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Liz Clarke is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University. She holds a PhD from Wilfrid Laurier University, an MA from York University, and a BA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on popular narrative, serial storytelling, labor in film (particularly production guilds and unions), film history, theory, and gender representation in media. Current projects include studies on the Directors Guild of Canada and women's roles in film and television from the silent era to contemporary show-runners.
Her teaching covers film theory, film history, gender in film/TV, and TV genres. Notable publications include The American Girl Goes to War: Women and National Identity in US Film, 1908-1918 (2022) and contributions to edited volumes like Resetting the Scene: Classical Hollywood Revisited (2021). Her work frequently intersects with war films, silent cinema, and women's screenwriting history.
Recent articles explore topics such as B-film production at Warner Bros., genre hybridity in science fiction, and labor dynamics in classical Hollywood studios. Her scholarship emphasizes intersectional analysis of media production, representation, and institutional practices.
