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Dr. Jacqueline Pinkowitz serves as an Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of Film Studies in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Mercer University. Prior to joining Mercer, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Film Studies at St. Lawrence University.
Her educational background is as follows:
- Ph.D. in Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin
- M.A. in Cinema Studies, New York University
- B.A. in Media Studies and English, San Diego State University
Dr. Pinkowitz specializes in Film and Media Studies with research focusing on race, gender, and difference in media landscapes. Her work examines African American film and media, intersectional representations of blackness and whiteness, civil rights era media, exploitation/genre film, and Southern imaginaries through critical race and cultural studies frameworks.
She teaches core courses including Race, Gender, and Media; Media and Society; Media Criticism; and Film Genre, alongside specialized topics on horror, mediated identities, and Southern cinema across Journalism and Media Studies, Africana Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Southern Studies programs.
Her scholarly publications appear in the Journal of Popular Film and Television, Journal of Popular Culture, and The Global South, with contributions to edited collections. She is currently developing a book manuscript titled "Screening Civil Rights: Race, Region, & the American Film Industry during the Black Freedom Struggle (1955-75)."
