Kristi McKim

Kristi McKim is an Associate Professor at the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on film studies with particular emphasis on ecocritical analysis, phenomenological approaches, and feminist cinema. She explores themes such as cinematic weather, love in film, and the intersection of capitalism and art.

Her notable works include BFI Film Classics: Rushmore (2023), analyzing the film's critique of perfectionism through ecocritical and feminist lenses; Cinema as Weather (2013), examining weather's role in narrative and stylistic film techniques; and Love in the Time of Cinema (2011), which investigates love and temporality in cinema through close readings of key films.

McKim teaches courses like Intro to Film and Contemporary American Indie Film. Her work bridges academic scholarship with accessible film analysis, emphasizing how cinema shapes our understanding of human connection and environmental dynamics.