Portia Cobb

Portia Cobb is a Professor in the Film, Video, Animation & New Genres Department at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), and Director of the Community Media Project. She holds an MA in Film from San Francisco State University and a BA in Communication from Mills College.

Her practice spans documentary through 16mm film, photography, mixed media installation, and performance art. Central themes include self-discovery, history/culture/memory, and global dislocation/migration narratives. She develops curricula for documentary, community media, and interdisciplinary study abroad programs to the UK and Brazil.

Her work explores 'Return,' 'Forced-Forgetting,' and 'Re-memory' through experimental time-based expressions, addressing diasporic experiences across global communities.