Hannah Goodwin

Hannah Goodwin serves as Faculty Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Nexus Track Chair for Journalism, Media, and Public Discourse at Mount Holyoke College. She is affiliated with the Department of Film Media Theater, The InterArts Council, The Arts & Technology Initiative, and The Nexus Program.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D. and M.A. from University of California - Santa Barbara
• B.A. from Carleton College

Goodwin's research bridges film/media studies with science and technology studies, examining cinema's relationship with astronomy, archival practices, and apocalyptic anxieties. Her work explores how media technologies engage with deep time perspectives amid climate change and extinction narratives. Stardust: Cinematic Archives at the End of the World (2024) analyzes entangled histories of cinema and astrophysics during Einstein's relativity era, while her international research investigates social media censorship in Mongolia, Turkey, and Zambia.

Her publications reveal consistent interdisciplinary patterns connecting cinematic representation with scientific concepts across historical contexts. Recurring themes include temporal mobility, cosmic scales, environmental crisis, and archival memory, demonstrating how media forms mediate humanity's relationship with planetary-scale phenomena.

Her recent honors include:

• Invited speaker at the "Cinema and Extinction" Symposium (University of Indiana, 2025)

No specific information on current advisees or grant funding was provided in the source material, though her teaching responsibilities include Introduction to Media Studies, History of US Television, and special topics seminars.

Goodwin collaborates extensively with researchers at UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley, co-organizing the "Mediating Deep Time" conference to explore media's capacity for engaging long-term perspectives. Her international team research on social media censorship demonstrates cross-continental scholarly partnerships addressing digital governance challenges.