Lindsay Steenberg

Lindsay Steenberg is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies and Subject Co-ordinator for the MA in Popular Cinema at Oxford Brookes University's School of Arts. Her research examines violence, gender, and genre in postmodern and postfeminist media culture, with special focus on crime and action genres across film, television, and gaming. A 2016 Research Excellence Fellow, she investigates the gladiatorial scenario in visual media and the architectural politics of cinematic violence.

Steenberg's work analyzes representations of gender in detective narratives and security cultures. Her current project maps gladiatorial combat tropes across media platforms. Research interests include film noir's evolution on television, celebrity studies, and feminist media theory.

Teaching covers Film Noir, Popular Cinema, and Cinema/Technology. Publications explore gendered surveillance in Homeland, transnational crime drama, and Bruce Lee's gladiatorial symbolism.