Jamie Ann Rogers

Dr. Jamie Ann Rogers is an Assistant Professor in the English Department at Western Washington University's College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She specializes in race and representation in film and literature, with a focus on Black feminist aesthetics and the L.A. Rebellion film movement. Her research also explores geography in documentary film, media's role in social justice, and Hemispheric American studies.

Dr. Rogers holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Irvine, with emphases in Visual Studies, Feminist Studies, Latin American Studies, and Critical Theory. Her current book project examines the Black feminist interventions of the L.A. Rebellion filmmakers, challenging university privatization through their anti-racist and anti-capitalist practices. She is also completing essays on affect and geography in experimental Black documentaries.

Her work has been published in Black Camera, Camera Obscura, and The Projector. Research interests include:

• Black feminist film theory
• Geopolitical cinema
• Social justice media
• Revolutionary film movements

Recent publications analyze Sofia Coppola’s films, Cuban revolutionary cinema, Beyoncé’s Lemonade, and the spatial politics of documentary film. Dr. Rogers advocates for labor rights in academia and critiques the corporatization of film education.