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Jennifer Friedlander is the Edgar E. and Elizabeth S. Pankey Professor of Media Studies at Pomona College, where she teaches courses in media theory, film, and cultural studies. Her scholarly work bridges cultural studies with Lacanian psychoanalysis, establishing her as a leading voice in contemporary media theory and visual culture studies.
Her educational background includes a Ph.D. and Master of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts from Binghamton University.
Friedlander's research explores how media products create social practices while generating viewer anxieties and pleasures, with a core focus on developing a psychoanalytically-based feminist theory of the visual. Her work spans contemporary art controversies, film theory, and the politics of realism, as evidenced by her books Moving Pictures, Feminine Look, and Real Deceptions. She investigates how reality resides within deceptions rather than beyond them, challenging conventional approaches to realism.
Her recent publications demonstrate sustained engagement with Lacanian psychoanalysis across diverse media forms, revealing patterns in how deception, affect, and subjectivity operate in contemporary culture. Articles from 2018-2003 consistently apply psychoanalytic frameworks to phenomena ranging from reality television to cinematic endings and bodily representations.
Her honors include:
- Andrew Mellon Doctoral Fellowship (1999)
- Austrian Room Committee Scholarship (2000)
- President of the Association for Psychoanalysis in Communication (2005-06)
At Pomona College, Friedlander mentors undergraduate students through courses including Senior Thesis and Independent Study, while actively contributing to the intellectual community through her research and teaching. She also serves on the central committee for LACK, an organization dedicated to exploring intersections between psychoanalytic theory, philosophy, and contemporary culture.
