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Samantha N. Sheppard is an Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University, where she also serves as Department Chair. Her research and teaching focus on race, gender, and representation in film, television, and digital media, with a particular emphasis on Black visual culture and sports cinema.
Education: While specific degree details are not provided in the text, she holds a PhD and is recognized as a leading scholar in cinema and media studies.
Research Interests: Sheppard’s work spans global cinema, sports films, African American film history, women filmmakers, and Blackness on screen. She is known for her concept of "critical muscle memory," which explores how Black athletic bodies are represented and remembered in media.
Publications and Media: She is the author of Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen (2020), co-editor of Sporting Realities: Critical Readings of the Sports Documentary (2020) and From Madea to Media Mogul: Theorizing Tyler Perry (2016). She has also contributed essays and criticism to The Atlantic, Flash Art International, and Los Angeles Review of Books.
Current Projects: She is currently working on two book projects: The Basketball Film: A Cultural and Transmedia History (under contract with Rutgers University Press) and A Black W/hole: Phantom Cinemas and the Reimagining of Black Women's Media Histories.
Awards and Honors: She was selected as a 2021 Academy Film Scholar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Public Engagement: Sheppard is a frequent speaker and consultant on film and media, and she organizes the "Voices & Visions in Black Media" lecture series at Cornell.
