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What is your project for the Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Symposium?
My project is a video essay titled "Queer Silence." I explore the meaningful use of silence within a small selection of contemporary queer films, directly experimenting with the relationship between image and silence.
How did you find the topic for your project?
I developed the project while I was taking Professor Jennifer Bean's course CMS 321: Queer Feelings and Video Essay… Read more
For students that didn’t get a chance to work with you, what was your job and what did you do for the Cinema and Media Studies Department?
I am currently the department administrator, the person who manages the business of the department such as budgets, payroll, and curriculum. In past years I worked more directly with students as both the graduate advisor and undergraduate advisor.
What have you enjoyed most about your job?
There are… Read more
University of Washington's 28th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on May 16 from 11:00am - 5:00pm. Presentations will be held in multiple locations on campus. Two CMS majors, Egan Norton and Ellie Bradbury, have been accepted to the Undergraduate Research symposium with projects they developed in Professor Jennifer Bean's CMS 321 course last fall. Their video essays will be showcased as part of the Visual Arts & Design (VAD) Showcase, which will be… Read more
When UW junior Audrey Spurgeon is at Husky athletic events, she's usually part of the broadcast team, thanks to an internship through the Big Ten Network's StudentU program.
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Current Doctoral student Calac Nogueira's video essay, "The Hand that Touches the Arm" was recently published in [in]Transition (12:1, winter 2025), the open peer reviewed academic journal published by the Open Library of Humanities (OLH) and owned by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies . [in]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film & Moving Image Studies … Read more
1. What brought you to UW Seattle?
The Cinema and Media Studies department brought me here. I was applying for film studies jobs throughout the country, and really loved that our department is equally committed to both research and teaching. I also felt that our faculty were people that I could work well with, and get along with. Thankfully, they felt the same about me!
2. What got you interested in media studies and analysis?
I’ve… Read more
For Valentine's Day, UW News asked 12 University of Washington researchers to share their love stories: What made them decide to pursue their career paths?
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1. What is your name and pronouns?
Hi guys, I am Rin :) They/She.
2. What is your research interest and why?
My research interests include STS (Science, Technology and Society Studies), the history of media technology and infrastructure, and East Asian media culture. I see media as a prism through which all the messages humans create and perceive are transmitted. Elegant and comprehensive, CMS makes me feel united with all the cultural phenomena happening… Read more
1. What is your name and and pronouns?
I’m Connor Telford (he/they).
2. What is your research interest and why?
My research primarily revolves around canonization and intertextuality. I’m particularly fascinated with the reinforcement of canonical works through intertextual referencing.
3. What drew you to UW?
I was drawn to UW's program due to its strong foregrounding of graduate students as future educators. I applied to graduate school… Read more
1. What is your name and pronouns?
Mavis Siu (she/her)
2. What is your research interest and why?
My research interests include documentary and video art, aesthetic and social film histories, and more. I am particularly drawn to the documentation/re-presentation of unrecorded histories and forgotten memories, including the traumas associated with them.
3. What drew you to UW?
The primary reason I was drawn to UW is definitely the expertise of… Read more