Kristen J Warner

Treasurer, 2023 – 2026

Kristen Warner

Biography

Kristen Warner an Associate Professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts where she studies the impact of racial representation at the levels of industrial practices such as casting as well as the implications of employment for creative professionals both in front and behind the camera. She holds a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin's department of Radio-TV-Film; a masters from the University of Arizona's department of Media Arts; and a Bachelor's from Louisiana State University in Journalism. Prior to joining the faculty of PMA in January 2023, she served on the faculty at the University of Alabama.

Degrees

Ph.D. Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin, 2010
MA. Media Arts, University of Arizona, 2005
BA. Print Journalism, Louisiana State University, 2003

Teaching & Research Interests

Television and media studies, race and representation, production cultures, media industries research; fan studies; film festivals

Selected Publications & Works

The Cultural Politics of Colorblind TV Casting. New York: Routledge, 2015.

"The Pleasure Principle of Magic Mike XXL: Sonic Visibility Toward Female Audiences". Communication, Culture, Critique. Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2019.

“It Can’t Always Be Nina: The Battle between Plasticity and Specificity in Widows.” Adaptation. April 2019. https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apz012.

“In the Time of Plastic Representation.” Film Quarterly. Winter 2017. Volume 71. Number 2.

“They Gon' Think You Loud Regardless: Ratchetness, Reality Television and Black Womanhood.” Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies. 30 (1 88). May 2015.