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Jessica Scarlata is an associate professor of English and film and media studies at George Mason University, serving as director of the Screen Cultures minor. Her work focuses on global cinema, incarceration narratives, and postcolonial studies. She holds a PhD (2004) and MA (1998) in Cinema Studies from NYU.
Her research examines contested geographies, carceral institutions, and colonial legacies through film and visual culture. Current projects include a book on post-Good Friday Agreement Northern Irish visual media. She teaches courses on Third Cinema, multiculturalism, and global representations of violence.
Publications include her monograph Rethinking Occupied Ireland (2014) and articles analyzing Irish film historiography, South Asian performance, and African American art. She advises graduate research on topics like African American women filmmakers and Black Muslim masculinities.
