Jenny Gunn
Assistant Professor School of Film, Media & Theatre- Education
2009 University of Georgia
Master of Arts in Art History2019 Georgia State University
PhD Communication, Moving Image Studies
- Biography
Jenny Gunn is an Assistant Professor of Film Theory in the School of Film, Media & Theatre at Georgia State University. Her current book project examines historic and contemporary cinematic expressions of subjectivity in the aftermath of the webcam and the forward-facing smartphone camera. Her broader research interests include film theory and film philosophy, digital media theory, and visual culture studies.
A feminist media scholar trained in black studies and art history, Jenny is affiliated faculty with the liquid blackness research group, a collective at Georgia State University dedicated to open-access and collaborative study of the contemporary black arts.
- Publications
“The New Transactional Face: Rethinking Post-Cinematic Aesthetics through The Neon Demon.” In Faces on Screen: New Approaches, edited by Alice Maurice. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2022, pp. 109-122.
“Theorising Digital Self-Mediation and the Smartphone as Filmic Apparatus after 6
January, 2021.” Frames Cinema Journal, Issue 18, June 2021, pp. 150-163."Intergenerational Pedagogy in Jenn Nkiru's Rebirth is Necessary." JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 59 no. 2, 2020, pp. 163-168.
“The Outside meets the Institution: The Carters’ APESHIT Video.” “Close-Up: Jay Z.” Black Camera. Issue 11.1, Fall 2019, pp. 385-398.
“‘Speaking As’: The Selfie and Cybertyping.” Meta: Mediascape, 2018-19.
“The I in Object: Selfie Culture and Object-Oriented Philosophy.” Cinephile Journal. Issue 12.1, Spring 2018, pp. 48-53.
“Deleuze, Žižek, Spring Breakers and the Question of Ethics in Late Capitalism.” Film- Philosophy Issue 22, Winter 2018, pp.95-113.