Beth Capper

Beth Capper, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Arts. Her research and teaching focus on media history/theory, experimental/political film, and critical theories (Marxist, feminist, abolitionist). She has curated experimental film events at venues including the Maysles Cinema and Metro Cinema. She is part of a campus collective rethinking safety protocols.

Education: PhD in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. Teaching emphasizes media as sites of ideological struggle, combining close analysis with historical/political contexts. Courses taught include Film Theory, Political Economy of Media, and specialized film studies seminars.

Current research projects include Uncommon Reproductions: Feminism, Cinema, and the Crises of Capitalism (examining feminist filmmakers' responses to neoliberalism) and a book on filmmaker Lizzie Borden. Publications appear in Art Journal, Third Text, and GLQ.

Supervises graduate students in media theory, film history, Marxism, and abolitionist studies. Active in curriculum development emphasizing feminist/queer/Marxist frameworks.