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Dr. Julia Yezbick (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at Wayne State University, where she joined the faculty in fall 2022. She is a filmmaker, artist, and anthropologist whose work spans film, video, audio, writing, performance, and installation, exhibited internationally at venues including the Berlin International Film Festival, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit.
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD, Harvard University, 2016, Anthropology with Media and a certification in Critical Media Practice
- MA, Harvard University, 2012, Anthropology
- MA, University of Manchester, UK, 2004, Visual Anthropology
- BA, Michigan State University, 2002, Interdisciplinary Humanities
Yezbick's research employs multimodal methods to explore experimental nonfiction addressing labor, movement and the body, feminism, and social commentary on ethnicity, gender, housing, and urban transformations. Her creative work investigates urban anthropology, race, gender, and inequality through visual anthropology and experimental film, with a particular focus on Detroit's postindustrial landscape.
Her publications reveal consistent themes of deindustrialization, artistic labor, housing, and material culture, connecting these to broader questions of political economy and social inequality. She frequently examines how creative practices respond to urban transformation, particularly in Detroit.
Her notable recognitions include:
- 2018 Kresge Artist Fellow for film
- Best Regional Filmmaker Award at the 54th Ann Arbor Film Festival for 'How to Rust' (2016)
Yezbick actively contributes to Detroit's cultural ecosystem through Mothlight Microcinema (which she co-founded in 2012) and as Founder and Executive Editor of Sensate: a journal for experiments in critical media practice. She teaches COM 1600 (Introduction to Audio-Television-Film Production) and COM 3380 (Editing and Field Production), courses she has consistently offered from Winter Term 2023 through Winter Term 2025.
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