Amy Villarejo
{{short description|American academic and writer}}
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| name = Amy Villarejo
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| birth_place = Los Angeles and Davis, California
| occupation = Chair and Professor, Film, Television, and Digital Media
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| discipline = feminist, queer media, critical theory, and television studies
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Amy Villarejo is an American scholar in cinema and media studies, specializing in feminist and queer media, critical theory, and television studies. She is currently chair of the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media (FTVDM) and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Previously, she was the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of Humanities at Cornell University, where she taught in the Department of Performing and Media Arts and the Department of Comparative Literature.{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo |url=https://pma.cornell.edu/amy-villarejo-1 |publisher=Cornell University |accessdate=2024-11-11}}{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo – Faculty |url=https://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/amy-villarejo/ |publisher=UCLA |accessdate=2024-11-11}}
Her notable works include Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire (Duke University Press, 2003), which won the Katherine Singer Kovács Prize from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo - Lesbian Rule |date=15 February 2019 |url=https://lesbianlooks.org/amy-villarejo-2007/ |publisher=Lesbian Looks |accessdate=2024-11-11}}
Early life and education
Villarejo was born and raised in Los Angeles and Davis, California. She earned her A.B. degree from Bryn Mawr College and later received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Cinema Studies with distinction from the University of Pittsburgh.{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo: Associate Professor of Film, Cornell University |url=https://outofboundsradioshow.com/exc_audio_post/amy-villarejo-associate-professor-of-film-cornell-university/ |publisher=Out of Bounds Radio |accessdate=2024-11-11}}
Career and research
Villarejo began her academic career in 1997 at Cornell University, where she served as the Frederic J. Whiton Professor of Humanities. She was affiliated with both the Department of Performing and Media Arts and the Department of Comparative Literature.{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo |url=https://urbanismseminars.cornell.edu/people/amy-villarejo |publisher=Cornell University Urbanism Seminars |accessdate=2024-11-11}} In 2020, she joined the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as chair of the Department of Film, Television, and Digital Media and professor.
Villarejo's research spans a wide array of topics in cinema and media studies, with a particular focus on queer and feminist media studies, documentary film, Brazilian and Indian cinema, and American television. She also engages with critical theory, cultural studies, and Third Cinema, contributing significantly to these interdisciplinary fields.{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo - Cinema Program |url=https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/archive/screening/2014-spring-program-friday-april-11-400pm |publisher=Indiana University Cinema |accessdate=2024-11-11}}
Publications
- Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire (Duke University Press, 2003) – Winner of the Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award.{{cite web |last1=Carrigy |first1=Megan |title=Mobile States: Lesbian Rule: Cultural Criticism and the Value of Desire by Amy Villarejo – Senses of Cinema |url=https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2004/book-reviews/lesbian_rule/ |website=Senses of Cinema |date=13 February 2007}}
- Ethereal Queer: Television, Historicity, Desire (Duke University Press, 2013).{{cite web |title=A Review of Villarejo's Ethereal Queer {{!}} enculturation |url=https://enculturation.net/ethereal-queer |website=enculturation.net}}
- Film Studies: The Basics (Routledge, 2013; 3rd edition, 2021).
- Co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Queer Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2021) with Ron Gregg.
Villarejo has authored more than 50 essays published in peer-reviewed journals and anthologies, including New German Critique, Social Text, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, Film Quarterly, and Cinema Journal (now Journal of Cinema and Media Studies).{{cite news |title=Amy Villarejo to lead Milstein Program |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/11/amy-villarejo-lead-milstein-program-technology-and-humanity |publisher=Cornell University News |date=2017-11-17 |accessdate=2024-11-11}}
Editorial and professional contributions
Villarejo serves on the editorial boards of Film Quarterly and the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (JCMS). Her editorial work continues to influence the field of media studies.{{cite web |title=Amy Villarejo – Executive Board |url=https://www.tft.ucla.edu/executive-board/amy-villarejo/ |publisher=UCLA |accessdate=2024-11-11}}
Awards and honors
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Category:American mass media scholars
Category:University of California, Berkeley faculty
Category:Bryn Mawr College alumni
Category:University of Pittsburgh alumni