Herzog has authored the book Dreams of Difference, Songs of the Same: The Musical Moment in Film (2010) and co-edited The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Image in Digital Media (2013), cementing her as a critical voice in sound-image relationships.

• Affiliation: Queens College, CUNY Graduate Center
• Contact: aherzog@gc.cuny.edu

Her research explores the intersections of cinema, music, and socio-political contexts, particularly how musical moments in film engage with historical crises. Herzog’s work also delves into feminist media practices, such as in her 2015 essay on Yoko Ono and VALIE EXPORT, which links feminist performance art to urban transformations. Recent publications (2023) analyze musical films during global pandemics and reenactment as feminist praxis, reflecting her commitment to contemporary media critique.

Her articles span film soundscapes, corporeal labor in cinema, and avant-garde media, with a focus on how urban economies and gender dynamics shape artistic expression. Herzog’s work often reinterprets historical texts through modern crises, emphasizing affective labor and material culture in media.

While no explicit scientific awards are listed, Herzog’s contributions to edited volumes and journals like Film Quarterly and Feminist Media Histories highlight her influence. She has participated in grant-funded initiatives, including the Mellon Foundation-supported Seminar on Public Engagement at CUNY’s Center for Humanities (2017), which aligns with her focus on collaborative research and community-driven media practices.